Category Archives: Isn’t It Ironic?

Compare and Contrast: Spain vs. Venezuela

Posted on April 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

My translation: More than 400,000 families have been thrown out of their homes in Spain since 2008. VENEZUELA: Misión Vivienda (Mission Housing) has benefited 223,374 families since 2011. Didn’t you say that the communists were coming to take away your … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 19

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Howdy, everyone! Yes, there’s more irony to note today. And here, to start us off, is Mario Silva of La Hojilla, introducing our old pal, MariCori: As usual, Maria Corina Machado is utterly without shame, and without a sense of … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: The blame in Spain falls mainly on the…Egyptians?

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Spanish crap-media outlet ABC.es has failed again in its efforts to smear Bolivarianism. This time, their Venezuela “correspondent” (read: HACK) has tried to pass off a rather famous picture of an Egyptian woman being abused by soldiers in Cairo as … Continue reading →

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Understanding the Venezuelan election: Two vital perspectives

Posted on April 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Don’t worry, Nicolás, don’t worry, Venezuela — we already know where the coups come from.” The commentariat at Aporrea is full of theories and denunciations about how the hell Henrique “Majunche” Capriles Radonski could have picked up, or picked off, … Continue reading →

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Headline Howler: It’s always opposite day at The Economist

Posted on April 17, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Ugh, how disgraceful. Don’t you people hire fact-checkers anymore? It’s not like you don’t have the cash…although at this rate, you may soon lose so much readership that you end up in serious financial trouble. Here, let me fix that … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 18

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Photo tweeted by opposition TV channel RCTV, showing supposed incineration of Sunday’s election materials. Only it’s not from Sunday… Hidey-ho, good readers! And welcome to another chapter of VenOpIronía, in which everything old is suddenly new again. And in which … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 17

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“And then they’ll buy a new pot with their pension money. Lack of maturity…” Hello, and welcome to the latest ironic chapter in the ongoing chronicles of the “peaceful” Venezuelan opposition. Just as predicted, the fascist thugs of JAVU & … Continue reading →

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“Until now, I was with the opposition”: A Venezuelan’s change of heart

Posted on April 14, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Today, Venezuela faces another presidential election, its second in less than a year. And while many in the local and foreign private media are already calling it for Capriles like FUX Snooze did for Dubya in Florida 2000 (remember?), a … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 16

Posted on April 11, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Understand, imbecile, we’re peaceful here and we respect freedom of expression!” — a thug from the peaceful, united opposition, beating up on a reporter from VTV. Howdy, everyone, and welcome to today’s installment of VenOpIronía. We’ve got lots of ground … Continue reading →