Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

Welcome to Reality, Chuck…

Posted on December 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

You know things are getting bad for fascism when prominent rats start leaving the ship.

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Economics for Dummies: Why Bank of America fired a good employee

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen to this young woman, and you will learn a lot. First off, you will learn what integrity really is; secondly, you will learn just why there is a credit crisis. (Yes, IS. Not WAS–IS. It’s still there, and we … Continue reading →

Posted in Do As I Say..., Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Berlin Wall/German reunification: Still believe in the myth of the “freedom-loving” capitalist west?

Posted on November 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A short history of the Berlin Wall. The very fitting song is “Wind of Change”, by the Scorpions–a German band. Who the hell needs those fucking U2 poseurs and their new, CAPITALIST wall of shame?Sometimes, it pays to be on … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Do As I Say..., Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Teh Russkies, The "Well, DUH!" Files, Who Forgot Poland? | 2 Comments

The CIA is…WHAT?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From the Old Grey Whore of New York, a head-scratching opening to a story that I thought ought to have been open and shut long ago… Is the Central Intelligence Agency covering up some dark secret about the assassination of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The War on Terra | 5 Comments

Dang, I’m GOOD.

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Remember how I predicted the Paliness was headed for the remainder bin even before her book is due out?Well, it’s already underway: Former governor Sarah Palin completed her memoir in four months. She knew what she wanted to say, apparently, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Bit of a Brag..., El Predicto Speaks..., Isn't It Ironic?, Schadenfreude, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The Hardcore Stupid | 1 Comment

Is this what it takes to stop the bleeding?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From France, something mightily disturbing about where privatization of formerly public companies goes if taken to the crapitalist extreme… France Télécom today shelved its restructuring programme after the suicides of 25 workers whose deaths have been linked to a modernisation … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

How drunk does one have to be?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Before I get on with the bile-bucketing, I thought y’all might like a little mood music. Maestro, hit it, please:Ah, that was soothing. So how about that Rory Carroll? I know he must do an awful lot of drinking … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 5 Comments

Somehow, this doesn’t surprise me…

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen closely to Silvio Berluscoglioni–er, Berlusconi–and you’ll hear him confess the reason he got off the hook so many times when he should have landed in the stripey hole:He says he spent some 200 million euros ON JUDGES, then corrects … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

“Non-lethal” weapons: Not so in Honduras!

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A Telesur report in Spanish (with some clips in English from US sources) on how the so-called “non-lethal” weapons used against pro-democracy demonstrators recently in Honduras are anything but. They show the face of Wendy Avila, who died after inhaling … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Not Hiding in Honduras, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

Stupid Sex Tricks: No wonder George Sodini killed himself

Posted on October 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Remember this post of mine from August? Remember what prompted it? And remember how a certain loose (hey hey!) “community” of pick-up “artists” (and I use the term loosely) lost their collective shit over the negative exposure they got as … Continue reading →