Monthly Archives: June 2007

Quotable: Naomi Wolf on fascism without swastikas

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Because Americans like me were born in freedom, we have a hard time even considering that it is possible for us to become as unfree–domestically–as many other nations. Because we no longer learn much about our rights or our system … Continue reading →

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Washington Post sinks into the oil-soaked swamp

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can always tell what side a newspaper is on by how they choose to present any given story. Take this, for example, from the Washington Post…the paper that has the dubious distinction of having bogged down in complacency since … Continue reading →

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Obamama!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Note: This is not an endorsement of any candidate on my part. I just found the adaptation a hoot.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chesus is Risen!

Posted on June 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And boy, is he pissed. On a more serious note, yesterday would have been Che Guevara’s 79th birthday, if he had lived. Here are Eduardo Galeano’s remembrances of “El Comandante Amigo”:

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Kurt Waldheim ist kaputt

Posted on June 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Bim, bam. Gott sei dank, jetzt ist die Welt um einen Nazi-Mistbock leichter. Nur schade, dass es so lange gedauert hat…

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Censored by YouTube–but why?

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Luigino Bracci, a popular Chavista blogger (El Espacio de Lubrio), has had his YouTube channel killed. The reason is not what you might expect. Luigino published neither an incitement to violence, nor hate speech, nor pornography, nor a recipe for … Continue reading →

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Angus Reid believes the hype

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Shame on them.Don’t they know that Hinterlaces is NOT a reliable pollster? This is not the first time they got an awful lot wrong. I wonder if their tabulation formula is a simple matter of inverting the real numbers; it … Continue reading →

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Montreal Bolivarians fight back!

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A bunch of ex-Venezuelan escualidos tried to lay siege to the media during the Formula 1 Grand Prix de Montreal race, to report only their (false) version of the story of the RCTV non-renewal. Much to their surprise, a Bolivarian … Continue reading →

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Why they all want out of the World Bank

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Same shit, different asshole. The World Bank and IMF are full of them. This is why so many countries are paying off their debts early and avoiding being dinged for interest that always ends up costing so much more than … Continue reading →

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More untold news about TV licence revocations

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You better kiss my boots for this, people, I had to go all the way to Cuba to get it. (Well, all right–to Granma.) Throughout the world, many countries have adopted sovereign decision to not renew [broadcast] concessions or to … Continue reading →