Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

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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Yup, they ARE brownshirts.

Posted on October 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And I defy you to tell me differently. A group of Venezuelans shattered a glass monument to Cuban hero Che Guevara built by the government of leftist President Hugo Chavez, an area mayor told state television on Friday. Jesus Espinoza, … Continue reading →

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Larry Craig’s strange habits, pegged

Posted on October 8, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Really!

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Yo, troll…

Posted on October 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I know you’re reading this, because you left your shit on my blog: An unapproved comment has been posted on your blog News of the Restless, for entry #925 (No funding for fundie schools in Ontario!). You need to approve … Continue reading →

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The Secret Government

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

A 1987 documentary by Bill Moyers, in two parts:Part I explores the Cold War mentality and the beginnings of the CIA. It also examines the CIA’s role in the toppling of the popular, elected Iranian leader, Mohammed Mossadegh (the Chavecito … Continue reading →

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A pretty boy with an ugly history

Posted on September 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Awww, aren’t boy crushes just so darn cute? Just a pity that Steve Huntley’s hagiography of the CIA’s latest little plaster saint is all holus-bolus, unquestioning bullshit. Here’s the real poop on Leopoldo Lopez, the not gutsy, but gusty (as … Continue reading →

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They just never stop.

Posted on September 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

They’re not just out for Chavecito’s blood, but for that of anyone who forges alliances with him. Aporrea reports that a coup was plotted for Ecuador, but one very high-level intended perpetrator wouldn’t go through with it: The former president … Continue reading →

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Just the facts, man, just the facts…

Posted on September 25, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Keith Olbermann envisions what would happen to Larry Craig if his story were a “Dragnet” episode.

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No funding for fundie schools in Ontario!

Posted on September 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What? Someone doesn’t want funding for all religious schools in Ontario, and even wants the Catholic system removed from public funding??? The Ontario government should stop funding Catholic schools, according to the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Progressive* Conservative Leader John … Continue reading →

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Irony escapes them

Posted on September 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

You can’t make this up. Police said Sunday they have broken up a cell of young Israeli neo-Nazis accused of a string of brutal racist and anti-Semitic attacks, videos of which were played on television to a stunned national audience. … Continue reading →

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