Buhbye, Kellyanne.

Posted on August 25, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Well, look who finally exited stage right. Ms. Alternative Facts herself:

And of course, she’ll be “focusing more on family”, as they all say they’re going to do when they finally rotate out of that ol’ revolving door in politics — which, in this case, happens to be the one from Donnie’s Shite House. (No, that was NOT a misspelling. The place has gone to caca in every sense of the word since the trashiest first family ever infested that place. Even the Rose Garden is looking like the toilets at Mussolini’s mausoleum since Tacky Onassis got her hands on it, and clawed JFK’s beautiful crabapple trees out of the dirt. But that’s grist for another day’s grousing.)

So, what WAS the family issue that got Kellyanne leaping like a rat from the poop deck? Well, surprise, it actually WAS family. Her 15-year-old daughter, Claudia, called both her parents the fuck out. Behold:

These should be read from the bottom up to get the true chronological order, but I think you get the picture. Claudia is having NONE of her mom’s nonsense — oh sorry, “alternative facts”. And she’s not shy about why, either:

I’m not going to get into the trauma-and-abuse aspect of what she said, because (a) I don’t know what all she’s gone through, and (b) she has asked for privacy, and I respect that. I do, however, wish her all the best. (Not Kellyanne, though; she can go to hell, and let the door hit her several times.)

Claudia, you’re a badass. I hope you land on both feet, and in a good place. Stay safe and well.

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The second worst thing about Austin?

Posted on August 15, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Uh…it’s THIS fucking guy:

Alex, Alex, Alex…why are you toting a tiny megaphone? It only makes your gut look bigger. And it doesn’t make you louder because, as pointed out above, you’re already plenty loud. (Plus, I suspect, the lack of size also means a lack of amplification.)

Anyhow. What a big fuckin’ macho, chewing out a bunch of teenagers who are just doing their summer jobs.

And what a load of projection, calling THEM members of a kook cult.

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Music for a Sunday: An inevitable tune for the times

Posted on August 9, 2020 by Sabina Becker

It’s kind of catchy, wouldn’t you say? Hey, I’d even call it contagious.

(And yes, I’m back after a long absence. Pute was in for repairs. Don’t be a klutz like your Aunt Bina, kiddies…and if you’re drinking iced tea, don’t do it near a keyboard, ‘kay?)

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The biggest covidiot yet?

Posted on June 19, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Ladies and gents (and nonbinary folx too), please give a big round of applause to Ethel Merman — sorry, uh, this wack-ass Drumpfnik woman here…

And that black congressman just happens to be a former Panther, too. One who was with the organization at the same time as the assassinated Fred Hampton. If this isn’t a fuck-you to him and all he’s ever stood for, I don’t know what it could be.

But maybe we should cut the boyz in blue some slack, eh? After all, it’s hard work bayonetting tires, knocking out peacenik grandpas, and just generally running amuck and brutalizing people on the public dime.

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Cops Behaving Badly: What’s up with those bricks, officers?

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Sam Seder and Nomiki Konst break down a weird phenomenon: Bricks appearing in the middle of various cities during protests, with no construction sites nearby. The mystery was apparently solved by an anonymous videographer who happened to catch something going on just below their window in Boston:

So it appears that cops are planting truckloads of bricks for protesters — or “protesters” (note the quotes, there for a reason). To do what with? Throw ’em through windows, presumably. So the cops have a pretext to arrest people they might otherwise have to leave alone because they’re not doing anything wrong.

Hey, if it works with drugs, it must work just as well with building materials, right?

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A doctor explains how George Floyd was killed

Posted on June 6, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Dr. Mike Hansen goes into the anatomy and physiology of asphyxia, and how it applies to the death of George Floyd:

So there you have it…that’s how he was able to say “I can’t breathe”, right before he passed out and died. He had another officer on his back, compressing his diaphragm. He was able to breathe out, enough to speak a few words, but he couldn’t breathe in. He was kept from breathing in by cops on his back and neck.

And that’s what killed him.

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Why “All Lives Matter” is racist bullshit

Posted on June 5, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Gasp! How could anyone say such a terrible thing? Because it’s true, duh. I know that, and so, probably, do you, but in case there’s any doubt, just check out this prize specimen right here:

“All Lives Matter!” he shouted, right before nocking an arrow on his hunting bow and trying to fucking kill somebody. (Whereupon he promptly got an object lesson in why you don’t say one thing and do its opposite when you’re surrounded by a rightfully angry crowd.)

And if you look closely at his bow arm, you’ll see he’s wearing an armguard. Archers wear those to keep the bowstring from whacking them once an arrow is shot. Yup, that’s right, he came prepared. So our neighborhood vigilante here can’t even use the excuse that he just impulsively did it because they attacked him. Or because they provoked him. Nope, he went in there LOOKING to kill somebody. For no good reason, other than to make the (lame) point that right-wingers who claim to value “all lives”, actually don’t value any other than their own.

And then he promptly lied to the media when the TV reporters interviewed him, too. Because of course he would. Did you see him blame “two black African-Americans”? He claims they beat him up because he said “All Lives Matter”, but actually it was because he shot at someone. Seems that the only thing that can stop “bad” people with no weapons but their bodies and their constitutional right to free speech is a “good” one with a bow and arrow, eh?

But here’s the thing: You don’t bring a gun to a knife fight, and you don’t bring your hunting bow to a peaceful protest for minority rights. You don’t use those things to persuade people, you use them to threaten, injure, and kill. If you go in on unarmed protesters while armed for bear, you are NOT the good guy. It doesn’t matter if you’re a cop or a civilian. Any words you shout are automatically rendered meaningless by your actions, because those speak louder. And what you do unto others is fair grounds for retaliation.

So, if you believe that all lives actually matter, you shouldn’t be surprised if your violent response to a peaceful protest is met with counter-violence. And you shouldn’t be offended if you come out of it with a black eye or two. (Metaphorical or literal.)

Bowhunter Brandon doesn’t actually care about all lives, because he tried to take one that day, and failed. Frankly, he’s lucky they only pummeled him a bit, and didn’t kill him as he tried to do with them.

Sic semper imbecilis, motherfucker.

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Photojournalist who lost an eye in the riots speaks out

Posted on June 1, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Linda Tirado, interviewed on CBC, doesn’t mince words about what happened to her. Or what she’s going to do, and keep doing, with two eyes or just one. Namely, holding the system accountable, and telling the truth, whether the powers that be like it…or NOT.

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What is Japan doing right about COVID-19?

Posted on May 28, 2020 by Sabina Becker

Japan’s ambassador to Canada has some interesting insights:

Surprise! Japan’s secret weapons are science, technology, communitarian solidarity, internal public preparedness, and international co-operation. Something the amnesiacs just to the south of us, in all their not-so-rugged “individualism”, are forgetting even as their death toll has surpassed 100,000.

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