Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Peruvian campesinos march against water privatization

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Heh. So much for neoliberalism:Story from Aporrea, translated by Your Humble: On Friday, campesinos from different regions of Peru converged on Lima, the nation’s capital, to protest the privatization of water approved by the government of Alan García following the … Continue reading →

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Cassez-vous, cons de merde…

Posted on December 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Who’s so shitty they could piss off Hello Kitty? Read on, and find out who gets flipped off this week…1. Michael Fucking Ignatieff. Shit, what do we have democracy for in this country if a man who LOST a Liberal … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Chavecito makes amend(ment)s

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Plaza Bolívar, Caracas: scene of yet another democratic socialist rally that’s got the oppos running scared. And of course, it was standing room only for those who came to hear the ‘Cito speak.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Because one can never have too much Evo!

Posted on December 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Say cheese…Evo was in Achacachi recently, inaugurating a dairy plant…and opening a community centre:He’s been a busy boy on other fronts, too. Here he is, handing out wheelchairs to disabled people:…which undoubtedly makes this little guy very happy.But you know … Continue reading →

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Reuters sucks up to Venezuelan corrupto, as expected

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh boy. Looks like poor widdle insanely rich mush-mouth Manuel Rosales didn’t get to flee to Colombia or Panama, as was anticipated (and here translated) that he might. But that doesn’t stop him from buying blowjobs from the media whores…and … Continue reading →

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The Harper Dictatorship

Posted on December 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Also known as Harpo Marxism.

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Two Cuban doctors brutally attacked in Carabobo, Venezuela

Posted on December 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…by persons unknown, at a Barrio Adentro II clinic in the state capital city of Valencia:Carabobo, incidentally, was one of the states that went to opposition gubernatorial candidates in the last election. Don’t expect much in the way of law … Continue reading →

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One for Simon Romero, wherever he is tonight…

Posted on December 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh Simon…I’ve got something to put in you!Bwahahaha.

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Iggy’s palace coup

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Via Montreal Simon, I just learned that the worst possible thing could have happened, and one that will drive a stake through all hopes of a coalition faster than anything else: Iggy the Warmonger has staged his palace coup. Now, … Continue reading →

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So much for right-wing turns making journalism “lively”

Posted on December 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I’ve been reading a number of newspaper writers (or former ones) diagnosing What Went Wrong at their respective (ex-)rags lately, and go figure, a lot of them are saying things remarkably like what the guy at Whap! Whap! said in … Continue reading →