Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

I am cringing as I type this

Posted on July 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And why not? This is the most embarrassing show of prime-ministerial hubris I’ve seen in a while. Stephen Harper became the first Canadian prime minister to visit Colombia this week, and dismissed criticism that Canada is putting trade ahead of … Continue reading →

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30 years for Lord Fraudulent of No Fixed Address?

Posted on July 16, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, let us pray… U.S. prosecutors are expected to ask that Conrad Black be given a virtual life sentence of at least 30 years in prison, sources familiar with the case told the Star, even though a government lawyer suggested … Continue reading →

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Conrad Black: Guilty! Guilty!! Guilty!!!

Posted on July 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

It’s Fitzmas in July…in Chicago and Canada. Media tycoon Conrad Black has been convicted of three charges of fraud and one of obstructing justice.Black, 62, was cleared of racketeering and tax evasion but could face 35 years in jail when … Continue reading →

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Pirates of the Great North?

Posted on July 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Well, actually…no. Michael Geist and Daniel Albahary explain why Canada is NOT a pirating country:…and lay out who’s REALLY behind those bogus charges and cries of rip-off. (Surprise, surprise: it’s Big Industry. AGAIN.)

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Quotable: Albert Einstein on capitalist tyranny

Posted on July 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Private capital tends to become concentrated in few hands, partly because of competition among the capitalists and partly because technological development and the increasing division of labor encourage the formation of larger units of production at the expense of smaller … Continue reading →

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So nice to know so little has changed!

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh Brazil. I thought this sort of thing was supposed to have ended…in 1888! More than 1,000 labourers have been freed in Brazil by the government’s anti-slavery team. They were said to be working in inhumane conditions on a sugar … Continue reading →

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Bandar bin Bush is in trouble…

Posted on July 2, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Plus, his sickly expensive house is still on the market. The Aspen, Colorado home of Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan is still up for sale, one year after it was given the biggest price tag in US history. The Hala … Continue reading →

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Robert Zoellick’s sour grapes

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Poor little neo-cons, my heart bleeds for them. Case in point: PNAC member Robert Zoellick, a leading warhawk who in 1998 was urging Bill Clinton to bomb the living tar out from under Iraq. Clinton declined, but PNAC found a … Continue reading →

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Washington Post sinks into the oil-soaked swamp

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can always tell what side a newspaper is on by how they choose to present any given story. Take this, for example, from the Washington Post…the paper that has the dubious distinction of having bogged down in complacency since … Continue reading →

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Censored by YouTube–but why?

Posted on June 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Luigino Bracci, a popular Chavista blogger (El Espacio de Lubrio), has had his YouTube channel killed. The reason is not what you might expect. Luigino published neither an incitement to violence, nor hate speech, nor pornography, nor a recipe for … Continue reading →