…and what have we learned?
Well, for starters, that the BushCo Imperial Preznitcy is rather reminiscent of the royal family of France–heedless of everything, right up to its date with La Guillotine:
News of the Restless A door at the end of a dead-end street…
In case you’re wondering why no posts lately…
August 25, 2006 — Sabina Becker…I’ve had a little family emergency.
Well, all right: NOT so little.
My mom had a nasty fall a few days ago while cleaning the kitchen window. The Muskoka chair she was standing on to reach the top of it (it’s huge) wasn’t designed for someone to use its armrest as a footbrace, apparently, because it gave way when she leaned her foot against it. She came down on her right arm, and now she has a comminuted fracture of her right wrist.
Of course, this is right in line with Murphy’s Law. My mom, like most people, is right-handed. If she’d been a southpaw, I guarandamntee you she’d have fallen on her left arm and broken THAT wrist instead. The emergency doc even told her that people tend to fall on the same side as their dominant hand.
So now I’m her right-hand woman, literally. There are many things she can’t do for herself until that wrist heals–everything from signing her name on cheques, to putting on her socks. I’m cooking and cleaning and helping her keep the house in order full-time right now, so pray that I don’t have any similar mishaps–one thing I refuse to do right now is windows!
(PS to my friends from MMTF: When I’m not too busy looking after my mom, I’m here. Since the Malloy forum mods have decided to play jackass, I’ve decided to hang with a cooler crowd. See you there!)
Festive Left Friday Blogging: LL Cool H
August 19, 2006 — Sabina BeckerOkay, FLFB is a little belated this week, but better late than never!
The end of the End of History
August 18, 2006 — Sabina BeckerNeoconservatism’s ideological guru has some Kool-Aid he’d like to sell you. But be warned…there’s a lot of backwash in that there jug:
Early on in Hugo Chavez’s political career, the Venezuelan president attacked my notion that liberal democracy together with a market economy represents the ultimate evolutionary direction for modern societies — the “end of history.” When asked what lay beyond the end of history, he offered a one-word reply: “Chavismo.”
The idea that contemporary Venezuela represents a social model superior to liberal democracy is absurd. In his eight years as president, Chavez has capitalized on his country’s oil wealth to take control of congress, the courts, trade unions, electoral commissions and the state oil company. Proposed legislation that would limit foreign funding could soon constrain nongovernmental organizations as well.
So…who are the Hardcore Stupid?
August 16, 2006 — Sabina BeckerCheryl Seal of Democrats.com has identified 22 species of these scary humanoids…
So who are these holdout Bush supporters?
After pondering four years worth of my own interactions, pro-Bush postings at various webstes, and the comments of callers to rightwing talk shows and C-SPAN, I have identified and compiled the following list of Bush supporter types.
Jimmy Hoffa, call your office…
August 14, 2006 — Sabina Becker…because Carlos Ortega is now a fugitive. AGAIN.
A senior Venezuelan opposition leader has escaped from a military prison, the country’s attorney general has said.
Carlos Ortega was sentenced to almost 16 years in jail last year after being convicted of inciting unrest during a strike that began in late 2002.
He escaped along with three military officers and may have been aided by some authorities, Venezuela’s attorney general said.
Ortega is known as a fierce opponent of Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez.
Cindy comes to Crawford…
August 12, 2006 — Sabina Becker…this time to stay:
And she still has a question that SOMEONE doesn’t want to give an honest, straightforward answer to:
Do you suppose she’ll get one this year? Next year? Year after that, maybe?
In any event, she can now afford to bide her time.
A sad but unsurprising revelation
August 11, 2006 — Sabina BeckerA great German author, outspokenly anti-Nazi, has something he’s long wanted to get off his chest. Let’s hear him out:
Nobel Prize-winning German writer Guenther Grass, author of the great anti-Nazi novel The Tin Drum, has admitted serving in the Waffen-SS.
He told a German newspaper he had been recruited at the age of 17 into an SS tank division and served in Dresden.
Previously it was only known he had served as a soldier and was wounded and taken prisoner by US forces.
Speaking before the publication of his war memoirs, he said his silence over the years had “weighed” upon him.
Festive Left Friday Blogging: Hard Hat Hugo!
August 11, 2006 — Sabina Becker
Looks like everything is a go for Venezuela, which is about to certify that it has the largest oil reserves in the world when the Orinoco heavy-crude region is factored in.
And that’s not all: It also has at least 45% more natural gas than previously estimated.
No wonder Chavecito’s gracing the refineries so much with his presence of late. That’s a lot of additional benefits accruing to the people!
Sheikhs on a Plane!
August 10, 2006 — Sabina BeckerAnd shakes on the ground! Oh NOES!!!
President George W Bush has said a plot to bomb US-bound flights from the UK is a “stark reminder” that the US is still at war with Islamic extremists.
Mr Bush said it showed “Islamic fascists… will use any means to destroy those of us who love freedom”.
