Monthly Archives: February 2016

Truly one for the ages.

Posted on February 16, 2016 by Sabina Becker

And now, your moment of “patriot” zen: I can’t stop replaying this and laughing. Honestly, I could listen to that hollow clonk all night. ‘Murica!

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Music for a Sunday: A handful of nothing

Posted on February 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

For all those not celebrating this day, as I am: Before Adele was so much as a twinkle in her parents’ eyes, there was this soul queen of British pop. Who is still very relevant today.

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Wankers of the Week: Don’t drink the water

Posted on February 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! What a week it’s been, too. The standoff in Oregon is FINALLY over, and the trouble in Flint has only just begun. Gotta love those stupid white guys and the toxic sludge they insist on throwing into … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: The Klan vs. the Black Panthers

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Since some ‘wingers apparently have trouble telling these two groups apart, here’s a little side-by-side, courtesy of Colorlines: This should clear up any residual confusion, no?

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Quotable: Leslie Morgan Steiner on why women don’t leave abusers

Posted on February 10, 2016 by Sabina Becker

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Venezuelan inventors build bamboo quadcopter

Posted on February 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Only in the land of Chavecito, folks: With an innovative concept aimed at protecting the environment, Grupo Da Vinci de Investigación y Desarrollo de Maxdrone Venezuela, a collective of Venezuelan inventors, has built a drone aircraft made of bamboo. As … Continue reading →

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German pastor: Give immigrants prostitutes, then they won’t rape

Posted on February 8, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Pastor Ulrich Wagner. Photo: Robert Brouczek Seriously, folks. You cannot make this shit up…although God knows I wish I had: Q. Herr Wagner, you said during a debate on refugees in Siegertsbrunn, among other things, that asylum seekers should be … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Dan Hicks, RIP

Posted on February 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Can’t believe we’ve lost another musical great…and the author of my favorite Thomas Dolby cover, incidentally: Damn, this is shaping up to be a rough year for music.

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Quotable: Edgar Mitchell on worldly problems

Posted on February 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

RIP to the man who most memorably put the Earth’s problems in perspective. He died yesterday at the age of 85. He was the sixth person to walk on the Moon.

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Wankers of the Week: The Iowa Fracases

Posted on February 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And how about those Iowa caucuses? Is everybody as bored with this whole shitshow as I am? Oh, good. Glad I’m not the only one who sleeps through these things. Would that my nights were all so … Continue reading →

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