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Oh those uppity Chilean women!

October 31, 2007 — Sabina Becker

They dare to defy the Catholic church? And to order pharmacies to fill orders for the Morning-After Pill? What next, a female president?

Oh wait. They have one already. Never mind…

The Chilean government has warned pharmacies refusing to sell the morning-after contraceptive pill that they could face stiff fines or closure.

Major pharmacy chains have not been selling the pill recently, arguing they could not buy stocks locally.

The government responded by importing supplies and said the stores now had no excuse for not selling the pill.

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Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Pissing Jesus Off, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files, Uppity Wimmin. Comments Off »

Stupid Sex Tricks: Straight is the new gay

October 29, 2007 — Sabina Becker

And for confirmation of the above, check out Wonkette’s account of what sex with Larry Craig was like 20 years ago, at least for one then-young, naive lad unfortunate enough to experience it.

(Actually, it rings rather true, given that this IS a deep-closet toilet troller we’re talking about. He and everyone around him are still in ye olde denial mode.)

Posted in Do As I Say..., Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Stupid Sex Tricks. Comments Off »

Guns don’t kill people…

October 29, 2007 — Sabina Becker

…unless you just add dog.

A man out hunting in Iowa was shot in the leg after a hunting dog stepped on his gun, authorities said.
The accident happened after James Harris, 37, put his gun on the ground to retrieve a fallen pheasant.
One of a pack of hunting dogs following behind stepped on the trigger, and up to 120 birdshot pellets hit Mr Harris in the left calf at short range.
A local official told a news agency the injury was “not life-threatening, but will give him trouble for a long time”.
Alan Foster, a spokesman for the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, told AFP it was not uncommon for hunters to be shot by their dogs.
“I hear about it a couple times a year,” somewhere in the country, he said.
“They’ll step on the trigger assembly and, if the gun for whatever reason wasn’t on safety, it doesn’t take a whole lot to trip a trigger.”
Harris was treated at Grinnell Regional Medical Center and later transported by helicopter to University of Iowa Hospitals in Iowa City, following the accident in Poweshiek County on Saturday afternoon.

I wonder if this man bit his dog for doing that to him.

Maybe he should kick himself for being so careless.

Posted in Guns, Guns, Guns, Karma 1, Dogma 0, The WTF? Files. Comments Off »

Hmmm, where have we heard THIS before?

October 29, 2007 — Sabina Becker

And for that matter–when? It all sounds terribly familiar…

France and the US have dismissed a finding by the head of the UN’s nuclear watchdog Mohammed ElBaradei that there is no evidence of Iran building a bomb.
French Defence Minister Herve Morin challenged Iran to allow UN inspectors unlimited access to sites.
A White House spokeswoman said Iran was “enriching and reprocessing uranium, and the reason that one does that is to lead towards a nuclear weapon”.
Mr ElBaradei said on Sunday that Tehran was years away from developing a bomb.

Gee, this sounds just like that smoking gun that was supposed to turn into a mushroom cloud. But did it? I don’t remember, I was too busy watching Dubya crawling around on all fours looking for WMDs.

Well, at least they can’t piss all over the French this time. C’est la guerre!

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Morticia! You Spoke French!, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid). Comments Off »

Okay, I need a cute nickname for Rafael Correa.

October 29, 2007 — Sabina Becker

Because this guy just majorly endeared himself to me with the following novel approach to an urghly problem:

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Posted in Ecuadorable As Can Be, Found in Translation, If You REALLY Care, Under the Name of Spain. 4 Comments »

FOX News…or porn?

October 28, 2007 — Sabina Becker

Take the Radar Online test and see if you can tell a FUX Snoozer from the Debbie who Did Dallas.

I admit I only got 3 out of 10 right. The porn stars all looked so much nicer and more professional than those FUX ‘hos.

Posted in Crapaganda Whores. 2 Comments »

A group of bishops is NOT the Church!

October 27, 2007 — Sabina Becker

Leave it to a humble padre in Venezuela to shame his higher-ups in the hierarchy. While the bishops are busy dissing Chavecito in a manner most ungodly, this priest felt it necessary to issue a timely reminder of just who is the Church.

The parish priest of Las Mercedes in Zulia state, Father Vidal Atencio, rejected the document “Called to Live in Freedom” from the Venezuelan Episcopal conference, which called the constitutional reform proposals “morally unacceptable in light of the social doctrine of the Catholic Church”.

“This document is political, not pastoral–it puts forth an ideological perspective from the side of capitalism,” said Fr. Atencio, criticizing a group of less than 50 persons for giving their opinion in the name of the Church.

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Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Pissing Jesus Off. Comments Off »

The Great Hugo Chavez Media Hatefest continues…

October 27, 2007 — Sabina Becker

I am so confused. I don’t know who to believe–those who claim that the “unpopular” Hugo Chavez can be used as a secret weapon to push even more unpopular “free” trade agreements through (“You don’t like him? Great! Vote for this and stick it to him!”) or those who admit, however reluctantly and backhandedly, that Chavecito (or anyone who shares his ideas) actually enjoys considerable popularity outside Venezuela.

Damn crapaganda whores, can’t they at least agree amongst themselves on a coherent story?

Posted in Crapaganda Whores, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito. Comments Off »

You may have noticed…

October 26, 2007 — Sabina Becker

…the little “Buzz It” button at the bottom of each post now. This button will take you to Buzzflash.com to tell them about my site.

Here’s how to use it:

1. Control-click the “Permalink” in orange, which you’ll see right between the time stamp and comments link at the bottom of each entry.
2. Select “copy URL” (or whatever your menu says).
3. Click on the “Buzz It” button and paste the permalink URL in the box they provide.
4. VERY IMPORTANT: Do NOT use the sabinabecker.com URL, even though it does appear by default on their site; that’s the main directory for this blog, and will only link to the front page. My front page varies from day to day and may confuse readers who came looking for only one story. Erase that link, and paste in the permalink instead. Always use the permalink to buzz a specific entry!

If you’re not already a Buzzflash member, sign up first at their site; it’s free. (Use your real address, or you won’t be able to verify your account!) Once you’re a BuzzFlasher with a verified account, come back here; grab the permalink from the post you want to buzz, then go to the Buzz It page and paste the permalink from my site into the URL box they provide.

Please follow their instructions to the letter and make sure you’re not duplicating any of the other “buzzed” stories! It will save me a heartache and you a headache.

Now, let’s get this site buzzing and fight ignorance together.