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When whiter isn’t cleaner

June 20, 2006 — Sabina Becker

Despite the fact that it’s now a white-chocolate city, New Orleans just called in the army…for the first time since Hurricane Katrina. Did another hurricane hit? Yes…but not the meteorological kind. Read on:

The Louisiana governor asked for the National Guard to return to New Orleans after a weekend that saw six people murdered in the city.

New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin had earlier called for 300 soldiers and some 60 state police to be sent to the city.

Crime has risen in the city after a brief drop following Hurricane Katrina.

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More proof that Frankenfoods suck shit

June 17, 2006 — Sabina Becker

Yes, those pesky scientists have found some more eye-bugging evidence that Monsanto is lying through its teeth to us.

And some of them are from Venezuela!

Two research teams in England and Venezuela have discovered something alarming about the new genetically modified crops filled with insecticide. The insects not only eat them, they seem to thrive on them.

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Posted in Environmentally Ill, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files. 1 Comment »

This is why they voted to “stay the course”…

June 16, 2006 — Sabina Becker

It’s worth noting that the Iraqis have repeatedly asked the US to leave and never been heeded.

After all, a boondoggle THIS vast and expensive has to be justified with a near-unanimous vote in the US senate. Otherwise, someone would have to admit that they flushed a major cash-stash down the toilet again.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Sartorial splendor!

June 16, 2006 — Sabina Becker

It doesn’t get much snazzier than this:

Evo and Hugo in indigenous Bolivian threads. Molto bello!

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We now pause for the following announcement…

June 15, 2006 — Sabina Becker

The Pentagon has just informed the world that the 2,500th US military death in the Iraq pillage has occurred.

That’s right: 2,500 dead US military for the sake of a lie. And OIL.

And in the meantime, there’s no end in sight.

The Unknown Soldier is dead. Long live the Big Lie.

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Just Pissed Off, Obits and 'bobs, The War on Terra. Comments Off »

Mas dinero, Jorge, por favor!

June 15, 2006 — Sabina Becker

Wow. Talk about a sweet scam.

Funny how Alvaro Uribe waited until AFTER he was safely re-elected (cough) by abstention! (cough) before springing this widdle surprise on his numero uno consumer of the legendary Colombian marching powder:

US President George W Bush and his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe have held talks about how to speed up the eradication of drugs.

Speaking at the White House, Mr Uribe said his country had not achieved the best results in the last few years.

Bogota receives around $600m a year in US aid to combat drugs trafficking – but studies suggest the flow of cocaine to the US has not fallen significantly.

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And the plot just keeps getting thicker…

June 15, 2006 — Sabina Becker

…and SICKER.

Yes, it’s Gitmo again!

The father of one of three inmates said to have committed suicide at the US prison camp at Guantanamo Bay has said he believes his son was murdered.

“This idea of suicide is a lie. My son wouldn’t commit suicide,” said Ali Abdullah Ahmed, father of a Yemeni detainee found dead on Saturday.

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This is even worse than flip-flops

June 13, 2006 — Sabina Becker

Considering how the Hardcore Stupid think Bush never wavers, he sure has switched bogus rationales for his war a lot.

And so have the Hardcore Stupid!

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Gitmo North: UNACCEPTABLE!

June 13, 2006 — Sabina Becker

This is not the US.

This is Canada.

So why is THIS happening–here?

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Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Law-Law Land, The War on Terra. Comments Off »

What purpose does a blackout serve?

June 13, 2006 — Sabina Becker

Occasionally, it serves to protect a potentially innocent person’s identity; sometimes, the family of a perpetrator, especially when s/he is related to the victim of the crime.

However, in this instance, one really has to wonder…

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