Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Fascism in Québec: What the major media won’t tell you

Posted on May 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Fortunately, ordinary citizens are stepping up to do what our lovely lamestream media can’t. Namely, report what is going on with some sense of honesty, and zero crapaganda: Incidentally, this fascism is failing. BADLY.

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Cops Behaving Badly: Montréal, Chicago…have I missed a spot?

Posted on May 21, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Photo by C.S. Muncy, taken at Occupy Chicago’s anti-NATO demo. More here. Good morning, Chicago! How are you liking life in your police state this fine May day? Not at all? Don’t worry, Montréal knows exactly how you feel: “People … Continue reading →

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Quotable: George Carlin on the Ten Commandments

Posted on May 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker
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Rape and forced marriage in Morocco: A victim fights back

Posted on May 9, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A Moroccan poster denounces the forced marriage of child brides. A problem which, sadly, remains a fact of life in Morocco, even in cases of rape: The family of a 14-year-old girl in Tangier, Morocco, denounced the case of their … Continue reading →

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Imagine if this happened in Venezuela…

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Where is the IAP(O)A on this one, I wonder? When President Obama addressed the American Society of News Editors convention last month, the real news was what didn’t happen. The watchdogs didn’t bark. No discouraging word from the gathering of … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: A brief history

Posted on May 8, 2012 by Sabina Becker
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Big break for Argentina’s disappeared

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Sabina Becker

General Jorge Rafael Videla, de facto military dictator of Argentina, 1976-81. The wheels of Argentine justice turn with painful, creaking slowness. But they’re still moving, and today comes news that things could start moving forward a lot faster: Last Thursday, … Continue reading →

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On “personhood” and what it means to be a non-person in Canada

Posted on April 26, 2012 by Sabina Becker

The Famous Five, gagged. This is what it’s coming down to, folks. Well. How about that “debate” in the House of Commons today? Or should I say, that NON-debate? Because the legal status of zygotes, embryos and fetuses in Canada … Continue reading →

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So much for the Great Liberal Conspiracy Theory!

Posted on April 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Remember Vikileaks, when a certain adulterous SupposiTory got his comeuppance via the tweeting of publicly available details of his scandalous divorce? Sure you do. And now, the guy who tweeted those deets reveals all. And it isn’t what the SupposiTories … Continue reading →

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Musings on “Stand Your Ground” and dumb gun laws

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

My best friend wrote me an e-mail a few hours ago that got me to thinking. Here’s what he wrote: I keep hearing people who support the murderer in the Trayvon case saying that the “stand your ground” law in … Continue reading →

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