Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Festive Left Friday Blogging: The kids are all right…or should I say LEFT?

Posted on December 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Who says so? No less an authority than The Pew: Young people — the collegiate and post-college crowd, who have served as the most visible face of the Occupy Wall Street movement — might be getting more comfortable with socialism. … Continue reading →

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Cops Behaving Badly: Death by pepper spray

Posted on December 29, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Florida police bound, gagged and pepper-sprayed a mentally ill man until he died. Interestingly, this was reported by FUX Snooze, in a non-snoozing mode for a change. Let’s hear Megyn Fucking Kelly try to explain how “a food product, essentially” … 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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It’s that time of year again…

Posted on December 22, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Time, that is, for PDVSA to help capitalist people in need…and for right-wing nutters to go condemning those crazy Venezuelan commies and their insufferable social conscience: Happy Yule, and ¡¡¡VIVA CHÁVEZ!!!

Posted in Barreling Right Along, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Socialism is Good for Capitalism!, The United States of Amnesia | Comments Off

Glass houses, Your Barackness.

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Glass houses. President Barack Obama’s sharp criticisms of Venezuela’s human rights record and its ties to Iran are heightening tensions with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who on Monday responded by calling Obama a “clown” and telling him to mind his … Continue reading →

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Sanity comes ashore in Virginia

Posted on December 21, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Q. How do you know when DADT is truly D-E-A-D? A. When something like this happens, and nobody gets arrested. The two women in the video are both petty officers in the US Navy. And as you can see, they’re … Continue reading →

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Bradley Manning, the movie

Posted on December 20, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Prevention of Injury (POI) from kyle broom on Vimeo. An indie film takes a fictional look at real, currently unfolding events. Must see!

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How Wired missed the real Assange/Manning story

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A couple of days ago, Bradley Manning celebrated his birthday behind bars for the second year in a row. He’s still awaiting trial, with no word on when it will begin. But the outcome of the trial looks to be … Continue reading →

Posted in Angry Pacifist Speaks Her Mind, Barreling Right Along, BushCo Death Watch, Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Good to Know, If You REALLY Care, Isn't That Illegal?, Law-Law Land, No Good Deed Goes Unpunished, Obamarama!, The United States of Amnesia, The War on Terra, W is for Weak (and Stupid) | 4 Comments

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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Stupid Sex Tricks: Beds are for sleeping, subways are for screwing

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Subway sex at Spadina Station. Only in TO, folks. From the Toronto Star, in both cases, we have the following funny Canadian contradiction. First, the sad news that we’re not getting a lot of nooky: While it stands to reason … Continue reading →