Category Archives: Teh Russkies

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Where the hell are Abkhazia and South Ossetia?

Posted on July 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You’ll probably need a map to find these two republics of the Russian Federation; I seem to recall them being in dispute when that Washington-backed freak from Georgia ate his tie…Watch for the cravat-munch one minute in.Whatever. Anyway, all you … Continue reading →

Posted in Festive Left Friday Blogging, Huguito Chavecito, Teh Russkies | 2 Comments

Canadian comedy is eerily prescient–and better than US news

Posted on April 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Dave Foley of The Kids in the Hall anticipates Glenn Beck, back when the latter was still mumbling drunkenly behind a 7-11 store somewhere. Keitho (when he’s on, he’s really really on) points out the eerie parallels.And yes, the paranoid … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Teh Russkies | 2 Comments

In midst of global sexual abuse crisis, Vatican covers up, scapegoats the innocent

Posted on April 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

That’s what the headlines would read if mainstream anglo news services had any remaining commitment to accuracy. Instead, what we get is:“Venezuela’s Catholic Church says Chavez’s Marxist politics threatening religion”“Church: Marxism a threat to religion in Venezuela”“Is Hugo Chavez the … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak, Pissing Jesus Off, She Blinded Me With Science, Teh Russkies, Who Forgot Poland? | 12 Comments

This one’s just for you, Otto…

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Soooo…Mr. Inca-Kola Dude thinks he can get away with calling figure skating some kind of pansy sport?Well, blame him for what I’m about to do here, folks…Ahem. Plushy may not have taken gold at the Olympics this time ’round (and … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Teh Ghey, Teh Russkies, The WTF? Files | 3 Comments

Avatar–WTF?

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

While everyone else is all agog over how Evo went to see Avatar with his daughter (and loved it), I found something very different regarding that film in Russia: Soviet sci-fi writer, 76-year-old Boris Strugatsky, has accused Oscar-winning director James … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies | 9 Comments

Stalinists: No criticizing Dear Leader on his birthday

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Y’okay, I take it humor is out of the question as well?Whatever is to be made of this? The Russian Communist Party asked the nation Monday for a daylong moratorium on criticizing Soviet dictator Josef Stalin as they celebrate his … Continue reading →

Posted in Teh Russkies, The WTF? Files | 7 Comments

Berlin Wall/German Reunification: Still believe in the Evil Russians?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Then you’re about to get a nasty surprise. Svetlana Savranskaya of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, has some news for you:Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t need no Ronnie Ray-Gun telling him to tear down that wall; he was already doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Confessions of a Bad German, Teh Russkies, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Berlin Wall/German reunification: Still believe in the myth of the “freedom-loving” capitalist west?

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A short history of the Berlin Wall. The very fitting song is “Wind of Change”, by the Scorpions–a German band. Who the hell needs those fucking U2 poseurs and their new, CAPITALIST wall of shame?Sometimes, it pays to be on … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Do As I Say..., Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Teh Russkies, The "Well, DUH!" Files, Who Forgot Poland? | 2 Comments

And you thought Dubya looks like a chimp?

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

That ain’t nothin’. Look what Pooty-Poot looks like…And to think some people consider him a hot head-of-state? Pshaw.

Posted in Teh Russkies, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 1 Comment

An ironic death in Russia

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From La Jornada (of Mexico) via Aporrea, an item both ironic and sobering about what has become of Russian glasnost: Journalists, politicians and many ordinary readers of Izvestia, the daily newspaper which marked a crucial period in Russian history, attended … Continue reading →