Maggie’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…
Isn’t It Ironic?
Bradley Manning: NOMINATED!
A group of Icelandic parliamentarians has nominated the world’s most famous whistleblower for one of the world’s most prestigious prizes. Undoubtedly he deserves it, but that probably means he won’t…
Happy Groundhog Day!
Sure would be funny if all the local weather-’hogs went on strike like this, eh? After all, this is their hibernation time. As for me, I’m celebrating Brigid today. Blessed…
No more fucking Pink Things
I am the daughter of a breast cancer survivor. And I have just sworn never again to buy another “Pink for the Cure” (or whatever they call it) thing. Not…
FUX Snooze gets pwned by Muppets
And as usual, Miss Piggy gets the best lines.
Royally disgusting
Ahem. A little mood music, maestro: Ah, that was lovely. And a timely reminder of the class of person we’re dealing with here: an unelected monarch who dares to try…
Cops Behaving Badly: Doubleplusungood
Today’s entry in the annals of rotten cop behavior is a two-fer. First, from Florida, a disturbing case of racist elder abuse, caught on dashcam (despite the cop’s efforts to…
Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx swats SOPA
What’s that meowing I hear? A cyber-kitty with a massive pet peeve…named SOPA. Whatcha got for us, Ms. Manx? First up, the Stumpy Cat would like to direct our attention…
Chairman Mao rolls in his grave
150 computer factory workers had to be talked down from a “suicide jump” in protest of lousy working conditions at the infamous Foxconn. This would not have made the news…
Cristina gets cancer, Chavecito gets topical, Jezebel gets Teh Stoopid
Dear lord, what is it with progressive LatAm leaders getting the fucking C-word? First it was Dilma, then Lugo, then Chavecito, then Lula, and now Cristina? President Cristina Kirchner is…
Glass houses, Your Barackness.
Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by…
China: A village fights back
The story, courtesy of the UK Telegraph: For the first time on record, the Chinese Communist party has lost all control, with the population of 20,000 in this southern fishing…
Spyware for Arab despots: Germany’s latest source of shame
Wikileaks just keeps exposing the imperialist underside of western “democracy”. And one of the latest to be embarrassed by revelations is Germany — an unlikely player in the imperial game,…
Stupid Sex Tricks: Beds are for sleeping, subways are for screwing
Subway sex at Spadina Station. Only in TO, folks. From the Toronto Star, in both cases, we have the following funny Canadian contradiction. First, the sad news that we’re not…
#RIPHugoChavez = #Twitterfail
Riddle me this: When is a Trending Topic NOT a trending topic? Courtesy of Patria Grande, here comes a wake-up call for all you internauts who love Venezuela, and who…
Stupid Sex Tricks: Dad, is that YOU?
This isn’t the first time I’ve heard THIS story: A MAN got more than he bargained for when a prostitute he ordered to his hotel room turned out to be…