Category Archives: Newspeak is Nospeak

Historical revisionism at Der Spiegel

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Verdammt noch mal. You’d think a German newsmagazine could, in the interests of journalistic integrity, at least get its own country’s history right. But Der Spiegel is now so far up the ass of neo-con Washington, it’s even rewriting that…and … Continue reading →

Posted in Confessions of a Bad German, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Newspeak is Nospeak, The War on Terra | Comments Off

17 seconds to moral clarity with Christopher Hitchens

Posted on July 2, 2008 by Sabina Becker

If you haven’t seen this video yet, you simply must. In the space of five minutes, you get to see how Christopher Hitchens saw the light on waterboarding in an undisclosed location somewhere in North Carolina. Not only does he … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The War on Terra | Comments Off

My head just exploded.

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Remember how I said the newly elected leftist president of Paraguay was by no stretch of the imagination a moderate, and even posted proof? Well, guess what the Dissociated Press’s own hilariously named Christopher Toothaker wrote. And if you guessed … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak, Paraguay, Uruguay, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

Ever wonder why I call them media whores?

Posted on June 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Here, let Editor and Publisher clue you in: In her Sunday column this week, Washington Post ombudsman Deborah Howell responds to charges of improper money-making from special-interest groups against two of the newspaper’s stars, David Broder and Bob Woodward. The … Continue reading →

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It’s now official…

Posted on June 4, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Human Rights Watch has totally screwed the pooch where Venezuela is concerned. I know, they’re supposed to be a serious human-rights organization, but it’s kind of hard to take seriously an organization that gets used so often to promote the … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Do As I Say..., El NarcoPresidente, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak | Comments Off

AP still clueless about Bolivia

Posted on June 3, 2008 by Sabina Becker

They still think this is about autonomy and “states’ rights”. Someone kindly clue them in, please. Oh wait, I spoke too soon…here’s Evo: Morales has dismissed all three referendums as illegal “surveys” by conservative opposition groups hoping to cripple his … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Crapagandarati, Newspeak is Nospeak | 2 Comments

I wrote Mike Malloy another letter…

Posted on May 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…in response to a guy named Ed, from Miami, who tootled all the lines we know only too well from the loco anti-Chavez contingent, plus one new one: “Bush is a populist.” WTF??? Well, I couldn’t let that stand, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Huguito Chavecito, Newspeak is Nospeak, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The WTF? Files | 4 Comments

How to make yourself totally fucking irrelevant

Posted on April 21, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Here’s how to do it, if you’re a 24/7/365 “news” channel on cable TV:Step 1: Hear right-wing flying monkeys screeching about how “liberal” you are.Step 2: Panic and hire a second-string conservatard radio bloviator (who is also a walking, talking … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Newspeak is Nospeak | 2 Comments

Someone’s ass needs kicking again

Posted on March 31, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Y’see, there’s this fella named ThorWho is more than a bit of a whore.He shouts and he screamsAnd he pouts and he preens–The rest of us wonder what for.

Posted in Crapagandarati, Look, I Made a Poem!, Newspeak is Nospeak, The Hardcore Stupid, The Nausea | 3 Comments