Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Germany: After New Year’s Eve assaults, the deluge…of stupidity and racism

Posted on January 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

More raw footage of the New Year’s Eve goings-on in Köln, Germany. A voice off-camera asks the guy recording it if he’s ever seen anything like this before, and he replies that he can’t say; he’s waiting to see what … Continue reading →

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New Year’s Eve in Germany: No terror attacks, but mass sexual assault in at least three cities

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

News footage from the cathedral city of Köln on New Year’s Eve. Cellphone video shows unruly crowds shooting off fireworks carelessly. The local officials are worried that the appearance of some of the men in the footage might spark riots … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Militant atheism vs. militant Islamism

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Really not a dime’s worth of difference between them, is there?

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Venezuela exposes Macri’s hypocrisy

Posted on December 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Oh my. This is just golden: Venezuelan foreign minister Delcy Rodríguez holds up photos showing the “peaceful” demonstrations of the Venezuelan opposition during the Mercosur summit in Paraguay, shaming the new president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, who defended those demos … Continue reading →

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Argentina: New laws to govern protests rejected, along with economic measures

Posted on December 21, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. A little music, Maestra, to set the tone: Ah. That was lovely, even with the bit at the end missing. Now, the story: The Argentine head of cabinet, Marcos Peña, announced on Friday that the Macri government are preparing … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on the Venezuelan election fiasco

Posted on December 10, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“When they take away your grandpa’s pension, say it with pride: But we have change!” So, this happened. The “democratic” Venezuelan opposition’s dirty tricks and intimidation campaigns finally paid off…sort of. But it looks as though their honeymoon in the … Continue reading →

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Shovels and rakes and implements of destruction

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Seeing as it’s the 50th anniversary of the incident that inspired this here song, I figured it would be a friendly gesture to post it for all my US friends: Oh yeah, and the movie that got made about it, … Continue reading →

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SOLD!

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Yes, folks, it’s now official. This lovely nude portrait of Der Harper just went up for sale on Kijiji after its owner (formerly anonymous) came out of the closet about it. The CBC has the deets: What’s it like to … Continue reading →

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Syria: Turkey tips its hand, NATO objectively pro-Daesh, Canada WTF?

Posted on November 24, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Sorry for that inelegant header, but this is gonna be an untidy post that covers a lot of rough ground, so hang onto your hats, kiddies. First up, a little video from that shootdown of a Russian Sukhoi yesterday: … Continue reading →

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Algeria: The real, unmentionable key to the Paris attacks

Posted on November 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker

The Battle of Algiers, an award-winning film based on the true story of the struggle for Algerian independence. Saadi Yacef, who plays El-Hadi Jaffar, was an actual FLN guerrilla leader; the character Jaffar is basically himself a few years before … Continue reading →