Monthly Archives: February 2009

That whole “good leftist/bad leftist” thing…

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…got just a tee-tiny titch more meaningless today. From Aporrea, an interesting little note: The president of Chile, Michelle Bachelet, confirmed yesterday in Honduras that she would travel to Cuba “without any type of inhibitions” to make the first official … Continue reading →

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Venevisión’s subliminal media coup revealed

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, I noted with some approval how Venevisión, the putschist commercial station, appeared to have mended its ways with regard to Chavecito. Well, guess what, kiddies: there was apparently an ulterior motive to that hour-long interview. See if you can … Continue reading →

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So…about that “anti-semitic climate” in Venezuela…

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

To hear the lamestream media up here tell it, Venezuela is well down on the slippery slope to being the next Nazi Germany. If it’s not Chavecito’s cordial relations with Iran, it’s that synagogue mishegoss. Apparently all this is “evidence” … Continue reading →

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Men Who Just Don’t Get It: The Preacher Man from Down Under

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I feel for Australia right now. Not only do they have dozens of bushfires and nearly 200 gruesome deaths to deal with, they also have fundamentalist fools who insist on twisting the tragedy to their own ends. Case in point: … Continue reading →

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Yep, those Venezuelan oppos sure throw great, big marches.

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Bwahahahaha:What? You want both sides of the story? Okay, here you go–compare and contrast with the Chavecito video here.And don’t say I never give you the other side of things!

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Pride goes before…uh, what was the saying again?

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Whatever it is, it seems to have hit some Middle Eastern plutocrats’ paradise or other… Local police have found at least 3,000 automobiles — sedans, SUVs, regulars — abandoned outside Dubai International Airport in the last four months. Police say … Continue reading →

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Venevisión scores a media coup

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Let it never be said that I won’t give some credit to the media whores when it’s due. Venevisión, the opposition channel owned by Gustavo Cisneros, decided to give this healthy-competition thingie a try, and scoop their oughta-be rival but … Continue reading →

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The best the Venezuelan opposition can do

Posted on February 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…is pretty much summed up by this video:They can’t answer even a basic question. So they stick to their painfully thin script: “No is No!” And other hysterical yelling.Of course, if they chose to answer questions rationally, they’d have to … Continue reading →

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Privatized Cities

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

An Al-Jazeera English report by Canada’s own Avi Lewis (spouse of Naomi Klein, who wrote The Shock Doctrine, in which the Sandy Springs story also figures).Want to see Completely Fucking Clueless in action? Get a load of that Republican dude. … Continue reading →

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Kitty is a Hopey skeptic

Posted on February 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

There’s just no pleasing SOME people…OTOH, it IS worth wondering how he’ll get along with the ‘Cito. The next Summit of the Americas should give some idea; both are due to attend then. I hope Kitty can hold out till … Continue reading →

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