Category Archives: Human Rights FAIL

What you need to know about Israel and Palestine right now

Posted on October 9, 2023 by Sabina Becker

First off, MSNBC’s Ali Velshi gives an on-the-ground impression: The situation is really stark, and awful for Palestinians in Gaza particularly (seeing as it’s already the world’s largest open-air prison, this is all too predictable). The Rational National’s David Doel … Continue reading →

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Heeeeere, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Posted on June 27, 2023 by Sabina Becker

Ash Sarkar dissects the latest right-wing moral panic over something that doesn’t really exist — i.e., kids who identify as animals. It’s especially hilarious when “journalists” start offering to pay for accounts by supposedly exasperated parents of such children. It’s … Continue reading →

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Could a new tax help bring down grocery prices?

Posted on February 25, 2023 by Sabina Becker

An economist thinks there’s a good chance that it could. CBC has the interview: An excess-profit tax could fix a lot of problems, besides discouraging grocery gouging (which I’ve dealt with here before). It could help us get universal dental … Continue reading →

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The UK is a transphobic hellhole

Posted on December 22, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Transgender YouTuber Keffals exposes the slippery, skeevy horrors currently plaguing trans people who have the misfortune to be living and struggling in the UK, particularly post-Brexit: Of course, “Gender Exploratory Therapy” is nothing of the sort. It’s the old anti-gay … Continue reading →

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Whom is the Salvation Army really saving? (and other uncharitable schemes)

Posted on December 10, 2022 by Sabina Becker

It’s that time of year again, and a YouTuber who often researches shady businesses has some bad news for you good folks, about those bell-ringers with the little red buckets: Yup, the Salvation Army has not learned much from the … Continue reading →

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Russian anti-American propaganda is truly insane

Posted on October 20, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Here in Canada, it’s practically an unofficial national sport to make fun of our neighbors to the south. But here’s the thing: We do it with facts, because we live right above that fucking crackhouse. We see everything that goes … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: The Utter Chickenshits of Uvalde

Posted on May 27, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Do cops have the obligation to stop a massacre and rescue the survivors? Shockingly, at least in Texas, the answer appears to be NO. Jeff Waldorf breaks it down: So, they not only sat with one thumb up their bungholes … Continue reading →

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Ronald Reagan and the NRA: Who are the real gun-grabbers?

Posted on May 26, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Jeremy Scahill exposes a period of history that Second Amendment right-wingers would just as soon have us all forget. Namely, that time Ronald Reagan — then governor of California — and the NRA both were heavily in favor of gun … Continue reading →

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Dubya’s Freudian slip

Posted on May 19, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Can you believe he said this? Well, okay, I can believe it, because it’s dumb, and dumbth is fully in character for Dubya. But can you believe he played it for laughs? And of course, he blames it on being … Continue reading →

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Russian oligarchettes “protest” Russophobia in the stupidest way

Posted on April 7, 2022 by Sabina Becker

Oh gee, my heart bleeds for them. Where have we seen THIS mode of “protest” before? Yup, that’s right. These rich Karens basically chopped up their own money to spite their faces…or rather, to “own” Chanel…by no longer owning one … Continue reading →