Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Nothing Gaga about these ladies!

Posted on May 6, 2012 by Sabina Becker

A terrific Lady Gaga parody celebrating the women’s suffrage victory of 1920 in the US. Canadian women had limited suffrage already, as of the federal election of 1917 (when female relatives of military men could vote “on behalf of their … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Adam Yauch on human rights

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

RIP Adam. You are missed!

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Cops Behaving Badly: Drugging the Occupiers in Minneapolis

Posted on May 5, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Journalist and independent filmmaker Dan Feidt has produced a shocking documentary that accuses the Minneapolis police force of offering illegal drugs (and sometimes, cigarettes and/or food) to Occupy Minneapolis activists, in an effort to corrupt them and get them to … Continue reading →

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Puerto Rico wants in!

Posted on April 27, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Is Puerto Rico a US colony, or is it a part of Latin America? The political leaders in Puerto Rico seem to think the former. But a famous rap star has other ideas: The lead singer of Calle 13, René … Continue reading →

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Musings on “Stand Your Ground” and dumb gun laws

Posted on April 23, 2012 by Sabina Becker

My best friend wrote me an e-mail a few hours ago that got me to thinking. Here’s what he wrote: I keep hearing people who support the murderer in the Trayvon case saying that the “stand your ground” law in … Continue reading →

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Rick Santorum’s abortion

Posted on April 17, 2012 by Sabina Becker

Rick Santorum Aborts Presidential Campaign from Ashley Judd Would that all right-wing political campaigns were terminated this ignominiously. It might make them think twice before they open their mouths again and start screwing women with their ignorance, eh?

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: It was ten years ago today…

Posted on April 13, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…that Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play: Actually, the Venezuelan people didn’t need no stinkin’ band. They rescued their president from a US-backed coup attempt with no outside help whatsoever, and with him, their democracy. The State Dept. would … Continue reading →

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Who needs an editor? Not Fidel…

Posted on April 12, 2012 by Sabina Becker

…but the unnamed snotball who wrote this for the Canadian Press? Oh yes. Look, CP presstitute-person, whoever you are, hiding behind your tradition of unsigned editorial cowardice…I understand that you may not like Fidel Castro, but it’s still a fact … Continue reading →