Category Archives: The WTF? Files

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gorgeous, George!

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

OMG, look who got arrested earlier today: Yes, that’s George Clooney. The movie star. He’s now free, along with his dad and a group of other prominent activists who were protesting on behalf of the people of Sudan, in front … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Crapagandarati, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Heroes for Today, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Merry Old England, Newspeak is Nospeak, The Bold and the Badass, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Oh crap, I almost forgot…

Posted on March 14, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Happy Pi Day!

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Evo, the ladykiller?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It may be carnival time (and thus, the silly season) in Bolivia, but apparently some don’t find anything funny about it…or at least, not the way the president comported himself during Friday’s kick-off celebrations: Opposition legislators and feminists criticized the … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Confessions of a Bad German, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

And…we’re back.

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Blackout ended. Regular posting (and venting) to resume shortly. Thanks for your understanding, folks. (And for those who also stood up against SOPA, big hugs and major good karma to you all.) Meanwhile, for a striking example of someone who … Continue reading →

Posted in Law-Law Land, Technical Notes, The WTF? Files | 3 Comments

Music for a Sunday: Hut, hut, WHUT?

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Q. What do you get when you cross a certain sanctimoniously obnoxious quarterback with Ziggy Stardust? A. THIS: Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Ziggy Star-Crossed. Otherwise known as the Thick White Puke.

Posted in Music for a Sunday, Pissing Jesus Off, Schadenfreude, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Your bathroom has a tooth fairy problem

Posted on January 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

What was Harpo really saying? Whatever it was, this is WAY more entertaining.

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Because stupid hat tricks are so passé

Posted on January 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Hockey normally gets very short shrift here, unless I’m wank-listing Don Fucking Cherry for his latest rockum-sockum case of Teh Stoopid. But this time, the tacky thing at the rink wasn’t him or his suit, it was what someone else … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Viagra in WHAT?

Posted on December 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Relax, it’s not quite so drastic. But yeah, it’s just about that silly: Durex has a new condom out that promises to enhance erections with a gel inside the tip that contains Zanifil. The over-the-counter drug boosts blood flow in … Continue reading →

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Toronto Zoo’s gay penguins go viral

Posted on November 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

By now you’ve surely heard of Buddy and Pedro, the two adorable little African penguins at the Toronto Zoo who’ve struck up an adorable little same-sex pair bond but are being separated in order to mate their “top-notch genes” with … Continue reading →

Posted in All the Tea in China, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, She Blinded Me With Science, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Piñera’s prostitute

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh, Chile. What is happening to you? When the capitalist whores are literally coming out of the woodwork, you KNOW you’ve got a corrupt, ruined country. And look! Here comes one now: The famous “lady of company”, María Carolina, was … Continue reading →