Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Dear Neil Macdonald: Nobody needs your stinkin’ advice.

Yes, this IS snark. And no, I’m not gonna stop it, no matter who hectors me. And yes, Neil Macdonald, this includes YOU. I mean, what the fuck kind of “advice” is THIS condescension, anyway? But with all due respect … Continue reading

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“Veteran Rockette” is out of step with modern Rockettes (and reality)

Es wird nicht aus der Reihe getanzt! Oder doch? Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the New York Post. The right-wing tabloid has finally dug up a lone voice of good old-fashioned conformity — masquerading, as conformity so often … Continue reading

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White guy defends other white guy against evil natives. Film at 11!

Meet Konrad Yakabuski. Konrad has an awful beef against all the pesky non-white people ganging up on white people who claim non-white ancestry and make big bank and get critical acclaim by writing books about non-white people, from the viewpoint … Continue reading

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“Deploraball” turns into DeploraBRAWL

Is there anything funnier than a bunch of ugly “alt-right” hatemongers turning on each other? Cenk doesn’t seem to think so. And I don’t think so, either. You can read all about the DeploraBRAWL at the Little Hitler Pageant here. … Continue reading

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Who hacked the US elections…really?

Your attention please, everyone. I have just received some pictures of the real hackers of the US elections. Here’s one of them: Gee, he sure looks Russian to me! And here are three more: I could swear I saw these … Continue reading

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Mainstream western media roll over for bloodthirsty foreign dictator

Note that this is NOT the Onion. And neither is it Russia Today, reporting on Bashar al-Assad. This is the CBC, reporting on the so-called president of the Philippines: Yes, that’s Rodrigo Fucking Duterte, cheerfully admitting that he’s a bloodthirsty … Continue reading

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Remembering Viola Desmond

Viola Desmond, a Canadian civil-rights hero, was honored today with the announcement that her face would appear on the $10 bill. She beat Rosa Parks to the punch by nine years, in 1946, when she insisted on sitting in the … Continue reading

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Nazi brothels: The hidden horror of the concentration camps

A concentration camp identification card from a female prisoner of Ravensbrück, who was sent to work in another camp as a prostitute. The word “Bordellfrau” should escape no one’s notice. Yes, it’s true: There really was nothing beneath the Nazis. … Continue reading

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Undocumented Colombian Drumpf supporter gets deported?

An interesting rumor has been making the rounds of the Spanish-speaking Internets of late. No word yet on whether it’s true, but this sure would be ironic if confirmed…¿no? We all know that Donald Trump made fairly strong statements against … Continue reading

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Quotable: Mikhail Baryshnikov on walls and conformity

At the rate things are going, we might even see Misha yearning for the good ol’ days of Soviet Russia.

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