Category Archives: No Good Deed Goes Unpunished

Jorge Recio on the Venezuelan coup of ’02

Posted on April 4, 2009 by Sabina Becker

In several documentaries of the coup d’état of April 11, 2002, you can see a group of Bolivarian demonstrators on Baralt Avenue in Caracas, picking up and carrying the limp form of a tall young man past a newspaper kiosk … Continue reading →

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Shocker: Peruvian ALBA houses have nothing to do with Venezuela!

Posted on March 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Hmmm, I wonder what Alan García says to this? The Venezuelan ambassador, Armando Laguna, in declarations to the foreign press in Lima, dismissed accusations made by a Peruvian parliamentary commission that the so-called “ALBA Houses” represented “an arm of political … Continue reading →

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Simon Wiesenthal Centre jumps the shark

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Oh, the poor Wiesenthalers, how they’ve come down in the world. They’ve gone from hunting Nazis…to inventing them where none exist. How pathetic is this? It appears that Mr. Chavez did not wait very long to do an about face. … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't That Illegal?, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, The WTF? Files | 8 Comments

There goes the neighborhood

Posted on October 29, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Literally:Story by ABI, via Aporrea: The destruction of at least 150 homes intended for poor people, in the municipality of Warnes, was ordered by Gabriel Camacho Cuéllar and his lawyer, Otto Richter, with the sole objective of preventing the devaluation … Continue reading →

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Guilt by association, or, Let’s all soil ourselves over that evil Hugo Chavez yet again!

Posted on September 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Some days, the media are just too transparent. Get a load of what pooped in my e-mail box today thanks to Google Alerts:The Russians Are Coming! Cuban Missile Crisis Part Deux! No shit, Reuters actually spells it out! And Turkey’s … Continue reading →

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Bring Chavecito back, says Colombian ex-hostage

Posted on July 11, 2008 by Sabina Becker

What did I say earlier on about Chavecito being instrumental in the Colombian hostage negotiations? Looks like at least one former hostage is anxious to see the man who helped free him be brought back on board: Colombian politician Luis … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Barry Nolan on the myth of free speech

Posted on May 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“In today’s America, speech is only ‘free’ when you are talking down to someone less powerful that you. Speak ‘up’ — and look out.“In your work life, they can fire you, as I found out, for quietly saying something that … Continue reading →

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Well. That didn’t take long.

Posted on April 8, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Seems like only yesterday they were announcing that France was getting involved in getting Ingrid Betancourt back from the FARC. (All right, it was the day before yesterday. But still.)And now, all of a sudden, France is out again. Well, … Continue reading →

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Uribe’s thugs are on the Internets

Posted on March 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And they’ve committed two hacks. One on the website of a certain Ecuadorable president: The official website of the Presidency of Ecuador (www.presidencia.gov.ec) was blocked today for the second time by a hacker who left it out of service. The … Continue reading →

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Colombia: Even deeper in it than originally thought

Posted on March 5, 2008 by Sabina Becker

And if you have to ask what “it” is, here’s a hint: It’s brown, it steams, it smells bad, and you don’t want it all over the bottom of your shoe. Unfortunately, that’s exactly where Alvaro Uribe is wearing it … Continue reading →