Category Archives: The WTF? Files

Oh gag me, part deuxième

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Can you believe this? Even in death, Carlos Andrés Pérez is the stuff of bad soap opera. Courtesy of the indefatigable Cort G., this landed in my e-mail today: MIAMI (AP) — A judge has delayed the burial of former … Continue reading →

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A day for the WTF files

Posted on December 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s been one, quite literally, for me. Starting with this head-spinning report from Russia Today:Not only do Israel and Iran actually agree on something–and that something is a Russia-sponsored UN resolution against the glorification of Nazism–but the “freedom-loving” United States … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Catfight, with incidental corvids

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The “drama” music in this one fits the action perfectly.

Posted in Kittehs, The WTF? Files | 2 Comments

Racist teabags: Finland has them, too

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And they have all the same memes going as their southern US counterparts, too. Notice what color the woman is, and what color are her assailants?

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The WTF? Files | 5 Comments

Why everyone should have a cat

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Why? Because they’re better protectors than dogs:Even mean, hungry alligators are no match for a nice, cuddly kitty.And don’t even get me started on bears.

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Rednecks: We haz them.

Posted on November 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Is this a scene from the US South, fifty years ago? Nope. Try Southern Ontario, less than a week ago: Two men, one dressed in a Ku Klux Klan robe, hood and Confederate flag, and the other, face painted black … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

I just noticed something…

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Namely, that lefty guys wearing the US flag…(Photo from the Rally for Sanity by Cynthia Tucker, Atlanta Journal-Constitution.)…do a much better job of it than their wingnut cousins:(Teabaggers, taken by I don’t know who, at one of their autos-da-fé.)Funny dat.

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More Music for a Sunday: WTF, India???

Posted on October 31, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It looks a bit like “Thriller”, but with low-budget instrumentals. Plus, I don’t recall Michael Jackson saying anything about Kali Ma or Om Shanti!(h/t Roger Ebert.)

Posted in Music for a Sunday, The WTF? Files | 2 Comments

Centaurs!

Posted on October 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You think you’ve seen awesome bike stunts? You haven’t until you’ve seen this. German girls can kick everyone’s ass.

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Cops Behaving Badly: Germany Boy

Posted on October 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Not exactly your standard warning against speeding:Is it just me, or does that cop sound like he wants to pound that German’s nice, tight ass himself?

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Cops Behaving Badly, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | 3 Comments