Category Archives: The ‘Stans

Bowtie Boy gets Russia hysterically wrong

Posted on February 27, 2024 by Sabina Becker

So. I guess you must have heard of a certain “journalist” from the US of Amnesia, who recently decided to show all his countrymen how their “leftist” (really, just very lukewarmly liberal) values have ensured the “fall of Western Civilization”, … Continue reading →

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9-11: The Afghan connection

Posted on September 12, 2021 by Sabina Becker

A French documentary on the unheeded warnings of Ahmed Shah Massoud, the Northern Alliance leader assassinated by the Taliban two days before 9-11. You cannot understand the current situation of Afghanistan, much less its connection to the events of 20+ … Continue reading →

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In which Sebastian Gorka smears a dead man with bullshit

Posted on December 5, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Because it’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from that large lump of Nazi-symp lard, here’s Wile E. Pickle with his Hungarian Nazi medal, dumping out a bucket of bile over Jamal Khashoggi, who’s no longer there to defend … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Elin Ersson, stand-up student

Posted on July 26, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Want to know what awesome looks like? Well, right now, it looks like this young Swedish woman: Rosa Parks fought for justice by remaining seated in the front of the bus; Elin Ersson did it by remaining standing in a … Continue reading →

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Condi Rice returns from the dead, defends torture

Posted on May 2, 2018 by Sabina Becker

Honestly, I didn’t know she was still alive; we’ve heard so little from Dubya’s Auntie since she left office. But if anyone seriously thought she looked good compared to Donnie Drumpf’s Keystone Kop State Dept., you can hereby forget that … Continue reading →

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The predictable outcome of “God, guns, and gays”

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Probably the most sickening thing about the whole Pulse nightclub shooting, for me, is how quickly the media seized on the ethnicity and alleged religion of the shooter, as though Omar Mateen — Afghan-American, ostensibly Muslim — were the product … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, BushCo Death Watch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Pissing Jesus Off, Teh Ghey, The 'Stans, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 2 Comments

Compare and Contrast: Militant atheism vs. militant Islamism

Posted on January 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Really not a dime’s worth of difference between them, is there?

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The Petraeus scandal widens

Posted on November 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Meet another possible participant in the Petraeus affair…one whose strange behavior came to light in the course of the FBI’s investigation into some other strange behavior: US general John Allen, chief of the NATO mission in Afghanistan, is being investigated … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, BushCo Death Watch, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The 'Stans, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

A few random thoughts on a former general

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I have a terrible confession to make: When the news of the Petraeus sex scandal broke this past week, my first reaction was to chuckle. Not in the usual “ha ha, another cheatypants got caught, serves him right” sense (although … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Tariq Ali on the “lone gunman” of Afghanistan

Posted on March 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

“It’s hardly a secret that most Afghans are opposed to the occupation of their country. Occupying soldiers are well aware of the fact. The ‘enemy’ is not hidden. It is the public. So wiping out women and children is part … Continue reading →