Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

The obligatory fifth-anniversary 9-11 post, with a difference

Posted on September 11, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Blah, blah blah… That, Gentle Reader, is the sound of the mainstream media in the US, talking a lot and not actually saying anything. For the last five years, it’s been doing nothing but that on one particular day when … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, Boycott This Toon!, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 4 Comments

Jimmy Hoffa, call your office…

Posted on August 14, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…because Carlos Ortega is now a fugitive. AGAIN. A senior Venezuelan opposition leader has escaped from a military prison, the country’s attorney general has said. Carlos Ortega was sentenced to almost 16 years in jail last year after being convicted … Continue reading →

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Cue the Queen song…

Posted on August 8, 2006 by Sabina Becker

You know the one I mean. The one with the chorus that goes “ba da dump, bump bump…Another One Bites the Dust!” Because another one just did. And I hope still more will join him: A leading US Republican lawmaker … Continue reading →

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So much for Agent Orange being “harmless”!

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Scientists have long been saying otherwise, and here’s one more study to prove it… New Zealand troops who served in the Vietnam War suffered significant genetic damage from exposure to Agent Orange, a study suggests. The chemical was used by … Continue reading →

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A few more chickens come home to roost

Posted on July 29, 2006 by Sabina Becker

How’s this for karma being a bitch? An obscure law approved a decade ago by a Republican-controlled Congress has made the Bush administration nervous that officials and troops involved in handling detainee matters might be accused of committing war crimes … Continue reading →

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Need any more proof that someone’s living in a vacuum?

Posted on July 28, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Check THIS out:So much for that trite “We are all Israelis now” meme.BTW, GriperBlade has an excellent post with a damning picture unto itself. Perhaps this is what’s got the Israel-uber-alles crowd so…isolated?

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Mystery solved?

Posted on July 27, 2006 by Sabina Becker

A couple days ago, I wondered why the anti-Chavez shadow group Sumate, supposedly an “open book” as far as its finances went, hadn’t been listing their most recent cash receipts from the US government. Well, looks like li’l ol’ Vheadline … Continue reading →

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Well, stripe me pink and call me a peppermint stick…

Posted on July 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…because the Chavez-and-Castro-hating Miami Herald appears to have had a moment of mournful truth! Less than five months before a December presidential election, Venezuela’s fractured opposition still has no clear candidate to square off against President Hugo Chávez, a charismatic … Continue reading →

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