Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Why marriage equality matters

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Sometimes, it takes an old war veteran to put things in perspective: Harlan Gardner, of Machias, Maine, flew in the last air battle of World War II. And he didn’t do it so that bigotry could go on reigning supreme … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Ron Reagan Jr. on guns

Posted on July 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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How NOT to write about Venezuela, part umpteen hundred and umpty-ump

Posted on July 25, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Class, your attention please. We have a very special guest today showing us what crappy coverage of a certain South American country looks like. Daniel Wallis of Reuters, please come forward… Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez unveiled a 3D image of South … Continue reading →

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Sidewalk chalk and the art of civil disobedience

Posted on July 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. How many cops does it take to arrest a guy armed only with a few pieces of sidewalk chalk? A. Watch this and see: I wonder how long his chalked logos lasted, who saw, and what message they took … Continue reading →

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Disgusted Cubans leaving Spain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Irony bites hard when you’re a “dissident” with ambitions of getting rich from capitalism, as some Cubans formerly living in Spain are now finding out, to their great chagrin: The crisis of capitalism wasn’t on their agendas. The dream became … Continue reading →

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O Loon of Alabama…

Posted on July 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Show me the way to the next whisky bar. Oh, don’t ask why. Oh, don’t ask why… Residents in Guin, Alabama became outraged earlier this week after they noticed flyers posted around the town that read, “Annual Pastors Conference All … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: One (seriously stupid) flesh

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Via Jezebel, we learn that there’s a new fundie-crapaganda astroturf org out there determined to make sex better…by making it procreation-only. Never mind that the whole purpose of birth control is to make sex better by taking the threat of … Continue reading →

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The “permissive times” fallacy of sexual abuse

Posted on July 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The recent breaking of the story of sexual abuse at the prestigious Horace Mann School in New York has brought a number of ugly spectres out of hiding. One nasty shocker is the high prevalence of teacher-student sex abuse, even … Continue reading →

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Coke adds racism? Sure smells that way.

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Ad Age, by way of Gawker, we learn what the Coca-Cola Company (and a certain adman) really thinks of non-white people…and it ain’t pretty: In the interest of transparency, let me confess my bias. I’ve done a lot … Continue reading →

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And the jokes just write themselves

Posted on June 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ah, Michigan. Looks like you’re not just famous for ridiculous right-wing legislators anymore, but also for shit-stupid gun guys. Take, for instance, this poor bastard, who accidentally discovered irony while trying to compensate for his lack of endowments: A Michigan … Continue reading →