Category Archives: Not So Compassionate Conservatism

So nice to know so little has changed!

Posted on July 4, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh Brazil. I thought this sort of thing was supposed to have ended…in 1888! More than 1,000 labourers have been freed in Brazil by the government’s anti-slavery team. They were said to be working in inhumane conditions on a sugar … Continue reading →

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You want a tyrant? You got one…

Posted on June 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…in Peru. The Peruvian government declared a state of emergency on Thursday for 15 days in the province of Coronel Portillo, Ucayali department, because of violent confrontations between strikers and police. The decree suspends constitutional guarantees of liberty and personal … Continue reading →

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Robert Zoellick’s sour grapes

Posted on June 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Poor little neo-cons, my heart bleeds for them. Case in point: PNAC member Robert Zoellick, a leading warhawk who in 1998 was urging Bill Clinton to bomb the living tar out from under Iraq. Clinton declined, but PNAC found a … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Filthy Stinking Rich, Free Trade, My Ass!, Huguito Chavecito, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Socialism is Good for Capitalism! | 1 Comment

Why they all want out of the World Bank

Posted on June 12, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Same shit, different asshole. The World Bank and IMF are full of them. This is why so many countries are paying off their debts early and avoiding being dinged for interest that always ends up costing so much more than … Continue reading →

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Another thing FUX won’t show…

Posted on June 9, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Peaceful” anti-Chavez students in Venezuela, vandalizing the city of Maracaibo. They burned flags and the giant soccer ball announcing the Copa America tourney. This in “protest” of the RCTV non-renewal. (Don’t ask me what a burned giant soccer ball is … Continue reading →

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Sky falling all over Wingnuttia!

Posted on May 21, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Film at 11. President Bush’s grandfather was a director of a bank seized by the federal government because of its ties to a German industrialist who helped bankroll Adolf Hitler’s rise to power, government documents show. Prescott Bush was one … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Not So Compassionate Conservatism, Sick Frickin' Bastards, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | Comments Off

Rachel Maddow kicks a deserving corpse

Posted on May 20, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yes, the late unlamented Mr. Falwell was, among other things, a staunch racist. Oh, pardon me, was that a rude thing to say about the dead? Well, then, let’s just call him a segregationist (same shit, but with a spritz … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Christopher Hitchens on Jerry Falwell

Posted on May 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yes, this IS a case of a stopped clock being right for all of two seconds out of a given 24 hours. Savor those two seconds, kiddies. For as soon as they’re over, Hitchens will, like Cinderella’s coach, revert to … Continue reading →

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Jerry Falwell has gone to hell

Posted on May 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Ding dong.

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Welcome to capitalism! Sorry you got beat up!

Posted on May 13, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From the UK Guardian, a little news item from not-so-red-anymore China: China unveiled plans yesterday to deploy police in hospital wards and outpatient clinics to protect medical staff from the public, amid growing instances of physical violence meted out by … Continue reading →