Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Dang, I’m GOOD.

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Remember how I predicted the Paliness was headed for the remainder bin even before her book is due out?Well, it’s already underway: Former governor Sarah Palin completed her memoir in four months. She knew what she wanted to say, apparently, … Continue reading →

Posted in A Bit of a Brag..., El Predicto Speaks..., Isn't It Ironic?, Schadenfreude, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The Hardcore Stupid | 1 Comment

A bizarre dream I had the other night, or, L’esprit de l’escalier

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Staircase/bookshelf designed by Tim Sloan, featured in Marie Claire Maison. Now this is what I call a dream worth having!I’ve been debating with myself about whether or not I should blog this, because it’s so embarrassing and personal and silly, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, The WTF? Files, Writer Lady Sings the Blues | 2 Comments

Is this what it takes to stop the bleeding?

Posted on October 20, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From France, something mightily disturbing about where privatization of formerly public companies goes if taken to the crapitalist extreme… France Télécom today shelved its restructuring programme after the suicides of 25 workers whose deaths have been linked to a modernisation … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files | Comments Off

Dangerous times for Colombian university students

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in three parts; click through at the end for parts #2 and #3. Spanish, with English subtitles by Tlaxcala. The last ten years have been deadly ones for university students in Colombia. Anyone who has any grievances or disputes … Continue reading →

Posted in Do As I Say..., El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 4 Comments

What a truly unworthy Nobel peace prize winner looks like

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is an old film clip from 1977, included in a documentary called Nuestros Desaparecidos (Our Disappeared). An Argentine reporter asks Henry Kissinger (Nobel peace prize, 1973) what he thinks of the general leading the Argentine junta:Kissinger’s reply is par … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Obamarama!, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Interview with a torturer

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

An Uruguayan journalist goes face-to-face with one of the three men who tortured him when he was a prisoner during the Dirty War in Argentina:Video in Spanish, with English subtitles, from Al-Jazeera.The torturer’s name is Héctor Julio Simón, nickname El … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Paraguay, Uruguay | 3 Comments

A giant joke on the whole notion of world peace

Posted on October 9, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“The Right to Live in Peace”, by Víctor Jara. He wrote this song in honor of Vietnam when the war there was still raging. For speaking out for the Vietnamese, and for his own Chilean and Latin American brethren, Jara … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Brazil is the Bomb!, Chile Sin Queso, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Do As I Say..., Ecuadorable As Can Be, El NarcoPresidente, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Free Trade, My Ass!, Guns, Guns, Guns, Huguito Chavecito, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Obamarama!, The WTF? Files, Uppity Wimmin | 8 Comments

An ironic death in Russia

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From La Jornada (of Mexico) via Aporrea, an item both ironic and sobering about what has become of Russian glasnost: Journalists, politicians and many ordinary readers of Izvestia, the daily newspaper which marked a crucial period in Russian history, attended … Continue reading →