Category Archives: Spooks

Venezuela to Twitter: You fucked us, now FUCK YOU.

Posted on November 7, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Twitter stats for Nicolás Maduro, president of Venezuela, showing a sudden drop-off and subsequent rise in followers due to a mass suspension and later reinstatement of Venezuelan Twitter accounts. The other day, on my post about Rob Ford’s crack pipe, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics for Dummies, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia, The WTF? Files | 1 Comment

Remembering Cantaura, 31 years later

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A poster from 2009 commemorating the victims of the “democratic” massacre of Cantaura, Venezuela, which occurred 31 years ago. This is all of a pattern with US interference throughout Latin America. While Argentina and Chile suffered openly under fascist dictators … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Morticia! You Spoke French!, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

A few random thoughts on the Manning verdict…and the Snowden case

Posted on July 31, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“I’ve been traumatized too much by reality to care about the consequences of shattering the fantasy.” — Bradley Manning It was a farce. Really, what other conclusion can I draw when a military judge decides that Bradley Manning was not … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Heroes for Today, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, Spooks, Teh Ghey, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra | 3 Comments

Q. Why was Henrique Capriles Radonski in Chile last week?

Posted on July 22, 2013 by Sabina Becker

A. Because that’s where the CIA bagman was to meet him for the hand-over. Why else? Journalist José Vicente Rangel informed of plans to assassinate the president of Venezuela, Nicolás Maduro, with the help of agents of the CIA in … Continue reading →

Posted in Chile Sin Queso, El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Inca Dink-a-Doo, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 2 Comments

Why Evo?

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Further to my post from the other day, it seems that I’m not the only one who’s picked up on the not-so-subtle racism of the European countries who denied Evo’s plane the right to pass through their airspace. Venezuelan TV … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, Don't Cry For Argentina, Ecuadorable As Can Be, EuroPeons, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Karma 1, Dogma 0, Spooks, Teh Injunz, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Compare and Contrast: Dissident vs. “dissident”

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“Both denounced their country. Guess which one can go home? “Edward Snowden: Forced to seek exile in various countries for denouncing crimes of espionage committed by the US (his country). “Yoani Sánchez: Travels all over the world ‘denouncing’ Cuba. Comes … Continue reading →

Posted in Compare and Contrast, Confessions of a Bad German, Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 30

Posted on July 9, 2013 by Sabina Becker

“PRISM. Coups d’état. Data of non-allied governments. Data of allied governments. Presidential intimacies. Narco-information. Global passwords. Hyper-Trojan viruses. Bombing co-ordinates. Secret bases. Infiltrated agents. Double agents. Counter-triple-agent double agents. Transactions. Social networks. Lottery results.” Welcome to the 30th installment of … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Isn't That Racist?, Obamarama!, Spooks, The "Well, DUH!" Files, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Spanish twits laugh at Evo

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

This is simply disgusting. They made fun of the kidnapping of Evo Morales at the hands of the Spanish government, one of the colonies of the European Union in the power of the United States. Nothing new in the Spanish … Continue reading →

Posted in All About Evo, EuroPeons, Fascism Without Swastikas, Isn't It Ironic?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia, Under the Name of Spain | Comments Off

The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 29

Posted on July 8, 2013 by Sabina Becker

Oh, those charming Venezuelan oppos. So patriotic! So mindful of what’s best for their country, and never wanting anything less. So tell me, then…if they’re really all that (and a bag of chips), why are they doing…THIS? Faced with the … Continue reading →

Posted in El NarcoPresidente, Fascism Without Swastikas, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Isn't That Illegal?, Spooks, The United States of Amnesia | 1 Comment

Festive Left Friday Blogging: Viva Nicolás!

Posted on July 5, 2013 by Sabina Becker

In honor of the Venezuelan president’s wise decision to give asylum to Edward Snowden tonight, here’s a little tribute to him (and his late friend and Comandante, Chavecito), from Russia, with love: Ska-P’s “El Libertador”, sung (in Spanish!) by a … Continue reading →