Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

“Behind closed doors”: How domestic violence led to a rampage in Austria

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Another day, another rampage, another vigil. This time, it’s in the downtown pedestrian zone of Graz, where a young man drove at full speed into a crowd…on purpose. What lurks behind such “senseless” violence? EMMA investigated, and found the following: … Continue reading →

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German women take on brothel ads

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Karina Alteweier, a physician assistant in Leverkusen, Germany, points out an example of the kind of advertising she’s fighting in her city. Right next to it, a children’s musical is advertised. The brothel’s name, address, and other details are blocked … Continue reading →

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Nudity blamed for earthquake, AGAIN…

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Tourists on Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia, stripping down…very much against local law. Hey! Remember the Boobquake of a few years back, when some silly mullah in Iran blamed women’s “immodest dress” for causing earthquakes in that land (which happens to be … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A foretaste of C-51?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Via Canadaland, a little whiff of what the cops have already got cooking for us lowly, democracy-loving peons: What an interesting* statement from the Mountie! “Attacking the Canadian economy”, just by PROTESTING the Harper government’s piss-poor handling of it? Shades … Continue reading →

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“El Colombia”, assassin of Robert Serra, extradited to Venezuela

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Video of Venezuelan National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello, on his VTV show, Con el Mazo Dando (“Giving it to them with a club”), promising that soon, the Colombian paramilitary thug who murdered PSUV deputy Robert Serra and his girlfriend, María … Continue reading →

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New putschist plans surface in Venezuela

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Oho, what’s this? Another putschist conspiracy in Venezuela? ¡Por supuesto! And this little conversation between two big pieces of shit was captured in none other than the jailhouse where the two are currently cooling their heels. Here are the details … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on the Duggar scandal

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Would you trust these people to teach YOU morality? If the answer is yes, you just might be a Pharisee. So, this happened. Finally, after years of parading their nauseating Quiverfull sanctimony on the Internets and TV to the tune … Continue reading →

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Another paramilitary band broken up in Venezuela

Posted on May 18, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan federal authorities are always on the lookout for paramilitaries. And no wonder: Ever since Chavecito rose to power (and Madurito succeeded him), the old ruling classes have had this ongoing problem with actual, functioning, democratically-elected government. They don’t want … Continue reading →

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The ugly truth about Baltimore

Posted on April 29, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Her sign says it all. Photo: Harry Fear. Whenever I hear about Baltimore — Maryland, that is, as there’s a Baltimore, Ontario not far from where I live — I can’t help but recall this Countee Cullen poem I first … Continue reading →

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“Dear Madame Minister”: A German ex-prostitute’s open letter

Posted on April 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

The no-doubt-ironically-named Paradise bordello…just one of several German brothels which were recently raided by police on suspicion of human trafficking. Think Germany is a paradise for women in prostitution? Think again. A formerly prostituted woman has written to Manuela Schwesig, … Continue reading →