Category Archives: Morticia! You Spoke French!

Woe Blight and the Seven Dorks

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is, obviously, a short story à clef.Once upon a time (the present), there was (is) a little red-headed Canadian princess (ahem–QUEEN!), who lived (lives) on the north shore of Lake Ontario and swore (swears!) she could see across it … Continue reading →

A bizarre dream I had the other night, or, L’esprit de l’escalier

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Staircase/bookshelf designed by Tim Sloan, featured in Marie Claire Maison. Now this is what I call a dream worth having!I’ve been debating with myself about whether or not I should blog this, because it’s so embarrassing and personal and silly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, The WTF? Files, Writer Lady Sings the Blues | 2 Comments

Is this what it takes to stop the bleeding?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From France, something mightily disturbing about where privatization of formerly public companies goes if taken to the crapitalist extreme… France Télécom today shelved its restructuring programme after the suicides of 25 workers whose deaths have been linked to a modernisation … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

O Irony, where is thy sting?

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Bwahahahaha. Where else? Planted firmly, barbed-end-first, in the ass-cheek of a woman who thought she could take the shortcut to queen-bee status: SARAH Palin is said to have pocketed a $7 million advance for the 400-page memoir she turned in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, El Predicto Speaks..., Morticia! You Spoke French!, The Hardcore Stupid, The Nausea, The WTF? Files, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 2 Comments

Stupid Sex Tricks: So you think you’re hot shit?

Posted on August 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Well, you’re halfway there, bud. But you ain’t hot till someone does this to you: A 26-year-old woman is being hailed as a national hero after belying the conventional wisdom that revenge is a dish best served cold.The unidentified female … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Dicks ‘n’ Taters edition

Posted on May 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

It’s time to plant potatoes…and pray none come out looking quite like this:So, how do this week’s candidates rate? As dicks, taters, or both? Read on, and judge for yourselves…1. Orson Scott Fucking Card. Who is he to be blatting … Continue reading →

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Conquest of the East

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A study in “soft” imperialism. A French documentary with subtitles in Spanish:Presented on VTV by journalist Erika Ortega Sanoja, with commentary and discussion by US/Venezuelan author-attorney Eva Golinger, and French sociologist Romain Mingus.This doc is particularly relevant for Venezuelans right … Continue reading →

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Human Enema Nozzles: That was the week that was…

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Before I get into this week’s barrel-o-bile, I just thought I’d share a little something that Jim wrote at The Scarlet Pimpernel. Something that made me sad, and made me rethink the whole notion of trying to be noble: … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Michael Zuckerman on neo-cons

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“In French slang, the word con means jackass or imbecilic wuss. So when the néo-cons–the néo-cons as the French read the term–went ahead with the ill-considered invasion and imperialist occupation of Iraq, the French thought that this was just the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Frantz Fanon on neoliberalism

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“But when decolonization occurs in regions where the liberation struggle has not yet made its impact sufficiently felt, here are the same smart alecks, the sly, shrewd intellectuals whose behavior and ways of thinking, picked up from their rubbing shoulders … Continue reading →