Category Archives: Barreling Right Along

It’s not just Evo or Chavecito…

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…it’s all of Mercosur rejecting that draconian, disgusting European “Return Statute”–you know, the one that deprives undocumented immigrants of all legal rights, including recourse to an attorney before the country they’re in decides to boot them out–after a prison stay … Continue reading →

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The myth of happy racism

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Found a little item on Aporrea and thought I’d translate it and follow up with a few thoughts of mine own: Could it be that my black friends in the Venezuelan opposition don’t feel that they are being alluded to … Continue reading →

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One more reason NOT to vote for Hillary

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…just in case you needed one:Yes, she WOULD bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran. Just like John McInsane.Clearly, none of them have learned anything since they deposed Mohammed Mossadegh to install that horrid Shah. Hey America, you HAD secular democracy in Iran, and … Continue reading →

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The aptly named Ambassador CROCK-er

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…has issued some rosy forecasts for total pie in the Iraqi sky. Behold: The U.S. ambassador to Iraq said Saturday that al-Qaida’s network in the country has never been closer to defeat, and he praised Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki for … Continue reading →

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What if they built a fortified embassy and nobody came?

Posted on April 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Think it couldn’t happen? Read this: The troubled effort to build the giant U.S. Embassy in Baghdad seemed to be months away from completion when a team of top State Department officials flew to Iraq on March 20 to meet … Continue reading →

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Never gonna give WHAT up?

Posted on April 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Rick Astley probably never thought his song would become so useful, but it’s the perfect illustration of why John “Insane” McCain should never become president of the US of A.

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Five Years Too Many

Posted on April 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Veterans For Peace staged a brilliant bit of civil disobedience in Washington on the 5th anniversary of IraqAttaq. The vets marched, delivered a citizens’ arrest warrant for Dubya, the Big Dick and Auntie Condi and unfurled a large replica of … Continue reading →

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Halliburton is poisoning the troops

Posted on April 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, this is NO April Fool’s joke:If you know a returned Iraq vet who has been in contact with any facilities “serviced” by Halliburton, KBR, etc.–please, urge them to see their doctor to be tested for waterborne pathogens. You could … Continue reading →

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Greeted as liberators?

Posted on March 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Two Iraqi expats–journalist Ali Fadhil, working out of London, and professor/author Sinan Antoon, of New York, talk with Charlie Rose about the invasion/occupation of Iraq.

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Oh, too bad! Oh, so sad!

Posted on March 28, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Now they can’t go blaming exploding oil prices on their favorite Venezuelan scapegoat… OPEC nation Venezuela is not interested in a further rise of oil prices although a credit crisis in the United States is making stability difficult, Venezuelan President … Continue reading →

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