Category Archives: Newspeak is Nospeak

Just another senseless crime?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was in Arizona in 2003. It didn’t seem like a hateful place at the time. I was more worried about not clearing security to get on the plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto, to be honest; it was less … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Obamarama!, The Hardcore Stupid, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“If the press is a nest of thugs, let the walls speak!”Need a laugh this dreary Monday morning? Have I got the giggles for you… Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not Hiding in Honduras, Obamarama! | Comments Off

Memo to the media: Lose your sexual fetish and report the REAL story!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

For those living in Southern Ontario, these are interesting times, in the Chinese-curse sense of the word. An air-force colonel from CFB Trenton is currently standing trial for a stunning series of offences ranging from stalking and break/enter to rape … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Newspeak is Nospeak, She Blinded Me With Science, Sick Frickin' Bastards | 5 Comments

Time to blow this boat out of the water

Posted on September 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Aw, poor James O’Keefe. Apparently he’s so desperate to get laid, he has to resort to now… Recently, I was the target of a failed punk. James O’Keefe, the so-called “pimp” in the ACORN expose videos, was participating in a … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Filthy Stinking Rich, Fine Young Cannibals, Isn't It Ironic?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Why so afraid of a “Ground Zero mosque” that isn’t?

Posted on September 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Israeli cartoonist Shlomo Cohen neatly illustrates the phantom nature of the “victory mosque at Ground Zero”. It’s not a “victory” mosque, it’s not even an actual mosque, and it’s not actually at Ground Zero. I’m pretty sure, though, given his … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism | 7 Comments

Quotable: Tony Judt on language

Posted on August 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Cultural insecurity begets its linguistic doppelgänger. The same is true of technical advance. In a world of Facebook, MySpace, and Twitter (not to mention texting), pithy allusion substitutes for exposition. Where once the Internet seemed an opportunity for unrestricted communication, … Continue reading →

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Who is this “silent majority”, and why do they want to shut us up?

Posted on July 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I have always found the phrase “silent majority” irksome. Not just because Tricky Dick used it (and was, of course, lying his ass off when he did so), but because makes no sense. How do you know people who share … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Economics for Dummies: Crises of Capitalism, made easy

Posted on July 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A lecture by British sociologist David Harvey, accompanied by whiteboard cartoons. Suddenly, we can see why the US right-wing have been so busy trying to silence and/or expunge the voices of the left from their universities (hello, David Horowitz, we … Continue reading →

Posted in Brazil is the Bomb!, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Greek Salad, If You REALLY Care, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 3 Comments

Authoritarians: Canada haz ’em.

Posted on June 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Ah, yes. I suppose a lot of others will be asking the same thing. Unfortunately, I already know what the answer will be.Happy Canada Day Eve! Are you looking forward to the fireworks tomorrow, boyz ‘n’ girlz? That’s nice, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak | 1 Comment

A few random thoughts on the G-20, Black Bloc tactics and police brutality

Posted on June 28, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’m not sure what to make of this man. He seems belligerent. Yet he’s wearing socialist and peace symbols on his shirt. WTF? Anyway, his situation (which could be street theatre, for all we know) pretty much encapsulates what went … Continue reading →