Category Archives: Law-Law Land

Economics for Dummies: What Chavecito’s bank moves really mean

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Let’s get outta here, buddy–now Chávez is starting in on us, the honest bankers!”And for those who wanna know what they’re referring to, here ya go. Enjoy!

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | Comments Off

Yes, we CAN…haz torture inquiry

Posted on December 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

If you wanna know why I’m happy, read what Jack Layton sent me today: Parliament passes NDP motion for an Inquiry on torture allegationsThank you for your email concerning the recent allegations of prisonertorture in Afghanistan. I am providing this … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Canadian Counterpunch, If You REALLY Care, Law-Law Land, The War on Terra | 4 Comments

Vince Bugliosi wants to prosecute Dubya

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A trailer from an upcoming documentary, laying out the hows and whys of the case. Bugliosi is the man who put Charles Manson behind bars, so if anyone knows how to prosecute a criminal who persuaded others to murder for … Continue reading →

Posted in Law-Law Land, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 2 Comments

Racist concern troll is out of a job

Posted on November 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Awwww… A Louisiana justice of the peace who refuses to marry interracial couples resigned Tuesday, after weeks of calls for his ouster from civil rights groups and several public officials, including the governor.Keith Bardwell quit with a one-sentence statement to … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Schadenfreude, The Hardcore Stupid | 2 Comments

Venezuela, Peru: Compare and contrast…

Posted on November 2, 2009 by Sabina Becker

…the way they treat their indigenous:This 24-minute documentary (in Spanish) concerns an incident among the Yukpa in the Sierra de Perijá. You can read an English account about it here, in Venezuelanalysis. What struck me about this video is not … Continue reading →

Posted in Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land | 4 Comments

Burden of proof: Guess who no can carry it

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

If you said “teh heterostoopid ghey-bashers”, you’re right! A federal judge challenged the backers of California’s voter-enacted ban on same-sex marriage Wednesday to explain how allowing gay couples to wed threatens conventional unions, a demand that prompted their lawyer to … Continue reading →

Posted in Law-Law Land, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Teh Ghey, Teh Heterostoopid | 2 Comments

Interview with a torturer

Posted on October 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

An Uruguayan journalist goes face-to-face with one of the three men who tortured him when he was a prisoner during the Dirty War in Argentina:Video in Spanish, with English subtitles, from Al-Jazeera.The torturer’s name is Héctor Julio Simón, nickname El … Continue reading →

Posted in Don't Cry For Argentina, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Paraguay, Uruguay | 3 Comments

Somehow, this doesn’t surprise me…

Posted on October 12, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Listen closely to Silvio Berluscoglioni–er, Berlusconi–and you’ll hear him confess the reason he got off the hook so many times when he should have landed in the stripey hole:He says he spent some 200 million euros ON JUDGES, then corrects … Continue reading →

Posted in Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

An ironic death in Russia

Posted on October 7, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From La Jornada (of Mexico) via Aporrea, an item both ironic and sobering about what has become of Russian glasnost: Journalists, politicians and many ordinary readers of Izvestia, the daily newspaper which marked a crucial period in Russian history, attended … Continue reading →

Posted in Isn't It Ironic?, Law-Law Land, Obits and 'bobs, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Teh Russkies | 2 Comments

Justice in the works at last for the victims of the Caracazo, Yumare and Cantaura

Posted on October 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

A truck carries coffins of the victims of the Caracazo to a mass grave somewhere in Caracas, Venezuela, early March, 1989.Venezuela is making major progress in unearthing the truth about several political killings of the “democratic” 40 years of the … Continue reading →