Category Archives: Law-Law Land

For those with vaginas

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Lysistrata has made a comeback in the USA. The cause? The defunding of Planned Parenthood and the latest salvo in the war against women. Wives and girlfriends of lawmakers, are you listening? (Lobbyists in “eye-patch underwear”, since you are part … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, Filthy Stinking Rich, Greek Salad, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Men Who Just Don't Get It, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Pissing Jesus Off, The United States of Amnesia, Uppity Wimmin | 3 Comments

Politically motivated? You don’t say…

Posted on March 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Awhile back, I remarked on how interesting and odd the timing of those sexual assault charges against Julian Assange was. Today, once more, I am reminded of just how very interesting and odd that timing was, indeed: Julian Assange’s Swedish … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Spooks, The 'Stans, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

CAP: the (non)burial saga continues

Posted on March 1, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pardon the choice of artwork, but really…what else would YOU use to illustrate this? The body of former Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez, which has been frozen in a Miami funeral home for over two months due to a family … Continue reading →

Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Law-Law Land, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

How lucky is Luis Posada Carriles?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Pretty damn lucky, if he can manage to avoid getting prosecuted for terrorism over not one… A Salvadoran man jailed in Cuba in connection with a string of 1990s hotel bombings says he told a U.S. prosecutor that he got … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), CubanaBomber Death Watch, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | Comments Off

A terrible story

Posted on February 6, 2011 by Sabina Becker

At Sunday dinner today, my mom shared a story about a woman in the German farm village where she grew up. This woman and her family, like my mother’s, were ethnic German refugees from Yugoslavia, who came up around 1944, … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Fetus Fetishists, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, She Blinded Me With Science, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

CAP soap opera continues; usual suspect blamed for everything

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Hey, y’all…remember the kerfuffle over the dead body of a certain awful ex-president of Venezuela, and how the same could not be buried? Legal proceedings got underway today, and boy are they a doozer: The judge hearing the case over … Continue reading →

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Finally, the CubanaBomber is busted…

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Translation: “Are you Mr. Posada Carriles?” “Yes, why? Are you going to arrest me for bombing a Cuban airliner? For murders in Havana? For torture…?” “No, man, be cool. It’s only a parking ticket.”

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Ironic developments in Switzerland

Posted on January 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Not a banned weapon. And don’t worry, it’s not ever going to be. It’s not like someone’s gonna whip this out on you in a dark alley, after all. Gun nuts are fond of pointing out that gun ownership is … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Guns, Guns, Guns, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

We don’t need no stinkin’ broadcast standards here!

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

In light of all the (very belated and very, very ridiculous) fuss over the unedited version of Dire Straits’s “Money For Nothing”, I thought it might be instructive to deconstruct the offensive word in question…with a little help from The … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Teh Ghey, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Mario Vargas Llosa: The plot thickens

Posted on January 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

More strange accusations against Mario Vargas Llosa are emerging from the shadows. These come courtesy of La Tribuna de Toledo and EFE, via Aporrea: The Swedish Academy announced yesterday, in a surprising manner, that it will be investigating this year’s … Continue reading →