Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Just another senseless crime?

Posted on January 10, 2011 by Sabina Becker

I was in Arizona in 2003. It didn’t seem like a hateful place at the time. I was more worried about not clearing security to get on the plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto, to be honest; it was less … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Confessions of a Bad German, Fascism Without Swastikas, Guns, Guns, Guns, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Newspeak is Nospeak, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Obamarama!, The Hardcore Stupid, The War on Terra, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Mario Vargas Llosa, plagiarist?

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Oh my, how potentially embarrassing. And just as he’s won the Nobel lit-prize, too: A writer has accused Mario Vargas Llosa of having plagiarized his 1978 book, The Death of the Goat, in his recent work, The Feast of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Artsy-Fartsy Culture Stuff, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Espionage Act: a muzzle for dissent, says Robert Meeropol

Posted on December 30, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in two parts; click through for the second.Democracy Now interviews Robert Meeropol, the younger of Julius and Ethel Rosenberg’s two sons, who criticizes the forthcoming prosecution of Julian Assange under the same 1917 Espionage Act that resulted in the … Continue reading →

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Oh gag me, part deuxième

Posted on December 29, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Can you believe this? Even in death, Carlos Andrés Pérez is the stuff of bad soap opera. Courtesy of the indefatigable Cort G., this landed in my e-mail today: MIAMI (AP) — A judge has delayed the burial of former … Continue reading →

Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Obits and 'bobs, Pissing Jesus Off, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

In which we “smear” Julian Assange’s accuser

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Yesterday, Julian Assange turned himself in to British authorities for extradition to Sweden, to face a number of sexual-assault charges. Since it’s for the court to determine whether or not he actually is guilty as charged, let’s wait to see … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Fascism Without Swastikas, If You REALLY Care, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Uppity Wimmin | 4 Comments

Short ‘n’ Stubby: Ms. Manx goes all Wiki on us

Posted on December 5, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Ms. Manx has been watching the whole Wikileaks kerfuffle unfolding with some interest. She would like you to know that she finds this round a LOT more interesting than the bogus “Magic Laptop” incident of two years ago, when it … Continue reading →

Posted in Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Short 'n' Stubby | 1 Comment

See what happens when you sleep through Media Law 101?

Posted on November 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

You get pantload everywhere:Why do I get the feeling that the above is actually Ezra Levant‘s grade-school days coming back to haunt? (Image shamelessly stolen from Law is Cool.)

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Law-Law Land, Schadenfreude | Comments Off

I did not want to write this tonight…

Posted on November 10, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…but something forced my hand.There is simply no defence for selling something like this, and yet Amazon.com is doing just that.There is simply no way that this book could be construed as “mere literature”. This is not Lolita. It is … Continue reading →

Posted in Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Sick Frickin' Bastards, Teh Ghey | 2 Comments

This is what cowardice looks like

Posted on November 9, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Hey, Mike: I see what you did there. Perhaps you’d like the Indiana Attorney General’s office to see it, too? That could certainly be arranged. What you did qualifies as cyberstalking under US law, just so you know: The United … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, Isn't That Illegal?, Just Pissed Off, Law-Law Land, Uppity Wimmin, Wankers of the Week | 5 Comments

Congratulations, Team America World Police!

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Sabina Becker

It’s been only eight long years of illegal captivity and torture, and finally, you wrung a “confession” out of your designated scapegoat, poor, brainwashed Omar Khadr, he of the batshit-crazy fundie-Islamist family. Feel proud! Meanwhile, here’s a little song, which … Continue reading →