Monthly Archives: January 2009

People who could make a saint swear

Posted on January 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Who could be bad enough to elicit this kind of sentiment from Jesus and me? Well, this week it’s the following…1. The fucking Venezuelan opposition. Can’t they teach their kids some manners, at least, so they stop pulling shit like … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: LL Cool E

Posted on January 16, 2009 by Sabina Becker

So, they hate Evo in Santa Cruz, do they?Funny, but these very un-indigenous ladies haven’t gotten the message from Branko & Co. Or maybe they’re just so happy that the president of their land showed up in person to inaugurate … Continue reading →

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Say goodnight, (dis)Gracie…

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Just heard of this site on Mike Malloy’s radio show:Finger Salute to Bush dot org For those who believe such a gesture is inappropriate or obscene, there is nothing more inappropriate or obscene than wholesale killing. Unless you believe that … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Maria Hampton on the need for a new feminist movement

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“We stopped working together for reform and are now being forced to conform, dying deaths of a thousand choices. […] Right now the consumer trance that ensnared [Betty] Friedan’s classmates is stronger than ever: eight-year-olds wear knickers with “Babe” emblazoned … Continue reading →

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This just in: Drunken Fratboy of the Sky gets pinned to Sweetheart of the Death Squad

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Awwww…don’t they make a luvverly couple?“Jeebus, this thing’s harder’n undoin’ a bra strap!”

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Evo’s my hero, yet again

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And now he joins Chavecito in diplomatic sanctions against terrorist warmongers: Bolivian President Evo Morales said on Wednesday his country cut diplomatic ties with Israel over the offensive in the Gaza Strip that has killed hundreds of Palestinians.“Bolivia had diplomatic … Continue reading →

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It’s 22 degrees below freezing tonight…

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…with a windchill in the minus-30s. Do you know where your music is?Here’s a little something by Bruce Cockburn, for all my fellow deep-freeze-bound North Americans. Stay warm, y’all.

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Quotable: Robert Scheer on Israeli double standards and media complicity

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“The basic argument is that Palestinian terrorists represented by Hamas are given to an irrational hatred of Jews so profound that it invalidates their movement, even when they win elections. That was not the view of the Israeli security service … Continue reading →

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Horseapples

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker
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A dirty old bastard finally goes to meet his lord

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And no, it ain’t Jesus for this racist SOB: William Devereux Zantzinger, the Southern Maryland tobacco farmer convicted of manslaughter in the death of barmaid Hattie Carroll in a celebrated 1963 case, died Jan. 3, according to the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral … Continue reading →

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