Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Neil Macdonald cries for teh menz

Posted on March 28, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Oh, won’t somebody think of the men? Clearly, no one in Ottawa is doing so, if the latest federal budget is any indication. Luckily, the menz have Neil Macdonald, CBC’s voice of the voiceful, to take up their kvetch for … Continue reading →

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Sebastian Gorka, super senius…

Posted on March 16, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember Drumpf’s so-called terrorism expert, Sebaaaaaaastian Goooooorka, Super Genius? Well, it looks like he’s had a little run-in with a speeding train called Reality: Sebastian Gorka, President Trump’s top counter-terrorism adviser, is a formal member of a Hungarian far-right … Continue reading →

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West Virginia feels the Bern

Posted on March 15, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Holy frack. You have GOT to see this town-hall meeting Bernie Sanders attended in McDowell County, West Virginia: McDowell has the distinction of being the setting of Homer Hickam’s memoir, Rocket Boys (and the movie based on it, October Sky). … Continue reading →

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Cambodia’s “war debt” is bullshit

Posted on March 13, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Ever wonder what’s been going on in Cambodia since Pol Pot became history? Well, a few things have: It’s become a high-water mark of sorts for human rights abuses, with one third of the country’s people killed in a genocide … Continue reading →

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Happy Women’s Day. Here’s what we’re (still) up against.

Posted on March 8, 2017 by Sabina Becker

What are we working for? CHANGE. And what are we working to change? These things, among many, MANY others: If you’re driving while female, be careful about honking your horn at anyone blocking the road. Some asshole with a crowbar … Continue reading →

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Why the “free speech” excuse is bullshit

Posted on March 6, 2017 by Sabina Becker

I hate Illinois Nazis. Especially when Canadians try to mimic their tactics. So, lately, there’s been a whole lot of bullshit flying around up here. A bunch of covert Nazis got together in Toronto and other cities to protest M-103, … Continue reading →

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Right-wing terrorist threats at Concordia U.

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Hello, Montréal Police? Have I got a tip for you! Guess what showed up at Concordia University lately? Charming, isn’t it? Like everything the “alt-right” (translation: white supremacists too chicken to wear their sheets in public, and/or neo-Nazis who don’t … Continue reading →

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Finally, anti-gang laws put some real thugs behind bars

Posted on March 1, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Mirabile dictu, the anti-gang laws of Georgia have actually put a couple of white supremacist gang members (and several of their equally white-supremacist buddies) behind bars. And without violating either the First OR the Second Amendment, because this was a … Continue reading →

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Sebastian Gorka is a ridiculous cartoon

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Seriously. You have to hear this guy talk. Sam Seder & Co. had a field day with him: Can you hear the cackles in the background as Gorka (gawd, his name sounds like Gurke — the German word for cucumber … Continue reading →

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Dems asked Bernie to do WHAT?

Posted on February 26, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, that’s right…they tried to get Bernie to tell people to stop protesting. Do they have any idea who they’re talking to? I mean, this is how Bernie got his start in politics: That’s a young Bernie Sanders, getting arrested … Continue reading →

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