Author Archives: Sabina Becker

The Harper Legacy: empty monuments, nothing for native women

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Meet “Mother Canada”. If you’ve never heard of her, you’re not alone. She’s a figment of Harpocratic imagination, with no real basis in Canadian culture or history. And she’s supposedly meant to honor the veterans and the dead of World … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A foretaste of C-51?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Via Canadaland, a little whiff of what the cops have already got cooking for us lowly, democracy-loving peons: What an interesting* statement from the Mountie! “Attacking the Canadian economy”, just by PROTESTING the Harper government’s piss-poor handling of it? Shades … Continue reading →

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“El Colombia”, assassin of Robert Serra, extradited to Venezuela

Posted on June 1, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Video of Venezuelan National Assembly president Diosdado Cabello, on his VTV show, Con el Mazo Dando (“Giving it to them with a club”), promising that soon, the Colombian paramilitary thug who murdered PSUV deputy Robert Serra and his girlfriend, María … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: One for today’s weather

Posted on May 31, 2015 by Sabina Becker

I’m not complaining about this rain. The garden needs it, and so do I.

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Good one!

Posted on May 28, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Sorry this is all I was good for today. I was out in the garden hoping to whup some weeds, and the weeds whupped ME. EDIT: Okay, here’s a real groaner:

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FARC peace negotiator killed in Colombian bombing raid

Posted on May 27, 2015 by Sabina Becker

One really has to question the Colombian government’s good faith in its negotiations with the FARC. All the time, of course. But especially when things like this happen: A member of the peace delegation of the FARC guerrillas in Havana, … Continue reading →

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New putschist plans surface in Venezuela

Posted on May 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Oho, what’s this? Another putschist conspiracy in Venezuela? ¡Por supuesto! And this little conversation between two big pieces of shit was captured in none other than the jailhouse where the two are currently cooling their heels. Here are the details … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: When Irish eyes are smiling…

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Sabina Becker

And no, this is not the familiar shamrocky tune that Ronnie Ray-gun and Lyin’ Brian Mulroney ruined at their “summit”, either. This one’s much prettier: And why are Irish eyes smiling today? Well, the other day, something remarkable happened on … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on the Duggar scandal

Posted on May 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Would you trust these people to teach YOU morality? If the answer is yes, you just might be a Pharisee. So, this happened. Finally, after years of parading their nauseating Quiverfull sanctimony on the Internets and TV to the tune … Continue reading →

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Isabel Allende to lead Chilean Socialist Party

Posted on May 20, 2015 by Sabina Becker

No, not Isabel Allende the author; she’s the niece of the fallen president, who died on the heels of a coup in 1973. This one is the other Isabel Allende, the late former president’s daughter. And here’s what she had … Continue reading →

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