Author Archives: Sabina Becker

Chavecito’s new shirt

Posted on July 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Why won’t he shut up? Because he’s just too much fun to listen to.

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I could have told them so, but would they listen?

Posted on July 26, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Whoa–is the sky falling, or what? The Economist has finally gotten (partway) off its “rah rah, America” kick and published a (somewhat) honest assessment of what’s going on in the States. And a thing of beauty it is, too: One … Continue reading →

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Evo’s watching his back, and how!

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea has a couple of interesting items. First, the helicopter “accident” of last week: The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, said on Friday that it was “surely not coincidental” that the helicopter loaned to him by the government of Venezuela … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Just for laughs…

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…and in time for Chavecito’s upcoming birthday:I found this at Inca Kola News. Apparently it’s an actual mural from Caracas. It’s also one of the funniest takeoffs I’ve ever seen on Michelangelo’s Sistine Chapel frescoes. It’s got Fidel Castro as … Continue reading →

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The Wall Street Journal’s “Jewish Problem”

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh, look. The Wall Street Journal seems to have twigged to the fact that their leading “expert” on Latin America, Mary Anastasia O’Grady, is nothing more than a discredited hack parachuted in from the Heritage Foundation to promote far-right “values” … Continue reading →

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Citizen’s arrest for the Shoe Queen?

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Let’s hope so. A $5000 dollar reward is being offered to any Auckland University student who can make a successful citizen’s arrest of United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice during her visit to the country this weekend.Auckland University Student … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Stanley Milgram on bad Germans

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“There is always some element of bad form in objecting to the destructive course of events, or indeed, in making it a topic of conversation. Thus, in Nazi Germany, even among those most closely identified with the ‘final solution’, it … Continue reading →

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Charlie Rose in conversation with Neil Young

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Canada’s elder statesman of folk-rock strips his soul–buck naked–on his Living With War album, his latest film, creativity, ecology, love and more: Young doesn’t use set-lists in his performances; he proceeds naturally and organically, as the feeling takes him. He … Continue reading →

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Historical revisionism at Der Spiegel

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Verdammt noch mal. You’d think a German newsmagazine could, in the interests of journalistic integrity, at least get its own country’s history right. But Der Spiegel is now so far up the ass of neo-con Washington, it’s even rewriting that…and … Continue reading →

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Don’t stop Bill C-51, stop the hysterics!

Posted on July 20, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Lately, I’ve been hit with a spate of petitions to sign and YouTubes to watch, all claiming that a certain bill currently before the House of Commons will make it illegal for you to grow garlic or take Vitamin C. … Continue reading →

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