Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Leamsy Salazar: Unmasking a Venezuelan traitor

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito and his then vice-president, Diosdado Cabello (first row, side by side), in happier times. He’s surrounded by the usual circle of bodyguards. But there is an infiltrator. That man in the circle is now the subject of intense scrutiny. … Continue reading →

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Saudi Arabia, progressive kingdom of irony

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Saudi feminists sure do love them some manspreading. According to Konbini, this photo was taken last year at a conference at Qassim University on women’s rights. The piece also notes that Saudi Arabia ranks 127th out of 136 countries on … Continue reading →

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The mysterious case of Helric Fredou: Was it really a suicide?

Posted on January 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Isn’t it ironic, and odd, that a high-ranking French policeman, just newly placed in charge of the biggest investigation of his life, should suddenly kill himself the very night after the crime? I’m speaking here of the Charlie Hebdo massacre … Continue reading →

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Paris is a no-go zone!!!

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Panic panic terror terror ISLAMISTS COUSCOUS OMG!!! As you’ve probably guessed by their accents, those are actually French comedians, making fun of a certain crapaganda network’s perpetually panic-stricken reporting style. Finally, some real material for their satire! Let it never … Continue reading →

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Non, je ne suis pas Charlie. And here’s why.

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Mock on, Mock on, Voltaire, Rousseau; Mock on, Mock on, ’tis all in vain. You throw the sand against the wind, And the wind blows it back again. — William Blake No, I am not Charlie Hebdo. I am not … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: The truth about those “dropping” oil prices

Posted on January 8, 2015 by Sabina Becker

“Dude…and to think there are people who call this a ‘drop’ in the price of oil!” On the upside, though, this is terrible news for anyone who wants to despoil the Arctic, contribute to the mess that is Mordor (in … Continue reading →

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Dershowitz’s “abuse excuse”

Posted on January 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Hey everybody! Remember this shitty book? Well, guess what. The dude who wrote it, who is an apologist for pretty much everything disgusting being perpetrated by the government of the US and/or Israel these days…is now implicated in the same … Continue reading →

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Who is Charles Bentley? A short investigation

Posted on December 31, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember when I wrote about Maricori’s little friend from the US Embassy, the one who appeared in this video, taken the day she was charged with conspiring against the Venezuelan government? Well, guess what. Maricori’s little friend has a … Continue reading →

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When perverts become “victims”

Posted on December 28, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Sebastian Edathy, personifying chutzpah on Facebook. In English, no less. Right now, in Germany, there’s a huge scandal going on. A former parliamentarian, who resigned shortly before his home was raided by police, has been found to have bought and … Continue reading →

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Why the Marquis de Sade is nobody’s hero

Posted on December 27, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Detail from “The Martyrdom of St. Barbara”, by Jean Bellegambe, 1528. Musée de la Chartreuse, Douai. What gives with the idea that a notorious 18th-century aristocratic sociopath — a chronic, pathological liar who ruthlessly took full advantage of his high … Continue reading →