Category Archives: Fascism Without Swastikas

Dear gunsuckers: You can all shut up now.

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Sabina Becker

And if the above graphic offends you, you might want to educate yourselves as to the real and only purpose for which the AR-15 was invented. Hint: It wasn’t for hunting OR for self-defence. “Our father, Eugene Stoner, designed the … Continue reading →

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The predictable outcome of “God, guns, and gays”

Posted on June 13, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Probably the most sickening thing about the whole Pulse nightclub shooting, for me, is how quickly the media seized on the ethnicity and alleged religion of the shooter, as though Omar Mateen — Afghan-American, ostensibly Muslim — were the product … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, BushCo Death Watch, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Pissing Jesus Off, Teh Ghey, The 'Stans, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 2 Comments

El Narco’s perpetual war

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember this guy? The one who’s so obsessed with waging war against the FARC in Colombia that he got up his own right-wing paramilitary army to murder local campesinos and blame it on the guerrillas? Yeah. HIM. Well, guess … Continue reading →

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No, of COURSE the Democratic primary process isn’t rigged…

Posted on May 30, 2016 by Sabina Becker

…of COURSE not: And of COURSE we didn’t just see Chris Matthews open his noisy cakehole and promise that no matter what, the endgame was already rigged to spit out you-know-who, no matter what the voters in delegate-rich California might … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Noam Chomsky on “freedom” under corporatism

Posted on May 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

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Quotable: Pierre Trudeau on the dangers of conformity

Posted on May 24, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Sometimes I wonder why we don’t have a national identity…and then I remember this, and why it’s sometimes good not to have what others do.

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Putschist Brazil: The fun has just begun!

Posted on May 23, 2016 by Sabina Becker

You DID, Tweety! You DID tee a coup d’état! And you taw it in Brazil, where, in the latest sick twist, one of the putschist government ministers got embarrassingly outed: The credibility of Brazil’s interim government was rocked on Monday … Continue reading →

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Venezuela: Right-wing demonstrators attack policewoman

Posted on May 18, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Sixteen horrifying seconds on the streets of Caracas. A federal policewoman is stripped of her riot shield, then assaulted by punks of the right-wing opposition. The story, via Aporrea: This Wednesday, a group of putschists, guarimberos and maladjusted people from … Continue reading →

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Venezuela and El Salvador recall ambassadors from Brazil

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Amid all the absolutely atrocious shit news from Latin America of late, there’s one bright spot: All the local progressive governments who are not taking putschism lying down. Whether it’s at home or in a country right nearby, they’re making … Continue reading →

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Panama Papers: Ex-Venezuelan banker revealed as offshore corrupto

Posted on May 10, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Who’s this guy, with the Melania Knauss lookalike? Oh, just one of the handful of Venezuelans who appear in the Panama Papers, with alleged ties to the government of Hugo Chávez. But, as the following report (by La Iguana TV, … Continue reading →