Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Glass houses, Your Barackness.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by calling Obama a “clown” and telling him to mind his … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Obamarama!, The United States of Amnesia, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 3 Comments

China: A village fights back

Posted on December 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The story, courtesy of the UK Telegraph: For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing village now in open revolt. The last of Wukan’s dozen … Continue reading →

Posted in All the Tea in China, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Newspeak is Nospeak | 1 Comment

Spyware for Arab despots: Germany’s latest source of shame

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Wikileaks just keeps exposing the imperialist underside of western “democracy”. And one of the latest to be embarrassed by revelations is Germany — an unlikely player in the imperial game, seeing as it’s been officially out of it since World … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Beds are for sleeping, subways are for screwing

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Subway sex at Spadina Station. Only in TO, folks. From the Toronto Star, in both cases, we have the following funny Canadian contradiction. First, the sad news that we’re not getting a lot of nooky: While it stands to reason … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, She Blinded Me With Science, Teh Heterostoopid, The United States of Amnesia | 5 Comments

#RIPHugoChavez = #Twitterfail

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Riddle me this: When is a Trending Topic NOT a trending topic? Courtesy of Patria Grande, here comes a wake-up call for all you internauts who love Venezuela, and who want to keep abreast of all the dirty tricks of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, El Predicto Speaks..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Obamarama!, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Stupid Sex Tricks: Dad, is that YOU?

Posted on December 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This isn’t the first time I’ve heard THIS story: A MAN got more than he bargained for when a prostitute he ordered to his hotel room turned out to be his daughter. The Huffington Post reports that Zimbabwean Titus Ncube … Continue reading →

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Stupid Sex Tricks, Teh Heterostoopid | 1 Comment

How to justify a police state, or “This ain’t Canada anymore”

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

How do you justify police brutality on the level of last year’s G20 summit? And how do you justify turning Canada into a most unCanadian police state? Well, it helps if you get the media on side, as whoever infiltrated … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Cops Behaving Badly, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | Comments Off

What you’re not being told about Libya

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Bob Powell of Above Top Secret neatly unpacks the Libyan revolution-that-wasn’t. Some interesting shockers I hadn’t heard yet include the presence of al-Qaida, apparently operating with CIA blessing, in the “National Transitional Council”, and the presence of Qatari troops, in … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, BushCo Death Watch, Canadian Counterpunch, Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Obamarama!, Rivers in Egypt, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 1 Comment

Venezuela’s gold comes home

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Don’t expect to read anything good about this in your lamestream English media. And don’t expect to see these pictures, either: Citizens of Caracas hold up a banner thanking President Chávez for bringing home the gold in the name of … Continue reading →