Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Wikileaks/Cablegate: Hillary has an explanation for Cristina

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Wouldn’t you have loved to be a fly on the wall when this little chit-chat was going down? The US secretary of state, Hillary Clinton, made a phone call today to the president of Argentina, Cristina Fernández, having to do … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0 | 2 Comments

Forced and coerced sterilizations for HIV-positive women in Chile

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

For anyone who seriously believes Chile is a model democracy, consider this shocker: The Chilean government does not and never has trusted women to make their own reproductive health decisions. It places the matter in the hands of doctors, who … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Isn't That Illegal?, She Blinded Me With Science, Uppity Wimmin | 1 Comment

Canada disgraced in Latin America by yet another mining company

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Late Night Sunrise from Michael Watts on Vimeo. Its name is Pacific Rim, it is an environmental abuser, and it is menacing the people of El Salvador. What must Canada’s Salvadoran immigrants, many of whom are refugees here from their … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Environmentally Ill, Fascism Without Swastikas, Free Trade, My Ass!, Isn't That Illegal?, The Salvador Option(s) | Comments Off

Wikileaks: The fun begins

Posted on November 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Oh boy, that Wikileaks data-dump that came out today is yielding some nuggets. Here’s some truly disgusting (and very in-character) dirt on the US State Dept. and its activities in Latin America… The digital page of the Spanish newspaper El … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Not Hiding in Honduras | 4 Comments

Ecuador: More evidence of a coup

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Who is this Gustavo Lemos Larrea? And what does he have to do with the “police uprising” that wasn’t? Let Jean-Guy Allard tell you… Gustavo Lemos, the Ecuadorian who burst into the consulate of Ecuador in Miami during the coup … Continue reading →

Posted in Cops Behaving Badly, Ecuadorable As Can Be, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal? | 4 Comments

More on the RT arrest at the School of the Assassins

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Reporter Kaelyn Forde, of Russia Today’s US TV crew, is roughed up and shackled with garbage-bag ties in this raw video. The press pass is clearly visible on a cord around her neck. The cop (or rent-a-cop?) cuffing her claims … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal? | 2 Comments

“Where the fuck is the conductor?”

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

ADDENDUM: Didn’t see this yesterday, but here’s a telling thing…there are actual websites devoted to guys doing what you see below. A woman on the New York subway system confronts a wanker (a literal one!) who harassed her. Apparently he … Continue reading →

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Viva Evo, FU CIA!

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“If the press is a nest of thugs, let the walls speak!”Need a laugh this dreary Monday morning? Have I got the giggles for you… Bolivian President Evo Morales had a blunt message for the visiting U.S. Pentagon chief on … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not Hiding in Honduras, Obamarama! | Comments Off

See what happens when you sleep through Media Law 101?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You get pantload everywhere:Why do I get the feeling that the above is actually Ezra Levant‘s grade-school days coming back to haunt? (Image shamelessly stolen from Law is Cool.)

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Law-Law Land, Schadenfreude | Comments Off

“The grandfather of Cuban blogs” supports terrorism. So does El Nuevo Herald

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Sabina Becker

This might come as a surprise to some, but surely not to me. The newspaper, El Nuevo Herald, of Miami, has published an article in which one of its columnists thanks the creators of the video game Call of Duty: … Continue reading →