Monthly Archives: June 2006

Another of Canada’s worst exports

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Right up there with Pamela Anderson and her fake everything, it’s John Roberts and his fake news. On the June 1 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room, CNN senior national correspondent John Roberts, in reporting on the diplomatic package the … Continue reading →

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God to Pat Robertson: STFU!

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I mean really…how else would you explain this? Authorities in Connecticut say two people died after a plane owned by religious broadcaster Pat Robertson went down in heavy fog today. Robertson was not aboard.

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If the Founders didn’t ban it, why do so now?

Posted on June 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Just when you think BushCo had run out of gas for good and sure (check out Dubya’s latest approval ratings–remind you of anyone?), they pull a rather predictable rabbit out of the hat (or should I say, habit out of … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Lynne Truss on modern rudeness

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“Nearly sixty years ago, George Orwell wrote in Nineteen Eighty-Four that the future was a boot stomping on a human face for ever. I see it as a forest of belligerent and dismissive palms held up to the human face … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Everyone Hates Hugo, Part II

Posted on June 2, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Or, Evil Dictator Scares Children! Film at 11! Oh the horror. The HORROR. Hugo Chavez’s vile appetites have become insatiable. First he was biting helpless women…

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Michelle’s off to a good start

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Looks like Chile has indeed turned a decisive corner since the evil Augusto Pinochet was finally ousted from power. See for yourself: Chilean riot police used water cannon and tear gas for a second day running to scatter secondary school … Continue reading →

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Who wants to marry a millionaire?

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I don’t! Especially after reading this: A woman has won $2.1m (£1.1m) from a Los Angeles dating agency after she failed to meet a millionaire. Anne Majerik, 60, paid Beverly Hills matchmaker Orly Hadida $125,000 (£67,000) to meet affluent men … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Albert Camus on pestilences

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“A pestilence isn’t a thing made to man’s measure; therefore we tell ourselves that pestilence is a mere bogey of the mind, a bad dream that will pass away. But it doesn’t always pass away and, from one bad dream … Continue reading →

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When sources stink, can the story be trusted?

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

We choose a foreigner to hate, The new Iraq gets more irate– We really know nothing about them, and no one cares! –The Barenaked Ladies, “Sell Sell Sell” Funny how Hugo Chavez tends to get such short shrift from the … Continue reading →

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