Category Archives: Spooks

Never marry a CIA spook

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Ah, the poor CIA. If it’s not enjoying the dubious honor of being the world’s most inept band of assassins, how about that of being a major, MAJOR homewrecker? “[He] used me and our daughter . . . to run cover for … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Chavecito gets a visitor

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Via Cubadebate’s Facebook page, some fresh photos that came in just now: Now, who might that healthy, hearty-looking guy be? Surely not the same walking corpse that the lamestream media, on the orders of a crapaganda-peddling putschist private “intelligence” (ha!) … Continue reading →

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The History of Iran (that the US and Britain prefer you not to know)

Posted on January 24, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A useful primer to keep in mind, seeing how the war drums are beating louder these days. Bonus: Something even MORE disturbing about Iran: PS: Join, join, join.

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MerCHEdes? Of atrocities and apologies (still owing) from Mercedes-Benz

Posted on January 15, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Yes, the above is an atrocity, and a gross violation of rights. But not for the reasons the gusanos of Miami claim. Cubadebate explains what’s really horrible about it: The luxury-vehicle company Mercedes-Benz apologized this week for having used the … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Fuck the Police (Before They Fuck You)

Posted on January 3, 2012 by Sabina Becker

(Logo from the infamous Dave Rabbit sweatshirt, a limited-edition Vietnam War pirate radio joke product.) Pardon my Anglo-Saxon and the explicit artwork, but given what shit is hitting the fan in Britain, it was only fittin’… Undercover police officers routinely … Continue reading →

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Some call them drones…

Posted on December 31, 2011 by Sabina Becker

…others call them Job Creators: America’s growing drone operations rely on hundreds of civilian contractors, including some, such as the SAIC employee, who work in the so-called kill chain before Hellfire missiles are launched, according to current and former military … Continue reading →

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Cristina gets cancer, Chavecito gets topical, Jezebel gets Teh Stoopid

Posted on December 28, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Dear lord, what is it with progressive LatAm leaders getting the fucking C-word? First it was Dilma, then Lugo, then Chavecito, then Lula, and now Cristina? President Cristina Kirchner is suffering from a papillary cancer in the right lobe of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Fidel’s Guinness record

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Courtesy of Cubadebate, we have the following amusing little item to celebrate today: The historic leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, is the person subject to the greatest number of assassination attempts, according to the Guinness Book of World … Continue reading →

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Spyware for Arab despots: Germany’s latest source of shame

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Wikileaks just keeps exposing the imperialist underside of western “democracy”. And one of the latest to be embarrassed by revelations is Germany — an unlikely player in the imperial game, seeing as it’s been officially out of it since World … Continue reading →

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What is up with Ol’ Pineapple Face?

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Russia Today has the backgrounder; the CBC has the story: Former military strongman Manuel Antonio Noriega was flown home to Panama on Sunday to be punished once again for crimes he committed during a career that saw him transformed from … Continue reading →

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