Monthly Archives: November 2008

Who is Peter Schiff, and why is he pwning all these people?

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’s an economist who knows his onions, and he’s pwning them because they’re all fucking idiots. Duh.

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Bank Eat Bank: Why bailouts are making a bad thing worse

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The untold story behind the use of taxpayer money to prop up big, bad banks as they carry on business as usual.

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Venezuelan elections: a referendum on WHAT, again?

Posted on November 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Aporrea, I have some maps for anyone who’s interested on what went down in Venezuela yesterday. These are for state governorships. First, the “before”:Now, the “after”:You’ll notice not much change in state governorships between the two, other than … Continue reading →

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Where in the world are you reading me from?

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Hidey-ho, international neighbors. Just been checking my ClustrMap, and found the following statistics, which I hadn’t noticed before, but which are sure interesting: Current Country TotalsFrom 19 Oct 2008 to 23 Nov 2008United States (US) 331Canada (CA) 211United Kingdom (GB) … Continue reading →

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We now have “free” trade with Colombia. How the hell did THAT happen?

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, here’s one for the scratch-yer-head-till-it-hurts files: Even though Colombia is not a member of the Asia-Pacific Economic Forum, its president, Alvaro Uribe, travelled to Peru to meet with a group of leaders from various parts of the world … Continue reading →

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Live like a bastard, die like a coward

Posted on November 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

On the one hand, this is definitely good riddance to bad rubbish. On the other, it’s also a case of justice delayed–and now, with the suicide of the criminal, DENIED. From Argentina via Aporrea:My translation follows: BUENOS AIRES, November 22. … Continue reading →

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How to spend an ill-gotten million or two

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Remember Raúl Baduel, the former defence minister of Venezuela, erstwhile noble constitutionalist and loyal Chavista? Remember how he suddenly morphed into Raúl Baduel, the $1.2 million traitor? Don’t you wonder what happened to him, and what he did with that … Continue reading →

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OMG, there goes Honduras!

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Jayzus, what is it with all these little Latin American countries suddenly getting the itch to rewrite their constitutions–democratically? It all started with Venezuela, a little under a decade ago. Then Bolivia and Ecuador saw what good things happened and … Continue reading →

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Someone is a little behind…

Posted on November 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

They call themselves analysts, and the Beeb publishes this as if it were news. As in, NEW news: US economic, military and political dominance is likely to decline over the next two decades, according to a new US intelligence report … Continue reading →

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Does this qualify as “terrorism”, I wonder?

Posted on November 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I mean, it DOES involve “Islamist insurgents”, and we know that the US has characterized their Iraqi counterparts as such. But what happens when the “bad guys” start acting–well, like Peter Pan to Captain Hook? Somali Islamist insurgents have begun … Continue reading →

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