Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Search called off for Ryan Jenkins

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…onaccounta he’s dead, Jim: Fugitive Ryan Jenkins, wanted in the murder of his swimsuit model ex-wife, has been found dead in British Columbia, RCMP confirmed Sunday evening at a news conference in Surrey, B.C.Sgt. Duncan Pound, spokesman for the RCMP’s … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Glenn Greenwald on Lanny Davis and political sleaze

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Lanny Davis is just a face that reflects the grime and sleaze that lies at the core of our political culture. But it’s a rather vivid face for what is typically meant by Centrism (i.e., it’s shrill and irresponsible to … Continue reading →

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Foreign Policy finally says something vaguely un-sucky

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Quick, hide all the rapturists! I do believe the world is coming to an end, and I don’t want them to know that Jesus is about to disappoint them. Foreign Policy, Moises Naim’s neoliberal rag-o-shite, has actually blogged something vaguely … Continue reading →

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Another day, another march in Venezuela

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Venezuela’s got a new education law in the works–the Organic Law of Education (“organic”, in this sense, refers to any law with a direct constitutional basis). To hear the screaming lamestream media up here tell it, there is widespread opposition … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: A little breeze from Cuba

Posted on August 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A lively yet understated version of a great classic by Carlos Puebla.And one sent to me by a friend who, like me, is waiting for another revolution of conscience and justice, this time on mainland North America. Since torture has … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Fascists and Apologists edition

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

First, a little keynote address by the Reverend Keith Olbermann:Big breath. Yes, kiddies, Auntie Bina has a big, bad, UGLY mad…and these people are it this week:1. and 2. Hal Fucking Turner and his (as yet unnamed) FBI paymaster(s). Why … Continue reading →

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Ugh

Posted on August 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ryan Jenkins is even more grotesque than I had originally thought. Get a load of this: When Jasmine Fiore’s body was found in a Dumpster in Buena Park, Calif., Aug. 15, her fingers had been cut off at the second … Continue reading →

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Michael Moore is at it again!

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This one promises to be even more explosive than the last…which was more explosive than the last…which was…Jeez. Where is there left for this man to go? He’s taken the mick out of the Big Three, out of gun nuts, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Sorry, still no word on El Ecuadorable…

Posted on August 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…because as far as I know, he’s still under observation after his security chief came down with the flu. (Sorry, Otto, I’m tryin’, but that studly muffin ain’t showin’!)However, there’s plenty of other adorable out there today. Evo, as always, … Continue reading →

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“I am not dumb now!”

Posted on August 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A 1930 newsreel of Helen Keller and her teacher-companion, Annie Sullivan, explaining in brief how Helen went from a blind-deaf-mute to a woman with the power of vocal speech, the means of expression–and a remarkable eloquence that turned her into … Continue reading →

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