Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

For the first time in two months, a political prisoner turned refugee speaks: He spoke out in defence of Ecuador, Bradley Manning, and Pussy Riot. And here’s something truly excellent: Look who his defence attorney is! Julian Assange’s lawyer, Baltasar … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: In which one fine-ass dude disses a smarmy git

Posted on August 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

This is Tom Morello. Like Barack Obama, he’s part Kenyan. Unlike him, he’s a bona-fide, actual Marxist. And he takes hilarious exception to a certain vice-presidential candidate who is clearly missing something in the sense-of-irony department: I wonder what Ryan’s … Continue reading →

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Clip ‘n’ Save: Nope, no government help here!

Posted on August 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Rugged Individualism FTW.

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Hey, wouldn’t it be funny if that happened in Venezuela?

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It’s at times like this that I miss my blogging amigo BoRev. He’d know just what to do with stories like this: An electoral scandal of great proportions involving the office of State Attorney General Katherine Fernández-Rundle is rocking the … Continue reading →

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Sikhs after 9-11: Fighting prejudice and ignorance

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Via Roger Ebert, this timely little documentary: Hate crimes against North American Sikhs are nothing new, any more than is racist hatred against anyone who isn’t white (or, in the case of Latin@s and Jews, “white enough”). Yesterday’s neo-Nazi shooting … Continue reading →

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Eat at Joe’s

Posted on August 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

No, this is not THAT chicken place. From the Toronto Star, a case of oopsy mistaken identity: Chick-Felays and Chick-fil-A may sound similar and both serve chicken as their main dishes, but the similarities end there, something Chick-Felays founder and … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Gore Vidal’s best words

Posted on August 1, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And that’s why he will be missed, while the plutocrats he talks about…NEVER.

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Nothin’s gay at Chick-fil-A!

Posted on July 31, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Especially not their latest ad: Thank you Jeebus. PS: Awww. In spite of Sarah Fucking Palin and Rick Fucking Santorum shilling the shit out of them, things aren’t going so great for the Chick-fil-A-tors. Maybe they really do need a … Continue reading →

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