Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Peter Kent, ignorant SupposiTory hack

Posted on November 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Q. How does one get to be Minister of the Environment without any scientific knowledge whatsoever? A. By being a faithful, appointed HarpoCon hack beforehand, and then coasting into office on that. BTW, Peter Kent hates Venezuela. So it’s no … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Sir John A. Macdonald on US imperialism

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Image by Tigana Too. Yes, my Latin American amig@s, it’s true. Nosotr@s, l@s canadienses, somos el OTRO patio trasero de los EEUU. We’re the US’s OTHER backyard, and we’ve been just as much subject to their imperialism as you. So … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Quotable Notables, The Salvador Option(s), The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

George Bush officially full of shit

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The US Navy Times confirms what we already suspected: The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier has a messy problem. Since deploying in May, the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier George H.W. Bush has grappled with widespread toilet outages, at times rendering the entire … Continue reading →

Posted in BushCo Death Watch, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Quotable: Isaac Asimov on stupidity

Posted on November 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker
Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Crapagandarati, Isn't It Ironic?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Quotable Notables, She Blinded Me With Science, The Hardcore Stupid, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off on Quotable: Isaac Asimov on stupidity

Aloha, APEC. Love, the 99%.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Hawaiian singer Makana actually slipped this one below the radar on the 1%er leaders yesterday. Here’s the story: Honolulu – A change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The Bold and the Badass, The United States of Amnesia | 3 Comments

Poor Pippa.

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You really have to feel for this girl sometimes. Apparently her much-scrutinized on-again-off-again romance is off, for good: She is one of the most desirable women in the world, the beautiful younger sister of the future Queen of England with … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Merry Old England, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Newspeak is Nospeak, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 3 Comments

Quotable: George Monbiot on wealth

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker
Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Quotable Notables, Uppity Wimmin | 2 Comments

Teh Ghey takes on Teh Heterostoopid

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Guess who wins. Bonus: Conan O’Brien may be about to WHAT? Conan needs an envelope. And the crapaganda whores need a new scriptwriter. Or SEVERAL. And they need to all agree NOT to use the same fucking cliché.

Posted in Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., Isn't It Ironic?, Pissing Jesus Off, Teh Ghey, Teh Heterostoopid | 2 Comments

Dear Mississippi…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sorry to resort to pictures, but it seems that an awful lot of anti-choicers have difficulty reading. Amazing how many of these unsentient adults there are in Mississippi Goddamn, and how many of them take seriously the notion that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Toronto Zoo’s gay penguins go viral

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

By now you’ve surely heard of Buddy and Pedro, the two adorable little African penguins at the Toronto Zoo who’ve struck up an adorable little same-sex pair bond but are being separated in order to mate their “top-notch genes” with … Continue reading →

Posted in All the Tea in China, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, She Blinded Me With Science, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment