Category Archives: Teh Russkies

Music for a Sunday: Polyushko Polye, three ways

Posted on February 9, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Today, we ride a troika. First off, the Red Army choir doing a killer rendition of my favorite old Soviet tune: And now, the late, great Ivan Rebroff… …who, despite his stage name, was actually a German (and won medals … Continue reading →

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Fresh video from Russia

Posted on February 7, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Video from today by Dmitriy Zikov, showing Russian police in Red Square arresting a group of LGBT rights activists singing the national anthem at the moment of the opening of the Sochi Olympics. At the end you can hear a … Continue reading →

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Nothing to see here. Move along…

Posted on February 4, 2014 by Sabina Becker

So, gays can feel safe and at ease in Russia with the Olympics on? Funny, but I don’t believe that…why not? Oh yeah…that’s why. An antifascist group of LGBT rights supporters, on October 6 of last year, found out just … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: A little Santorum on your Sochi

Posted on February 2, 2014 by Sabina Becker

I somehow doubt that this will be the theme song of the Olympics: It sure is catchy, though. And so’s this one: …although I suspect it won’t be played, either.

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Did the CBC do propaganda-for-pay?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I dunno…you tell me: I always did find that particular Mansbridge “report” awfully Harpo-friendly (and uncharacteristically so). And conveniently timed, too, as the above video says, with Pooty-Poot laying his own claims to the North Pole’s seabed and all that … Continue reading →

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Good news from two unexpected places

Posted on October 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

First, Texas: Yup, Wendy Davis has laced up her running shoes again. And this time, she’s heading straight for the governor’s mansion: Wendy Davis, the Democratic Texas state senator who won fame trying to block anti-abortion legislation with a marathon … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How NOT to spice up your relationship

Posted on September 30, 2013 by Sabina Becker

From Gawker, we have this little item: Authorities in the Ukranian city of Zaporizhia say the 41-year-old man and his thirtysomething girlfriend “failed to overcome their natural passion…and wanted to experience an extreme sensation near the railroad tracks.” While in … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Johnny Weir

Posted on September 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Dear Johnny: So, I heard you still plan to go to Sochi in spite of everything. Well, Johnny, I must confess I’m baffled and disappointed. Is this the same Johnny I loved so much for his fearlessness? The one who … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Nicolás!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In honor of the Venezuelan president’s wise decision to give asylum to Edward Snowden tonight, here’s a little tribute to him (and his late friend and Comandante, Chavecito), from Russia, with love: Ska-P’s “El Libertador”, sung (in Spanish!) by a … Continue reading →

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Cuba receives humanitarian aid shipments

Posted on November 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A welcome sight on the tarmac at Santiago. Guess where it came from… Around noon today, at the Antonio Maceo Grajales International Airport in Santiago de Cuba, a shipment of humanitarian aid for those affected by Hurricane Sandy arrived from … Continue reading →

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