Category Archives: Filthy Stinking Rich

How may Wal-Mart help the US? By closing up shop, of course!

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The writing is on the Wal-Mart–or Mao-Mart, as some of my friends like to call it, thus slandering a certain Chinese chairman of yore. Retail giant Wal-Mart is “bad for America”, according to a poll carried out on behalf of … Continue reading →

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There goes the neighborhood

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And right along with it, all hope that Peruvian president Alan Garcia might have learned from mistakes of the past: Environmental and human rights group in Peru have denounced the government’s campaign to auction off large swathes of the Amazon … Continue reading →

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Some people waited five years for this

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Boy, do I feel sorry for them. Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders. Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been … Continue reading →

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Open mouth wide, insert foot, keep it there, wiggle toes…

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The rich really aren’t like the rest of us. Everything about them is larger than life, including the feet they stick in their mouths. Witness, for example, the actions of one obscenely rich man and his wife (dare we say … Continue reading →

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Shades of Davos at the “anti-Davos”!

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, the irony. When a luxury meal is served at a summit dedicated to fighting social inequalities, look what happens: Dozens of street children have invaded a five-star hotel food tent and feasted on meals meant for sale at the … Continue reading →

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Remind me again: Why did Saddam hang?

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Hmmm…for the killings at Dujail, no? Good thing for certain Westerners, then, that he didn’t get a chance to be tried for THIS, too: (Hat tip to my friend Corey for the link.)

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Another incriminating Bush/Abramoff photo surfaces…

Posted on January 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

CREW’s blog has the details: As we saw as recently as last Friday, the Bush Administration has gone to great lengths to prevent any access to information documenting a relationship with Jack Abramoff. But that relationship exists. CREW was provided … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Stuart Mill on predator capitalism

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on … Continue reading →

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Yes, rich girls do THAT, too.

Posted on January 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

How do you think some of them got so rich in the first place? For years, Lisa Ann Taylor’s neighbors suspected something was going on behind the doors of her white-columned, million-dollar mansion in one of suburban Atlanta’s most exclusive … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Michael McCaughan and Che Guevara on class myths

Posted on November 29, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“All across Latin America the poor majority have been conditioned to view their social status as the inevitable outcome of a free, competitive society where winners and losers rub shoulders with no hard feelings. The occasional rags-to-riches story is presented … Continue reading →

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