Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

Confirmed by science, or, Just as I always suspected…

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I’ve often said here and elsewhere that, in my observation, conservatives tend to be very lazy-minded and/or drink-addled. Now, it appears that science bears me out: And now there’s the new study linking conservative ideologies to “low-effort” thinking. “People endorse … Continue reading →

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Stupid (Anti-)Sex Tricks: The American Lie League, and other hilarious crapagandroids

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Need a good laugh tonight? Here ya go: Mmmmmm, penis cupcakes and vagina macaroons! Yummy! Jezebel calls this “the most hilariously lewd thing you’ll ever see”, and they’re not far from the truth. This hysterical video inadvertently gives away the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fetus Fetishists, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Stupid Sex Tricks, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The Hardcore Stupid, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin | 2 Comments

Festive Left Friday Blogging: The kids are all right…or should I say LEFT?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who says so? No less an authority than The Pew: Young people — the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of the Occupy Wall Street movement — might be getting more comfortable with socialism. … Continue reading →

Posted in Festive Left Friday Blogging, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | 3 Comments

Poor Pippa.

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

You really have to feel for this girl sometimes. Apparently her much-scrutinized on-again-off-again romance is off, for good: She is one of the most desirable women in the world, the beautiful younger sister of the future Queen of England with … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Merry Old England, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Newspeak is Nospeak, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 3 Comments

Dear Mississippi…

Posted on November 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Sorry to resort to pictures, but it seems that an awful lot of anti-choicers have difficulty reading. Amazing how many of these unsentient adults there are in Mississippi Goddamn, and how many of them take seriously the notion that a … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Quotable: Kieran Bonner on the banality of evil

Posted on October 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“We are not suffering from a secret cabal of evil masterminds who plotted to bring down the world economy. The problem was not secrecy. On the contrary, the ballooning debt of the last 20 years, the massive student levels of … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Alan Grayson

Posted on October 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Don’t you love how, in just a minute and a half, he shuts up a whole table full of rightards with nothing but the facts? (And yeah, how about that prick in the green, P.J. O’Rourke? He hauls out every … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Heroes for Today, Isn't It Ironic?, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Economics for Dummies: Another horrible trapped-miner story

Posted on August 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this is satire. But it has a very large, uncracked grain of truth in it. Can you spot it? PS: On a more serious note, read this. And remember, that original “trapped miners” story did not have a happy … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Don’t rape her!

Posted on May 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A few friendly words of advice from some nice young guys to all you other guys out there: Are you listening, Dominique Strauss-Kahn? Perhaps this list might furnish you a few clues. (Thanks, Uzza!)

Posted in Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The "Well, DUH!" Files, Uppity Wimmin | 2 Comments

Economics for Dummies: What’s wrong with the US economy (and how to fix it)

Posted on April 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A perfectly simple, couldn’t-be-clearer approach to what’s been billed as an insolubly knotty mess. Too obvious for ya? Then you’re probably a teabag.