Category Archives: Quotable Notables

Quotable: Jamie Lee Curtis on the credit crisis

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Are we too so drugged as to think that the idea of Corporate greed and avarice and the lies and misdeeds are a new thing? Madoff’s Ponzi worked (longer than most) but it worked because people didn’t ask questions, they … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Sir Gerald Kaufman on Israeli double standards

Posted on January 22, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Mike Malloy just played this on his radio show. There really is nothing to add to this, other than a loud, proud “RIGHT ON!”

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Quotable: Maria Hampton on the need for a new feminist movement

Posted on January 15, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“We stopped working together for reform and are now being forced to conform, dying deaths of a thousand choices. […] Right now the consumer trance that ensnared [Betty] Friedan’s classmates is stronger than ever: eight-year-olds wear knickers with “Babe” emblazoned … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Robert Scheer on Israeli double standards and media complicity

Posted on January 14, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“The basic argument is that Palestinian terrorists represented by Hamas are given to an irrational hatred of Jews so profound that it invalidates their movement, even when they win elections. That was not the view of the Israeli security service … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Greg Palast on the sub-prime mortgage fiasco

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Money quote: “There is no reason for sub-prime mortgages in America.”

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Quotable: Justin Podur on crapaganda in the Canadian media

Posted on January 11, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“Modern Western armies, like those of Israel, the US, and Canada, think of information as part of warfare. They expend tremendous time and resources mobilizing support for their violence. They do this by controlling information, disallowing independent journalists (as Israel … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Michael Zuckerman on neo-cons

Posted on January 5, 2009 by Sabina Becker

“In French slang, the word con means jackass or imbecilic wuss. So when the néo-cons–the néo-cons as the French read the term–went ahead with the ill-considered invasion and imperialist occupation of Iraq, the French thought that this was just the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Frantz Fanon on neoliberalism

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“But when decolonization occurs in regions where the liberation struggle has not yet made its impact sufficiently felt, here are the same smart alecks, the sly, shrewd intellectuals whose behavior and ways of thinking, picked up from their rubbing shoulders … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Arundhati Roy on anti-terror laws

Posted on December 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

“Anti-terrorism laws are not meant for terrorists; they’re for people that governments don’t like. That’s why they have a conviction rate of less than 2%. They’re just a means of putting inconvenient people away without bail for a long time … Continue reading →

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