Monthly Archives: July 2013

For Charles Koch, freedom is slavery

Posted on July 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Really. What else can one conclude, after seeing this? So, let’s break it down here: If you’re making barely enough to survive in the United States of Amnesia, and you’re in debt up to your eyeballs, and in constant danger … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Why Evo?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Further to my post from the other day, it seems that I’m not the only one who’s picked up on the not-so-subtle racism of the European countries who denied Evo’s plane the right to pass through their airspace. Venezuelan TV … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Spooks, Teh Injunz, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Compare and Contrast: Dissident vs. “dissident”

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Both denounced their country. Guess which one can go home? “Edward Snowden: Forced to seek exile in various countries for denouncing crimes of espionage committed by the US (his country). “Yoani Sánchez: Travels all over the world ‘denouncing’ Cuba. Comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Compare and Contrast, Confessions of a Bad German, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 30

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“PRISM. Coups d’état. Data of non-allied governments. Data of allied governments. Presidential intimacies. Narco-information. Global passwords. Hyper-Trojan viruses. Bombing co-ordinates. Secret bases. Infiltrated agents. Double agents. Counter-triple-agent double agents. Transactions. Social networks. Lottery results.” Welcome to the 30th installment of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Obamarama!, Spooks, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Spanish twits laugh at Evo

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This is simply disgusting. They made fun of the kidnapping of Evo Morales at the hands of the Spanish government, one of the colonies of the European Union in the power of the United States. Nothing new in the Spanish … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 29

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, those charming Venezuelan oppos. So patriotic! So mindful of what’s best for their country, and never wanting anything less. So tell me, then…if they’re really all that (and a bag of chips), why are they doing…THIS? Faced with the … Continue reading →

Posted in El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Music for a Sunday: If this dream would stay

Posted on July 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A little New Wave poetic summer escapism, courtesy of one of Toronto’s all-time best bands.

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Wankers of the Week: Apocalypse Not

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, here we are…a full week since DOMA died, and obviously the world has gone to hell in a handbasket. Everyone got married to an animal and/or inanimate object, and all the homo-sex-you-all fornication that went on … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Nicolás!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In honor of the Venezuelan president’s wise decision to give asylum to Edward Snowden tonight, here’s a little tribute to him (and his late friend and Comandante, Chavecito), from Russia, with love: Ska-P’s “El Libertador”, sung (in Spanish!) by a … Continue reading →

Posted in Festive Left Friday Blogging, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Spooks, Teh Russkies, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

See the Injun fly the airplane?

Posted on July 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In the 2006 documentary Cocalero, which shows how Evo Morales first became president of Bolivia, there’s a scene near the end where he and his campaign manager are boarding a small plane, flying over rugged terrain back to the capital … Continue reading →