Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Expats gone wild? Or locals gone loco?

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

About a week ago, a provocative link came up on Twitter. Joshua Holland of Alternet had posted it, and it was a doozer: “Expats Gone Wild”, was the story, all about “an invasion of misguided foreigners” wreaking havoc in Mexico. … Continue reading →

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Capitalism brings freedom to South Korea!

Posted on January 13, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Or…maybe not. South Korean authorities blocked residents from accessing North Korean websites, Yonhap News Agency reported Thursday. Authorities said they blocked sites with the domain name “.kp” because they contained “illegal information” under South Korea’s anti-communism and security laws. The … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Of Manxes and massacres

Posted on January 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The Stumpy Cat as been prowling all over the Internets today, trying to make sense of the Tucson Massacre. As usual, when this kitty goes mousing after the news, she catches something…and it doesn’t squeak away: First up, Ms. Manx … Continue reading →

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Mario Vargas Llosa: The plot thickens

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

More strange accusations against Mario Vargas Llosa are emerging from the shadows. These come courtesy of La Tribuna de Toledo and EFE, via Aporrea: The Swedish Academy announced yesterday, in a surprising manner, that it will be investigating this year’s … Continue reading →

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Cuckoo! Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!!

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Somebody please inform this false “prophet”, Cindy Jacobs, that when same-sex marriage became legal for our armed forces here in Canada (we have never had a DADT policy), and two Canadian military men got hitched on an Air Force base, … Continue reading →

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Just another senseless crime?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was in Arizona in 2003. It didn’t seem like a hateful place at the time. I was more worried about not clearing security to get on the plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto, to be honest; it was less … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Juan Cole on the Tucson Massacre

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Jared Lee Loughner, the assassin of Federal judge John M. Roll and five others and attempted assassin of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-AZ), was clearly mentally unstable. But the political themes of his instability were those of the American far Right. … Continue reading →

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Mario Vargas Llosa, plagiarist?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh my, how potentially embarrassing. And just as he’s won the Nobel lit-prize, too: A writer has accused Mario Vargas Llosa of having plagiarized his 1978 book, The Death of the Goat, in his recent work, The Feast of the … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: And nevermore desire them

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“I’m speaking to the Justice League of America. The U S of A, Hey you, Yes you in particular! When it comes to the judgement day and you’re standing at the gates with your weaponry, You dead go down on … Continue reading →

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Heroes for Today: Sheriff Clarence Dupnik

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

He’s the sheriff for Pima County, where Tucson is located, and where today’s horrible mass shooting took place. Here he is in April of last year, denouncing the racist immigration law of the state. A voice for sanity in the … Continue reading →

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