Category Archives: Festive Left Friday Blogging

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Fidel’s Guinness record

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Cubadebate, we have the following amusing little item to celebrate today: The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is the person subject to the greatest number of assassination attempts, according to the Guinness Book of World … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: ¡Feliz Chavidad!

Posted on December 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Just in time for the holidays, the latest decorations from Venezuela: Figurines of Chavecito, Simón Bolívar and other Venezuelan historic heroes decorate a nativity scene. Of course, Reuters chose to focus first on the local Grinches who don’t like it, … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Tweet of the Day

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of a Venezuelan tweep: “Sometimes Rafael Correa makes me think I’m gay.” Ladies ‘n’ gents, he’s talking about THIS fine-ass dude here: The president of Ecuador, arriving in Caracas, Venezuela, for a LatAm summit. And totally reminding me that … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Mike check on Aisle 4!

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Here you go, folkies…your iconic image from the craptastic retail event known as Black Friday (also known, by those in the know, as Buy Nothing Day): This young woman got a rent-a-cop escort out of a Wal-Mart in Cincinnati. She … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Lula’s new ‘do

Posted on November 18, 2011 by Sabina Becker

First, it was Lugo; then, Chavecito. Now, a new South American head of state (pun intended) has gone bare: The former president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula Da Silva, shaved his beard and head in anticipation of hair loss due … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Sexy Back

Posted on November 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Seen on Facebook: This was, according to my source, taken at Occupy Austin. No word on whether that’s a real tattoo or just penned on for the protest’s duration, but it’s the cleverest use of skin-as-canvas I’ve seen so far. … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito likes…

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Sabina Becker

According to Aporrea, Chavecito loves this Calle 13 song: It isn’t hard to see why. Brilliant lyrics, and a bang-on message. If you’re not crying by the end of it, better check for a pulse.

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: The Greatest Love Story on Earth

Posted on October 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

“Occupy Love”, featuring Asmaa Mahfouz, the young Egyptian woman who started the protest movement that eventually came to occupy all of Tahrir Square, toppling Hosni Mubarak and setting in motion a revolution that is still very much in progress. If … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Healthy, handsome and back at home

Posted on October 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Does this man look to you like he’s only got two years left? Or that he’s already had one ghastly near-death experience, allegedly requiring emergency kidney dialysis? Me neither. Suck it up, haters and rumormongers — Chavecito is on the … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Happy 1-month birthday, OWS!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Occupy Wall Street is now one month old, and still going strong. It’s also spreading across the continent and around the world. Virtually all major cities in North America (and quite a few minor ones as well) now have “Occupy” … Continue reading →