Monthly Archives: November 2007

Praise the Lord, and please pass the pasta

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Because if this is true, then to hell with dieting. I’m not going to try to fit into my high-school size anymore. (I’ll still exercise because it makes me feel better, though.) Women with curvy figures are likely to be … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: IHT gives Evo a sex change

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Ouch! Fidel Castro broke two weeks of silence Sunday, applauding his close friend Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez for having “leveled devastating criticisms at Europe” during a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.In a brief essay published on … Continue reading →

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“Evo Pueblo” selling like hotcakes

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea reports that the Bolivian president’s bio-pic is such a hit that it’s being bootlegged within days of its theatrical release: Three days after its release on October 23 in La Paz, the film “Evo Pueblo” had been enjoyed by … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: CBC commits its own “Misplay of the Week”

Posted on November 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I just watched the CBC Sunday Report, and I could swear I was watching FUX Snooze. Only this time it was Evan Solomon instead of Bill O’Reilly pissing me the hell off.

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Noam Chomsky can’t give soundbite for shit

Posted on November 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Or so they say everytime they refuse to give him airtime.“They”, of course, being the lamestream media. Even PBS and NPR (supposedly the long-haired intellectuals of the US broadcasterati) are constantly begging off because, supposedly, Chomsky hasn’t got “concision” (translation: … Continue reading →

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One less thing to lie awake about

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What? No suitcase nukes? Damn, there goes my fantasy of blowing up the world by sneaking one through customs. Members of Congress have warned about the dangers of suitcase nuclear weapons. Hollywood has made television shows and movies about them. … Continue reading →

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The King has lost his crown

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Some people can’t handle the truth. And it would figure that those people are royal-we fossils. Spain’s King Juan Carlos told Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez to “shut up” as the Ibero-American summit drew to a close in Santiago, Chile. The … Continue reading →

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Kvetch, kvetch, kvetch!

Posted on November 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Behold, the Complaints Choir of Helsinki:“And the Finnish language is bloody difficult to learn!”Happily, there could be a chapter starting near you–clicky here!

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo, Evo everywhere…

Posted on November 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A little birdie tells me that there are a LOT of yummy Evo-pix out there this week…

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Headline Howler: Who you callin’ ugly?

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Well, I guess if he calls himself ugly, it must be okay for Reuters to do it too. (The “quotation marks” make it all right, you know.) Hugo Chavez calls himself ugly and his looks earned him the nickname “Goofy” … Continue reading →