Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Walph Weed–oooo, what a hippatwit!

Posted on March 7, 2006 by Sabina Becker

The Reverse Midas Touch moveth on, and having writ, Proves all that’s touched by Abramoff turns to shit. (Okay, so it doesn’t quite scan. Cut me some slack, it’s late.) Ralph Reed has said he didn’t know it until last … Continue reading →

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Harper can dish out the ethics, but he can’t take ’em

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Oh, boo hoo. Poor Stephen Harper. Barely in office a month, and already he’s got the ethics watchdog snapping and snarling at him. From the Toronto Star: Prime Minister Stephen Harper is attacking the legitimacy of the federal ethics watchdog … Continue reading →

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CITGO hits back at swiftboaters

Posted on March 4, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Remember how CITGO is undergoing a concerted effort by BushCo’s lackeys to swiftboat it? Well, this response is EXCELLENT: HOUSTON — CITGO Petroleum Corporation today responded to a request for information from U.S. Reps. Joe Barton and Ed Whitfield regarding … Continue reading →

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The swiftboating of CITGO

Posted on February 27, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Oil Wars and Juan Gonzalez have both got the goods on Joe Barton, the Texas Repug oil profiteer-cum-congresscritter squatting in the House of Representatives, who’s coming down hard on CITGO for reasons that can only be described as blatantly political. … Continue reading →

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Isn’t it ironic?

Posted on February 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Pro-business types tend to vote for the conservative parties; conservative parties tend to align themselves with the pro-business types. But sometimes, actions have unintended consequences…such as this, for example, as reported in the UK Independent: Lucrative opportunities taken away on … Continue reading →

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Fascism: call it corporatism, because that’s what it is

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Giovanni Gentile, Mussolini’s ghostwriter, was right–fascism really is the merger of corporation and state. Check out this little gem from the Beeb: Former workers of an Argentine Ford factory are suing the firm over what they say were serious abuses … Continue reading →

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For sale: One U.S. president. Will dicker with anyone.

Posted on February 24, 2006 by Sabina Becker

No, we haven’t seen THAT in the classified ads yet. But we might as well. Dubya just slapped a major KICK ME sign on his country’s back, and Sherrod Brown has the goods: Recently, the Bush administration approved the takeover … Continue reading →

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I did not have fiscal relations with that man, Mr. Abramoff…

Posted on February 18, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Oh really, George? Then whose hand is that you’re shaking?

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Dicking around with guns

Posted on February 17, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Men who go by the name of Dick are such easy butts for puns. Especially when those men named Dick start fuckin’ ’round with guns.But when those Dicks shoot dicky-birds, and hit their friends instead,Why then, the question goes around: … Continue reading →

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A blonde moment at the voting booth?

Posted on February 16, 2006 by Sabina Becker

Oh, this is just too funny… She may be smart enough to earn millions from her acidic political barbs, but when it comes to something as simple as voting in her tiny hometown, hard-core conservative pundit Ann Coulter is a … Continue reading →

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