Monthly Archives: January 2010

Festive Left Friday Blogging: A Canadian journalist in Cuba

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Jean-Guy Allard talks about the Canada-Cuba relationship (which is very different from that of the US to Cuba!), as well as his own ties to the island, the Left, and the revolutions going on all over Latin America today. He … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Shame shame shame

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Welcome to your weather report! Today’s forecast calls for ice-cold showers of shame, followed by a blizzard of humiliation and waves of beet-red blushing…Several trash bags full of new (but mutilated, so as to be unusable) clothes have been found … Continue reading →

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Barrick Gold disgraces Canada in Chile, too

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Part II of a program I posted here yesterday.This episode takes us to the Atacama Desert of Chile, the driest place on Earth, and the nearby Valle del Huasco, a small strip of green farmland in an arid region. We … Continue reading →

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‘Tis a puzzlement…

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Bartcop asks a pertinent question: You girls, between Charlie Sheen, the vulgar Pigboy, Eldrick or Chris Brown, who’d you least like to date? Oh lord, that IS a hard one. All of them are so repugnant in their respective ways:Charlie … Continue reading →

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Once more, inevitability happens…

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hey, if money can say “In God We Trust”, then surely a credit card can feature the Almighty Ceiling Cat! After all, She watches you when you masturbate…

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Three Kings Day edition

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s Epiphany for those on the Gregorian Calendar, Christmas for those on the Julian. Happy whatever–here’s what’s epiphed for me today:Carlos in DC has seen the movie Avatar, and relates it to what’s going on all over Latin America right … Continue reading →

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Barrick Gold shames Canada in Argentina

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I just happened across this video (in Spanish) today. It was so shocking that I had to view it twice to be sure I had heard everything correctly:This is Part I of the report, called “Glaciers: The First Veto”. It’s … Continue reading →

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Because Jeebus loves Teh Stoopid

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

At this rate, why send them to school at all? “Oh noes, they might actually LEARN something…”

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Venezuela: Commie pinko national studio releases award-worthy film

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And here’s a sample of it:That’s “Zamora: Free Lands and Men”, by Román Chalbaud, a Venezuelan fimmaker. Produced by the national studio, Villa del Cine. And a finalist for the Goya Prize. Ezequiel Zamora is a 19th-century hero of liberation … Continue reading →

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Epic Inevitability WIN!

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Between Facebook and Failblog, it was only a matter of time before Failbooking entered the cyberlexicon. Now that time has come, and there’s a Failbooking site, dedicated entirely to epic fails in Facebook screenshots. And here’s a perfect example of … Continue reading →

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