Category Archives: Crapagandarati

Chilean student douses education minister

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

For those of you who’ve been following the situation in Chile for awhile, you’re probably aware that Chilean students are unhappy with their minister of education, and that they have good reasons to be. Yesterday, all that frustration spilled over, … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas | 2 Comments

Hideous tanorexia strikes again!

Posted on July 14, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Oh God, I won a rhinestone tiara for one whole year! All the torture has been worth it!” Well, here’s a foregone conclusion that I wish the world could forego: Once again, a totally un-Venezuelan-looking Miss Venezuela has been crowned … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, If You REALLY Care, Oceania, She Blinded Me With Science, The Nausea | 3 Comments

Clara Rojas criticizes Ingrid Betancourt

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Clara Rojas, who was freed along with Consuelo Gonzalez by the FARC guerrillas on January 10 following negotiations brokered by Chavecito and Colombian senator Piedad Cordoba, has been viciously slandered by her fellow ex-captive Ingrid Betancourt, and feels compelled to … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, El NarcoPresidente, Uppity Wimmin | 3 Comments

More folly and frivolity at WW4R, Reuters

Posted on July 12, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay. Now we know who‘s NOT in the know about current events in South America: “Venezuela and Colombia today open a new epoch in our relations,” Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez told reporters after a meeting with his Colombian counterpart Álvaro … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, El NarcoPresidente, El Predicto Speaks..., Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito | 1 Comment

Oh, those brave Venezuelan journalists of the opposition!

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

They’re not afraid of anything…except, maybe, this cute young Chavista hippie with a microphone. Scroll down to the video at the bottom and see for yourself! They run away from him like he’s radioactive. (Well, he IS active on radio, … Continue reading →

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The RCTVs of Ecuador?

Posted on July 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Um, no. Just a bunch of oligarchic whiners getting their knicks in a twist again. This time in Quito and Guayaquil. Ecuador’s government has seized two private TV stations in a long-running dispute over debts. Backed by police, officials raided … Continue reading →

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17 seconds to moral clarity with Christopher Hitchens

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you haven’t seen this video yet, you simply must. In the space of five minutes, you get to see how Christopher Hitchens saw the light on waterboarding in an undisclosed location somewhere in North Carolina. Not only does he … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The War on Terra | Comments Off

A stupid note on Canada Day

Posted on July 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And who struck it, albeit inadvertently? The CBC. They interviewed a group of new immigrants (there’s a special citizenship ceremony for some of them on Canada Day), and who did they interview? Some twit from Venezuela who claims he came … Continue reading →

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WW4 Report screws the pooch over Tibet

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh noes, indeed. What is it lately with all these otherwise decent independent news sites going over to the stinky? In the case of the latest from WW4 Report, it seems that a number of Tibetan prayer flags have landed … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Pissing Jesus Off, The WTF? Files | 3 Comments

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