Category Archives: Uppity Wimmin

Teh Heterostoopid: Traditional Marriage really works great!

Posted on December 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh dear. Looks like Governor Cheaty-Pants is getting his comeuppance: South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford may be keeping his office, but he is losing his marriage.First lady Jenny Sanford capped a tumultuous week by filing for divorce Friday, two days … Continue reading →

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This is why I do it, people

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A few days ago, I wrote a letter to three members of Parliament–three women who had the courage to vote against the Tories’ shameful motion to scrap the long-gun registry, and to protest the mere lip service paid to the … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Montréal memorial edition

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

CBC devotes an hour of its Sunday radio edition to voices of the Montréal Massacre. Among the interviewees are gun-control activist and engineer Heidi Rathjen, who was a student at the Polytechnique at the time and heard the gunshots from … Continue reading →

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Remembering the Montréal Massacre, 20 years later

Posted on December 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The fatal victims of the Montréal Massacre of December 6, 1989. Top row, left to right: Anne-Marie Edward, Anne-Marie Lemay, Annie St.-Arneault, Annie Turcotte, Barbara Daigneault, Barbara Maria Klucznik, Geneviève BergeronBottom row: Hélène Colgan, Maryse Leclaire, Maryse Laganière, Maud Haviernick, … Continue reading →

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No great harm without some gain

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Well, it looks like Amy Goodman’s run-in with our meshuga border goons has not been a total bust. Her book, which she was in BC to promote, is now a bona-fide bestseller, if this note from her publisher (Haymarket) that … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Why Bank of America fired a good employee

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen to this young woman, and you will learn a lot. First off, you will learn what integrity really is; secondly, you will learn just why there is a credit crisis. (Yes, IS. Not WAS–IS. It’s still there, and we … Continue reading →

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Transgender hate-murders on the rise

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…and they are extremely violent, as the statistics in this video show:Most of the victims are female; an indicator of just how dangerous it is to be a woman, and particularly one who wasn’t born a girl but who became … Continue reading →

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The day Mississauga became a ghost town

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Since I’m on a Gordon Lightfoot kick today, I might as well include another apt song of his to introduce this entry and set the emotional tone:Thirty years ago today, the local nighttime news was filled with some of the … Continue reading →

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Berlin Wall/German Reunification: Still believe in the Evil Russians?

Posted on November 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Then you’re about to get a nasty surprise. Svetlana Savranskaya of the National Security Archive in Washington, DC, has some news for you:Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t need no Ronnie Ray-Gun telling him to tear down that wall; he was already doing … Continue reading →

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Belinda Carlisle comes out…

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in support of her son:Belinda’s son is James Duke Mason. Here’s the skinny on him and the cause (from Proud Parenting): Mason’s a writer – contributing to the LA-based magazine Frontiers. His bio from the magazine says: “After working as … Continue reading →

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