Monthly Archives: April 2012

LOL @ Bev Oda!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

While the rest of us are being told to tighten our belts and prepare for (more) austerity, guess who’s living high on the hog. Oink, oink, OINK!

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Quotable: William Blum on “trickle-down” economics

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Musings on “Stand Your Ground” and dumb gun laws

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

My best friend wrote me an e-mail a few hours ago that got me to thinking. Here’s what he wrote: I keep hearing people who support the murderer in the Trayvon case saying that the “stand your ground” law in … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: The Crickets

Posted on April 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

What better to warm up a dreary, rainy Sunday night than a bit of bossa nova? Here, the great Marcos Valle jams with the young BossaCucaNova. Don’t miss the Doors-like keyboard riffing in the middle.

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Wankers of the Week: Nits, twits and two-faced gits

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And crappy Day Between Marijuanukkah and Earth Day, too, for whatever this is worth. Apparently, about as much as those “Arrest Kony” posters, since there was supposed to be a huge blitz on that yesterday, and the … Continue reading →

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What happens when local news gets decimated

Posted on April 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

When local channels are no longer locally run, but just part of some big corporate conglomerate, bad things happen. Bad things like this: CHCH’s vice-president of news Mike Katrycz said he believes the station ultimately aired around a minute of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: We can haz new proggregator?

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, we can haz. And this is terrific news, since teh illiberalz eated the old one. I’m still waiting for the bumper sticker (and the typo in the banner to be fixed), so I can add it to my sidebar … Continue reading →

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A cautionary tale for would-be “sugar babies”

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Before you sign up for Seeking Arrangement or any other similarly sleazy site thinking that you’ll be “empowered” or otherwise set for life, girls, there’s something you need to see. Namely, what REALLY happens to women who sign on for … Continue reading →

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“I woke up gay”

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Are all gay people just “born this way”? Most apparently are. But a rare few, including the young man in the documentary above, find their sexual orientation changed when their brains are suddenly altered by a cerebrovascular accident…a stroke. Chris … Continue reading →

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Canada’s gift

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Sabina Becker

It’s been thirty years this week since Pierre Trudeau brought our Constitution over from England, and appended our Charter of Rights and Freedoms to it. Cause for celebration? Definitely, and especially in light of this: “Could it be that Canada … Continue reading →

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