Category Archives: Obits and ‘bobs

Quebec blogger murdered in Mexico

Posted on September 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

One of the last pictures published on Renée Wathelet’s blog, En direct des îles. “Jeux d’eau” (“water games”) is from her Flickr page.A very sad note from the Canadian blogosphere. Thanks to “Monmick”, who sent me this article in French … Continue reading →

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El Ecuadorable loses security chief to flu

Posted on September 8, 2009 by Sabina Becker

From Aporrea, a sad note: Colonel John Merino, chief of security for the President of Ecuador, died today from AH1N1 flu, after 27 days in the intensive care unit of the Military Hospital in Quito.Merino was admitted on August 10 … Continue reading →

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Wankers of the Week: Ted Kennedy memorial edition

Posted on August 29, 2009 by Sabina Becker

This week, we honor a man who, like his brothers before him, made a career of public service. And who better to show what a public DISservice is, than those who dishonor him? Yes, folks…here are this week’s public fappers, … Continue reading →

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A few random thoughts on Walter Cronkite

Posted on July 18, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Walter Cronkite announcing the death of JFK. I take off my glasses to you, sir.A venerable man passed away this week at a venerable age. His name was Walter Cronkite, and he was 92 years old.Some called him a “Voice … Continue reading →

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A dirty old bastard finally goes to meet his lord

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

And no, it ain’t Jesus for this racist SOB: William Devereux Zantzinger, the Southern Maryland tobacco farmer convicted of manslaughter in the death of barmaid Hattie Carroll in a celebrated 1963 case, died Jan. 3, according to the Brinsfield-Echols Funeral … Continue reading →

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Spare a thought for the White House cat

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Sad news, fellow cat lovers…India the White House cat is no more. A longtime member of the Bush family died Sunday at home in the White House: a cat named India, after a favorite Texas Rangers baseball player.The Scottish terriers … Continue reading →

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“Deep Throat” is deep-sixed

Posted on December 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This just in… The man once known to the world only as “Deep Throat” has died at the age of 95.W. Mark Felt, the one-time anonymous source behind some of the key news stories that forced late president Richard Nixon … Continue reading →

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An early holiday gift for the antifascist in all of us

Posted on December 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Paul Weyrich has, at last, gone back to Satan his lord. At his death, Weyrich was chairman and CEO of the Free Congress Foundation, a conservative think tank. His latest commentary, posted on the foundation’s Web site with Thursday’s date, … Continue reading →

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RIP Kenny MacLean

Posted on November 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Somebody Somewhere”, the hit written by Kenny MacLean for Platinum Blonde, a Toronto band, in the mid-1980s. Kenny, the band’s bass player from their second album onward, was found dead today of a probable heart attack. He was 52.

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Bow down your heads, folks…

Posted on October 31, 2008 by Sabina Becker

…a great, uppity American has passed: Studs Terkel, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author and enduring radio-show host whose oral histories chronicled the travails and triumphs of America’s working class, has died. He was 96.Terkel died today at his home in Chicago, … Continue reading →

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