Category Archives: Barreling Right Along

How the Christian Peacemakers were freed

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The Beeb has the details… Briton Norman Kember and his Canadian colleagues James Loney and Harmeet Singh Sooden were freed after a multinational military raid acting on information provided by a detainee, the US military says. The rescue was completed … Continue reading →

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Here come da petro-euro…

Posted on March 21, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Could this be revenge for the falling-through of the Dubai Ports World deal…or just historically inevitable, based on a rather lengthy track record of Miserable Failure? A number of Middle Eastern central banks said on Tuesday they would seek to … Continue reading →

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Big new oilfield found in Mexico

Posted on March 16, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And with it, one more reason to broom out the toadying Vicente Fox: Mexican President Vicente Fox has announced the discovery of a new deep-water oil field, which is believed to contain 10bn barrels of crude. The field is in … Continue reading →

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Is the Pigman glad now?

Posted on March 11, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Hey, Pigman Limbaugh…you’ll be happy to know that Tom Fox is dead. Yay! One more pesky peacenik has learned his lesson the hard way. I bet you’re popping OxyContin by the fat old fistful just to celebrate this… The body … Continue reading →

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Please, Bill…don’t thank us

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Those of us who really know the score, aren’t happy about our role in Afghanistan. And your saying things like this doesn’t help: Former U.S. president Bill Clinton thanked Canadians for staying the course in Afghanistan, knowing the price of … Continue reading →

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East Timor: the next Venezuela?

Posted on March 10, 2006 by Sabina Becker

A certain leader in South America is setting a powerful good example–look who could be next in following it: East Timor must invest its newfound wealth from oil and natural gas into rural development projects in order to lift the … Continue reading →

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Fascism as corporatism, take 2…

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And this happened in Aceh Province, the same as was recently hit by a disastrous tsunami, albeit before the wave-from-hell hit: Exxon Mobil Corp warned that a US judge’s decision to allow villagers to file a lawsuit against the oil … Continue reading →

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Oily American Gothic

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Heh.

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CITGO hits back at swiftboaters

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Remember how CITGO is undergoing a concerted effort by BushCo’s lackeys to swiftboat it? Well, this response is EXCELLENT: HOUSTON — CITGO Petroleum Corporation today responded to a request for information from U.S. Reps. Joe Barton and Ed Whitfield regarding … Continue reading →

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Oh, this is PATHETIC.

Posted on March 3, 2006 by Sabina Becker

If patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel, then what is piety? I don’t know, but I bet Toady Blair does: Prime Minister Tony Blair has told how he prayed to God when deciding whether or not to send … Continue reading →

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