Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Aloha, APEC. Love, the 99%.

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Hawaiian singer Makana actually slipped this one below the radar on the 1%er leaders yesterday. Here’s the story: Honolulu – A change in the programmed entertainment at last night’s Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) gala left a few world leaders slack-jawed, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Sexy Back

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Seen on Facebook: This was, according to my source, taken at Occupy Austin. No word on whether that’s a real tattoo or just penned on for the protest’s duration, but it’s the cleverest use of skin-as-canvas I’ve seen so far. … Continue reading →

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Dear Mississippi…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sorry to resort to pictures, but it seems that an awful lot of anti-choicers have difficulty reading. Amazing how many of these unsentient adults there are in Mississippi Goddamn, and how many of them take seriously the notion that a … Continue reading →

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An open letter to Brendan O’Neill

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Dear Brendan O’Neill: You, sir, are a fucking idiot. How’d you like it if I found out where you lived? What would you say if I ferreted out everything about you, from what you eat, to what drugs you do, … Continue reading →

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Harper Government™ in pocket of NRA, gun manufacturers. Also, stupid on crime.

Posted on November 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

It’s getting shittier than ever to be a Canadian, and we are all hanging our heads and shaking them in shame. Because “free” trade (note the quotes) isn’t enough to sell our asses downriver, now Harpo & Co. have sold … Continue reading →

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Beware that “haunted house”. And “Jesus Ween”, too.

Posted on October 31, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Christ, what is it with the Religious Reich? Bad enough that they had to steal all our Old Religion holidays out from under us and try to turn them into things they are not. Now they’re relying on them as … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Dwight D. Eisenhower on the social safety net

Posted on October 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Man, that Ike. What a commie-pinko socialist. How the hell did he ever become a Republican? (And speaking of which: Why is that party not deader than the friggin’ dodo by now?)

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Rosemary’s Boner

Posted on October 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Poor Simon Romero. You just have to feel sorry for the guy. He doesn’t ever get out of the rich-folks’ ghetto of eastern Caracas, does he? Seems he’s found himself a new crushboy. And boy oh boy, are the results … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Kieran Bonner on the banality of evil

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“We are not suffering from a secret cabal of evil masterminds who plotted to bring down the world economy. The problem was not secrecy. On the contrary, the ballooning debt of the last 20 years, the massive student levels of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy 1-month birthday, OWS!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Occupy Wall Street is now one month old, and still going strong. It’s also spreading across the continent and around the world. Virtually all major cities in North America (and quite a few minor ones as well) now have “Occupy” … Continue reading →