Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

Oh, NOW the NY Times catches on…

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Took them long enough! It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration’s response to the terror attacks is becoming clear. Much of it, we can see now, had far less … Continue reading →

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But on the bright side, organ donations are up…

Posted on June 21, 2006 by Sabina Becker

A pathologist friend-of-friends often refers to motorcycles as “donorcycles”. See if you can tell me why after reading this. Motorcycle fatalities involving riders without helmets have soared in the nearly six years since Gov. Jeb Bush repealed the state’s mandatory … Continue reading →

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When whiter isn’t cleaner

Posted on June 20, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Despite the fact that it’s now a white-chocolate city, New Orleans just called in the army…for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Did another hurricane hit? Yes…but not the meteorological kind. Read on: The Louisiana governor asked for the National … Continue reading →

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More proof that Frankenfoods suck shit

Posted on June 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Yes, those pesky scientists have found some more eye-bugging evidence that Monsanto is lying through its teeth to us. And some of them are from Venezuela! Two research teams in England and Venezuela have discovered something alarming about the new … Continue reading →

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How the Hardcore Stupid “think”…in Utah

Posted on June 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The NY Times found out something we all already knew about the Mormon State…namely, that people there are strikingly unidimensional, in the sense of being faith-based to a fault. And nowhere is that more evident than in their “thoughts” on … Continue reading →

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Who wants to marry a millionaire?

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I don’t! Especially after reading this: A woman has won $2.1m (£1.1m) from a Los Angeles dating agency after she failed to meet a millionaire. Anne Majerik, 60, paid Beverly Hills matchmaker Orly Hadida $125,000 (£67,000) to meet affluent men … Continue reading →

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So much for the superiority of the private media…

Posted on May 22, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The Beeb…living evidence that commercial radio just plain sucks, according to the UK Guardian: The BBC’s radio services have “badly bruised” its commercial rivals and Radio 1 and 2 should be sold for £500m, according to an influential report. The … Continue reading →

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Buh-bye, Big ‘n’ Ugly…

Posted on May 13, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And good riddance to bad rubbish. From the CBC: General Motors will drop the gas-guzzling Hummer H1 at the end of the 2006 model year, the automaker said Friday. The final H1 is expected to be built in June. About … Continue reading →

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Wolfowitz Bank: yet another BushCo fuck-up

Posted on April 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Oh, the ignominy of seeing yet another imperial money machine get trashed! The World Bank has been accused of publishing false accounts and wasting money on ineffective medicines in its malaria treatment programme. A Lancet paper claims the bank faked … Continue reading →

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Naomi, you should know better!

Posted on April 19, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The ongoing saga of the Duke University lacrosse team and the black stripper accusing them of sexual assault sure is manna for all the woman-hating wingnuts out there. Not to mention the self-hating women among them. Just look this pile … Continue reading →

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