I was wondering when THEY would show up…
Hot on the heels of Trayvon Martin’s murder by an armed white vigilante, we get…this: And this is what THAT was all about: A member of the Ku Klux Klan…
Sabina Becker
Wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle wiggle.
He works out!
Music for a Sunday: Chilean rap fights back
Chilean rap group Portavoz (“Spokesperson”) questions the “popularity” of the Piñera government. Here’s my translation of the lyrics: They want to crush you, kicked and tossed out like a plasta*…
Wankers of the Week: Spring Break at Club Smeg
Crappy weekend, everyone! Well. How’re we all enjoying our March Break? Not at all, you say? I’m not surprised. Look who’s fucking with my peace of mind this week, in…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ode to Life
Venezuelan rap sensation Rodbexa got together with Truko, and they’ve got a new song out. It’s a tribute to Chavecito, of course. Sure to be another big hit!
Hard evidence of a racist murder
Many people swear they heard George Zimmerman, the self-styled neighborhood watch captain who shot and killed Trayvon Martin, use the offensive, racist phrase “fucking coons” on the 911 call in…
I’ll just leave this right here
Apparently this is the poster for a cancer-research benefit match. And yes, that is Justin “Just Watch Me” Trudeau in the upper right-hand corner! I could make all kinds of…
The poutine thickens.
And look! There’s a Spanish fly in it: RackNine, the Edmonton company that suspect “Pierre Poutine” used to send voters to the wrong polling locations, is operated by Edmonton businessman…
I got my ballot, I got my Orange Crush.
Peggy Nash, here’s lookin’ at you.
The JFK assassination hoax that refuses to die
Oh, Che. What would you say if you knew how much of this struggle still remains to be fought…and how much ground the good guys have lost since you lost…
Music for a Sunday: She’s a sad tomato
I am smitten. I’m the real thing.
Wankers of the Week: Beware the Sluts of March
Crappy weekend, everyone…crappy St. Paddy’s Day to all…and especially all you slutty, slutty sluts out there. Because hey, if we’re gonna go by the Pigman’s definition of what constitutes sluttitude,…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Gorgeous, George!
OMG, look who got arrested earlier today: Yes, that’s George Clooney. The movie star. He’s now free, along with his dad and a group of other prominent activists who were…
Economics for Dummies: The scariest poet in Britain?
Funny, he doesn’t look so intimidating to me: But then again, I’m not a corporate tax dodger.
Never marry a CIA spook
Ah, the poor CIA. If it’s not enjoying the dubious honor of being the world’s most inept band of assassins, how about that of being a major, MAJOR homewrecker? “…
Oh crap, I almost forgot…
Happy Pi Day!
Quotable: Banksy on advertising
(Ed. note: Yes, I have been posting very lightly of late. I’m at work on a translation project, a book-length one. I’m finding it both stimulating and mentally exhausting simultaneously.…
Ever wonder why I call them FUX Snooze?
Watch this half-minute video and ye shall know all: That’s why. Even their own reporters can’t stay awake.
Quotable: Tariq Ali on the “lone gunman” of Afghanistan
“It’s hardly a secret that most Afghans are opposed to the occupation of their country. Occupying soldiers are well aware of the fact. The ‘enemy’ is not hidden. It is…