Monthly Archives: October 2008

Two by Bruce Cockburn

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“If I Had a Rocket Launcher”–a peaceful man’s anger at war on the poor.“Call it Democracy”–still relevant today. This is the kind of great Canadian artist that Harpo thinks is irrelevant to regular folks. Remember this when you go to … Continue reading →

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Scary Thought #10: Prepare to soil yourselves again, folks…

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The National Debt Clock in Manhattan is now too small for the number it’s meant to tally. You may want to avoid Wall St., I hear they’re about due for a shower of suiciding stockbrokers.

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Oh Lula, you card!

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Burn, baby, burn…Ha ha ha, the president of Brazil cracks me up: “Where is the IMF now? Why isn’t the IMF over there in Europe, giving advice?” Lula asked yesterday. He added, “Because the crisis is theirs (the rich people’s), … Continue reading →

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Bolivian police chief confirms Porvenir massacre was an ambush

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

For certain stupid CSMonitor writers and anyone else who doesn’t really get what’s going on in Bolivia, a little primer: The Departmental Police Chief of Pando, Col. Silvio Magarzo, confirmed before a special commission on Tuesday that the campesinos who … Continue reading →

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Guido Antonini: Big, fat liar. (Brief)case closed.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following the Guido Antonini Wilson/briefcase-fulla-dollars story at all, you’ll already know that the man is (a) mobbed up; (b) very anti-Chavez; and (c) so full of shit that it’s starting to ooze out his ears. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Margaret Atwood on the arts in Canada

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“At present, we are a very creative country. For decades, we’ve been punching above our weight on the world stage – in writing, in popular music and in many other fields. Canada was once a cultural void on the world … Continue reading →

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Religious insanity strikes (a match) again

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sweet Jesus. Were all the fundie preachers in Loonyland being told to preach anti-witchcraft sermons this month? A little over a week ago, a woman tried to set a pagan store owner on fire. Now, it’s open season on teachers … Continue reading →

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Last week of the election campaign panic button edition

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What do you bet that all these were the doing of Conservative supporters?So far, 34 acts of vandalism and threatening phone calls have been reported in the Toronto ridings of St. Paul’s and Parkdale-High Park–all directed at persons with Liberal … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How not to liven up a dull day at the office

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Self-explanatory.

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Colombia: Bestest democracy EVAR.

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea reports, I translate…and after that, I shut up, because there simply are no words. Jorge Iván Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano”, ex-chief of the AUC paramilitaries, in the department of Norte de Santander, said that his men incinerated their … Continue reading →

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