Category Archives: Not So Compassionate Conservatism

Hello, operator? I think I’ve been framed.

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Could you please put me through to Dr. George Lakoff? I have a really bad case of brainwashing I’m trying to overcome. New research confirms that repetition of “myths” and slogans helps lodge them in the minds of the public … Continue reading →

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SupposiTory takes aim at Native people

Posted on September 23, 2007 by Sabina Becker

It’s not hard to guess who he’s really targeting here, is it? Anyone directing, participating in or financially supporting an illegal land occupation in Ontario would face harsher penalties under a Progressive Conservative government, leader John Tory said Sunday as … Continue reading →

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Irony escapes them

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can’t make this up. Police said Sunday they have broken up a cell of young Israeli neo-Nazis accused of a string of brutal racist and anti-Semitic attacks, videos of which were played on television to a stunned national audience. … Continue reading →

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Crony conservatism? We got it.

Posted on August 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I guess there’s not that much separating us from the Americans after all.

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Blame the gays (again!)

Posted on July 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I think this is satirical, but it’s strangely depressing anyway.

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More double talk from Alvaro

Posted on July 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Contradictions between right-wing assertions and fact are such fun, especially when they’re blatant. Check out, for example, the gulf between this assertion… President Alvaro Uribe said Friday that Colombia’s institutions are now free of infiltration and corruption by right-wing militias … Continue reading →

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Harpo’s asinine strawman argument

Posted on July 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can’t make this shit up. Some South American countries are at a crossroads because they falsely believe their only choice is between socialism or the American style of capitalism, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Tuesday. Speaking at the Canada-Chile … Continue reading →

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I am cringing as I type this

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And why not? This is the most embarrassing show of prime-ministerial hubris I’ve seen in a while. Stephen Harper became the first Canadian prime minister to visit Colombia this week, and dismissed criticism that Canada is putting trade ahead of … Continue reading →

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Rudy Giuliani’s urban legend

Posted on July 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

New York firefighters (and bereaved relatives of dead firefighters) shatter the myth of the then mayor’s “heroism” on 9-11:The terrible truth is, Giuliani did not even meet the minimum standards of acceptable conduct. The non-functioning radios that cost over 300 … Continue reading →

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Ratzi puts his Prada-clad foot in it again

Posted on July 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yikes. Pope Benedict XVI has reasserted the universal primacy of the Roman Catholic Church, approving a document released Tuesday that says Orthodox churches were defective and that other Christian denominations were not true churches. Benedict approved a document from his … Continue reading →

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