Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Bolivian police chief confirms Porvenir massacre was an ambush

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

For certain stupid CSMonitor writers and anyone else who doesn’t really get what’s going on in Bolivia, a little primer: The Departmental Police Chief of Pando, Col. Silvio Magarzo, confirmed before a special commission on Tuesday that the campesinos who … Continue reading →

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Guido Antonini: Big, fat liar. (Brief)case closed.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following the Guido Antonini Wilson/briefcase-fulla-dollars story at all, you’ll already know that the man is (a) mobbed up; (b) very anti-Chavez; and (c) so full of shit that it’s starting to ooze out his ears. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Margaret Atwood on the arts in Canada

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“At present, we are a very creative country. For decades, we’ve been punching above our weight on the world stage – in writing, in popular music and in many other fields. Canada was once a cultural void on the world … Continue reading →

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Religious insanity strikes (a match) again

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sweet Jesus. Were all the fundie preachers in Loonyland being told to preach anti-witchcraft sermons this month? A little over a week ago, a woman tried to set a pagan store owner on fire. Now, it’s open season on teachers … Continue reading →

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Last week of the election campaign panic button edition

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What do you bet that all these were the doing of Conservative supporters?So far, 34 acts of vandalism and threatening phone calls have been reported in the Toronto ridings of St. Paul’s and Parkdale-High Park–all directed at persons with Liberal … Continue reading →

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Stupid Sex Tricks: How not to liven up a dull day at the office

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Self-explanatory.

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Colombia: Bestest democracy EVAR.

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea reports, I translate…and after that, I shut up, because there simply are no words. Jorge Iván Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano”, ex-chief of the AUC paramilitaries, in the department of Norte de Santander, said that his men incinerated their … Continue reading →

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In which Bina pwns another hapless crapagandist

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

OMG, now we know one more publication that’s either staffed entirely by CIA plants, or else it’s too fucking cheap to hire even one teeny tiny factchecker. Yes, folks, it’s the Christian Science Monitor, and look how they’ve butchered Bolivia! … Continue reading →

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A modest proposal for the woman-haters

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Why did nobody come up with this sooner? Dear Sheikh Muhammad al-HabadanBBC reports that you have recently called on women in Saudi Arabia to “wear a full veil, or niqab, that reveals only one eye.” You say that “showing both … Continue reading →

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As the market goes, so does Harpo’s support

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And I, for one, am neither surprised nor displeased to learn this: Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s stand-pat, don’t-panic response to economic turmoil seems to have fallen flat with voters, sending the Conservatives to their lowest support levels of the campaign, … Continue reading →

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