Monthly Archives: August 2010

Christopher Hitchens is dying. Big fuckin’ whoop!

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I guess, given this news… Hitchens spoke in very stark terms about his mortality.“I’m a realist, I’m objective,” he said. “It’s not a good cancer to get. The statistics are very depressing. Mine isn’t just in my esophagus, either. It’s … Continue reading →

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Chavecito is in Colombia today…

Posted on August 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…at the behest of his newly inaugurated local counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos. Will there be crow on the supper menu tonight at El Palacio Narquiño? Well, let’s let the photo of the day (tweeted by Andrés Izarra of Telesur) do … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Iain McGilchrist on poetry

Posted on August 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Poetry engraves itself in the brain: it doesn’t just slip smoothly over the cortex as language normally does. It has all the graininess of life, as it rips into being from deep within the limbic system, the ancient seat of … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Two from Dame pa’ Matala

Posted on August 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Two more consciousness-elevating songs from Venezuela’s finest folkies:First, “Roba Caminos”:Best line: “Shuddup muddafucka!”Sounds like he’s tired of something. Hmmm, I wonder what?

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Wankers of the Week: Oppressed overclass edition

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Cartoon excerpt by Ruben Bolling; see the rest of it here.Oh, those poor privileged people, nothing’s going their way this week. The Cordoba Islamic community centre was okayed for construction by New York City Hall, AND PropH8 was overturned in … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Dubya’s Deficit, the gift that keeps on giving

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The question is, to whom? Look at this chart and tell me who you think it could be, benefiting from the atrocity and obscenity of the US federal deficit:Anyone got an idea? Bueller???

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula and Kirchner come to Chavecito; Piñera comes to Quito

Posted on August 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Nope, Chavecito’s not coming to the inauguration of that peasant-killing thug Santos in Colombia. He’s got bigger fish to fry, and two of them were in Venezuela today:And there they are, right behind him. Néstor Kirchner, former president of Argentina, … Continue reading →

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What I learned about Christopher Hitchens’s mental health when I visited Slate.com

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

For starters, he really needs to be waterboarded again. Or something that will sober him the fuck up. He’s drinking so much, it’s embarrassing to watch his brain deteriorate like this… Recent accounts of Hugo Chávez’s politicized necrophilia may seem … Continue reading →

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I love you, Lula!

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

That is all.

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Teh Heterostoopid: “Sugarbabe” needs an insulin shot–and a dose of hard reality

Posted on August 4, 2010 by Sabina Becker

So there I was, this dark and stormy, just bopping around the web, when I chanced on this interesting little interview at Lemondrop. Seems that some cute young bit of fluff, supposedly a psychologist, has written a book saying that … Continue reading →