Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

The Translator’s Tale, or What I Learned From Lupita

Posted on September 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, today it finally became real. I have incontrovertible evidence that yes, I’m a professional translator now. And that makes me, in a sense, a published author with a byline, too. My contributor copies (ten in English, plus one of … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Found in Translation, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Mexican Standoffs, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Teh Ghey, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin, Writer Lady Sings the Blues | 7 Comments

Julian Assange addresses the media

Posted on August 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

For the first time in two months, a political prisoner turned refugee speaks: He spoke out in defence of Ecuador, Bradley Manning, and Pussy Riot. And here’s something truly excellent: Look who his defence attorney is! Julian Assange’s lawyer, Baltasar … Continue reading →

Posted in Ecuadorable As Can Be, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Merry Old England, Scandinavian Smorgasbord, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Festive Left Friday Blogging: In which one fine-ass dude disses a smarmy git

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This is Tom Morello. Like Barack Obama, he’s part Kenyan. Unlike him, he’s a bona-fide, actual Marxist. And he takes hilarious exception to a certain vice-presidential candidate who is clearly missing something in the sense-of-irony department: I wonder what Ryan’s … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk chalk and the art of civil disobedience

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. How many cops does it take to arrest a guy armed only with a few pieces of sidewalk chalk? A. Watch this and see: I wonder how long his chalked logos lasted, who saw, and what message they took … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Utah Phillips on child labor laws

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Quotable Notables, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | Comments Off

How NOT to win friends and influence people

Posted on June 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know how much attention His Barackness pays to opinion polls, surveys and the like…but if I were in his shoes, I’d realize that this is very much an election year, and this is very much an election issue: … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Crapagandarati, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Obamarama!, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 3 Comments

Quotable: John Perkins on the cost of war

Posted on June 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Economics for Dummies, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Quotable Notables, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 1 Comment

Memo to the media: it’s PSYCHOPATH, not “porn star”!

Posted on June 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Luca Rocco Magnotta, né Eric Clinton Newman, auditions (unsuccessfully) for a reality show called Cover Guy, in which gay models compete for an underwear-modelling gig. As you can see, he’s not that impressive a physical specimen; very vacuous, very obviously … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Sick Frickin' Bastards | 2 Comments

It’s shit like this…

Posted on April 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…that confirms to me that the Progressive Bloggers aggregator has aggregated just a little too much unprogressive gunk. Or, as Pale would put it, they were so open-minded that their brains leaked out. And this is what took the place … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Law-Law Land, The Hardcore Stupid, Uppity Wimmin | 3 Comments

Stupid Sex Tricks: Dept. of Unenforceable Laws, Ukraine

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Straight from the Wide World of WTF, we get wind of some wildly stupid fetus fetishism from Eastern Europe: “An incredible project of law was presented before the parliament of Ukraine: banning the missionary position in sexual relations.” That was … Continue reading →