Category Archives: The WTF? Files

Just a bunch of crazy Germans, doing squat

Posted on February 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Trust a German to come up with a sport involving sitting on a stool. (Beer is optional.)

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Krumping, Red Army style

Posted on January 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I have a hunch that they didn’t originally do it to Run-DMC, but I’m amazed at how well the phrasing of the song fits the action of this old Russian film of soldiers holding a cossack dance-off.

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Teh Russkies, The Bold and the Badass, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Stupid Sex Tricks: OMG, LBJ!

Posted on January 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Is it really true what they said about Lyndon’s johnson? I don’t know…you be the judge: Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo. By the sounds of things, he was packing on the poundage. Hence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Stupid Sex Tricks, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

And now, your morning dose of awesome.

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

This makes me want to take up unicycling. Not to do what he’s doing, but just because.

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We don’t need no stinkin’ broadcast standards here!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In light of all the (very belated and very, very ridiculous) fuss over the unedited version of Dire Straits’s “Money For Nothing”, I thought it might be instructive to deconstruct the offensive word in question…with a little help from The … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Expats gone wild? Or locals gone loco?

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

About a week ago, a provocative link came up on Twitter. Joshua Holland of Alternet had posted it, and it was a doozer: “Expats Gone Wild”, was the story, all about “an invasion of misguided foreigners” wreaking havoc in Mexico. … Continue reading →

Posted in Amazing Places, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Mexican Standoffs, The WTF? Files | 2 Comments

Mario Vargas Llosa: The plot thickens

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

More strange accusations against Mario Vargas Llosa are emerging from the shadows. These come courtesy of La Tribuna de Toledo and EFE, via Aporrea: The Swedish Academy announced yesterday, in a surprising manner, that it will be investigating this year’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The WTF? Files | 5 Comments

Cuckoo! Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Somebody please inform this false “prophet”, Cindy Jacobs, that when same-sex marriage became legal for our armed forces here in Canada (we have never had a DADT policy), and two Canadian military men got hitched on an Air Force base, … Continue reading →

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Mario Vargas Llosa, plagiarist?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh my, how potentially embarrassing. And just as he’s won the Nobel lit-prize, too: A writer has accused Mario Vargas Llosa of having plagiarized his 1978 book, The Death of the Goat, in his recent work, The Feast of the … Continue reading →

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Oh gag me, part troisième

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well, well, well. What have we here? Another photo from Carlos Andrés Pérez’s funeral?This pic was tweeted by Carlchucho. He writes: “For those who say a democrat died: At the funeral of CAP, Daniel Romero, Carmona’s attorney general.” Daniel Romero … Continue reading →