Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Colombian paramilitary admits what we already guessed…

Posted on April 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…namely, that he and his fascist kind are in the pocket of the big multinationals. Story from Aporrea, translated by Your Humble: A Colombian paramilitary chief admitted from his prison cell on Friday that ultra-right death squads received money from … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Conrad Black’s father on life, the universe and everything

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Life is hell, most people are bastards, and everything is bullshit.”–attributed to Conrad Black’s father, George, on his deathbed; if true, goes a long way toward explaining why Black fils turned out the way he did

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Hey Chuck Norris: Shut up and sing, dammit!

Posted on March 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Grab your barf bags, folks. Chuck Norris has reared his weaselly little head, and given me one more reason to utterly despise him:

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Police brutality in Tacoma

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

This is what a police state looks like. A peace demonstration was tear-gassed with ZERO provocation: Police claim that barricades (sawhorses) were thrown at them, but this video clearly disproves that. There are no barricades in sight, let alone between … Continue reading →

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And this is why we call them banana republics

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What’s a banana republic? A dictatorship (or nominal, weak “democracy”) where organized crime and oppression hold sway on behalf of Big Bidness–the real ruler of the country.Like, oh, say, Colombia. US banana company Chiquita Brands International has said it will … Continue reading →

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CubanaBomber Death Watch: How long till the mistrial?

Posted on February 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Or, failing that, the sudden disappearance and/or death? An anti-Castro Cuban militant is to face trial in the US in May, charged with lying to immigration officials. Luis Posada Carriles has been held in an immigration detention centre in Texas … Continue reading →

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Neil Young sticks it to BushCo

Posted on February 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

All the reasons why Bush, Cheney and the entire vile bunch MUST be impeached.

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Yep, free trade creates jobs, all right!

Posted on February 11, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Unfortunately, a lot of them are child labor. The Social Protection Minister Diego Palacio said that over 200 thousand children are working as miners in Colombia specially in deposits in Choco, Boyaca, Antioquia, Caldas, Cundinamarca and Nariño departments. Palacio admitted … Continue reading →

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How may Wal-Mart help the US? By closing up shop, of course!

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The writing is on the Wal-Mart–or Mao-Mart, as some of my friends like to call it, thus slandering a certain Chinese chairman of yore. Retail giant Wal-Mart is “bad for America”, according to a poll carried out on behalf of … Continue reading →

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You call this “freedom of the press”? You call this “moral”?

Posted on February 5, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Um, yeah. Riiiiiight. From Aporrea: On Tuesday, February 6, the Supreme Tribunal of Justice will hold a constitutional hearing to determine whether the collective rights of citizens were violated by RCTV (Channel 2). The articles in question are numbers 46, … Continue reading →