Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

On (re-)reading The Handmaid’s Tale: A few random thoughts

Posted on May 2, 2017 by Sabina Becker

The first time I read The Handmaid’s Tale, I was in university…and I didn’t understand it at all. To be fair, I was probably about 19 or 20. The book was just a couple of years old, a major bestseller … Continue reading →

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What is going on in Flint, Michigan?

Posted on April 24, 2017 by Sabina Becker

The Young Turks are on it, and none of the major media are anywhere in sight: Did you know that there’s now a water protector camp in Flint, protesting the profiteers who are trying to frack the fuck out of … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Bummer jeans for the bourgeoisie

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, those are jeans that unzip all down the crotch, from front of waist to back. And all down the legs, as well. They’re hideous, they’re hideously overpriced, they go from borderline obscene to actually obscene with just the pull … Continue reading →

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Happy Earth Day to you…

Posted on April 22, 2017 by Sabina Becker

…and a giant FUCK YOU to the White House’s Squatter-in-Chief, who’s now 100 days into his reign of terror, error, and destruction: Are we feeling “Great Again” yet?

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The real reason Drumpf bombed Syria

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Sabina Becker

And no, it has nothing to do with Russia, which actually opposes him on the Syrian front. It has to do with one of the only two reasons Donnie Drumpf does anything: Now, Ana and John are being cautious here, … Continue reading →

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Pepsi + Kendall Jenner = BADvertising

Posted on April 5, 2017 by Sabina Becker

There isn’t much to say here that hasn’t already been said, other than WTF WERE YOU THINKING, PEPSI-CO? Protest is NOT something you just commercialize for your own gain. You are part of the capitalism problem, not the solution. Stay … Continue reading →

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Neil Macdonald cries for teh menz

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Oh, won’t somebody think of the men? Clearly, no one in Ottawa is doing so, if the latest federal budget is any indication. Luckily, the menz have Neil Macdonald, CBC’s voice of the voiceful, to take up their kvetch for … Continue reading →

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Who the hell is Stephen Fucking Bannon?

Posted on March 22, 2017 by Sabina Becker

26 minutes of your time, folks. That’s all Abby Martin needs to lay out the facts. If your hair’s not turning white by the end of it, you weren’t paying attention. (Either that, or you must already be white-haired…or bald.) … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Don Freeman on anarchy vs. capitalism

Posted on March 18, 2017 by Sabina Becker

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Cambodia’s “war debt” is bullshit

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Ever wonder what’s been going on in Cambodia since Pol Pot became history? Well, a few things have: It’s become a high-water mark of sorts for human rights abuses, with one third of the country’s people killed in a genocide … Continue reading →