Category Archives: EuroPeons

Cristina’s pet gloat

Posted on April 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember how Argentina defaulted on its debt in 2001? And how it kicked out the IMF a short time later? Well, looks like that was a smart decision. And the significance of yet another IMFer being in deep shit … Continue reading →

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Male rage and narcissism: The unspeakable keys to the Germanwings disaster

Posted on April 15, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Andreas Lubitz: hard-charging macho with a deadly grudge. By now, it’s no secret that various stripes of misogynists have seized upon the Germanwings crash as evidence that women are evil, as much as claiming that Andreas Lubitz was “driven” to … Continue reading →

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Swiss psychiatrist makes the case for more female pilots

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Female pilots of Lufthansa, photographed for the airline by Rolf Bewersdorf. Why aren’t there more of them? According to an article in Schweiz am Sonntag (via EMMA), there should be more women pilots, because they are actually the more trustworthy … Continue reading →

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In Germany, fear is prostitution’s constant companion

Posted on March 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Remember how, back in 2002, progressives from all over the world heralded Germany’s suddenly liberalized prostitution laws? Finally, they said — the “oldest profession” would become a job just like any other! Unionization! Freedom of sexual expression! Workers’ rights for … Continue reading →

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Crappy Women’s Day, ladies. Here, have a carnation.

Posted on March 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

In lieu of my usual Music for a Sunday feature, I’m just going to leave this here: Aren’t those the best lyrics? And the most badass sax riffs, too? Anyhow. Here’s what women in another part of the world are … Continue reading →

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Argentina: Stella Calloni on the Nisman case

Posted on February 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Further to yesterday’s debunker of the myths of the strange death of Alberto Nisman, the prosecutor supposedly investigating the AMIA bombing in Buenos Aires, here’s another hard look at what lies behind at all, courtesy of the redoubtable Stella Calloni: … Continue reading →

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Why isn’t legalized prostitution safer?

Posted on September 18, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Ah yes. Pity the poor john who got the short end of that stick, eh? He came hoping to pay for the illusion that she was really into the “mutual pleasure” of his escapist fantasies, only to be left cockadroop … Continue reading →

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The “Invisible Men”: Germany’s woman-haters hide in plain sight

Posted on September 8, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“John #9” rates a woman he bought for 30 euros: “170 cm tall, long dark hair, early 20s, 5 pounds overweight (which actually doesn’t look so bad), and what a wonder, obviously a Carpathian girl. Wasn’t bad today though, I … Continue reading →

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The German sex trade’s leading lobbyists, unmasked

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Johanna Weber and Fabienne Freymadl, two leading “spokespersons” for the recently-assembled German “sex workers’ movement”. Who are they, and what lies behind them? EMMA investigated, and found the following: In the middle of the summer, BILD.de came out with the … Continue reading →

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It was 100 years ago today…

Posted on August 4, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Canada’s part in World War I began at the same time as Britain’s: on August 4, 1914, when the latter declared war on Germany after what was considered an “insufficient” response by Germany to a British order not to violate … Continue reading →