Category Archives: She Blinded Me With Science

Energy wasters: Venezuela has them.

Posted on March 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Chavecito has something very important to say, so listen up, kiddies. For those who can’t understand Spanish, here’s a partial translation (by me): President Hugo Chávez, in a nationwide broadcast, discussed the first week of the electrical rationing plan for … Continue reading →

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Oh surprise, surprise…Haiti has OIL!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And lots of it. All unexploited as yet. Does this explain the militarized US “aid” response to the earthquake? You bet…William Engdahl explains how Haiti’s unique geological situation–the same that makes it so vulnerable to earthquakes–also makes it minerally rich. … Continue reading →

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Amazing! CNN reports positively on Cuban doctors, for a change

Posted on January 17, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Finally, the Chicken Noodle Network reports something in a way that’s not so chicken-noodly. Steve Kastenbaum shows Cuban and Cuban-trained Latin American medical crews at work, saving lives in Haiti. They were able to set up their field hospitals in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, If You REALLY Care, She Blinded Me With Science, The "Well, DUH!" Files | 13 Comments

Teh Ghey: Koalas haz it…

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Sabina Becker

And Aussie scientists know all about it. Apparently it’s very commonplace among those cuddly critters: THE two koalas who stole the limelight from tennis great Andy Roddick with an enthusiastic mating session are both female.The same-sex marsupial couple is now … Continue reading →

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Barrick Gold shames Canada in Argentina

Posted on January 6, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I just happened across this video (in Spanish) today. It was so shocking that I had to view it twice to be sure I had heard everything correctly:This is Part I of the report, called “Glaciers: The First Veto”. It’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Canadian Counterpunch, Don't Cry For Argentina, Environmentally Ill, Filthy Stinking Rich, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, She Blinded Me With Science | 2 Comments

Music for a Sunday: Pilot

Posted on January 3, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Underappreciated Canadian talent? We haz it…One of my all-time faves of his. Whimsical, poignant, and full of questions still unanswered as to whether we will survive our own worst innovations. Re-hearing it recently for the first time since high school, … Continue reading →

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I couldn’t agree more

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Heh heh.

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Of coca, cola, and “collas”

Posted on January 1, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Aymara women with a pile of dried coca leaves. If these women are farmers, odds are that they chew them while they work, to stave off hunger, thirst and altitude sickness.Who knew coca was so versatile? The indigenous, or “collas”, … Continue reading →

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Updates to the Herrera child-stealing case

Posted on December 31, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Marcela Herrera, suspected to be an illegally adopted child of the Dirty War, preparing to submit to DNA testing to help determine her true parentage. Story from Telesur, via Aporrea: The federal police of San Isidro, Buenos Aires province, Argentina, … Continue reading →

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What child is this?

Posted on December 28, 2009 by Sabina Becker

Ernestina Herrera de Noble, flanked by adopted son Felipe and adopted daughter Marcela. Both adoptees’ natural parentage is now under suspicion.Or should we say, Whose children are these? A tribunal has ordered DNA testing on the adopted children of the … Continue reading →