Category Archives: Isn’t That Illegal?

Chavecito’s gloves come off

Posted on October 13, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Anyone who’s been following Venezuelan politics of late has surely heard of Manuel Rosales, a.k.a. “Burusas”, a.k.a. “The Philosopher”, a dumbass from Zulia who mangles popular sayings and can’t do his own math. For some strange reason, the selfsame dumbass … Continue reading →

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Why does Sarah Palin hate America?

Posted on October 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

David Neiwert and Max Blumenthal have done a terrific job with their latest article for The Nation and Salon.com. They also have much tougher stomachs than I do–these guys routinely face down right-wing nutters, live and in person. And look … Continue reading →

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Bolivian police chief confirms Porvenir massacre was an ambush

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

For certain stupid CSMonitor writers and anyone else who doesn’t really get what’s going on in Bolivia, a little primer: The Departmental Police Chief of Pando, Col. Silvio Magarzo, confirmed before a special commission on Tuesday that the campesinos who … Continue reading →

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Guido Antonini: Big, fat liar. (Brief)case closed.

Posted on October 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you’ve been following the Guido Antonini Wilson/briefcase-fulla-dollars story at all, you’ll already know that the man is (a) mobbed up; (b) very anti-Chavez; and (c) so full of shit that it’s starting to ooze out his ears. Of course, … Continue reading →

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Religious insanity strikes (a match) again

Posted on October 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Sweet Jesus. Were all the fundie preachers in Loonyland being told to preach anti-witchcraft sermons this month? A little over a week ago, a woman tried to set a pagan store owner on fire. Now, it’s open season on teachers … Continue reading →

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Last week of the election campaign panic button edition

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What do you bet that all these were the doing of Conservative supporters?So far, 34 acts of vandalism and threatening phone calls have been reported in the Toronto ridings of St. Paul’s and Parkdale-High Park–all directed at persons with Liberal … Continue reading →

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Colombia: Bestest democracy EVAR.

Posted on October 7, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Aporrea reports, I translate…and after that, I shut up, because there simply are no words. Jorge Iván Laverde Zapata, alias “El Iguano”, ex-chief of the AUC paramilitaries, in the department of Norte de Santander, said that his men incinerated their … Continue reading →

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Colombia: “Democratic security” in action

Posted on October 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Via Colombia’s Caracol Radio website, a rare (for Caracol) moment of honesty about what Alvaro Uribe’s paramilitary minions are really up to: Paramilitary groups have reached a level of degradation so high that in some cases, they filmed the tortures … Continue reading →

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The Last Laugh on the markets

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Two British funnymen have it all sussed out:The terrible thing is, none of this is an exaggeration, even just for comic value. It’s all true.

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Money as Debt

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Okay, class, here’s your weekend assignment: Watch this 47-minute video. Don’t mind the cheesy animation; pay attention to the very simple lessons contained therein. If you do, you might just end up understanding the whole US (and world) credit crisis … Continue reading →

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