Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Ashy thoughts for a Wednesday morn…

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I’m not Catholic, so this whole penitential post-carnival thing is kind of opaque to me. Rather than atone for sins (actual or imaginary), I prefer to do the right thing in the first place, if I can. Which means I … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Jamie Lee Curtis on the credit crisis

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Are we too so drugged as to think that the idea of Corporate greed and avarice and the lies and misdeeds are a new thing? Madoff’s Ponzi worked (longer than most) but it worked because people didn’t ask questions, they … Continue reading →

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Rosenmontag!

Posted on February 23, 2009 by Sabina Becker

It’s carnival time around the world! Here she is, folks, the lady you’ve all been waiting for, laid bare. The Chancellor of Germany (and latest Extreme Makeover recipient), Angela Merkel:Der Spiegel explains the meaning of those markings on her nude … Continue reading →

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Bad pennies have a habit of coming back…

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in Spain:Yes, that’s an actual fascist salute. This was taken at an anti-immigrant rally. Apparently Bolivian migrant workers in Spain are facing unprecedented amounts of racist abuse as the economy falters and the nativists blame the migrants. Nothing has changed … Continue reading →

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Dear Mother Earth, please open up and swallow these people NOW.

Posted on February 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Cup of fresh-brewed bile, anyone? Here’s who I’m serving it to this week…1. Silvio Fucking Berlusconi. Careful of the linky, kiddies; it has a nude shot of an ugly old fascist with a comb-over, a bad facelift, a sunken chest, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: What a popular victory looks like…

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in Caricuao, Caracas: Caricuao celebró el triunfo del SIby Radioaporrea And here’s how it looks in La Carucieña, Barquisimeto:And this is what the formal part looks like:All in all, it looks rather lovely.

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Let me tell you how it will be…

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

First, a little mood music from the Fab Four:Now, on with the show. Via the comments section at BoRev’s piece on the Stanford Bank caper, I happened across this little item in Forbes, and in it, this: A group of … Continue reading →

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Referendum results and what they don’t mean

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

To look at certain maps, you might think that the entire region around Lake Maracaibo (a major oil-producer) was about to separate out and fulfill a certain US ambassador’s hope of it becoming “The Independent and Eastern Republic of Zulia”, … Continue reading →

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So, what’s Chavecito doing with that big election victory?

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Taking over the world? Dropping his opposition out of planes over shark-infested waters? Gassing the Jews? Nope… …he’s going into the cellphone bidness. With a little help from his Chinese friends. The factory is in Paraguaná, Falcón state, and is … Continue reading →

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Never underestimate the Power of the Internets

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And while you’re at it, don’t underestimate the power of a LOLcat, either. Those beasties can eat your soul and poop it out vastly improved–if you are lucky.But enough about the cats. The humans are still in control of this … Continue reading →

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