Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

This one won’t be running off to Peru for asylum…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelans carry the body of a comrade during the Caracazo. Caracas, Venezuela, late February-early March, 1989.…because he’s one of those responsible for an old massacre, and the people of Venezuela are anxious to see him brought to justice at home: … Continue reading →

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I know, they’re only rock ‘n’ roll…

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…but I like them, like them, yes I do…This just landed in my inbox from the National Security Archive listserv: Washington, DC, October 22, 2009 – On behalf of a coalition of U.S. and international musicians, including R.E.M., Pearl Jam, … Continue reading →

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Police brutality against indigenous Mapuches in Chile

Posted on October 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Shocking video, showing the carabineros kicking a young indigenous man in the head. Story by Aporrea: Before the doors of the Commissary of Ercilla in Wallmapu, the press recorded a brutal beating by military police (carabineros) of a young Mapuche, … Continue reading →

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Teh Heterostoopid turns into Teh Heterosquickout

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is what a pervert looks like. Take a good look, kiddies–they look more ordinary than you think…Some people aren’t fit to be parents. Others aren’t fit even to be sperm donors: A man has been charged with sexually propositioning … Continue reading →

Posted in Isn't That Illegal?, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Teh Heterostoopid, The Hardcore Stupid, The WTF? Files | 4 Comments

Concern troll should have his JP licence revoked

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Sabina Becker

For anyone who doesn’t see the connection between civil rights and marriage rights, here…get a load of this walking anachronism from the Old South: A Louisiana justice of the peace said he refused to issue a marriage license to an … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., Isn't That Illegal?, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, The Hardcore Stupid | 8 Comments

Dangerous times for Colombian university students

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Video in three parts; click through at the end for parts #2 and #3. Spanish, with English subtitles by Tlaxcala. The last ten years have been deadly ones for university students in Colombia. Anyone who has any grievances or disputes … Continue reading →

Posted in Do As I Say..., El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal? | 4 Comments

What a truly unworthy Nobel peace prize winner looks like

Posted on October 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This is an old film clip from 1977, included in a documentary called Nuestros Desaparecidos (Our Disappeared). An Argentine reporter asks Henry Kissinger (Nobel peace prize, 1973) what he thinks of the general leading the Argentine junta:Kissinger’s reply is par … Continue reading →

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Somehow, this doesn’t surprise me…

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen closely to Silvio Berluscoglioni–er, Berlusconi–and you’ll hear him confess the reason he got off the hook so many times when he should have landed in the stripey hole:He says he spent some 200 million euros ON JUDGES, then corrects … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Culture vultures: Peru haz them.

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh, for SHAME:If you go to Peru to see the Gate of the Sun, you will be sorely disappointed. You have to cross the border into BOLIVIA. That’s where you will actually find Tiwanaku and this ancient indigenous landmark.If you … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't That Illegal? | 5 Comments

Justice in the works at last for the victims of the Caracazo, Yumare and Cantaura

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A truck carries coffins of the victims of the Caracazo to a mass grave somewhere in Caracas, Venezuela, early March, 1989.Venezuela is making major progress in unearthing the truth about several political killings of the “democratic” 40 years of the … Continue reading →