Monthly Archives: November 2006

Iran-Contra comes back to bite the Bush Crime Family

Posted on November 9, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Barely is Rummy’s political carcass cold, but we have a new scandal. It’s really an old one, buried like Poe’s Tell-Tale Heart–but, just like it, come back to haunt its murderous perpetrators! In case anyone doubts that the Bush Mafia … Continue reading →

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Rummy–out, out, OUT!!!

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Sabina Becker

It wasn’t quite enough that the editorials of all the major US military newspapers were calling for him to resign or be fired.

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“If I wasn’t Muslim…”

Posted on November 8, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Best takeoff on “If I were a rich man” (from Fiddler on the Roof) I’ve ever seen:Trenchant social commentary on bigotry, xenophobia, ignorance and fear from a European Muslim viewpoint. This one’s from Bosnia, where ethnic cleansing has long been … Continue reading →

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I guess someone wasn’t a true believer!

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Not to mention that she broke the law of the land, as did her entire crazy-ass church: A southeastern Kentucky woman was bitten by a snake during a church service and later died, a law enforcement officer said. Linda Long, … Continue reading →

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A questionable success

Posted on November 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I’m not sure Vietnam won’t live to regret this: The leader of Vietnam’s Farmers’ Union, Vu Ngoc Ky, has published hundreds of poems. On the day I interviewed him, he had just finished another, written in honour of his staff. … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Two from Azar Nafisi

Posted on November 6, 2006 by Sabina Becker

On terror alerts and the futility of color-coded systems: “I wonder at what point in my life, and after how many years, the echo of the red siren–like a screeching violin that plays mercilessly all over one’s body–would cease in … Continue reading →

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I am SO SHOCKED…

Posted on November 5, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…Haggy the Hypocrite DID have sex with that man, Mr. Jones! Disgraced US evangelist Ted Haggard, a vocal opponent of gay marriage and poster boy for conservative causes, admitted on Sunday that he was guilty of “sexual immorality.” Haggard, under … Continue reading →

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Well, who indeed?

Posted on November 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

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Vanity Fair nails neocons to the wall!

Posted on November 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Jesus. I have to start reading that mag NOW. Look what they did to the whores who merged PNAC with the Republican party: I remember sitting with Richard Perle in his suite at London’s Grosvenor House hotel and receiving a … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Gore Vidal on the whore media

Posted on November 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“Who cares what the media says about anything? They are bought and paid for a thousand times over. They couldn’t tell the truth if they could find it.”—Gore Vidal

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