Monthly Archives: January 2007

Fancy a spot of tea?

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

If you’re in zero-G, you can eat it with chopsticks!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A flurry of festivity!

Posted on January 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You thought the holidays were over? Well, maybe so–but for me, the fun’s just begun.

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Evo has been nominated!

Posted on January 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea.org, some exciting news out of Bolivia: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, was nominated today for the Nobel Peace Prize by representatives of local social movements and other nations. Morales arrived in Managua this morning to attend the … Continue reading →

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Many, many more reasons to condemn Saddam’s hanging

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And, according to the London Telegraph, they are all Shia. Saddam Hussein’s execution has inspired a gruesome cycle of revenge, with scores of Shia Muslims found hanged from lampposts in Baghdad. The residents of the city’s Haifa Street will long … Continue reading →

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Quotable: General Sherman on the hell of war

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I confess, without shame, that I am sick and tired of fighting–its glory is all moonshine; even success the most brilliant is over dead and mangled bodies, with the anguish and lamentations of distant families, appealing to me for sons, … Continue reading →

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Another incriminating Bush/Abramoff photo surfaces…

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

CREW’s blog has the details: As we saw as recently as last Friday, the Bush Administration has gone to great lengths to prevent any access to information documenting a relationship with Jack Abramoff. But that relationship exists. CREW was provided … Continue reading →

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The horror…the HORROR!

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

That evil Chavecito. He’s out to undo all the good work the IMF’s faithful servants did in days of yore (she said, dripping with heavy sarcasm)… President Hugo Chavez has pledged to nationalize key Venezuelan companies, as part of plans … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Stuart Mill on predator capitalism

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on … Continue reading →

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Farewell, Mr. Noodle…

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

If long noodles bring long life, as the Chinese proverb insists, then Momofuku Ando has certainly proved that right. He was 96 when the Great Noodle Factory in the Sky called him home. Mr Ando said the inspiration for his … Continue reading →

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One more reason to condemn Saddam’s hanging

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Or three, as if we needed more. From El Nuevo Diario, of Managua, Nicaragua, we get this incredibly sad item: A 10-year-old boy of Guatemalan origins killed himself accidentally while imitating the hanging of Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein after seeing … Continue reading →

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