Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

Another Argentine dictator bites the dust

A vile murderer has died…unpunished, but unforgiven: An ex-dictator of Argentina, Emilio Eduardo Massera, died today, aged 85, of a cardio-respiratory failure in the Naval Hospital of Buenos Aires, according to local media.Massera died at 4 pm local time (7 … Continue reading

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How to screw the pooch, authentically

Oh yes, little Chihuahua perrito. Once more, you are so fucked! And this time, by a news source I used to trust, at least as far as Mexico went. But no longer. As usual, my amigo Slave Revolt has called … Continue reading

Posted in Crapagandarati, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 6 Comments

Congratulations, Team America World Police!

It’s been only eight long years of illegal captivity and torture, and finally, you wrung a “confession” out of your designated scapegoat, poor, brainwashed Omar Khadr, he of the batshit-crazy fundie-Islamist family. Feel proud! Meanwhile, here’s a little song, which … Continue reading

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Uruguay: Fascists are sore losers…

…and they are getting sorer. This gentleman……is the Uruguayan minister of defence. Like his president, he’s a former leftist guerrilla who did jail time during the military dictatorship. And he had to fend off a protest recently that appeared to … Continue reading

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Where in the world is General González?

Cue up the “Carmen Sandiego” song. A putschist fugitive is on the loose somewhere on this planet, and the Venezuelan authorities have appealed to Interpol to help find him: The Public Ministry has asked Interpol to add a red alert … Continue reading

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A few random thoughts on Mario Vargas Llosa

Understand that writers are not necessarily good teachers, or even good people. – T. C. Boyle Hearing that Mario Vargas Llosa won the Nobel prize for literature this year was like hearing that a ghost had won it. That’s because … Continue reading

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What is going on in Ecuador?

Yesterday morning, as I was checking my spam filter, I fished out an obvious non-spam from a reader from Down Under, which was posted on this entry. I’m going to repost it up top here today, as I don’t want … Continue reading

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Donald Duck meets Glenn Beck

One of the best cartoon mash-ups I’ve seen in a while. The end is particularly satisfying.

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Karma 1, Dogma 0 | 1 Comment

Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is back!

And Ecuador’s military and citizens HAVE his back:The elation and relief the people must have felt when seeing this cannot be described. But to give you a taste of what the rescue operation was like, and what the rescuers were … Continue reading

Posted in All About Evo, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Huguito Chavecito, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Law-Law Land | 1 Comment

Wow. Was today exciting or what?

Even in a gasmask, yowza.Holy fucking moly. Just when I thought nothing was going on in the world, a fascist coup decided to go down (and fuck up) in Ecuador. The federal police took the president prisoner in the military … Continue reading

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