Category Archives: If You REALLY Care

Okay, I need a cute nickname for Rafael Correa.

Posted on October 29, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Because this guy just majorly endeared himself to me with the following novel approach to an urghly problem:

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You may have noticed…

Posted on October 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…the little “Buzz It” button at the bottom of each post now. This button will take you to Buzzflash.com to tell them about my site.Here’s how to use it: 1. Control-click the “Permalink” in orange, which you’ll see right between … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Studs Terkel on hope in a hopeless world

Posted on October 23, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I once wrote a book called Hope Dies Last. I believe that. I might feel hopelessness, except for one thing: the young. I don’t mean the young as they’re portrayed in TV commercials: whores, bimbos and dummies. There are many … Continue reading →

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It’s National Character Counts Week!

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yes, it is!Do you know what your wealthy right-wing media robber barons are doing this week? Well, one of them is getting divorced from Trophy Wife #2. It is delectably messy, and there’s too much juicy stuff to excerpt here, … Continue reading →

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Paying the Price: Killing the Children of Iraq

Posted on October 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

John Pilger’s documentary, broadcast on British channel ITV in 2000, explores just how old the “Saddam had WMDs” fallacy was, and how destructive. And also how hypocritical was all the tut-tutting on the part of the US and Great Britain. … Continue reading →

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An election issue, you say?

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Incredible! It may be more than a year away, but Americans already think they know what the big issues of the 2008 presidential election will be. On the thousands of web pages, acres of newsprint and hours of airtime already … Continue reading →

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What part of “No Anorexia” don’t they understand?

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

All of it, apparently. Italy’s advertising watchdog has banned an ad campaign for a fashion label showing a naked anorexic woman, saying it breached its code of conduct. The image “commercially exploited” the illness, the advertising body said. The image, … Continue reading →

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The Shock Doctrine

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Actually, this dovetails rather nicely with The Secret Government, don’t you think?

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Hello, operator? I think I’ve been framed.

Posted on September 28, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Could you please put me through to Dr. George Lakoff? I have a really bad case of brainwashing I’m trying to overcome. New research confirms that repetition of “myths” and slogans helps lodge them in the minds of the public … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Pissing Jesus Off, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The Hardcore Stupid | Comments Off

Stupid Sex Tricks: More AIDS ignorance in New Guinea

Posted on August 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

This is what happens when you don’t educate the public enough about AIDS. Some AIDS victims are being buried alive in Papua New Guinea by relatives who cannot look after them and fear becoming infected themselves, a health worker said … Continue reading →

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