Monthly Archives: July 2011

Wankers of the Week: Hack Attack edition

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everybody! Anybody know if your phone was hacked? Because if it was, I have a sneaking suspicion who done it. He’s listed below…along with a few OTHER hackers (or wannabes), and a lot of people that I just … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Eduardo Galeano on what matters and what does not

Posted on July 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The Uruguayan writer, recently interviewed during demonstrations in Barcelona, Spain, where he joined young Spanish revolutionaries in the streets. In his gentle way he rips the guts out of capitalism and corruption, and gets to the heart of matters in … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: “A fantastic day for Britain”

Posted on July 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was just reading a whole bunch of stuff about the News of the World phone-hack scandal when a certain stumpy-tailed cat started meowing at me. That can only mean one thing: Ms. Manx has some goodies for us! Lead … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: A killer “Thriller” for free quality education

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Chilean high school and university students got zombified and staged this brilliant protest against privatization and fee hikes that will put higher education out of reach for the non-rich majority of Chileans. This took place in the northern port city … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Hugh Grant, actually.

Posted on July 7, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who’d of thunk that an actor who once became notorious for his run-in with a streetwalker would end up turning the tables on the paparazzi who made his private life virtually nonexistent thereafter? Or that he’d become a hero to … Continue reading →

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Augusto Pinochet…marijuanero?

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pothead? For some odd reason, this article in Patria Grande makes me giggle uncontrollably: A marijuana plantation has been found in a sector of a hacienda where lie the ashes of the ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet, a property currently under legal … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Simón Rodríguez on the importance of questioning everything

Posted on July 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Enseñe los niños a ser preguntones, para que, pidiendo el por qué, de lo que se les mande hacer, se acostumbren a obedecer… a la razón, no a la autoridad, como los limitados, ni a la costumbre, como los estúpidos.” … Continue reading →

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Evo talks with TELAM

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Video en español. Part 1 of a two-part interview with the TELAM news service of Argentina. Covers a wide range of subjects, but Evo’s quiet intelligence and wicked sense of humor are the real highlights. So’s this key sentence: “We … Continue reading →

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Chavecito’s BACK!!!

Posted on July 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

¡Qué tubazo! Look who’s ba-ack in Venezuela, right in time for his country’s bicentennial independence day celebrations tomorrow: Chavecito converses with VTV reporter Ernesto Villegas on his return from Cuba, where he’s had surgery and other medical treatments for a … Continue reading →

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The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A Canadian documentary that starts with the CIA’s failed, lame attempt to develop LSD as a truth serum/mind-control agent. Instead, it became the catalyst for thousands of old beatniks and young hippies, formerly staid scientists and political activists to all … Continue reading →