Monthly Archives: February 2007

How may Wal-Mart help the US? By closing up shop, of course!

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The writing is on the Wal-Mart–or Mao-Mart, as some of my friends like to call it, thus slandering a certain Chinese chairman of yore. Retail giant Wal-Mart is “bad for America”, according to a poll carried out on behalf of … Continue reading →

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You call this “freedom of the press”? You call this “moral”?

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Um, yeah. Riiiiiight. From Aporrea: On Tuesday, February 6, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice will hold a constitutional hearing to determine whether the collective rights of citizens were violated by RCTV (Channel 2). The articles in question are numbers 46, … Continue reading →

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Just say no to books

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of my friend Deck the Cyber Curmudgeon, today I found out: The Associated Press is ending the book review package provided to newspapers, Editor and Publisher reports.A spokesperson says the “AP is revamping its Lifestyles coverage to focus more … Continue reading →

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It was 15 years ago today…

Posted on February 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Lt.-Col. Hugo Chavez, 37, commander of the paratroop brigade at Maracay, Venezuela, gives himself up after a failed attempt to topple a corrupt, abusive president who alienated a large swath of the army on the day he turned it against … Continue reading →

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There goes the neighborhood

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And right along with it, all hope that Peruvian president Alan Garcia might have learned from mistakes of the past: Environmental and human rights group in Peru have denounced the government’s campaign to auction off large swathes of the Amazon … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva a banda-da-da!

Posted on February 2, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The original Festive Leftist, Brazil’s Caetano Veloso, still kicks ass. This is “Tropicalia”, a surreal collage of images that dates back to 1968 and sounds every bit as relevant today.

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Some people waited five years for this

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Boy, do I feel sorry for them. Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders. Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been … Continue reading →

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Open mouth wide, insert foot, keep it there, wiggle toes…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The rich really aren’t like the rest of us. Everything about them is larger than life, including the feet they stick in their mouths. Witness, for example, the actions of one obscenely rich man and his wife (dare we say … Continue reading →

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And the hearts and minds just keep on tumblin’…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Remember that old TV show, “Love American Style”? This is something like that.Call it “Summary Punishment, American Style”. A tank runs over a taxi driver’s car. Why? Supposedly it was being used to steal wood. Yes, that’s right–those nice clean … Continue reading →

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