Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Compare and Contrast: Harpo vs. Harpo

Posted on September 16, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Leadership you can trust? LeaderSHIT, is more like it. Typical ShitHead…

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Buh-bye, Prettyboy!

Posted on September 11, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Ahem. A little music, maestro: Aww, yodel. Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo López was sentenced to 13 years in prison for coup-plotting. Venezuelan judge Susana Barreiros sentenced López, the leader of the Voluntad Popular party, on Thursday to 13 years, 9 … Continue reading →

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Q. Why did Venezuela close its border with Colombia?

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro addresses an anti-paramilitarism rally in Caracas. A. Because that’s where all the crime is coming in from. And no less a person than the first vice-president of Venezuela, and president of the national assembly, is there … Continue reading →

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Majority of Germans oppose prostitution

Posted on August 26, 2015 by Sabina Becker

FEMEN protesting Amnesty International (photo: EMMA). The feminist “sextremists” may not be so extreme after all; in Germany, it turns out, they speak for more people than one might think. A clear majority of Germans opposes pimping, and an additional … Continue reading →

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Why it’s never “too soon” to talk about gun violence — or racism, or misogyny

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Every time there’s a gun massacre somewhere in the United States, every time there’s an occasion for them to finally start addressing the gun-crime connection, this happens: Right on cue, the NRA rolls out its paid-off bottom-feeder of the moment … Continue reading →

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“Behind closed doors”: How domestic violence led to a rampage in Austria

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Another day, another rampage, another vigil. This time, it’s in the downtown pedestrian zone of Graz, where a young man drove at full speed into a crowd…on purpose. What lurks behind such “senseless” violence? EMMA investigated, and found the following: … Continue reading →

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German women take on brothel ads

Posted on June 22, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Karina Alteweier, a physician assistant in Leverkusen, Germany, points out an example of the kind of advertising she’s fighting in her city. Right next to it, a children’s musical is advertised. The brothel’s name, address, and other details are blocked … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: A foretaste of C-51?

Posted on June 2, 2015 by Sabina Becker

Via Canadaland, a little whiff of what the cops have already got cooking for us lowly, democracy-loving peons: What an interesting* statement from the Mountie! “Attacking the Canadian economy”, just by PROTESTING the Harper government’s piss-poor handling of it? Shades … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: When Irish eyes are smiling…

Posted on May 24, 2015 by Sabina Becker

And no, this is not the familiar shamrocky tune that Ronnie Ray-gun and Lyin’ Brian Mulroney ruined at their “summit”, either. This one’s much prettier: And why are Irish eyes smiling today? Well, the other day, something remarkable happened on … Continue reading →

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Omar Khadr is free

Posted on May 7, 2015 by Sabina Becker

…and here’s what he had to say today: “I’m better than the person he thinks I am”, is what this scapegoated, tortured and war-wounded former child soldier has to say to Stephen Fucking Harper, his unrelenting would-be jailer. He also … Continue reading →

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