Monthly Archives: September 2009

Music for a Sunday Night: The Enemy Within

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This Rush classic has been in my head all day. Now, the haunting’s all yours:

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The siege of Tegucigalpa

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Once more, The Real News nails it:Al Giordano’s analysis of the situation is bang-on. It looks to me like Gorilletti and his thugs are trying to wear Zelaya out–either to kill or take him prisoner, or if that be impossible, … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: How NOT to train your K-9 unit

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Good thing he got him in the side pocket and not in front, is all I can say…

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More Wankers of the Week: Values Votership in Action!

Posted on September 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh man, this is sheer comedy gold:Ladies and gentlemen, give it up for Linda Putz (yes, she really IS a Putz!) and her grumpy old unnamed friend. The media were kind enough to come and give them publicity, and now … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Values Voter Circle Jerk edition

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. Before we get on with the weekly wankapedia here, I thought I’d share a bit of wonkapedia with you:Yes, that’s from this year.And these people think they’ve got the world’s progressive majorities “surrounded”? They may be shocked to learn … Continue reading →

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The Assassination of Hugo Chávez: Colombian hitman tells all

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And who was offering to pay for the hit? None other than Chavecito’s last opponent in the presidential elections, Manuel “Brave Sir Robin” Rosales, currently holed up in Peru, whining about “political persecution” while under investigation for embezzlement, among other … Continue reading →

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Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa gassed with hydrogen cyanide

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Manuel Zelaya denounces a murder attempt on the part of the putschists:You can hear the people around him coughing and wheezing. Many are still affected by the gassing they suffered yesterday and the day before. There is also a call … Continue reading →

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Anti-coup march in Barcelona, Spain

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

You can see placards written in Catalan, as well as the flags of other Latin American countries, in this solidarity march. (I see Bolivia and Colombia, how ’bout you?)

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Bloodless coup still proceeding bloodlessly as ever in Honduras

Posted on September 26, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From El Tiempo de Honduras, via Aporrea, something else the coup’s apologists don’t want you to see: A teenager died yesterday afternoon, after shouting “coupmongers” at a group of police from Patrol 4-10, according to family members and neighbors who … Continue reading →

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Honduras has teabaggers, too

Posted on September 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

How else to explain this sign, which appeared at the pro-dictatorship rally yesterday?They don’t call these people “pitiyankis” for nothing. Memo to Simple Simon Romero: It’s not new, it wasn’t coined by Hugo Chávez, and it’s not just in Venezuela … Continue reading →