Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

Who is Peter Schiff, and why is he pwning all these people?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’s an economist who knows his onions, and he’s pwning them because they’re all fucking idiots. Duh.

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Venezuelan elections: a referendum on WHAT, again?

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Aporrea, I have some maps for anyone who’s interested on what went down in Venezuela yesterday. These are for state governorships. First, the “before”:Now, the “after”:You’ll notice not much change in state governorships between the two, other than … Continue reading →

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Someone is a little behind…

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

They call themselves analysts, and the Beeb publishes this as if it were news. As in, NEW news: US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report … Continue reading →

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My heart bleeds. Bwahahaha…

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh, poor CanWest Global. The poor, poor National Post. Look at what’s happening to them now. Don’t you feel sorry for them? Weighed down by debt, media giant CanWest Global Communications Corp. isn’t ruling out possible asset sales after buying … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Joshua Holland on same-sex marriage rights

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Now, it just so happens that I’m straight (not that there’s anything wrong with that), and yet I think it’s crucial that same-sex couples enjoy full marriage equality — and not just “civil unions.” Why the unyielding stance, given that … Continue reading →

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Sarah Palin: RACIST!

Posted on October 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Max Blumenthal has found another juicy tidbit about Miss Alaskan Independence Party. Seems that while they scrubbed their racist language, they didn’t scrub their racism–and neither, as their puppet governor, did Miss Uncongenial: Gwen Alexander, the president of the African-American … Continue reading →

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Economy, ecology…they’re closer than you think

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This piece on the Beeb gives me the heebie-jeebies. Not because it tells me anything new, but because finally, a mainstream media outlet is publishing what regular enviro-lefties like me have known for a long, long time: The global economy … Continue reading →

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A modest proposal for the woman-haters

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Why did nobody come up with this sooner? Dear Sheikh Muhammad al-HabadanBBC reports that you have recently called on women in Saudi Arabia to “wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye.” You say that “showing both … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Bartcop on voter stupidity

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Poor people, year after year, vote to make the rich richer and that’s crazy.The way America votes, you’d think 2/3 of us are Fortune 500 CEOs.Poor people could vote themselves out of poverty – but they choose not to.and that’s … Continue reading →

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Who writes these dumbass editorials?

Posted on August 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

More tired old “21st century socialism looks just like 20th”, courtesy the Financial Times. More tired old “Chavez is a dictator”, courtesy the Richmond Times Dispatch. And in the grand (tired) old tradition of unsigned editorials, the authors are not … Continue reading →

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