Monthly Archives: October 2016

Music for a Sunday: Song for Gaza

Posted on October 16, 2016 by Sabina Becker

The crew of the Zaytouna-Olive, the Women’s Boat to Gaza, set an example for us all. They were illegally arrested in international waters and deported by the Israeli occupation force, but their message is still getting out. And making its … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: By the WHAT???

Posted on October 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And what a crappy one it is. I have a cold, and I have fifty wankers for you. And it easily could have been more, too, but who has time to read all that? Noooooobody! So, with … Continue reading →

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Appy polly loogies…

Posted on October 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…and no, that’s not a typo, not even in Nadsat. It’s LOOGIES, as in things you hork and spit. Your Humble One has come down with a flip horrorshow bastard of a cold, and will not be blogging much in … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Kurt Vonnegut on indigenous people

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Happy Indigenous People’s Day! May it be well-informed, with no Columbusing in sight.

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Music for a Sunday: Happy Thanksgiving!

Posted on October 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

It’s Thanksgiving in Canada! Let’s all give some thanks right now, eh? Okay, so no CanCon. But the gratitude is all there. Happy Thanksgiving, all you hosers.

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Wankers of the Week: Coulrophobia, baby. Look it up!

Posted on October 8, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And an especially crappy one to all the creepy clowns congregating in the woods out there in advance of Halloween. Just standing there, lurking around and scaring the shit out of kiddies. And pissing off actual professional … Continue reading →

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Forget crop circles…

Posted on October 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…how about a crop CLITORIS? Pretty, isn’t it? And only in France: Here’s a droll initiative that won’t pass unnoticed. A crop clitoris, 120 metres long, has appeared in a field close to the Pierre-Rouge high school at Montferrier-sur-Lez. The … Continue reading →

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Gustavo Petro drops a bombshell: Colombia’s referendum was STOLEN!

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Colombian media are in a firestorm: Juan Carlos Vélez Uribe — senator and candidate for mayor of Medellín — essentially confessing that the recent referendum on the Havana Accords, which would have put an end to the decades-old Colombian civil … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Time now…and then

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Clearly Time has a thing against Russia. And it thinks that only the US is entitled to interfere in other countries’ elections. And if a drunken buffoon gets elected, it’s okay, as long as it’s not in Washington, but Washington … Continue reading →

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The normalized sexual violence of Oktoberfest

Posted on October 3, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Don’t drink the Kool-Aid. Or in this case, the Löwenbräu. I have a terrible confession to make: I’ve never been to Oktoberfest. Not just because I never happened to be in Germany when Oktoberfest is on (because every time I … Continue reading →