Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

The truth about Attawapiskat

Posted on January 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The People of the Kattawapiskak River by Alanis Obomsawin, National Film Board of Canada A Cree filmmaker takes us inside the lives of her brothers and sisters in Attawapiskat, Ontario. If what you see here doesn’t leave you outraged at … Continue reading →

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Clip ‘n’ Save: Who’s sponging from whom?

Posted on January 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A handy graphic to shove under the nose of anyone who still doesn’t get what Idle No More is all about.

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Chile…or Canada?

Posted on January 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s getting hard to tell, eh? “Mister, I just bought this land, it’s mine…get off it!” “But…” “TERRORIST!” Yup, that sounds about right. And Chile’s native land-claims laws are even worse than ours, if such things are possible. In fact, … Continue reading →

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Indian woman brutally gang-raped. Where are the media???

Posted on January 2, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Breaking: A few days ago, an Indian woman was gang-raped, beaten, and left to die by thugs. So far, this hasn’t made the news in any major venue. But, you say, doesn’t India have a rape problem? And aren’t there … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Because there’s no such thing as too much Ecuadorable

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

And because this is a nice shot, and I like it… …and there’s a nice bit of news behind it, too: The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, urged his counterparts at the 6th Summit of the Heads of State and … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Paul Krugman on wages

Posted on November 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: El Ecuadorable is full of win

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

You can’t keep a good president down…or shut him up. And why would you want to, when he empowers his own people to speak out, too? Especially not when he just won a very important prize for doing just that? … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | Comments Off

Don’t back down, Justin!

Posted on November 22, 2012 by Sabina Becker

What’s wrong with what Justin Trudeau said here? I’ll give you a broad hint: ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. En effet, c’est tout correct: The remarks in question come from an interview Trudeau did in Nov. 2010, with French-language interviewer Patrick Lagace, on … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging Too: Rafael Correa visits Seville

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Rafael Correa meets with the Mayor of Seville, in Spain. And that’s not all he’s up to over there: Rafael Correa arrived yesterday afternoon at Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, accompanied by crowds. He came to tell how Ecuador … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Festive Left Friday Blogging, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | 9 Comments

A few random thoughts on a former general

Posted on November 11, 2012 by Sabina Becker

I have a terrible confession to make: When the news of the Petraeus sex scandal broke this past week, my first reaction was to chuckle. Not in the usual “ha ha, another cheatypants got caught, serves him right” sense (although … Continue reading →