Category Archives: Crapagandarati

Justin Delacour kicks the Dissociated Press’s ass

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

‘Bout time someone did! And who better than a Latin America scholar, who knows how important it is to work with all the facts, the accurate facts, and not just whatever bullshit is convenient to the State Dept., Big Bidness, … Continue reading →

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Oh Christ, how could I miss THIS one?

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The AP has just outdone itself. It’s now touting some schmo claiming he’s Chavecito’s illegitimate son, and that Chavecito’s a deadbeat dad. The basis for the claim? A slight resemblance, especially when the guy’s photographed in red shirts and Chavecito-like … Continue reading →

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Media dog days, or an early start to the silly season

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh my my, what heady days. The Summer Solstice is still 11 days away, and already the silly season has begun, if the whore media are any indication. Everyone’s in a tizzy over Chavecito’s latest declarations. Let’s start with the … Continue reading →

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CTV reports a death in Afghanistan…

Posted on June 10, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…with a rare dose of honesty: A B.C. father says the loss of his soldier son to a freak accident in Afghanistan will haunt him forever.“Of course I grieve,” David Snyder told CTV News from his home in Penticton on … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan bikes are destabilizing to Latin America!

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Golly, who knew? The bicycles are produced in Venezuela under a joint venture with an Iranian company.Chavez rode one of the bikes during his Sunday TV program and joked about what he called the bicycle’s “radioactivity” and offered one to … Continue reading →

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OMG, the AP gets Bolivia RIGHT for a change…

Posted on June 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

It must be a slow news day for them. Otherwise, I can’t imagine how this passed muster. Thousands of demonstrators marched on the U.S. Embassy Monday to demand that Washington extradite a former Bolivian defense minister who directed a military … Continue reading →

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One more “tyrannical Hugo Chavez” myth shot down

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

By HIMSELF, no less! Ley de Inteligencia y Contrainteligencia será revisadaUploaded by Radioaporrea Video in Spanish. Chavecito publicly declares he will rectify potentially dangerous errors in the proposed new Intelligence Law, which will completely overhaul the old secret police (DISIP) … Continue reading →

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Oh gawd, now the GERMAN media is in on it too…

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Someone please tell the Burschen at Der Spiegel that their story was kaputt long before it came out. They’re recycling a piece of pure horseshit under the laughable title of “The Colombian Connection: How Hugo Chavez Courted FARC”: They called … Continue reading →

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Venezuela tells Human Rights Watch to…

Posted on June 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…well, I was gonna say “go fuck a dog”, but they’ve already done that. Here’s what was actually said: President Chavez has repeatedly denied that Venezuela provided any kind of material support to the FARC and that the only contacts … Continue reading →

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It’s now official…

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Human Rights Watch has totally screwed the pooch where Venezuela is concerned. I know, they’re supposed to be a serious human-rights organization, but it’s kind of hard to take seriously an organization that gets used so often to promote the … Continue reading →