Monthly Archives: March 2010

Chile: Robbing Peter to pay for reconstruction?

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A parody of one of Sebastián Piñera’s campaign posters. The caption reads: “Reducing everyone’s salaries. This is not how we want Chile!”I said this man would try to run Chile like a business, and sure enough, he’s gonna do just … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Marge Piercy on the “right to life”

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Every baby bornunloved, unwanted, is a bill that will comedue in twenty years with interest, an angerthat must find a target, a pain that willbeget pain. A decade downstream a childscreams, a woman falls, a synagogue is torched,a firing squad … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Living up to his name, and how…

Posted on March 23, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Could have been worse…his name could have been Wanker.

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Venezuelan dictator to shut down Internet!

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Um. Actually, that should read: Venezuelan DEMOCRAT to make good use of Internet! President Hugo Chávez announced during his Sunday program that he would “open a trench on the Internet”, referring to a blog, and that he would write it … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Judith Butler on feminism and war

Posted on March 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“I think that we have seen quite cynical uses of feminism for the waging of war. The vast majority of feminists oppose these contemporary wars, and object to the false construction of Muslim women “in need of being saved” as … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How NOT to use a toilet

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Ladies know how to remain seated during the entire performance. The gents? Still getting the hang of this sitting-down-to-pee thingie.

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Music for a Sunday: All I want is the real thing, nothing but the real thing

Posted on March 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Let’s just close our eyes…

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Wankers of the Week: March Hare edition

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

What mad tea party is this? Oh, just the sort of thing one finds if one is in the habit of falling down rabbit holes once a week, looking for wankers. In which case, you’ve come to the right place. … Continue reading →

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Chavecito: The usual suspect

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Regular readers may know of my little contretemps in the last couple of weeks with a particularly dense troll who tried to blame the Venezuelan electrical “crisis” (tempest in a teapot, more like) on a certain big fella in a … Continue reading →

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Bolivian terror cell update: The “Che” connection

Posted on March 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

If this man’s face gives you an ugly feeling (as it does me), it’s well warranted. This is one key member of the death squad responsible for the cowardly, secretive assassination of Latin America’s most famous guerrilla hero. And that’s … Continue reading →

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