Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

More fun, frivolous analysis of the Venezuelan referendum

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Popular Venezuelan bloguero Okrim Al Qasal has some interesting insights for us into how last week’s referendum to remove term limits from the Venezuelan constitution went. Let’s follow his bouncing ball (with segments in bold type and indent translated by … Continue reading →

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Ashy thoughts for a Wednesday morn…

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I’m not Catholic, so this whole penitential post-carnival thing is kind of opaque to me. Rather than atone for sins (actual or imaginary), I prefer to do the right thing in the first place, if I can. Which means I … Continue reading →

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Bad pennies have a habit of coming back…

Posted on February 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…in Spain:Yes, that’s an actual fascist salute. This was taken at an anti-immigrant rally. Apparently Bolivian migrant workers in Spain are facing unprecedented amounts of racist abuse as the economy falters and the nativists blame the migrants. Nothing has changed … Continue reading →

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Let me tell you how it will be…

Posted on February 19, 2009 by Sabina Becker

First, a little mood music from the Fab Four:Now, on with the show. Via the comments section at BoRev’s piece on the Stanford Bank caper, I happened across this little item in Forbes, and in it, this: A group of … Continue reading →

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Never underestimate the Power of the Internets

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And while you’re at it, don’t underestimate the power of a LOLcat, either. Those beasties can eat your soul and poop it out vastly improved–if you are lucky.But enough about the cats. The humans are still in control of this … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan journalists attacked by government goons!

Posted on February 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This happened yesterday morning. Where’s the IAPA? Where are Reporters Without Borders? Why are none of the Free Speechers denouncing this? Oh wait…the assaulted journos are from a community station that’s not out to unseat a legitimate government. And the … Continue reading →

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Men Who Just Don’t Get It: The Sheriff and the Judge

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know who’s the bigger pig here, the sheriff who thinks his badge guarantees him the right to rape–or the judge who doesn’t consider him a menace to society: A former North Texas sheriff pleaded guilty in federal court … Continue reading →

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So…about that “anti-semitic climate” in Venezuela…

Posted on February 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

To hear the lamestream media up here tell it, Venezuela is well down on the slippery slope to being the next Nazi Germany. If it’s not Chavecito’s cordial relations with Iran, it’s that synagogue mishegoss. Apparently all this is “evidence” … Continue reading →

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Extraordinary rendition: what really happens to the victims

Posted on January 27, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A half-hour documentary featuring the stories of two victims: Khaled el-Masri, a Lebanese-German kidnapped and taken to Afghanistan; and Binyam Mohamed, a British Muslim still languishing at Gitmo.

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The ugly truth about the Bolivian opposition

Posted on January 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

El Duderino and El Gaviero have both been busy blogging the sugary propaganda videos of the “No” side in tomorrow’s Bolivian constitutional referendum. Judging strictly the commercials and music videos, you’d assume that the opposition were a nice, harmless bunch … Continue reading →

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