Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

The Playboy and the Prettyboy stir up shit in the barrios

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Remember how awhile back I blogged about Leopoldo Lopez, the mayor of a wealthy district in Caracas? And only yesterday, I had a little item about Yon Goicoechea? Well, now there’s proof that Prettyboy Lopez and Playboy Yon-Yon are up … Continue reading →

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So much for state media being “socialist”…

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yeah, tell it to the Beeb. It seems to have been bending over to prove the opposite lately. Especially with “reports” like this: This so-called reporter, John Sweeney, is absolutely incredible. As in, “not credible”. As in, “like a three-dollar … Continue reading →

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Richard Pombo’s ba-ack…

Posted on December 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…and for some strange reason, the above image was the first thing that came to my mind after reading this:

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Isn’t amnesia a disability?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And given that the president of the United States is apparently suffering from it, doesn’t that make him unfit for office? US President George W Bush has said he has “no recollection” of the existence of video tapes of CIA … Continue reading →

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Like great-grandpa, like great-grandson

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Nice to know that in Chile, some things just never change. A great-grandson of the late dictator Augusto Pinochet was detained along with two other youths as they fled following a robbery at a store in Santiago.The events occurred during … Continue reading →

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Who died and made Fedecamaras king?

Posted on November 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The arrogance of these people just knows no bounds. I wonder if the reporter for the Canadian Press agency wasn’t chuckling when s/he wrote this: Fedecamaras, which counts thousands of large and small businesses among its members, rejected Chavez’s constitutional … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The Hardcore Stupid | 1 Comment

How right was Clara Fraser…

Posted on November 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…when she wrote that profit is unpaid wages?Well, in the case of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce alone, she was right to the tune of at least $600 million. And bear in mind that when this was written, the … Continue reading →

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You want uppity? I’ll give you uppity…

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Hey, fellas (especially all you FUX Snoozers): Be thankful on this day that you are not Gustavo Azocar, yellow journalist of the Venezuelan opposition. Because this guy just suffered a fate worse than death, at least as far as macho … Continue reading →

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Even Jesus can’t escape the sweatshop

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What–you thought rosaries and crucifixes were magically exempt from Chinese slave labor? A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under “horrific” conditions in a Chinese factory with more than … Continue reading →

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Ghouliani fer Prez!

Posted on November 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Because heaven knows, we just haven’t been tortured enough. Asked about his views of waterboarding this weekend, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani said that as President he would support the use of "enhanced" interrogation techniques. In an interview with … Continue reading →

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