Monthly Archives: April 2009

Gun nuts: You are hereby cordially invited…

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…to suck it:“It” being the business end of the barrel of your favorite toy, of course.And if you’re planning any violence this week as part of your “assertion of rights“, please inflict it on yourselves first, and save the cops … Continue reading →

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It’s 4:20 somewhere…

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Maybe on a cancer ward in Spain? Check this out: Treatment with the active ingredient of marijuana, Δ9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), can destroy human and mouse cancer cells by stimulating autophagy, the natural process leading to cell death, according to a report … Continue reading →

The Ballad of Manuelito Rosalito El Bandito

Posted on April 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Haha. Venezuelan corruptos funny!

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Quotable: Jon Stewart on Rush Limbaugh’s tax-evading move

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“For years, New Yorkers have done everything in our power to get this guy to leave town. We’ve passed laws making it tougher for hot dog vendors to sell along the streets, we hold gay pride parades — there are … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: 18 years old and still oh, SO true…

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Bartcop. Now, if they only did like the Japanese, who have no oil deposits on or off their shores, and built affordable cars that worked and were fuel-efficient to boot.But no, noooooo…gringo-boys needed their penis compensators.BTW, Japan just … Continue reading →

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Q. How can you tell a certain Venezuelan ex-general is lying?

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A. His lips are moving:Venezuelan ex-defence minister Raúl Baduel, ex-general, ex-constitutionalist, ex-Bolivarian and ex-friend of Chavecito, concocts a pile of bovine feces for CNN’s Spanish channel. He claims that when he was arrested (on corruption and contempt-of-court charges, not for … Continue reading →

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Justice 7 years later: The Venezuelan coup of April 11

Posted on April 6, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish; essential viewing for anyone who can understand and who wants to know what really happened that day. The media lies from the opposition side are still flying thick and fast. But in this interview with two of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Febreros y Abriles

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Mario Silva of La Hojilla introduces a brand-new video from folk-singer Amílcar Briceño of Zulia. February and April are fateful months for Venezuelans–the Caracazo and Chavecito’s failed coup attempt both happened in February, the opposition’s failed coup attempt (and the … Continue reading →

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Abu Ghraib: Not just a few bad apples

Posted on April 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Torture: America’s Brutal Prisons”, a British TV documentary in five parts.This doc shows clearly how Abu Ghraib was not the exception, but the rule–and all the violence in it was a direct import from back in the good ol’ “freedom-loving” … Continue reading →

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Jorge Recio on the Venezuelan coup of ’02

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

In several documentaries of the coup d’état of April 11, 2002, you can see a group of Bolivarian demonstrators on Baralt Avenue in Caracas, picking up and carrying the limp form of a tall young man past a newspaper kiosk … Continue reading →

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