Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Is the History Channel turning into FUX Snooze?

Posted on February 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

The reason I ask is because they’re putting together a documentary of the Kennedy clan which sounds positively atrocious:Fixating on JFK banging some floozy in a swimming pool while “Secret Service Man #2” looks uncomfortably on? Twisting timelines on crucial … Continue reading →

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Gaza in Plain Language

Posted on February 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A short documentary that lays out what really happened there, and dares to ask why:No matter how one feels about Israel’s right to exist (and I for one think it has one, as does Palestine, in equal measure)–in light of … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s “peaceful” oppos strike again…

Posted on February 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And look! They love playing Laser Tag…or is it AirSoft?Real story here.Seems a bit excessive considering they’re fighting for a trashy profiteer’s cable-TV channel, not their own freedom of speech. Doesn’t it?

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal? | 10 Comments

Honduras: More shit you couldn’t make up if you tried

Posted on January 14, 2010 by Sabina Becker

They have a strange notion of what constitutes “democracy” down there in the banana republics. De facto dictator Gorilletti, for example, is such a shit that no one in their right mind would elect him, but as Aporrea reports, the … Continue reading →

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Haiti earthquake: Some early photos and video

Posted on January 13, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Via Aporrea, two YouTubes. Some photos:And some video:Aporrea is also reporting that the UN chief-of-mission in Haiti, Hedi Annabi, has been killed in the 7.3 magnitude quake. The UN building (and that of MINUSTAH) has been destroyed, along with at … Continue reading →

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Avatar–WTF?

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

While everyone else is all agog over how Evo went to see Avatar with his daughter (and loved it), I found something very different regarding that film in Russia: Soviet sci-fi writer, 76-year-old Boris Strugatsky, has accused Oscar-winning director James … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Isn't That Illegal?, Teh Russkies | 9 Comments

Venezuela presents proof of US aerial incursions from Bonaire and Curaçao

Posted on January 12, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hmmmm. What’s this?No, it’s not a picture of Jay Jay the Jet Plane. You can probably figure that much out for yourself. It’s no joke. But I’ll give you a broad hint: This map, with radar tracings taken by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, The War on Terra | 5 Comments

Barrick Gold disgraces Canada in Chile, too

Posted on January 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Part II of a program I posted here yesterday.This episode takes us to the Atacama Desert of Chile, the driest place on Earth, and the nearby Valle del Huasco, a small strip of green farmland in an arid region. We … Continue reading →

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Barrick Gold shames Canada in Argentina

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I just happened across this video (in Spanish) today. It was so shocking that I had to view it twice to be sure I had heard everything correctly:This is Part I of the report, called “Glaciers: The First Veto”. It’s … Continue reading →

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Updates to the Herrera child-stealing case

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Marcela Herrera, suspected to be an illegally adopted child of the Dirty War, preparing to submit to DNA testing to help determine her true parentage. Story from Telesur, via Aporrea: The federal police of San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, … Continue reading →