Category Archives: Crapagandarati

Well, stripe me pink and call me a peppermint stick…

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…because the Chavez-and-Castro-hating Miami Herald appears to have had a moment of mournful truth! Less than five months before a December presidential election, Venezuela’s fractured opposition still has no clear candidate to square off against President Hugo Chávez, a charismatic … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The LA Whore Times reveals its clue-challenged side

Posted on July 19, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Compare and contrast… The always reliable Venezuelanalysis: “Venezuela’s Hugo Chavez Advances Towards Elections Without a Rival”. (Note that a handful of opponents does not a rival equal, since Chavez is pulling a minimum of 55% of the poll respondents, a … Continue reading →

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Oh, NOW the NY Times catches on…

Posted on July 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Took them long enough! It is only now, nearly five years after Sept. 11, that the full picture of the Bush administration’s response to the terror attacks is becoming clear. Much of it, we can see now, had far less … Continue reading →

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Where’s Michelle Malkin?

Posted on July 13, 2006 by Sabina Becker

I wanna rub her snotty little self-hating nose in this. From Raw Story (mit Video!), a lovely object lesson in what happens when a FOX propaganda hack–er, newsman–reveals a troop position in a war zone: FOX HOST: Palestinian Prime Minister, … Continue reading →

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Another of Canada’s worst exports

Posted on June 5, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Right up there with Pamela Anderson and her fake everything, it’s John Roberts and his fake news. On the June 1 edition of CNN’s The Situation Room, CNN senior national correspondent John Roberts, in reporting on the diplomatic package the … Continue reading →

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When sources stink, can the story be trusted?

Posted on June 1, 2006 by Sabina Becker

We choose a foreigner to hate, The new Iraq gets more irate– We really know nothing about them, and no one cares! –The Barenaked Ladies, “Sell Sell Sell” Funny how Hugo Chavez tends to get such short shrift from the … Continue reading →

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And they say Venezuela lacks press freedom?

Posted on May 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

They’re full of shit. Take a look at what’s happening in Colombia and THEN talk to me about Venezuelan journalists who are allegedly being muzzled: Exposing outlaws — be they drug traffickers, leftist rebels or right-wing militias — risks assassination. … Continue reading →

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They tip over in those desert winds…

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Surprise, surprise. Those WMD trailers BushCo used as their pretext to declare war on Iraq? Turns out there was nothing in ’em… On May 29, 2003, 50 days after the fall of Baghdad, President Bush proclaimed a fresh victory for … Continue reading →

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So much for the evil Chavez vote-rigging accusation!

Posted on April 10, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Looks like one more blob of blogospheric bunkum has now been debunked! A Chicago alderman suggested that voting machines sold by a company with Venezuelan owners are part of a plot by President Hugo Chavez. Alderman Edward Burke made the … Continue reading →

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Sean Hannity can shut the fuck up now

Posted on March 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The weeniest of all the wingnuts (with the possible exception of Tucker Carlson, about whom more later) can now stop asking his annoying “gotcha” question: Is the world better off with or without Saddam? Because at last there is a … Continue reading →