Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Quotable: Frida Kahlo on “cultured” people

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Sometimes, I would rather talk with laborers and bricklayers than with those stupid people who are called ‘cultured’.” Me too, Frida…me too.

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 19

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Howdy, everyone! Yes, there’s more irony to note today. And here, to start us off, is Mario Silva of La Hojilla, introducing our old pal, MariCori: As usual, Maria Corina Machado is utterly without shame, and without a sense of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Creative responses to fascism

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So I guess you heard the news…that fascists in Venezuela are trying to pot-bang yet another legitimately elected Bolivarian president out of office. Yeah, that’ll work: “Pots for sale. Guaranteed until the year 2019 [when Nicolás Maduro’s term ends and … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The blame in Spain falls mainly on the…Egyptians?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Spanish crap-media outlet ABC.es has failed again in its efforts to smear Bolivarianism. This time, their Venezuela “correspondent” (read: HACK) has tried to pass off a rather famous picture of an Egyptian woman being abused by soldiers in Cairo as … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Venezuelan election: Two vital perspectives

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Don’t worry, Nicolás, don’t worry, Venezuela — we already know where the coups come from.” The commentariat at Aporrea is full of theories and denunciations about how the hell Henrique “Majunche” Capriles Radonski could have picked up, or picked off, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Luis Vidales on machismo

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Machismo began when they invented God as a man.”

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Headline Howler: It’s always opposite day at The Economist

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ugh, how disgraceful. Don’t you people hire fact-checkers anymore? It’s not like you don’t have the cash…although at this rate, you may soon lose so much readership that you end up in serious financial trouble. Here, let me fix that … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 18

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Photo tweeted by opposition TV channel RCTV, showing supposed incineration of Sunday’s election materials. Only it’s not from Sunday… Hidey-ho, good readers! And welcome to another chapter of VenOpIronía, in which everything old is suddenly new again. And in which … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 17

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“And then they’ll buy a new pot with their pension money. Lack of maturity…” Hello, and welcome to the latest ironic chapter in the ongoing chronicles of the “peaceful” Venezuelan opposition. Just as predicted, the fascist thugs of JAVU & … Continue reading →

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One more reason to piss on Thatcher’s grave

Posted on April 15, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Just in case you needed one, here you go: The evil old bat was also part of putschist plans against Venezuela. I was alerted to this story by a piece on Aporrea yesterday, which is basically an abbreviated translation of … Continue reading →

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