Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Festive Left Friday Blogging: UNASUR meets in Guyana…

Posted on November 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…and Cristina Fernández of Argentina paid tribute to her late husband (and former president), Néstor Kirchner:Love how she makes special mention of Chavecito–as a friend as well as a fellow South American president. (Watch when the camera pans across the … Continue reading →

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Ecuador: More evidence of a coup

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Who is this Gustavo Lemos Larrea? And what does he have to do with the “police uprising” that wasn’t? Let Jean-Guy Allard tell you… Gustavo Lemos, the Ecuadorian who burst into the consulate of Ecuador in Miami during the coup … Continue reading →

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Finally, signs of intelligent life at the Christian Science Monitor

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well, its Latin America desk, at any rate. One in 10 South Americans – about 38 million people – escaped poverty during the past decade. That’s remarkable progress by any measure.Contrast that with the United States, where poverty has been … Continue reading →

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Why is Jason Kenney afraid of this man?

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

George Galloway was in Calgary yesterday. He wanted to have a few polite words with Jason Kenney, who was responsible for debarring him from the country awhile back, on ridiculously specious grounds. As you can see, he’s very polite, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati | 1 Comment

More on the RT arrest at the School of the Assassins

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Reporter Kaelyn Forde, of Russia Today’s US TV crew, is roughed up and shackled with garbage-bag ties in this raw video. The press pass is clearly visible on a cord around her neck. The cop (or rent-a-cop?) cuffing her claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal? | 2 Comments

“Where the fuck is the conductor?”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

ADDENDUM: Didn’t see this yesterday, but here’s a telling thing…there are actual websites devoted to guys doing what you see below. A woman on the New York subway system confronts a wanker (a literal one!) who harassed her. Apparently he … Continue reading →

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Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“If the press is a nest of thugs, let the walls speak!”Need a laugh this dreary Monday morning? Have I got the giggles for you… Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not Hiding in Honduras, Obamarama! | Comments Off on Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Russian TV crew arrested at the School of the Assassins

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Your take-away lesson here, kiddies: Fascism and torture cannot bear closer scrutiny. Why else shut out a camera crew covering a protest against a “democratic” school teaching those things?

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Music for a Sunday: Highly strung like nervous guitars

Posted on November 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’m not afraid to call it love. This weirdest and most wondrous song of Martha and the Muffins has been with me since I was 14. And in spite of its jarring aspects–or maybe because of them–I could just swim … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: I’ll have what she’s having

Posted on November 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

In Catalonia, they do democratic socialism…a little differently:Yes, that’s an actual PSA from the youth wing of the Socialist Party of Catalonia.Stupid sex comment, at the site: “She’s orgasming because the government is fucking her!!” Please thumb this idiot down.

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