Category Archives: Crapagandarati

Yon-Yon’s big yawn-yawn

Posted on August 6, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Poor Yon Goicoechea. Such a cute young guy, such high hopes attached…and what are they coming to? A few months ago, the Cato Institute paid him half a million dollars to spread neoliberal/neocon/neofascist crapaganda and astroturf all over Venezuela. Playboy’s … Continue reading →

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McCain courts Miami

Posted on August 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Wow, talk about CHEAP…He insinuates that Obama forgot Latin America. That’s not quite true–Obama’s a sucker for the whole Monroe Doctrine thing–but it’s very easy to accuse him of not talking about Latin America when you are doing the exact … Continue reading →

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Reuters, AP–what’s the difference?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

When it comes to reporting on Venezuela–not a dime’s worth. Reuters is just as bad at hitting Latin America with the Stoopid Stick, as this Saul Hudson piece makes all too clear: A popular mayor hoping to run for a … Continue reading →

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See what happens when you boogie with fascists?

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

You get poopy doody crappy assassination attempts everywhere in Venezuela! I hereby translate: Parliamentary deputy Luis Tascon denounced that the attempt on the life of ex-defence minister Raul Baduel, which happened last week, was perpetrated by radical sectors of the … Continue reading →

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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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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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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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M-13 terrorists kill their own

Posted on July 16, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The Venezuelan opposition is so rabid and so bloodthirsty, they’ll stop at nothing to get Hugo Chavez out of office. They’ll stage violence as a way of “protesting” it. They’ll even kill their own. We saw that already on April … Continue reading →

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Oh the irony. The IRONY!

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Only one paragraph from the head of a news item in Venezuelanalysis, but oh my… A notoriously violent Venezuelan student organization aligned with the Venezuelan opposition known as the March 13th Movement (M13) fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails at … Continue reading →

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