Monthly Archives: July 2006

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Another salute!

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

This one’s in honor of Venezuela’s independence day, July 5. Chavecito’s a smash in his new sash. (Note the horse on the coat of arms; it’s now racing to the left. Story here.)

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Headline Howler: The “ebbtide” that ain’t

Posted on July 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

How’s this for stupid, from the AP’s Mark Stevenson: “NEWS ANALYSIS: Leftist tide may be ebbing” Conservative Felipe Calderon’s apparent victory could signal that the leftist tide sweeping Latin America has reached its high-water mark, as voters frightened by the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Pete Seeger on democracy vs. capitalism

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“There’s a politician in my hometown, a very nice guy. He used to be a shop steward for the union in the local factory, but for twenty years he represented our town in the county legislature. And he said, ‘Pete, … Continue reading →

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Make those hellfires extra hot now

Posted on July 6, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Just heard the news at the top of the hour on Air America. Seems Kenny Boy, even in death, has managed to skate away from justice: Former Enron CEO Ken Lay maintained throughout his fraud and conspiracy trial that he … Continue reading →

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So much for the “miracle” of DDT!

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Sabina Becker

There are some ‘tards in this world who want to bring back DDT–to control malarial mosquitoes. I have just one question for them: Were you breast-fed? Children exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb experience development problems, researchers … Continue reading →

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Stoke up the fires of hell…

Posted on July 5, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…because one big weenie is comin’ right down! Enron Corp. founder Kenneth Lay, who was convicted of helping perpetuate one of the most sprawling business frauds in U.S. history, died Wednesday of a heart attack in Colorado. He was 64. … Continue reading →

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Go fish!

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

One fish, two fish,Red fish, blue fish……coming-back-to-bite-YOU fish.

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What’s BP stand for?

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Bloody Pathetic. What else? Venezuela’s left-wing government is demanding that BP give up an even greater proportion of the oil produced at its fields in the country, as president Hugo Chavez tries to claw back more of the country’s oil … Continue reading →

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Evo gets a mandate

Posted on July 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Get your dirty minds out of the gutter, wingnuts. It’s not a MAN DATE. This is what it’s really about: Bolivian President Evo Morales’ leftist party appears to have won a narrow majority in a new assembly picked to rewrite … Continue reading →

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Evil wicked Cuba sets example again (twice!)

Posted on July 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Don’t you hate it when things like this happen? Uruguay’s Emergency Plan (PANES) Coordinator, Bertha Sanseverino, announced that the country will introduce Cuba’s Literacy Plan, currently applied in many parts of the world. “Just as Venezuela is supporting us in … Continue reading →