Monthly Archives: March 2012

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ode to Life

Venezuelan rap sensation Rodbexa got together with Truko, and they’ve got a new song out. It’s a tribute to Chavecito, of course. Sure to be another big hit!

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Hard evidence of a racist murder

Many people swear they heard George Zimmerman, the self-styled neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, use the offensive, racist phrase “fucking coons” on the 911 call in which a dispatcher tried and failed to dissuade him from … Continue reading

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I’ll just leave this right here

Apparently this is the poster for a cancer-research benefit match. And yes, that is Justin “Just Watch Me” Trudeau in the upper right-hand corner! I could make all kinds of naughty puns about this, but I think I’ll just say … Continue reading

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The poutine thickens.

And look! There’s a Spanish fly in it: RackNine, the Edmonton company that suspect “Pierre Poutine” used to send voters to the wrong polling locations, is operated by Edmonton businessman Matt Meier, with the help of Rick McKnight, who is … Continue reading

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I got my ballot, I got my Orange Crush.

Peggy Nash, here’s lookin’ at you.

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The JFK assassination hoax that refuses to die

Oh, Che. What would you say if you knew how much of this struggle still remains to be fought…and how much ground the good guys have lost since you lost your last fight? Case in point: this professional liar from … Continue reading

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Music for a Sunday: She’s a sad tomato

I am smitten. I’m the real thing.

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Wankers of the Week: Beware the Sluts of March

Crappy weekend, everyone…crappy St. Paddy’s Day to all…and especially all you slutty, slutty sluts out there. Because hey, if we’re gonna go by the Pigman’s definition of what constitutes sluttitude, then we’re all in it together, right? And that makes … Continue reading

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gorgeous, George!

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

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Economics for Dummies: The scariest poet in Britain?

Funny, he doesn’t look so intimidating to me: But then again, I’m not a corporate tax dodger.

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