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Robert Serra names his assassins

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Who says dead men tell no tales? Not I. And not the Argentine journalist Fernando Vicente Prieto, who wrote the following article for the Correo del Orinoco about the recently slain young Venezuelan deputy, Robert Serra: It’s been 48 hours … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Because it’s raining out…

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

…you must get stoned: (Or just get a really good ol’ earworm.)

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Wankers of the Week: Hong Kong Phooey

Posted on October 4, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! And a very crappy weekend to the people of Hong Kong, who are clamoring for democracy for the first time in their collective history. Hope you folks get it, as both imperialism and (so-called) communism haven’t exactly … Continue reading →

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Why was Robert Serra murdered?

Posted on October 3, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Robert Serra (at left, with hand raised) leads a PSUV delegation through a Caracas neighborhood. On Wednesday night, the parliamentarian — Venezuela’s youngest national-assembly deputy — was brutally murdered at home. On Wednesday night, Venezuela lost a bright, promising young … Continue reading →

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US asked Honduras to harbor old CIA asset, according to former president Zelaya

Posted on October 1, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Oh, oh. What have we here? Evidence that the United States of Amnesia (see no evil, hear no evil, admit no evil) was actually embarrassed enough about one of its old terrorist employees to try to fob him off on … Continue reading →

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At long last, El Narco’s legal chickens come home to roost

Posted on September 30, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan journalist José Vicente Rangel reveals that a certain Colombian ex-president’s troubles, which hung over his time in office like a cloud of smog over a mountain city, have not dissipated with his departure from official power. In fact, they’ve … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: No stranger’s feet will enter me…

Posted on September 28, 2014 by Sabina Becker

“I am the concierge chez moi, honey…”

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Wankers of the Week: Emmagate?

Posted on September 27, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Crappy weekend, everyone! Well, looks like the 4chan has hit the fan again. This time, though, the hoax is on them: it looks like the “Emma You’re Next” site is just a “viral” PR scam. And the “company” responsible doesn’t … Continue reading →

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German psychologists and the scientific case against prostitution

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

An 18-year-old Bosnian Muslim war survivor recovering after abortion of a rape-induced pregnancy, September 1992. Photo: Nina Berman, Sipa Press. Even as German politicians are coming under heavy pressure from the local pimp lobby to do away with all laws … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Hollywood vs. India

Posted on September 25, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This achievement is even more impressive when you consider what was entailed in the Indian Mars mission: “We have gone beyond the boundaries of human enterprise and human imagination,” declared India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who watched from the space … Continue reading →

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