Category Archives: Do As I Say…

You want a tyrant? You got one…

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…in Peru. The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Thursday for 15 days in the province of Coronel Portillo, Ucayali department, because of violent confrontations between strikers and police. The decree suspends constitutional guarantees of liberty and personal … Continue reading →

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Washington Post sinks into the oil-soaked swamp

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can always tell what side a newspaper is on by how they choose to present any given story. Take this, for example, from the Washington Post…the paper that has the dubious distinction of having bogged down in complacency since … Continue reading →

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Censored by YouTube–but why?

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Luigino Bracci, a popular Chavista blogger (El Espacio de Lubrio), has had his YouTube channel killed. The reason is not what you might expect. Luigino published neither an incitement to violence, nor hate speech, nor pornography, nor a recipe for … Continue reading →

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More untold news about TV licence revocations

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You better kiss my boots for this, people, I had to go all the way to Cuba to get it. (Well, all right–to Granma.) Throughout the world, many countries have adopted sovereign decision to not renew [broadcast] concessions or to … Continue reading →

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Stalin calls Chavez “right-wing”

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

No shit–this really happened! An opposition student leader named Stalin Gonzalez (I’m not making this up–that is his real name!) accuses Hugo Chavez of being a “right-wing military”. He also thinks his infamous namesake was a “leftist”. Um, that would … Continue reading →

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Ray Bradbury, right and wrong

Posted on June 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From the Stranger Than Fiction Department, this little article on Ray Bradbury in the alternative LA Weekly–in which the author claims his most famous novel is “misinterpreted”: Bradbury still has a lot to say, especially about how people do not … Continue reading →

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Freedom of speech, true and false

Posted on June 2, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Compare and contrast the following videos: This was taken at today’s big anti-imperialist march in Caracas. As you can see, the screen is split four ways. This is to show the size of the crowds in four well-to-do, opposition-dominated neighborhoods. … Continue reading →

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CubanaBomber Death Watch: You have a right to be informed!

Posted on May 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, we have this little item on just how far the Bush Crime Family is willing to go to conceal the evidence of its misdeeds: The Venezuelan documentary, “Posada Carriles: Terrorism Made in USA”, which tells the history of … Continue reading →

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Stop me before I laugh again!

Posted on May 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I can’t help it. I really, REALLY can’t. President George W Bush has urged the US Congress to ratify a free trade deal with Colombia, as part of a wider plan to back democracies in Latin America. Bwa-ha-ha-ha-ha, oh, ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha…. … Continue reading →

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WTF? OMG! LOL…

Posted on April 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Saul Landau comes up with one truly worthy of The Onion, from Progreso Weekly: Posada to address UM graduates DRAFT OF SPEECH FOUND IN EL PASO TEXAS JAIL CELL OF LUIS POSADA CARRILES AFTER HE WAS BAILED OUT TO GRADUATING … Continue reading →