Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Quotable: Thomas Jefferson on corporate “personhood”

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“I hope we shall…crush in its birth the aristocracy of our moneyed corporations, which dare already to challenge our government to a trial of strength and to bid defiance to the laws of our country.”–Thomas Jefferson, letter to George Logan, … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: Ah, university…

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…where you learn so much valuable information about life:Unfortunately, discretion is nowhere in the mix.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo at Tiwanaku

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

As you may have heard, a certain Little Injun That Could was recently re-elected by some two-thirds of Bolivian voters. This popular guy is not only a doctor honoris causa several times over, he’s now also a recognized spiritual guide. … Continue reading →

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Piñera: schooled again!

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And this time, he gets spanked by a fellow Chilean (see above), one with actual governmental experience: The Chilean minister of exterior relations, Mariano Fernández, recommended on Thursday that the president-elect, Sebastián Piñera, not give any opinions on international matters … Continue reading →

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Paul Quarrington, RIP…

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, I found this song echoing through my head for the first time since…oh, about 1995 or thereabouts, when I was at journalism school and you couldn’t turn on a radio anywhere in Toronto without hearing it:And today, I found … Continue reading →

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RickRolled, by God…

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Well, it certainly beats getting steamrolled by Opus Dei.

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Chavecito schools Piñera (and US Dems, too)

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Watch the video, and you’ll hear a young voice yelling “We love you!” She speaks for a lot of people…And this is why we love him… The president of Venezuela, Hugo Chávez, warned his Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera, not to … Continue reading →

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Opus Dei: A Silent Crusade

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish. A 2005 documentary about the secretive cult-within-Catholicism, Opus Dei, and specifically, its inordinate political and economic influence in Chile. Opus Dei, also known as La Obra (The Work) in Spanish, was founded in 1928 in Spain by … Continue reading →

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Chile election: Piñera wins. Now what?

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Chile: Right-wing Pinochetist oligarchy in power.”I have a lot of feelings about this, and none of them are what I’d call good: After winning the second round of the presidential election in Chile by a slim margin, multimillionaire Sebastián Piñera … Continue reading →

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Short ‘n’ Stubby: Haiti roundup (and ripoffs)

Posted on January 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Global capitalism in crisis? You’d never know it to see how the capitalist world is responding to the situation in Haiti (and no, I’m not referring entirely to charitable donations). Let’s have a look at what’s going on, shall we?The … Continue reading →

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