He works out: This just keeps getting funnier every time I see it. Most of all because it’s true. It’s funny because he’s sexy, and he’s sexy because he’s funny. It’s like an endless positive feedback loop! And if the “Namaste” in his goofy-ass valentine to Regretsy is any indication,
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Zut alors! Plus de “mademoiselle”!
Ah, oui. C’est fini, l’ennui: The term “mademoiselle” is about to disappear from French paperwork. Under pressure from campaigners, the government has decided that women will not have to choose how to describe themselves on official documents. Unlike men, women have been forced to choose between a married “madame” or
Continue readingEconomics for Dummies: The true relationship of Liberty and Capitalism
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Continue readingMan up, Vic!
You want a piece of me? First, Vic, get a warrant: And when you’re done that, get a life: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews claims he was attacked on two internet fronts from inside the House of Commons last week and says in a letter to the House Speaker that
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It may be carnival time (and thus, the silly season) in Bolivia, but apparently some don’t find anything funny about it…or at least, not the way the president comported himself during Friday’s kick-off celebrations: Opposition legislators and feminists criticized the Bolivian president, Evo Morales, for participating in a carnival party
Continue readingHenrique Capriles Radonski: Neither victim nor victor
Remember this picture? The lamestream media up here don’t want you to. According to them, this silly poser, who pretended to be a Communist while in China for the Beijing Olympics, is The Man Who Will Beat Hugo Chávez, assuming that the allegedly rampant anti-semitism in Venezuela doesn’t make him
Continue readingClip ‘n’ Save: US foreign policy in a nutshell
This might also come in handy for the Harper Government™ hacks and apologists lurking here, seeing as you’re all trying to turn us into Yanks Lite with your dirty, smear-mongering politics. BTW, if you want to know where to start for Venezuela, it’s on the LEFT. Pay attention and memorize
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Right from the start
I don’t know which is more incredible: the fact that this song is now 30 years old, or that it sounds even better live than it did when I first bought it on vinyl. It’s note-perfect here, and I la-la-la-love it still.
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Ceiling Vic is watching you masturbate
Crappy weekend, everyone! Have you all enjoyed your week-that-was? NO? What a surprise. I couldn’t either, what with all these wankers breathing down my neck (or DSL line, same difference). And here they come, in no particular order: 1. Sarah Fucking Palin. I’m surprised that even CPAC still thinks she’s
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito throws down
And gives the right-wing candidate and sham primary victor, Henrique Capriles Radonsky, notice that he’s got to stand and deliver, or leave with his tail between his legs: Here’s the gist of what he said. Accept no lamestream substitutes. And remember that word majunche (it means “little wimp”, more or
Continue readingStupid (Anti-)Sex Tricks: The American Lie League, and other hilarious crapagandroids
Need a good laugh tonight? Here ya go: Mmmmmm, penis cupcakes and vagina macaroons! Yummy! Jezebel calls this “the most hilariously lewd thing you’ll ever see”, and they’re not far from the truth. This hysterical video inadvertently gives away the makers’ own creepy fetishes. Calling Planned Parenthood a pusher of
Continue readingStupid Sex(ist) Tricks: Why I will never be a vegan
Aside from the serious health concerns they blithely neglect to mention in their quest to turn the whole world vegan, PETA also engages in false, deceptive and highly offensive advertising that’s downright abusive to women: There is so much wrong with this ad. What kind of man is so sexually
Continue readingRomance or misogyny?
Sometimes, it’s SO hard to tell, eh? No, this is not to make 18-year-olds look particularly appealing, or older-than-thou women especially alluring. It relies on some pretty mindless stereotyping of women of ALL ages. And while we’re on the subject of mindless stereotyping, how about those romantic comedies? Most of
Continue readingOMG, Adele is adorable!
Pardon my gush, but it’s true. She really IS a doll. She’s funny, she’s unpretentious, she’s blessedly drama-free in spite of everything she’s been through (how many pop stars can you say THAT about?), and she’s smart and nice, too. Oh, and she’s got the cutest accent — says fink
Continue readingMore Music for a Sunday: There are days…
This Luca Mundaca tune reminds me a great deal of this one by Marisa Monte, both in terms of theme and vocal stylings: Both make loneliness and getting by a little easier, and make them sound downright lovely.
Continue readingMusic for a Sunday: Whitney Houston, RIP
This isolated vocal track from my favorite song of hers feels ghostly now that she’s suddenly, sadly gone. But it also illustrates just how well her voice stood on its own, with almost none of the melismatic warbling that her later imitators put on. She could have released this one
Continue readingWankers of the Week: Happy Stupid People’s Day!
Crappy weekend, everyone! Are we all looking forward to the discount chocolate sale on the 15th yet? I know I am. I need something to take my mind off all the Stoopid flying thick and fast over the past week. Especially the egregious crapola from the craptastic crappers noted here,
Continue readingFestive Left Friday Blogging: Another satellite for Venezuela
Looks like Simón Bolívar will have even more company in orbit. In addition to his Bolivian and Ecuadorian counterparts, he’s going to be joined by another Venezuelan satellite, named after another independence hero: The new satellite, “Generalísimo Francisco de Miranda”, represents a great leap for the development of technological independence
Continue readingThis is what same-sex marriage sanity sounds like
Isn’t it wonderful when human rights win out over simply toeing the party line? This is Maureen Walsh, a Republican state representative from Walla Walla, Washington, speaking out beautifully for same-sex marriage rights both as a widow with happy memories of her own marriage, and as the mother of a
Continue readingMaggie’s melancholy marriage crusade, and me
Ahem. A little mood music, maestro: Ah, that sets the tone brilliantly for what I’m about to say… And here it is. This morning, this Salon link popped up in my Facebook feed. Maggie Gallagher is a frequent wanker on my weekly list, and it’s not hard to see why.
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