Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Evo: No amnesty for terrorists

Posted on October 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Delegates from Unasur have arrived in Pando, Bolivia, to investigate the massacre of the campesinos at Porvenir. Commission chief Rodolfo Mattarollo, from Argentina, has sought (and received) permission from Evo to meet with the former prefect of Pando, Leopoldo Fernández, … Continue reading →

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Buh-bye, Manuelito Rosalito!

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito has had enough of a putschist mob boss being in charge of the state of Zulia. In his address to a conference of local businesspeople today in Maracaibo, he laid it on the line. His latest Bolivarian mission? He … Continue reading →

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Mmmmmmm, I LOVE the smell of fascism in the morning…

Posted on October 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…preferably when it’s caught fire and no one is lifting a pisser to put it out. Burn, baby, burn…And really, what the hell else would you call this strange little Kaffeeklatsch that recently convened in Panama? Sure smells like fascism … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo’s moment of triumph

Posted on October 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Do I ever wish I could have been in Bolivia this week–it was intense. El Duderino was actually there, and it sounds like he had a blast. While he didn’t get close enough to shoot some really clear pix of … Continue reading →

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Once more, Chavecito is my hero

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…for saying exactly what needs to be said, and in this case, proposing exactly what needs to be proposed: A worldwide assembly of governments, in which frank conversations between diverse points of view on the current global crisis can be … Continue reading →

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And this is why Canada still votes on paper ballots

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So that stuff like this doesn’t happen. So that life doesn’t imitate art imitating life:And so that no dickweed with Harpo’s tyrannical ambitions gets a parliamentary majority.Any questions?

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Quotable: Gwynne Dyer on the current financial crisis

Posted on October 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“In times like these, it is fashionable for despairing brokers and bankers to quote Rudyard Kipling’s poem ‘If’ — or rather, to misquote it: ‘IF you can keep your head when all about you/Are losing theirs and blaming it on … Continue reading →

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Colombian police fire on indigenous people

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Story from Radio Mundial, Venezuela: Two indigenous were killed and five more injured on Tuesday in an incident at the beginning of a large march on a road in southern Colombia. The incident occurred at the beginning of a national … Continue reading →

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This just in: British journos are seriously stupid!

Posted on October 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Media Lens, the British media watchdog group, finally draws a conclusion that I figured out for myself a long time ago: that while the British media may be slightly more liberal than their Yank counterparts, they’re still piss-poor at doing … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How not to rent a property

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Didja know that the Johnson City, Tennessee, police have a blog? And that they blog such interesting things there as this? On 10-21-2008, the Special Investigations Squad of the Johnson City Police Department arrested a city resident of charges of … Continue reading →

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