Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

“I feel like I need a lawyer”: Drumpf operatives caught offering bribes

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Well, well. What have we here? Oh look, it’s Allison Maass. Trying to bribe “protesters” to violently disrupt the Drumpf inaugural farce, in typical “Project Veritas” (oh what an ironic name!) fashion, and then put out a highly edited “exposé” … Continue reading →

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Oh sweet Jesus NO.

Posted on January 10, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, that is an actual dating profile. And if you ever needed a reason to avoid dating someone from an Internet lonely-hearts site, here you go: The man who used a dating site to lure his victim to an Edmonton … Continue reading →

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Dear Neil Macdonald: Nobody needs your stinkin’ advice.

Posted on January 8, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this IS snark. And no, I’m not gonna stop it, no matter who hectors me. And yes, Neil Macdonald, this includes YOU. I mean, what the fuck kind of “advice” is THIS condescension, anyway? But with all due respect … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Joseph Heller on demagoguery

Posted on January 6, 2017 by Sabina Becker

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NAACP members arrested at racist senator’s office

Posted on January 5, 2017 by Sabina Becker

“By their fruits shall ye know them.” And since Der Drumpf’s pick for attorney general is so manifestly racist, you know that Drumpf himself is, too. And that’s why the NAACP was sitting in at his office. You can show … Continue reading →

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So, what was really in those leaked Podesta e-mails?

Posted on January 3, 2017 by Sabina Becker

According to these guys, something kind of surprising…and no, nothing to do with pizza parlors and secret back rooms. Something much more mundane, and most likely the real reason the US election went up Shit Creek: Here’s the meat of … Continue reading →

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“Veteran Rockette” is out of step with modern Rockettes (and reality)

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Sabina Becker

Es wird nicht aus der Reihe getanzt! Oder doch? Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for the New York Post. The right-wing tabloid has finally dug up a lone voice of good old-fashioned conformity — masquerading, as conformity so often … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: POTUS vs. Drumpf

Posted on January 2, 2017 by Sabina Becker

How do you wish your country a happy new year? Well, here’s how Barack Obama does it: And here’s how Der Drumpf, er, tries to do it: Gonna be a long next four years, folks. Hope you’re well stocked with … Continue reading →

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White guy defends other white guy against evil natives. Film at 11!

Posted on December 29, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Meet Konrad Yakabuski. Konrad has an awful beef against all the pesky non-white people ganging up on white people who claim non-white ancestry and make big bank and get critical acclaim by writing books about non-white people, from the viewpoint … Continue reading →

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“Deploraball” turns into DeploraBRAWL

Posted on December 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Is there anything funnier than a bunch of ugly “alt-right” hatemongers turning on each other? Cenk doesn’t seem to think so. And I don’t think so, either. You can read all about the DeploraBRAWL at the Little Hitler Pageant here. … Continue reading →