Was this dude even remotely aware of the irony of what he was doing? If not, he is now: Sgt. Jerry Goodin, public information officer with the Indiana State Police Post at Sellersburg said Seymour Police Officer John C. Newcomb, 38, of Salem was arrested after the 1992 Ford Ranger he was driving north on […]
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Short ‘n’ Stubby: After Oslo, and before the next big fascist terror attack
Ms. Manx has a terrible confession to make: She’s worried! Yes, our eternally merry and sweetly skeptical cyberkitty is seriously bothered about Oslo…and not just because of all the carnage (although that, in itself, is terribly upsetting, too.) Beyond the immediate shock and grief, there are so many larger implications that she wants me to […]
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: There’s an app for WHAT?
And it advertises WHAT? This ad banner actually appeared on an iPhone sex app. I’m sure it was completely random, but it’s also completely stupid. A screen that small doesn’t need anything more to clutter it up. Just one more reason to ban advertising from anything that connects to the Internets, IMO. (And no, that’s […]
Continue readingThe post-Fordist era can’t come soon enough
Oh Toronto. So glad I don’t live in you right now. Not just because of the horrible summer heat, but because you have a troglodyte for mayor… Rob Ford is getting a thumbs-down on social media after a Facebook post described an unexpected encounter with the mayor Friday night at the intersection of Dundas St. […]
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Yes, it’s more bad news on the cancer front. Another well-loved leftist has been diagnosed, and today Jack Layton went public with the diagnosis, announcing that he was temporarily stepping down to undergo treatment. Hang in there, Jack…and don’t pay the fucking haters any mind. Decent people all across Canada, from coast to coast to […]
Continue readingShort ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx visits Norway
Oh, that Stumpy Cat…the places she goes, and the things she finds! Virtual kitties are awesome at sniffing out the most intriguing things. And here’s what Ms. Manx has dug up on Anders Behring Breivik & Co.: Alternet reports that Breivik attended a right-wing party rally at which the speaker was none other than the […]
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Amy Winehouse, RIP
Calle 13 posted this video to their official page with the comment: “Wow, Amy Winehouse died! What a shame, she had a tremendous voice!” I think that about sums it up, yes. Whatever else she had going on, despite the tabloids that hounded her ad nauseam (and, in so doing, probably exacerbated her troubles), her […]
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Oslo Burning edition
Crappy weekend, everyone! And a special shout-out to my dear readers in Norway, which is the 20th most-frequent country of origin for visits here, according to my ClustrMap. Damn, it really IS a crappy weekend for you folks, isn’t it? Oslo looks eerily like Oklahoma City right now. I couldn’t be sadder or more disgusted […]
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito, fine ‘n’ dandy
And look! He’s entertaining visits from some friends in high places…again: El Ecuadorable was there, along with Fidel and Raúl Castro. And it looks like a good time was had by all. And on the health front, too, the news is nothing but good: The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, informed on Friday, via telephone […]
Continue reading“Night Boat to Gaza”
Humberto Da Silva analyzes Israel’s “successes” — and FAILURES — in its ongoing effort to slowly strangle Gaza.
Continue readingAnonymous hacks El Narco!
Bit of a headache, narcopresidentes? Maybe you should start drinking coca tea, I hear it’s good for that. The merry pranksters of the Internets have been very busy boys (and girls!) lately. It was only a matter of time before this happened…and yesterday, it did: “Information pirates” attacked the social-media accounts of the current president […]
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: Taking it all off…for Pooty-Poot?
If you thought this song was silly, wait’ll you get a load of this story: “What are you ready to do for your president?” says the video calling on the supporters of the 58-year-old Russian prime minister to “rip it off” for him. The risque video clip features young girls laughing gaily as they strut […]
Continue readingWho’s afraid of the big bad wolf?
Ahem. Mood music, maestros: Thank you, fellas, that was…uh…lovely. Okay. Here goes. I saw this comment piece, by someone hilariously named Ally Fogg, in the Grauniad last night. It was an eye-roller, to say the least, full of blanket assertions and straw(wo)men, and depressingly light on facts, although a lot of whiny male commenters seemed […]
Continue readingShort ‘n’ Stubby: Clan Murdoch circling the wagons
Did I hear a meow? Why yes, I did. And look who’s here! The Stumpy Cat has some juicy tidbits for us about the ongoing saga of a right-wing media empire on the go-down. Whatcha got for us, kitty? Rebekah Brooks has been arrested. And that’s not all! Her husband is now also involved, in […]
Continue readingMariCori scares a prairie dog
María Corina Machado, would-be chief nemesis of the current president of Venezuela (and confirmed putschist), has announced her Sarah Palin-style candidacy…
Reacción de una Ardilla frente al anuncio de María Corina from Presión Implacable on…
Continue readingWhat all starts with S?
Satan…socialism…and SOCCER! Yes, SOCCER! And oh, shit…so does my first name! And so does SHIT! Oh shit, I’m going to hell for liking socialism! And Uruguay! And Chavecito! Oh shit, shit, SHIT! (Of course, SATIRE also starts with S…let’s hope this is it. And if not, well, let me remind you that STUPID is also […]
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: One to listen to while you read your trashy tabloids
Although…heh…this week, if you’re in Britain, you’ll have one less. In which case, a little consolation may be in order. So, here you go…an old Spitting Image sketch of Rupert Murdoch conferring with two of his “rep…
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Hacks, attacked
Crappy weekend everyone! My, the wankers just keep coming, do they not? And so do the revelations from the world of hacks who hack. And here, in no particular order, come some of the hackingest hacks, and the wankingest wanks… 1. The self-congratulatory “journalists” at News of the World. Yes, all of you. You make […]
Continue readingNineteen Eighty-Four
Courtesy of Roger Ebert, a gem from the past. The BBC’s original adaptation of George Orwell’s classic novel. Enjoy!
Continue readingQuotable: Noam Chomsky on student activism and anarchism
“Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time. Then anarchists work at unmasking and mastering the structures, whether they involve patriarchal families, a Mafia international system or the private tyrannies of the economy, the corporation. […] As soon as one […]
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