Author Archives: Sabina Becker

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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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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 →

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A few more thoughts on rape culture (and the importance of naming it)

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I was chatting again with my friend from the West Coast today, and he’s still upset about the incident from the other day. He wonders if he was really sexually assaulted, and he’s beating himself up over it. Does … Continue reading →

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Cartoon du jour

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Evo gets Kong’d over a guy who isn’t even on his plane.

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They are SO FUCKING PARANOID.

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Really. What more can I say when Evo Morales, of all people, has been denied permission to overfly four European countries, just because some nimnul thinks that Edward Snowden might be on board his plane (and he isn’t)? Or when … Continue reading →

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