Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Brownfield’s barrio gambit: what really lies behind it?

Posted on April 12, 2006 by Sabina Becker

NOW the truth comes out! The Venezuelan Foreign Ministry has issued a statement condemning acts of violence against US Ambassador William Brownfield on Friday. Acting Minister Alcides Rondon confirms that Venezuelan Ambassador in Washington, Bernardo Alvarez has received a formal … Continue reading →

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There once was a man from Nantucket

Posted on April 11, 2006 by Sabina Becker
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Kenny Boy–getting off easy?

Posted on March 28, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Sure looks that way… US prosecutors dropped a number of charges against former Enron chief executives Ken Lay and Jeffrey Skilling as they rested their case on Tuesday. Mr Skilling now faces 28 cases of fraud, conspiracy and insider trading, … Continue reading →

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Judge Scalia’s rotten judgment

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The problem with Fat Tony Scalia isn’t that he’s an arrogant, undignified prick unworthy of his seat; it’s where to start enumerating the proof. Take, for example, his most recent episode of injudicious behavior: U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia … Continue reading →

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Yes, Virginia, there IS a Downing Street Memo!

Posted on March 27, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And the Beeb has finally confirmed it: From private talks between George Bush and UK PM Tony Blair, the memo makes it clear the US was determined to go to war whether or not he had UN backing. He is … Continue reading →

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Another 9-11 first responder has died

Posted on March 22, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And if you guess correctly what she died of, you win a hunk of asbestos-ridden rubble from Ground Zero: A 41-year-old paramedic who worked at a morgue for months after the Sept. 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center … Continue reading →

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So…how’s that War on Drugs going, eh Dubya?

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Not so well now in the home of Afghan opium, I see… Afghanistan will encourage its powerful drug lords to invest their illegally earned profits back into the war-shattered country, according to the governor of the nation’s top opium-growing region. … Continue reading →

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They are losing in the Marketplace of Ideas

Posted on March 15, 2006 by Sabina Becker

That’s the only conclusion I can draw about right-wingers after reading this, from RawStory.com: The San Diego affiliate of Air America Radio has offered a job to Linda Laroca, a Vista, California woman who is suing her former employer after … Continue reading →

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The right to choose…deadbeat daddydom?

Posted on March 13, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Talk about polishing a turd with a legal gloss: Contending that women have more options than they do in the event of an unintended pregnancy, men’s rights activists are mounting a long shot legal campaign aimed at giving them the … Continue reading →

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Fascism as corporatism, take 2…

Posted on March 9, 2006 by Sabina Becker

And this happened in Aceh Province, the same as was recently hit by a disastrous tsunami, albeit before the wave-from-hell hit: Exxon Mobil Corp warned that a US judge’s decision to allow villagers to file a lawsuit against the oil … Continue reading →

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