Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Pssst. Wanna hide a pile of cash?

Posted on April 8, 2016 by Sabina Becker

You don’t have to go to Panama to do that. You can do it right in the US of A! And this is no joke. McClatchy News Service has an ongoing series on the Panama Papers, and one of the … Continue reading →

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Do As I Say..., Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Good to Know, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Ecuador: Panama Papers also reveal right-wing media bias

Posted on April 6, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Gee, what were the odds? It’s not just Venezuela where the “investigative journalists” are only investigating persons with ties to a progressive, socialist government. The same is also happening in Ecuador, and the bias hasn’t escaped the bright green eyes … Continue reading →

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Crapagandarati, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | Comments Off

Why the Panama Papers matter: a victim’s-eye view

Posted on April 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

War crimes, child sex slavery, the destruction of public services around the world…these are just a few of the horrors enabled by tax evasion, fraud, and offshore shell corporations. Is paying less in taxes really worth this to YOU?

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Human Rights FAIL, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies | Comments Off

Argentina: Macri implicated in Panama Papers scandal

Posted on April 4, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Well, well. What have we here? Why yes, that IS the name of the current president of Argentina, along with a couple of family members (father Franco and brother Mariano), on the receipt for a shell corporation in the Bahamas. … Continue reading →

Posted in A Man, A Plan, A Canal, Don't Cry For Argentina, Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Paraguay, Uruguay | Comments Off

When rape culture calls itself Justice, and the papers defend it as such

Posted on April 2, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Many years ago, when I was a j-school student, I got interviewed by the Globe and Mail, for an internship I didn’t get. At the time, it was cause for some chagrin: a plum big-city reporting job, missed! What made … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Human Rights FAIL, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Haitian activist murdered in Venezuela

Posted on March 28, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Fritz Saint Louis was a bright hope for his people in a bad time. And like so many bright hopes in Latin America and the Caribbean, he met with a violent and premature end: On Saturday night, masked men entered … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, I Left My Hat in Haiti, Isn't That Illegal?, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

A few random thoughts on the Ghomeshi fiasco

Posted on March 24, 2016 by Sabina Becker

So. This happened. It’s not that I wasn’t expecting it to happen. Given the overall ineptitude of the Crown’s prosecution, and the ugly predilections of the judge as revealed in a previous (and very similar) case, it was pretty easy … Continue reading →

Posted in Bullies, Canadian Counterpunch, Human Rights FAIL, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Quotable: Samantha Bee on untested rape kits

Posted on March 22, 2016 by Sabina Becker

“Remember, local elections are a lot like rape kits. No one really wants to pay attention to them, but if you bother to open them up, you might just get rid of someone who’s been screwing everyone in town.”

Posted in Cops Behaving Badly, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Quotable Notables, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin | Comments Off

Calling bullshit on Birgitt Peterson

Posted on March 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Remember this lady? The one who was misidentified as a Bernie Sanders supporter by an outright fascist who loves Der Drumpf? Well, here she is in her own words. See if you can spot what’s wrong with them: Ms. Peterson, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Drrrrruuuugs, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Fine Young Cannibals, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, The Hardcore Stupid, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

BushCo’s role in the Kennedy assassination cover-up

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Gerald Ford, flanked by Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, April 28, 1975. Yesterday, a strange thing popped up in my e-mail. Via the National Security Archive, a story that’s not exactly new, and yet is newsworthy all the same: Washington, … Continue reading →