Category Archives: Spooks

Against the “leftist” case for a certain right-wing president-elect

Posted on November 13, 2016 by Sabina Becker

“The end of the world as we know it” — Der Spiegel, not exactly a socialist Chicken Little, callin’ it like it really is. Of all the lame arguments I’ve ever heard, none is a bigger non-starter than “the enemy … Continue reading →

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Why the US is at war in Syria

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Ever wonder how that Syrian conflict REALLY began? Well, you might have to look back to 2000 for the real root cause: As usual, it’s all about oil prices…and pipelines. And if you want to know even more, they mention … Continue reading →

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Compare and Contrast: Time now…and then

Posted on October 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Clearly Time has a thing against Russia. And it thinks that only the US is entitled to interfere in other countries’ elections. And if a drunken buffoon gets elected, it’s okay, as long as it’s not in Washington, but Washington … Continue reading →

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Music for a Sunday: Raise the Veil…

Posted on September 18, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Peter Gabriel’s latest: And if you wonder why I don’t take selfies, use Snapchat, or play Pokémon Go, pay close attention the video for clues. I even have tape over the webcam on my laptop for the same reasons as … Continue reading →

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Venezuelan asylum seekers tricked by immigration officials, imprisoned in Florida

Posted on August 17, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Evil, wicked Venezuela is bleeding citizens, we’re told. Refugees keep washing up in Florida, claiming political persecution as grounds for asylum. It’s the fault of the evil Chavistas, driving honest working folk out of the land! It’s nothing but a … Continue reading →

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Another paramilitary band busted in Venezuela

Posted on July 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Thamara Belén Caleño Candelo, 25, and Joshua Anthony Holt, 24, alias “El Gringo”, apparently on their wedding day. Looks like their honeymoon is gonna be short and nasty now, because these two were swept up as part of an anti-paramilitary … Continue reading →

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El Narco’s perpetual war

Posted on June 7, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Hey! Remember this guy? The one who’s so obsessed with waging war against the FARC in Colombia that he got up his own right-wing paramilitary army to murder local campesinos and blame it on the guerrillas? Yeah. HIM. Well, guess … Continue reading →

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Venezuela and El Salvador recall ambassadors from Brazil

Posted on May 17, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Amid all the absolutely atrocious shit news from Latin America of late, there’s one bright spot: All the local progressive governments who are not taking putschism lying down. Whether it’s at home or in a country right nearby, they’re making … Continue reading →

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BushCo’s role in the Kennedy assassination cover-up

Posted on March 1, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Gerald Ford, flanked by Donald Rumsfeld and Dick Cheney, April 28, 1975. Yesterday, a strange thing popped up in my e-mail. Via the National Security Archive, a story that’s not exactly new, and yet is newsworthy all the same: Washington, … Continue reading →

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Shocking revelation: Venezuelan National Assembly guards are former DIGEPOL torturers!

Posted on January 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

There are a few letters missing from this particular game of Scrabble. D-I-G-E-P-O-L, to be precise. And A-D. And H-E-N-R-Y R-A-M-O-S A-L-L-U-P. But who’s counting? Ah, Venezuela. Land of terror, where an evil, dictatorial socialist government has abolished the old … Continue reading →

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