A young anti-war Iraqi woman, Tony Benn and assorted others show how it’s done.
Good show!
News of the Restless A door at the end of a dead-end street…
Why not a chocolate Jesus?
March 31, 2007 — Sabina BeckerBecause some people’s religious sensibilities are waaaaay too easily offended.
A New York art gallery has decided to cancel an exhibit of a chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ after protests by a US Catholic group.
The six-foot (1.8m) sculpture, entitled “My Sweet Lord”, depicts a naked Jesus Christ with his arms outspread.
The sculpture, by artist Cosimo Cavallaro, was to have been displayed from Monday at Manhattan’s Lab Gallery.
Festive Left Friday Blogging: A rare sight in Miami?
March 30, 2007 — Sabina BeckerI hope not:
(Photo originally seen at Aporrea.)
They can’t all be gusanos. Nice to see that there are Bolivarians there too.
Adelante y arriba, amig@s.
FOX News: The iron fist of “fair and balanced” hypocrisy
March 30, 2007 — Sabina BeckerBeing totally two-faced seems to be a prerequisite if you want to work at Fux Snooze. Get a load of what one sharp-eyed Venezuelan patriot has found concerning a particular reporter of theirs in Latin America:
(Thanks to GloriaAlBravoPueblo and Aporrea.)
Translation of the video follows:
What’s the frequency, Kenneth?
March 27, 2007 — Sabina BeckerFrom the Department of Yeah, That’ll Fly, a sour note on Better Living Through Crowd Control Technology:
The Mosquito – a crowd-control device emitting a pulsing sound that bugs teenagers but can’t be heard by most adults – is creating a big buzz in Britain and may soon invade New York.
So far, 50 of the $750 black-box gadgets marketed online at kidsbegone.com have been sold stateside – and one is set to be piloted in a New Jersey skate park, to stop large groups of teens from gathering after closing hours.
Hugo Chavez: The dictator who wouldn’t dictate
March 27, 2007 — Sabina BeckerIncredible. Via Aporrea, I just found this bomblet about everybody’s favorite accused dictator:
The president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez Frías, called upon the country to invent the revolutionary formula “with much flexibility and dynamism.”The head of state recalled the fact that a revolution requires popular creativity and “for this I cling to what Bolivar said: ‘I believe more in the counsel of the people than in that of sages.’”
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Chávez mentioned Cuban president Fidel Castro, in the sense that one of his greatest errors was “to believe that any single individual knew how to construct socialism.”
(Translation mine.)
Well. How’s that for a jaw-dropper? Not only is this “dictator” calling on his people to, if I’m reading this correctly, dictate to him what form the Bolivarian revolution must take, but also–and this is one in the eye for all those who persist in claiming he’s copying Castro–he dares to criticize his so-called mentor!
What the hell do you call a dictator who refuses to dictate, I wonder?
Quotable: Conrad Black’s father on life, the universe and everything
March 26, 2007 — Sabina Becker“Life is hell, most people are bastards, and everything is bullshit.”
–attributed to Conrad Black’s father, George, on his deathbed; if true, goes a long way toward explaining why Black fils turned out the way he did
Hey Chuck Norris: Shut up and sing, dammit!
March 26, 2007 — Sabina BeckerGrab your barf bags, folks. Chuck Norris has reared his weaselly little head, and given me one more reason to utterly despise him:
You want oil independence? You got it!
March 25, 2007 — Sabina BeckerUnfortunately for the Terra-Free Oil Slicks, it’s not THAT kind. In this case, it’s oil independence for Venezuela.
Venezuela says it is working on a number of new oil deals with China, as it aims to reduce its dependence upon crude exports to the US.
The left-wing Venezuelan government said it would work with China National Petroleum Corporation to boost Chinese investment in its oil facilities.
It added that there were also joint plans to build a fleet of new tanker ships and three refineries in China.
Pokin’ the Bear
March 24, 2007 — Sabina BeckerA little musical interlude featuring the inimitable pipes of the imbecilic Pigman, Rush Limbaugh.
BTW, Rush, I know some hungry polar bears who would LOVE you for lunch.
