Monthly Archives: March 2009

Rackafrackafrickafrack, Chapter 4

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The frustration continues.Yesterday I ordered a Time Capsule from Apple; I expect it will show up sometime tomorrow, probably around siesta time (knowing MY luck, which is invariably quirky). That’s not the source of my frustrations. This, this is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Just Pissed Off, Technical Notes | 2 Comments

UN agrees: Porvenir WAS a massacre.

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

(Shamelessly stolen from El Ventarrón. It was too good to pass up!)A certain prefect from a certain Bolivian department is in the calabozo right now. Some kooky people in Miami (where else?) say he’s an unjustly incarcerated “political prisoner”. Well, … Continue reading →

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Whatever is to be done about that whole AIG thing?

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Great minds often think alike. Not necessarily in lockstep, but sometimes two different (and equally excellent) people come to the same conclusion. Take, for example, one of my long-time journalistic heroes, Joe Conason: The popular urge to claw back the … Continue reading →

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Ratzi gets all medieval on our collective ass

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Translation:“There hasn’t been a German pope since the Middle Ages…and now, it’s the Middle Ages all over again!”

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Found in Translation, Pissing Jesus Off | 3 Comments

The indigenous people’s holocaust

Posted on March 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

AMERICAN INDIAN HolocaustHow did Hitler learn genocide and eliminationism? By taking his cues from what happened in North America. This concerns mainly what happened in the US, but in Canada it was not much better. Up here, we didn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism | 2 Comments

Cops Behaving Badly: Brutality in Barcelona, Part 2

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Hundreds of media photographers gather to protest the police brutality against Catalan students in last week’s protests in Barcelona. Some of them were also injured in the line of duty by those same stormtroopers.

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Riddip!

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

You’re looking at Noblella pygmaea, a native of Peru. It’s the smallest frog found in the Andes, and one of the smallest in the world. It lives at an altitude of 3000 metres above sea level, in the Manu National … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Hey Paul Krugman

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A little ditty for one of the few economists who know how to talk language.

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Fascist fashion in Israel

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Fashionable fascism dominates the sceneWhen the ends don’t meet it’s easier to justify the means… –Bruce Cockburn, “The Trouble With Normal” This really speaks for itself, does it not?Ha’aretz has the whole story.

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas | 1 Comment

Equal rights for all: Coming soon to Venezuela?

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Let’s hope so! From YVKE Mundial, a hot story about a bill currently before the legislature: The Organic Law for Gender Equity and Equality, which establishes legal cohabitation rights for same-sex couples, is about to go to a second reading … Continue reading →

Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Law-Law Land | 4 Comments