Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Quotable: Will Rogers on trickle-down economics

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker
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Shocking revelation: Venezuelan National Assembly guards are former DIGEPOL torturers!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

There are a few letters missing from this particular game of Scrabble. D-I-G-E-P-O-L, to be precise. And A-D. And H-E-N-R-Y R-A-M-O-S A-L-L-U-P. But who’s counting? Ah, Venezuela. Land of terror, where an evil, dictatorial socialist government has abolished the old … Continue reading →

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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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It’s Yeehawd, y’all (-Qaida)!

Posted on January 4, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Oh, those Taiwanese joke animators. They are sure quick off the mark, aren’t they? And right on point, too.

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Music for a Sunday: One bad banana

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Since it’s getting close to that day, and there IS a real-life Grinch out there looking to make it miserable for everyone, I’m just gonna leave this riiiiiight here.

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Remember Montréal.

Posted on December 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

26 years ago, as a third-year university student and feminist volunteer at the Queen’s Women’s Centre, I felt murder breathing down my neck. Walking to class every day, the ever-present Kingston slush seeping cold and damp through the seams of … Continue reading →

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Shovels and rakes and implements of destruction

Posted on November 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Seeing as it’s the 50th anniversary of the incident that inspired this here song, I figured it would be a friendly gesture to post it for all my US friends: Oh yeah, and the movie that got made about it, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Oliver on the dangers of refugees

Posted on November 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Just a little historical perspective from a Brit for US-Americans.

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Silence around the roots of the Syrian “jihad”

Posted on November 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

The Real News delves into the operations of Daesh: who’s funding them, and how they are getting their war matériel. Obviously, the idea that they’re generating their own income is false. Their operations are too expensive to be fueled by … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Jimmy Carter vs. Donald Trump

Posted on November 6, 2015 by Sabina Becker

I know, I know. The best POTUS of my lifetime, juxtaposed with someone who will NEVER be one himself. It just doesn’t seem fair, does it?

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