Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Police Navidad!

Posted on December 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“When I blew, I blew a 2.1”? Silly gringo, that’s nothing. Check out what these Mexicans did: The Secretariat of Public Security for the Federal District admitted 43 drivers to the Centre of Penal Administrative Sanctions, a.k.a. El Torito, on … Continue reading →

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How many trolls does $1 billion a year buy?

Posted on December 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I don’t know, and neither do you. But I bet the Koch Brothers do… Conservative groups may have spent up to $1bn a year on the effort to deny science and oppose action on climate change, according to the first … Continue reading →

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Federico Franco is in deep doo-doo

Posted on December 23, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh dear, oh dear. Looks like the former unelected “president” of Paraguay is not exactly as upright as he pretended to be. Whatever could this mean? The Attorney General of Paraguay will conduct an investigation against ex-president Federico Franco (2012-13) … Continue reading →

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Gustavo Petro gets a referendum

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the mayor of Bogotá will get a second chance at holding on to his elected office, after all. And, fittingly, it will take place in another democratic vote: The national registrar, Carlos Sánchez, informed that the electoral authority … Continue reading →

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You have GOT to hear this speech

Posted on December 19, 2013 by Sabina Becker

El Ecuadorable is absolutely awesome here: And in case you don’t understand Spanish, or are reduced to a giggling jelly by the sight and sound of the world’s cutest president, here’s the story: The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, gave … Continue reading →

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Ecuador wins Canadian case against Chevron Texaco

Posted on December 18, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Big Polluting Oil just lost a major judgment in the last place I expected it to: right here, in Harpolandia. How about THESE apples? Pablo Fajardo, attorney for the Union of Those Affected by Texaco Operations, announced that the group … Continue reading →

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Tories have wrecked Canada’s refugee system

Posted on December 16, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Damage to a downtown Vancouver neighborhood by the racist Asiatic Exclusion League, September, 1907. In the last hundred or so years, it’s astonishing how little has changed, at least in the way our government treats non-white immigrants. If you ever … Continue reading →

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FEMEN protest in Berlin as prostitution law reforms loom

Posted on November 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Five FEMEN members in Berlin chained themselves to the trademark “Berlin Bears” outside the entry to one of the city’s biggest bordellos yesterday. And as EMMA reports, this comes as the Bundestag debates what to do about Germany’s lax and … Continue reading →

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Rob Ford’s crack pipe speaks

Posted on November 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Note: The following is a message I received from an anonymous source. I have been asked to share it my readers as a public service, in the hopes that it will serve as a warning to anyone thinking of sampling … Continue reading →

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Peru bans cat-eating festival

Posted on October 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In response to an international outcry, someone in Peru has stepped up and done the right thing for the gatit@s… A court in the Peruvian province of Cañete (south of Lima) prohibited the so-called Festival of Curruñau, a popular feast … Continue reading →

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