Crappy weekend, everybody! How was your Canada Day? Mine was fine…marred only by the appearance of our local SupposiTory MP in the parade. And look! Will and Kate are out and about, and so are anti-monarchy protesters. But if you thought the British royals were a relic best disposed of quickly and humanely, how about […]
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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Who’s yer president?
Ahem. What was I saying again about him staying at the helm, no matter what? Here’s Chavecito, in Cuba, convening a meeting on Wednesday with his cabinet ministers. And no, they weren’t making funeral arrangements in advance for him. They were discussing the same things they always do: development, agriculture, electricity conservation, healthcare…you know, the […]
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Canadian, Please!
Julia Bentley and Andrew Gunadie bring it on: How to become Canadian: “Step 1 — Lose the gun. Step 2 — Buy a canoe. Step 3 — Live multiculturally. Step 4 — You’re ready. There is no more!” And in spite of Harpo and his embarrassing corporatist pandering (oil, nukes and asbestos, anyone?), this country […]
Continue readingChavecito speaks
Uh oh. Looks like the bastards and spooks were right about one thing, after all. Chavecito DID have cancer… …and now, let’s hope his confidence is well founded, and that he doesn’t have it anymore. In which case my last post about him is, at least, correct in that respect. BTW, that “knee surgery” of […]
Continue readingStupid Sex Tricks: You’ve heard of road turtles…
…but have you ever heard of AIRPORT turtles? Love is in the air at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York. More than 150 turtles crossed over an active runway and disrupted air traffic on Wednesday so that they could continue their mating season. The diamondback terrapins were trying to get to an ideal […]
Continue readingIn which the “Chávez has cancer” rumor mill grinds to a halt, once and for all
You know something? When the president of Paraguay (above, at right) says something about Chavecito, I’m much more likely to believe him than the English-language whore media. Why? Well, for starters, he actually knows the man better than they do. And for another, he’s no media whore. Thirdly, he’s had cancer himself (and been cured […]
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: I walked in and kissed the wrong one
This one and Shriekback’s “Fish Below the Ice” have been in my head a lot lately, for no reason other than that they sound a bit similar. Unfortunately, no one has uploaded a YouTube for the latter yet.
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Staying Inhuman
Crappy first weekend of summer, everyone! How’s the weather where you are? Where I’m at, it’s predictably unpredictable with occasional bursts of shitty. But all is not lost. I hear there’s another Freedom Flotilla that’ll set sail for Gaza very soon, under the slogan of the late Vittorio Arrigoni: Stay Human. But then, those are […]
Continue readingVancouver riots: Revealing video shows what’s behind the “kiss” photo
No, it really wasn’t a hot make-out session. (Too bad, eh?) Here’s what really happened: If you think the rioters were bad, the cops were WORSE. (Like I often say: It’s never a riot till the cops show up.) They knocked down two people who had the bad luck to be just passing through, and […]
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: New York just got fabulous!
Yep, that’s the Empire State Building…all lit up in the LGBT rainbow. The state now extends equal marriage rights to all, regardless of color, creed, gender or sexual orientation.
Tonight, we ALL love New York!
Dramatic turnaround in an Argentine adoption case
Marcela and Felipe Noble Herrera arrive to submit DNA samples in compliance with a judicial order. After 10 years of delays and legal wrangling, there will finally be an answer to the question: Are they children of the disappeared? The adoptive children of the owner of the Argentine daily newspaper, Clarín, presented themselves on Friday […]
Continue readingShort ‘n’ Stubby: In which Ms. Manx praises gutsy women
The Stumpy Cat just let out a plaintive mew, which is her way of telling me that she’s found some little things that she really would like me to post for you. And in this case, it’s all about brave, gutsy, uppity Canadian women who are not likely to gain much praise from any major […]
Continue readingOllanta, Evo. Evo, Ollanta.
This is such a nice shot of Ollanta and Evo that I was tempted to save it for Friday. But the story that goes with it is too hot to sit on for three whole days, so here it is: The president-elect of Peru, Ollanta Humala, said on Tuesday in Bolivia that he dreamed of […]
Continue readingPrison mafias: The newest plot to destabilize Venezuela
From Patria Grande, another interesting look at the self-styled forces of “democratic civil society” in Venezuela, and what they’re doing to steer the country away from the “disastrous”, “Castro-communist” rule of Hugo Chávez Frías: The editor of the weekly “Sixth Estate”, Leocenis García, admitted in his Twitter account that he maintains friendly relations with a […]
Continue readingShort ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx attacks the Vancouver Riots
What’s that I feel pawing at my legs? What’s that meowing I hear? Oh, it’s our calico Stumpie friend, with a whole new batch of links. Whatcha got for us, Ms. Manx? The Vancouver riots, you say? Okay… First off, says the Manx, remember that police chief who got wank-listed here last Saturday? The one […]
Continue readingIn Toronto this weekend?
Then you might be interested in attending this: From Hands Off Venezuela’s e-mail list, the details: Subject: Please on the the 24thshow your solidarity with Venezuela! Sent by the Louis Riel Bolivarian Circle/Hands Off Venezuela DEAR FRIENDS OF THE VENEZUELAN BOLIVARIAN REVOLUTION, THESE LAST 12 YEARS, THE INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL OPPOSITION TO THE BOLIVARIAN REVOLUCION […]
Continue readingIn Soviet Russia, cats bark at you!
No, really:
And don’t you love how this kitty slows down to a meow when she realizes she’s being filmed?
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Bilderbuggery
Crappy weekend, everyone! And welcome to Drunken Bull Sessions and Hung-Over Kaffeeklatsches of the Rich and Infamous in beautiful St. Moritz, Switzerland. Well, how about them Bilderbergers, everyone? Aren’t they just the loveliest bunch of fucking elitists you ever saw looking for sneaky ways to undermine democracy and the popular will, and to keep the […]
Continue readingSurreal adventure in an Argentine lake
Who wants to scuba-dive in a weird grey moonscape? This Argentine dude apparently does. The moonscape is Nahuel Huapí, which is normally a nice clear alpine lake in southern Argentina, and it looks like that now because it got a liberal dusting of ash from the recently-erupted Puyehue volcano in neighboring Chile. The same has […]
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