Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Neruda to be exhumed tomorrow

Posted on April 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The grave of Pablo Neruda, overlooking the Pacific Ocean at Isla Negra, Chile. After nearly 40 years, it is about to give up its biggest secret: How did the great poet, a Nobel-winning national icon before his death and a … Continue reading →

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The new pope…and the Argentine junta

Posted on March 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The two Jorges: Bergoglio, now Pope Francis I, and General Videla, chief of the Argentine junta…face to face*. And, according to the UK Guardian, they were once hand in glove, as well. To the judicious and fair-minded outsider it has … Continue reading →

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Evo, the president of the Bolivianas

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Why are these Bolivian women smiling? Because this Women’s Day, their president showed that he takes gender-based violence seriously: On Saturday, in the southwestern department of Potosí, the president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, promulgated the Integral Law to guarantee women … Continue reading →

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Tom Flanagan is okay with kiddie porn

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Incredible. Watch as a Native guy nails jello to the wall…and makes it stick: It’s “just pictures”. Unbefuckinglievable. Yeah…just pictures of kids being subjected to adult sexual whims before their time. No biggie! Oh, and he’s been on the NAMBLA … Continue reading →

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It’s been a year…

Posted on February 26, 2013 by Sabina Becker

It’s been a year today that Trayvon Martin was murdered. It was his 18th birthday a short while back, and he wasn’t there to celebrate it. Meanwhile, his killer is still trying to make out like Trayvon was somehow “asking … Continue reading →

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The elephant in the burned cabin

Posted on February 13, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Today, a friend posted this article from Jacobin on his Facebook wall. It’s an analysis of the Christopher Dorner case that the media have been screaming about all week. I wanted to like it; it was well and gracefully written, … Continue reading →

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Chile offers Bolivia sea access…but…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

So, Chile finally decided to do Bolivia a favor in its demand for access to the sea. (You may recall that the latter lost that during the War of the Pacific.) Only, as with all things Piñera, there’s a catch: … Continue reading →

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Why anti-choice is NOT pro-life

Posted on February 3, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A half-hour documentary by the ACLU of Pennsylvania, showing what really happens when anti-abortion laws come up against unwanted pregnancy. Far from stopping abortion, draconian laws have only ever succeeded in driving it underground, and forcing women and girls to … Continue reading →

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25 years…

Posted on January 29, 2013 by Sabina Becker

The Morgentaler Clinic, downtown Toronto. Dr. Henry Morgentaler deserves a huge amount of gratitude for so many things: He pioneered the suction-curettage method of early surgical abortion; he defied the law to set up free-standing women’s clinics; he coined the … Continue reading →

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Checkmate, fetus fetishists!

Posted on January 24, 2013 by Sabina Becker

I mean, really…what else is there to do when a “pro-life” Catholic hospital doesn’t consider you a person when your death (and that of your living incubator) costs them money… The lead defendant in the case is Catholic Health Initiatives, … Continue reading →

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