Monthly Archives: December 2016

The terrorists have won.

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

In Ankara, Turkey. Twice. In Berlin, Germany. In Washington, DC, USA. And oh yeah: In Naples, Italy, THIS happened. Brace yourselves, kiddies, the new year is looking shitty already, and we’re not even there yet.

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Music for a Sunday: Obligatory.

Posted on December 18, 2016 by Sabina Becker

“Linus and Lucy”, by the Vince Guaraldi Trio. The Christmas-song-that-isn’t that defined my childhood. (And if you’re wondering which kid I am at the dance, I’m the girl with the curly red hair.)

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Wankers of the Week: Damn Rooskies!

Posted on December 17, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a very crappy one to all you commie spies out there in Moscow, snurk. Don’t worry about the New Cold War, we’ve got you beat for cold weather here in Canada, easily. Just hand over the … Continue reading →

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Mainstream western media roll over for bloodthirsty foreign dictator

Posted on December 15, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Note that this is NOT the Onion. And neither is it Russia Today, reporting on Bashar al-Assad. This is the CBC, reporting on the so-called president of the Philippines: Yes, that’s Rodrigo Fucking Duterte, cheerfully admitting that he’s a bloodthirsty … Continue reading →

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Drumpf supporters get Berned

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Watch how, in less than five minutes, Bernie Sanders reaches a voter who was duped by Drumpf: How I wish he’d done this before the election. For that matter, how I wish he’d done this as the Democratic candidate, which … Continue reading →

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Colombian currency mafias in Venezuela: How they operate

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

A Colombian currency smuggler arrested by Venezuelan federal police. Stacks of 100-bolivar notes can be seen on the truck bed behind him. Further to my earlier piece today, here’s a little information on what the Venezuelan government is tackling with … Continue reading →

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Venezuela takes drastic new measures against currency trafficking

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro took to the TV to announce something stunning recently: the removal of an entire denomination of Venezuelan currency from circulation. Here’s the story, via Aporrea: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro informed on his VTV show, Contacto con … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: What do those eyes mean?

Posted on December 11, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Somebody got the cool idea of setting this underrated Parachute Club song (which never had a video before) to footage of beautiful, spooky sea critters from Monterey Bay. Here’s another in the same vein, which also has no video but … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Cursin’ of the Year

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, the verdict is in, and guess who TIME Magazine’s person of the year is? Yeah…Adolf Hitler all over again. Only this time without the tailored uniforms and the shiny boots. But everything else is the same, … Continue reading →

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Fuck John Galt. Go Johan Galtung!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Who’s John Galt? A bad fictional character, and pretty much the complete opposite of everything we know about real live capitalists. He’s also pretty much the opposite of this guy, who has his finger firmly on the pulse of a … Continue reading →

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