Category Archives: Morticia! You Spoke French!

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Playing catch-up with El Ecuadorable

Posted on February 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sigh. What’s a girl to do when she’s looking for Latin American lefty-porn to give her readers their Friday fix of progressive pulchritude? All the news is full of Chavecito and his maybe-recurred cancer (or maybe-just-scar-tissue, did-THAT-ever-occur-to-you-crapaganda-whores?). And we all … Continue reading →

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Zut alors! Plus de “mademoiselle”!

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ah, oui. C’est fini, l’ennui: The term “mademoiselle” is about to disappear from French paperwork. Under pressure from campaigners, the government has decided that women will not have to choose how to describe themselves on official documents. Unlike men, women … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Cool Beans, Law-Law Land, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

MerCHEdes? Of atrocities and apologies (still owing) from Mercedes-Benz

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, the above is an atrocity, and a gross violation of rights. But not for the reasons the gusanos of Miami claim. Cubadebate explains what’s really horrible about it: The luxury-vehicle company Mercedes-Benz apologized this week for having used the … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Stupid Sex Tricks: Because stupid hat tricks are so passé

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Hockey normally gets very short shrift here, unless I’m wank-listing Don Fucking Cherry for his latest rockum-sockum case of Teh Stoopid. But this time, the tacky thing at the rink wasn’t him or his suit, it was what someone else … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Fuck the Police (Before They Fuck You)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

(Logo from the infamous Dave Rabbit sweatshirt, a limited-edition Vietnam War pirate radio joke product.) Pardon my Anglo-Saxon and the explicit artwork, but given what shit is hitting the fan in Britain, it was only fittin’… Undercover police officers routinely … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops Behaving Badly, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal?, Merry Old England, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Spooks | 2 Comments

Big news in Bogotá

Posted on January 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Well, who’d of thunk it? Looks like the capital of Colombia has a cool new (progressive) mayor! Gustavo Petro was sworn in as mayor of Bogotá and presented his plan for the city for the coming years. He explained that … Continue reading →

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Cristina gets cancer, Chavecito gets topical, Jezebel gets Teh Stoopid

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Dear lord, what is it with progressive LatAm leaders getting the fucking C-word? First it was Dilma, then Lugo, then Chavecito, then Lula, and now Cristina? President Cristina Kirchner is suffering from a papillary cancer in the right lobe of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Don't Cry For Argentina, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Newspeak is Nospeak, She Blinded Me With Science, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 3 Comments

Glass houses, Your Barackness.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by calling Obama a “clown” and telling him to mind his … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Obamarama!, The United States of Amnesia, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 3 Comments

Poor Pippa.

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You really have to feel for this girl sometimes. Apparently her much-scrutinized on-again-off-again romance is off, for good: She is one of the most desirable women in the world, the beautiful younger sister of the future Queen of England with … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Anyone here know how to Madison?

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Long live (???) camp. Tim Curry (as Dr. Frank N. Furter) always did have a certain je ne sais quoi. Remember, he seduces both Brad AND Janet.

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