Category Archives: Barreling Right Along

So, Afghanistan is “free” and “democratic” now, eh?

Posted on August 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

That’s what all the nutters keep telling us the GWOT is about–freedom, democracy, and oh yeah, an end to the burqa for Afghan women. So, I would love to hear them explain this: Afghanistan has quietly passed a law permitting … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito at Petrocaribe

Posted on June 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

The Big Guy arrives and, as usual, is mobbed by reporters. I’m too busy admiring his loud (but FABULOUS!) outfit to hear what he’s saying. (Which is undoubtedly loud but fabulous, too. Isn’t he always?)

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Yep, just another innocent victim of foreign persecution…

Posted on May 1, 2009 by Sabina Becker

NOT.This is Mike Dwyer, back when he worked for the security company that guards Shell Oil’s installations in Ireland:He’s suppressing an environmentalist protester. You can hear someone saying “Mick, Mick, let him get up”. Which he rather reluctantly does.Gee, I … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Barreling Right Along, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fine Young Cannibals, Isn't That Illegal? | 2 Comments

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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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 →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 2 Comments

Evo to oppos: Y’all can suck my oil valve, too!

Posted on October 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh my. It looks like Bolivia could soon have oilwells in a part of the country OTHER than the opposition-dominated lowland regions known as the Media Luna. You know what this means, don’t you? Today, President Evo Morales gave the … Continue reading →

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Watch out, Cuba!

Posted on October 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You’ve got oil! No one has called Cuba lucky, until now.Mother nature, it emerged this week, appears to have blessed the island with enough oil reserves to vault it into the ranks of energy powers. The government announced there may … Continue reading →

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Schloppenheimer: pigeonholing Lugo, or trying to (and failing)

Posted on September 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Gotta love that Andres Oppenheimer (she said, dripping heavy sarcasm). The Miami Herald’s resident narcissist-wankerist was down in Paraguay this week to ask stupid questions of the new president, Fernando Lugo, and to get some sensible, if frustratingly (for the … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Barreling Right Along, Brazil is the Bomb!, Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Huguito Chavecito, Not Hiding in Honduras, Paraguay, Uruguay | 1 Comment

Bob Woodward loves him some death squads!

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

There really is no ‘ho like an old ‘ho…who cut his teeth (or learned to shield them, rather) at the WaHoPo. Eh? The dramatic drop in violence in Iraq is due in large part to a secret program the U.S. … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | Comments Off

Guilt by association, or, Let’s all soil ourselves over that evil Hugo Chavez yet again!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Some days, the media are just too transparent. Get a load of what pooped in my e-mail box today thanks to Google Alerts:The Russians Are Coming! Cuban Missile Crisis Part Deux! No shit, Reuters actually spells it out! And Turkey’s … Continue reading →