Monthly Archives: October 2016

Apropos of nothing else…

Posted on October 31, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…happy Halloween! And a blessed Samhain to all.

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Lügenfresse!

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Well, this is disturbing. Apparently the so-called “alt-right” (never mind that they’re not an actual alternative to anything, they’re just the same old chickenshit fascists who don’t like to be called that) has revived an old Nazi term for noncompliant … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Don’t play stupid, don’t play dumb…

Posted on October 30, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…vagina is where you’re really from! In post-Soviet Russia, pussy grabs YOU.

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Wankers of the Week: Jack Chick Memorial Edition

Posted on October 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a very crappy one to the late Jack Fucking Chick, the Grand Imperial Wizard of fundie religious tract authors, who finally and far too belatedly went to his just reward this week. May he burn in … Continue reading →

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Dear climate-change denialists…

Posted on October 26, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…you can take your head out of your ass anytime now. What you deny has been scientific fact for more than a century: As you can see, this news clipping (from New Zealand!) dates back to 1912. At the time, … Continue reading →

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Gun nuts. Literally.

Posted on October 25, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey, all you gun nuts out there: How about some literal gun nutz™? Yes, this is real, according to Charles Clymer. No word on if they’re rubbery enough to swing, or if they dribble you in the face like a … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: An alternative to a classic

Posted on October 23, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Can you believe that Queen actually recorded this? It sounds very conventional for the times…which is to say, very un-Queen. But still, it’s not bad!

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Wankers of the Week: The suspense is killing me

Posted on October 21, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And so it begins…the long and torturous wait for this election to finally be over, and for the ineligible tortoise to be pulled down from the post where he got left, God only knows how. The Post … Continue reading →

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A baby named Venezuela

Posted on October 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

A moment of hope in the midst of devastation. A baby, her mother’s first, is born in Haiti…and her name tells where the hope came from: A group of Venezuelan doctors from the Simón Bolívar Humanitarian brigade attended a birth … Continue reading →

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Does somebody’s country need a hug?

Posted on October 18, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Welp. If you’re looking for it north of your border, you’re in luck. We’re giving out free hugs up here to anyone who needs reminding that their country doesn’t need to be “made great again”, but that there’s plenty going … Continue reading →

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