Monthly Archives: April 2007

George Will invents a new pronoun

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…in reference to the Coultergeist:The word is “herm”. Or at least it sounds like it. Poor George, he’s so confused. This must be the first of those many exploding wingnut heads I predicted a while back.

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Whoever wrote this deserves a medal

Posted on April 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I don’t believe she’ll get one, though. Which is a damned shame. Truth-telling has become so rare these days that it deserves something other than some asshole on Craig’s List flagging it so it gets pulled. I’m having the worst … Continue reading →

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What really happened on Puente Llaguno

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

In case there’s any doubt, Mario Silva (on the media-dissection show La Hojilla) has the proof on video:Aerial view (from a helicopter) of the bridge where the Chavez supporters held off the Caracas metro police AND a number of snipers … Continue reading →

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Every 11th has its 13th…

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

This poster reads: After the coup, a shadow lay across the land… …and with it came death and human rights violations. The dark forces of conspiracy assaulted power, refusing to recognize the legitimate gains of the people. After its passing … Continue reading →

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The Revolution Will Not Be Televised

Posted on April 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…but by damn, it will be BLOGGED. In honor of the 5th anniversary of the failed coup attempt against Hugo Chavez, the documentary that made the escualidos’ heads explode. And is still making them screech and squawk and spin.

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A most disturbing video

Posted on April 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From a link sent to me by my friend Corey.Who made this video I don’t know, but apparently they are Iraqi. The speaker is very eloquent, and a lot of the statements he makes ring true. He decries the false, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Ursula K. Le Guin on extremes

Posted on April 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Almost anything carried to its logical extreme becomes depressing, if not carcinogenic.”–Ursula K. Le Guin, from the introduction to The Left Hand of Darkness

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Dear Leader is saved, but to what end?

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

To the end that the so-called Free World can self-immolate in his stead. What else? Credit Ford Motor Co. CEO Alan Mulally with saving the leader of the free world from self-immolation. Mulally told journalists at the New York auto … Continue reading →

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I wonder if there’s a treaty against this

Posted on April 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker
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The poor subsidize the rich, again

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…this time in a particularly down-at-heel part of New Mexico, the poorest state in the Union. Residents in the US state of New Mexico have approved a new tax to build the nation’s first commercial spaceport. Supporters including New Mexico’s … Continue reading →

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