Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Democracy comes to Colombia…

Posted on December 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

…whether the Colombian oligarchy wants it or not. This is nothing if not heartening: Thousands of Colombians today offered massive support to the mayor of Bogotá, Gustavo Petro, recently removed from office and prohibited from politics for 15 years, in … Continue reading →

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Uribe’s Colombian putsch

Posted on December 12, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Left to right: Fernando Londoño, Alejandro Ordóñez, and Álvaro Uribe. Who are these three? Well, chances are you already know the third one as El Narco, if you read this blog on a regular basis. He’s the nasty little shit … Continue reading →

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Time for Robbo to go to jail

Posted on December 4, 2013 by Sabina Becker

What I’ve long suspected (and said as much, here and elsewhere) is now official: Anthony Smith (at left, flipping the bird) was murdered over the Rob Ford crack-smoking video. The notorious crack video of Mayor Rob Ford was the motive … Continue reading →

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Why the JFK assassination still matters today

Posted on November 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It was 50 years ago today, and a few years before I was born. It happened in Dealey Plaza, Dallas — and it could happen again, anywhere, anytime. A president was shot and killed, and a state governor badly wounded. … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Did the CBC do propaganda-for-pay?

Posted on November 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I dunno…you tell me: I always did find that particular Mansbridge “report” awfully Harpo-friendly (and uncharacteristically so). And conveniently timed, too, as the above video says, with Pooty-Poot laying his own claims to the North Pole’s seabed and all that … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Canadian Counterpunch, Crapagandarati, Environmentally Ill, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies | Comments Off

Rob Ford’s crack pipe speaks

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Note: The following is a message I received from an anonymous source. I have been asked to share it my readers as a public service, in the hopes that it will serve as a warning to anyone thinking of sampling … Continue reading →

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Happy Halloween!

Posted on October 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Surely the tweet of the day. Now, if only we could see the video of Mayor McSleaze and his crack pipe…

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Media Luna-cy: Older than previously thought

Posted on October 21, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Everybody knows that the governors of the “Media Luna” (Half Moon) of the richest (and crookedest) regions of Bolivia first began to conspire in 2008, after Evo was in power (and as an attempt to get him out of power … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Chile Sin Queso, Crapagandarati, Economics for Dummies, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Remembering Cantaura, 31 years later

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A poster from 2009 commemorating the victims of the “democratic” massacre of Cantaura, Venezuela, which occurred 31 years ago. This is all of a pattern with US interference throughout Latin America. While Argentina and Chile suffered openly under fascist dictators … Continue reading →

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Islamophobia in Britain: some dirty little facts and figures

Posted on September 25, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Remember my post from two days ago, in which I took on Islamophobia in its “feminist” guise (note the quotes, there for a reason)? Well, here’s the real nub of that issue. As you can see, it was never really … Continue reading →