Stupid Sex Tricks: When sex doesn’t sell beer
Okay…I have to admit, I thought this was very clever at first. A sexy beer ad that objectifies…MEN, for a change? Now, tell me what exactly is wrong with this…
Sabina Becker
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy Birthday Che!
He would have been 83 this week, had he lived…but really, he’s immortal. Hasta siempre, Comandante.
Looking for something to do tonight?
Broadway: It’s not just for gays anymore! (And look! Doogie Howser can SING! And so can Stephen Colbert and Brooke Shields!)
Le Snog
An enigmatic image from last night’s post-hockey riots apparently has CBC in a twit-storm: Actually, I like this image a lot better than the ones of rioters jumping on cop-cars.…
Some beautiful bedtime reading for all you parents out there
And I think you’ll agree that they picked the perfect narrator: Well played, sir.
“Don’t keep looking for your brother, they threw him from a helicopter”
Pura Soto Rojas points to a headline: “SHOT”. It refers to the deaths, by secret firing squad, of leftist guerrillas during the “democratic” years of the Fourth Republic. Years which…
Music for a Sunday: Might be a brave new world…
…but it’s really not my home: For me, this is the song that started a lot: my love for the music (and social justice activism) of Tom Cochrane, and oh…
Wankers of the Week: Weiners, wieners and just plain dicks
Crappy weekend, everyone! So, how are you liking Schlongergate? Yeah, me neither. But at least it spawned some funny toons, which I’ve put to good use here. Not everyone on…
Collateral Suicide
What do I have against the “humanitarian intervention” of NATO in Libya? Lots of things. This video contains a clue as to some of them: So, let’s recap: So far,…
Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Brigette has NOT left Ottawa yet!
Here she is, speaking at today’s “Stop Harper” rally: Photo courtesy Dylan Penner, via Twitter.
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Ollanta Presidente!
My gosh, the dominoes are just tumbling in Latin America, aren’t they? It’s getting so that you’d hardly recognize the place anymore. First it was Venezuela, then Bolivia and Ecuador.…
So, “Arab Spring” was the wrong thing for Brigette to say?
Funny, but actual Egyptians don’t think so: The Arab Spring, they say, isn’t about ballot boxes, it’s about the dignity of humanity. Something the Harper Government™ doesn’t respect, and probably…
Ah, memories!
This video, from 1990, shows Rush Limbaugh filling in for Pat Sajak on the latter’s short-lived (if you blinked, you missed it) TV talk show…and getting clobbered, metaphorically speaking, by…
Stupid Sex Tricks: Greece Has Talent
OMG, what do they put in the ouzo? It makes guys musical in all the, uh, most interesting places: Very nice, fellas! Do you do requests? I wanna hear “Zorba’s…
“Shame on you!”
Hotel maids in New York turned out en masse to protest Dominique Strauss-Kahn at a legal hearing. I wonder if the French press considers things like this to be “barbaric”…
Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx loves Brigette!
Hark! What’s that I hear? A stump-tailed kitty meowing? That can only mean one thing: Ms. Manx has been prowling the Internets again. Whatcha got for us, kitty? Ooooo…good stuff:…
Music for a Sunday: It was cold outside my door
Dear Diary: I’m feeling introspective today. Must be all the clouds… “Dear Diary: It was cold today. But the Sun came out later, so I went out and strolled about…
Wankers of the Week: Rolling Blunder, and other tours de farce
Crappy June, everyone! Are you enjoying the weather? And say, how about that rolling thunder? You’ll be hearing a lot more of it, due to global warming. (Thunderstorms and violent…
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Iconic photo du jour
Sorry, no Chavecito, Evo or El Ecuadorable today; don’t worry, they’ll be back next week (or whenever). I just got wind of this one via the tweeter, and it is…
Manuel Zelaya returns; Honduras coup revisited
This marks the first step in the reversal of the Honduran coup of 2009. Mel is back, and dialogue is ON, babies: Part 1 of several; keep clicking through for…