Monthly Archives: January 2007

Remind me again: Why did Saddam hang?

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Hmmm…for the killings at Dujail, no? Good thing for certain Westerners, then, that he didn’t get a chance to be tried for THIS, too: (Hat tip to my friend Corey for the link.)

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Oh lord, how did I manage to miss THIS?

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Happy belated Festive Left Friday (or jump on the next, if you prefer.) Courtesy of Carlchucho, the YouTube of Chavecito swearing in for a second consecutive full term:

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Richard Perle gets his pee-pee whacked

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And so nicely, too!Brava to this gentle lady for saying what the rest of us are just dying to say to him. (And what over 3,000 US troops never got the chance to say, themselves.)What a good thing he wasn’t … Continue reading →

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Attention wingnuts: This is satire!

Posted on January 16, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yes, I know…sob…it sounds so real to you. That’s because it confirms your prejudices. But it’s fake news. You know, like what Jon Stewart does?Now quit snivelling and change into a dry pair of pants. Please.

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Two more reasons to condemn the Iraq hangings

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

One of them basically because it’s too grotesque for words. Iraqi officials have shown journalists video footage of the hanging of two of Saddam Hussein’s aides, during which one of the men was decapitated. The film shows Barzan Ibrahim – … Continue reading →

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The threat of a good example

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

More must-see viewing: a 1983 documentary by British journalist John Pilger on Nicaragua under the Sandinistas. (You’ll need RealPlayer installed to view it.)

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TPM Cafe infiltrated by right-wing nutters?

Posted on January 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Sure smells that way. And if I were them, I’d be a little more concerned about the credibility of the site, and not let anything like this go up without a big, fat disclaimer–or better still, a hazardous-waste warning label:

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Prisoners of Katrina: A must-see documentary

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Katrina blew the system apart, and made it so that we were so disconnected, we simply could not function.” Who are the bigger criminals–the inmates, or the authorities?What is worse: the crimes that put people in jail, or a system … Continue reading →

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It came from Vega…

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And then it did unspeakable things to my tofu. Larry Weald returned home yesterday to a scene of chaos in his refrigerator. “It was as if someone had taken a scalpel to the takeout box,” Weald said of his mutilated … Continue reading →

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Comment is free, and so is bullshit

Posted on January 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“We had a deadly weapon: the media.” –Vice-Admiral Hector Ramirez Perez, on the coup of April 11, 2002 As Hugo Chavez’s mandate widens, and his Bolivarian Revolution deepens, we’re bound to see more rubbish about him in the English-language media. … Continue reading →