Category Archives: Good to Know

Money as Debt

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay, class, here’s your weekend assignment: Watch this 47-minute video. Don’t mind the cheesy animation; pay attention to the very simple lessons contained therein. If you do, you might just end up understanding the whole US (and world) credit crisis … Continue reading →

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The dirty truth about Human Rights Watch

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

James Petras, eminent social historian, has José Miguel Vivanco’s number…and he calls it: José Miguel Vivanco served as a diplomatic functionary under the bloody Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet between 1986-1989, serving no less as the butcher’s rabid apologist before the … Continue reading →

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What the 4th Fleet is up against

Posted on September 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Walter Martínez analyzes the recent flight of Russian TU-160 strategic bombers from Venezuela. The planes circled the Caribbean, then flew down the coast of Brazil before turning back to Venezuela. Total flight time was 6 hours. The planes invaded no … Continue reading →

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McCain tied to 9-11 via PNAC

Posted on September 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Notice, too, how he doesn’t answer the young man’s question (which is highly pertinent) but bypasses it to tout his work (with Joe Lieberman) in establishing the 9-11 commission, instead. And this is the man who would lead the US?

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Jeremy Scahill has a YouTube channel!

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you ever wanted to know about US mercenaries and just how low they can go, this is the guy who wrote the book. It’s called Blackwater, and it’s not pretty, but it’s one compelling read. It will wake you … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, The War on Terra | Comments Off

Al Gore, I love you!

Posted on July 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Watch this, and in half an hour, I guarantee you’ll be in love too:Al Gore makes the case for a no-carbon energy economy. And in so doing, he kills a lot of crapitalist birds with one stone. It’s a brilliantly … Continue reading →

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One more reason NOT to vote for Hillary

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…just in case you needed one:Yes, she WOULD bomb-bomb-bomb, bomb-bomb Iran. Just like John McInsane.Clearly, none of them have learned anything since they deposed Mohammed Mossadegh to install that horrid Shah. Hey America, you HAD secular democracy in Iran, and … Continue reading →

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Bzzzzzzzzzzzz–STING!!!

Posted on May 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Remember all those stories about mysteriously dying honeybee populations? Looks like we’ve got the cause of Colony Collapse Disorder all figured out, kiddies. Or at least, one very unsurprising chief suspect: Germany has banned a family of pesticides that are … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Isn't That Illegal?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

The Pinky Show on immigration

Posted on May 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

So clear that even the mainstream media could understand it. Too bad they won’t DEBATE it.

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When they don’t sign their names, what does it say about what they have to say?

Posted on May 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

The reason I ask that long-winded question is this “opinion”, which is presented as if it were fact, in the National Pest, Canada’s would-be paper of record: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been accused of many things: squandering his country’s … Continue reading →