Category Archives: EuroPeons

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Evo dines with the Queen

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Look who had a royal visitor: No, this wasn’t just some standard photo-op grip-and-grin with a beautiful Bolivian aguayo cloth. There was a greater significance to this royal visit than just pleasantries and gift exchanges. But let’s hear it from … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Confessions of a Bad German, Economics for Dummies, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

Photo du soir

Posted on September 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

“Store owner in Madrid refuses cop entrance and access to protesters seeking refuge in his shop. S25” Courtesy Occupy Chicago, via Facebook. Just another thing about the Spanish revolution the major media don’t want you to see.

Posted in Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Heroes for Today, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The Bold and the Badass, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

Paraguay’s massacre and putsch, a month later

Posted on July 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

One month after he was ousted in a congressional coup with only a thin veneer of “democracy” (note the quotes), President Lugo continues his fight for real democracy and justice by denouncing the perpetrators who conspired against him: Paraguay is … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Paraguay, Uruguay, Schadenfreude | Comments Off

Disgusted Cubans leaving Spain

Posted on July 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Irony bites hard when you’re a “dissident” with ambitions of getting rich from capitalism, as some Cubans formerly living in Spain are now finding out, to their great chagrin: The crisis of capitalism wasn’t on their agendas. The dream became … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Schadenfreude, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | 2 Comments

Austerity overwhelmingly rejected in France, Greece

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Tabernac de merde! The IMF just got two more black eyes today. First, in France: Socialist Francois Hollande swept to victory in France’s presidential election on Sunday in a swing to the left at the heart of Europe that could … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Greek Salad, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Schadenfreude, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | Comments Off

Stupid Sex Tricks: Dept. of Unenforceable Laws, Ukraine

Posted on April 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Straight from the Wide World of WTF, we get wind of some wildly stupid fetus fetishism from Eastern Europe: “An incredible project of law was presented before the parliament of Ukraine: banning the missionary position in sexual relations.” That was … Continue reading →

Posted in EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Stupid Sex Tricks, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

What you’re not being told about Libya

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Bob Powell of Above Top Secret neatly unpacks the Libyan revolution-that-wasn’t. Some interesting shockers I hadn’t heard yet include the presence of al-Qaida, apparently operating with CIA blessing, in the “National Transitional Council”, and the presence of Qatari troops, in … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s gold comes home

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Don’t expect to read anything good about this in your lamestream English media. And don’t expect to see these pictures, either: Citizens of Caracas hold up a banner thanking President Chávez for bringing home the gold in the name of … Continue reading →

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Why Iceland isn’t in the news nowadays

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Michael Hudson has some hints: More at The Real News Basically, it has a lot to do with fucking those who have fucked you, and using a splintery broomstick to do it. Yeah, Icelanders got up on their hind legs … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, EuroPeons, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Scandinavian Smorgasbord, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The Bold and the Badass | 2 Comments

Stupid Sex Tricks: Banking and wanking, together at last

Posted on October 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

No. Oh, no. NO: In case you were wondering what that was all about, Copyranter explains: Komerční Banka is a member of the Société Générale Group, and is one of the leading financial institutions in the Czech Republic. Copy translation, … Continue reading →