Category Archives: Good to Know

Epic Inevitability WIN!

Posted on January 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Between Facebook and Failblog, it was only a matter of time before Failbooking entered the cyberlexicon. Now that time has come, and there’s a Failbooking site, dedicated entirely to epic fails in Facebook screenshots. And here’s a perfect example of … Continue reading →

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I hold MY malt liquor better than a panda, too.

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And I don’t eat, shoot and leave, either.

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Of coca, cola, and “collas”

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Aymara women with a pile of dried coca leaves. If these women are farmers, odds are that they chew them while they work, to stave off hunger, thirst and altitude sickness.Who knew coca was so versatile? The indigenous, or “collas”, … Continue reading →

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Remember, you heard it here first

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“President Uribe…who killed the governor of Caquetá?”“The FARC.”“Who massacres Colombian campesinos?”“The FARC.”“Who brought down the Twin Towers?”“The FARC.”“Who is making Colombia miserable?”“The FARC.”Okay, actually, if you understand Spanish and can spare approximately 8 minutes to watch a video of Chavecito … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Why Bank of America fired a good employee

Posted on November 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen to this young woman, and you will learn a lot. First off, you will learn what integrity really is; secondly, you will learn just why there is a credit crisis. (Yes, IS. Not WAS–IS. It’s still there, and we … Continue reading →

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Not-so Stupid Sex Tricks: A cool way to stop global warming

Posted on November 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Can you guess what it might be? Here’s a hint:And here’s the scoop: The planet’s population is expected to surge to 9.2 billion from the current 6.7 billion by 2050, and many fear that such unprecedented growth will push Earth’s … Continue reading →

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The day Mississauga became a ghost town

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Since I’m on a Gordon Lightfoot kick today, I might as well include another apt song of his to introduce this entry and set the emotional tone:Thirty years ago today, the local nighttime news was filled with some of the … Continue reading →

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The gales of November came early…

Posted on November 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A well-made tribute to the 29 sailors who went down 34 years ago in the most famous Great Lakes wreck of all time–that of the Edmund Fitzgerald. They all came from the US, but because they went down in Canadian … Continue reading →

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Venezuela, Peru: Compare and contrast…

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…the way they treat their indigenous:This 24-minute documentary (in Spanish) concerns an incident among the Yukpa in the Sierra de Perijá. You can read an English account about it here, in Venezuelanalysis. What struck me about this video is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | 4 Comments

The CIA is…WHAT?

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From the Old Grey Whore of New York, a head-scratching opening to a story that I thought ought to have been open and shut long ago… Is the Central Intelligence Agency covering up some dark secret about the assassination of … Continue reading →