Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“If the press is a nest of thugs, let the walls speak!”Need a laugh this dreary Monday morning? Have I got the giggles for you… Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not Hiding in Honduras, Obamarama! | Comments Off

Russian TV crew arrested at the School of the Assassins

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Your take-away lesson here, kiddies: Fascism and torture cannot bear closer scrutiny. Why else shut out a camera crew covering a protest against a “democratic” school teaching those things?

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See what happens when you sleep through Media Law 101?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You get pantload everywhere:Why do I get the feeling that the above is actually Ezra Levant‘s grade-school days coming back to haunt? (Image shamelessly stolen from Law is Cool.)

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Law-Law Land, Schadenfreude | Comments Off

Heroes for Today: Sully, again

Posted on November 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hero pilot and airline safety expert Capt. Chesley Sullenberger weighs in on the US-TSA’s infamous “porno-scanners”. He doesn’t like them, feeling that they’re merely “expedient” and don’t help air crews do their job–protecting passengers–at all. There are other reasons to … Continue reading →

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“The grandfather of Cuban blogs” supports terrorism. So does El Nuevo Herald

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This might come as a surprise to some, but surely not to me. The newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, of Miami, has published an article in which one of its columnists thanks the creators of the video game Call of Duty: … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), CubanaBomber Death Watch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 7 Comments

Heroes for Today: Graeme Taylor and Larry Skopnik

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

One’s a gay teen, the other’s a paraplegic. But both have something remarkable in common: the way they stand up for others in the face of yahoos trying to take things away from them. Considering how vulnerable both are, their … Continue reading →

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What delegitimizes Israel?

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well, for starters, Bibi Netanyahu is doing a terrific job of it. As are his Likudnik supporters:Democratic tolerance for dissent: Ur doin it rong.UPDATE: Mondoweiss has more on the chokehold part of that incident.

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Gazing on Gaza, Isn't It Ironic? | 2 Comments

How to screw the pooch, authentically

Posted on November 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Oh yes, little Chihuahua perrito. Once more, you are so fucked! And this time, by a news source I used to trust, at least as far as Mexico went. But no longer. As usual, my amigo Slave Revolt has called … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 6 Comments

Peace or poppies? The ethical dilemma that shouldn’t be

Posted on November 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Soldiers and sailors and airmen, tooFought for us across the sea;Brave and unselfish, strong and true,Keeping Canada free!I’ll wear a poppy on Remembrance DayTo show I’m proud of what they did for me…”We sang that song in sixth grade, before … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Isn't It Ironic? | 6 Comments

Congratulations, Team America World Police!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s been only eight long years of illegal captivity and torture, and finally, you wrung a “confession” out of your designated scapegoat, poor, brainwashed Omar Khadr, he of the batshit-crazy fundie-Islamist family. Feel proud! Meanwhile, here’s a little song, which … Continue reading →