Category Archives: Canadian Counterpunch

Jesus doesn’t like it when you lie!

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

At least, that’s the impression I got last time I thumbed through any of the four Gospels. Too bad this site, calling itself the Catholic World News, hasn’t gotten that message…and apparently, neither has a politically uncelibate Venezuelan archbishop, who … Continue reading →

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Aww, too bad!

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What a shame. Lord Blah-Blah has to serve out his full sentence: Conrad Black’s conviction on fraud and obstruction of justice charges has been upheld by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals.The court said today that defence … Continue reading →

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John McCain is…

Posted on June 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…one of these: Oh, you think I’m being too harsh? Here:

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CTV reports a death in Afghanistan…

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…with a rare dose of honesty: A B.C. father says the loss of his soldier son to a freak accident in Afghanistan will haunt him forever.“Of course I grieve,” David Snyder told CTV News from his home in Penticton on … Continue reading →

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The myth of happy racism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found a little item on Aporrea and thought I’d translate it and follow up with a few thoughts of mine own: Could it be that my black friends in the Venezuelan opposition don’t feel that they are being alluded to … Continue reading →

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L’affaire Couillard–c’est le Maxime!

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ah oui, cher(e) ami(e), Tante Bina a trouvé beaucoup d’histoires bien scandaleuses pour toi!Ahem. En anglais:Maxime Bernier, our beleaguered and blundering foreign-affairs minister, has finally resigned. The reason? His ex-girlfriend, the erstwhile biker babe Julie Couillard, is in fact something … Continue reading →

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Harper, Harris–what’s the diff?

Posted on May 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Not a dime’s worth, apparently, beyond the fact that the one is federal and the other provincial. The one’s from out west, the other’s from up north. Our “new Conservative” PM is well known for his penchant for recycling right-wing … Continue reading →

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When they don’t sign their names, what does it say about what they have to say?

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The reason I ask that long-winded question is this “opinion”, which is presented as if it were fact, in the National Pest, Canada’s would-be paper of record: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been accused of many things: squandering his country’s … Continue reading →

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One, two, three, four…

Posted on May 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…let’s have a CLASS WAR! On second thought, says the National Pest, maybe not. Too bad for them that Linda McQuaig, Conrad Black’s pet hate and Terence Corcoran’s nemesis, is on the case. And, unlike Corcoran, she doesn’t like to … Continue reading →

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On behalf of all Canadians, I apologize…

Posted on May 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…for the rude, snotty dickweed we have for a prime minister. Canadians are a polite lot in general, but you’d never know it to look at our PM. The Harper Index, a progressive news site that follows the foibles of … Continue reading →

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