Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

The case for gun control…

Posted on July 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…made in just under a minute, by a hair-triggered guy who’s not as quick on the draw as he thought he was. Watch the slo-mo replay; you’ll see he blows out a pant leg. Best YouTube comment: “He missed his … Continue reading →

Posted in Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, The Hardcore Stupid | 4 Comments

Heroes for Today: Hugh Grant, actually.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who’d of thunk that an actor who once became notorious for his run-in with a streetwalker would end up turning the tables on the paparazzi who made his private life virtually nonexistent thereafter? Or that he’d become a hero to … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Heroes for Today, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, The Nausea | 1 Comment

The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Canadian documentary that starts with the CIA’s failed, lame attempt to develop LSD as a truth serum/mind-control agent. Instead, it became the catalyst for thousands of old beatniks and young hippies, formerly staid scientists and political activists to all … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Cops Behaving Badly, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, She Blinded Me With Science, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 6 Comments

Prison mafias: The newest plot to destabilize Venezuela

Posted on June 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

From Patria Grande, another interesting look at the self-styled forces of “democratic civil society” in Venezuela, and what they’re doing to steer the country away from the “disastrous”, “Castro-communist” rule of Hugo Chávez Frías: The editor of the weekly “Sixth … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | 2 Comments

Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx attacks the Vancouver Riots

Posted on June 20, 2011 by Sabina Becker

What’s that I feel pawing at my legs? What’s that meowing I hear? Oh, it’s our calico Stumpie friend, with a whole new batch of links. Whatcha got for us, Ms. Manx? The Vancouver riots, you say? Okay… First off, … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Cops Behaving Badly, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Short 'n' Stubby | 2 Comments

“Don’t keep looking for your brother, they threw him from a helicopter”

Posted on June 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pura Soto Rojas points to a headline: “SHOT”. It refers to the deaths, by secret firing squad, of leftist guerrillas during the “democratic” years of the Fourth Republic. Years which were not so democratic in fact, as the tragic story … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Chile Sin Queso, Cops Behaving Badly, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Paraguay, Uruguay, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Why the poor vote against themselves in Canada

Posted on May 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

What makes people vote against their own best interests? The Toronto Star’s Carol Goar has some answers. I’ll intersperse them with my own comments: People in low-income neighbourhoods are the biggest victims of the drug dealers and violent young offenders … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The Hardcore Stupid | 2 Comments

Hilarious, on so many levels

Posted on May 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of my friend Jim, on Facebook, this Panamanian news story came to my attention today: The Inter-American Press Association (IAPA) asked on Tuesday that the government of president Ricardo Martinelli investigate smear campaigns against Panamanian journalists, which represent “a … Continue reading →

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Stupid (Anti-)Sex Tricks: Hillary Clinton, too hot to print?

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Look closely…do you see anything missing here? No? Perhaps this will help, then: And if that still doesn’t make sense to you, here’s the original: Yes, that’s right — Hillary Clinton and the lone other woman in the Situation Room … Continue reading →

Posted in Fun With Photoshop, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Newspeak is Nospeak, Obamarama!, Stupid Sex Tricks, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

The Feminine Mystique that never died

Posted on May 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A padded bikini top by Abercrombie and Fitch, marketed to 8-year-old girls. Much fuss was made about the “push-up” (i.e. cleavage-creating) shape of the bra, and the premature sexualization of little girls it seems to create by making them appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Madvertising, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Pissing Jesus Off, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | 2 Comments