Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

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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#RIPHugoChavez = #Twitterfail

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Riddle me this: When is a Trending Topic NOT a trending topic? Courtesy of Patria Grande, here comes a wake-up call for all you internauts who love Venezuela, and who want to keep abreast of all the dirty tricks of … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Posted on November 30, 2011 by Sabina Becker

A little holiday hymn from the true gods and messiahs of the world: the 1%ers. Hallelujah!

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What you’re not being told about Libya

Posted on November 27, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Bob Powell of Above Top Secret neatly unpacks the Libyan revolution-that-wasn’t. Some interesting shockers I hadn’t heard yet include the presence of al-Qaida, apparently operating with CIA blessing, in the “National Transitional Council”, and the presence of Qatari troops, in … Continue reading →

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Venezuela’s gold comes home

Posted on November 26, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Don’t expect to read anything good about this in your lamestream English media. And don’t expect to see these pictures, either: Citizens of Caracas hold up a banner thanking President Chávez for bringing home the gold in the name of … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Mike check on Aisle 4!

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Here you go, folkies…your iconic image from the craptastic retail event known as Black Friday (also known, by those in the know, as Buy Nothing Day): This young woman got a rent-a-cop escort out of a Wal-Mart in Cincinnati. She … Continue reading →

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The state-sponsored murder of Pablo Neruda

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The official version of Pablo Neruda’s death goes something like this: World famous Chilean poet and Nobel winner dies of metastatic prostate cancer, age 69. But recent investigative findings put the lie to that version. Here’s the story that’s got … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Sir John A. Macdonald on US imperialism

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

Image by Tigana Too. Yes, my Latin American amig@s, it’s true. Nosotr@s, l@s canadienses, somos el OTRO patio trasero de los EEUU. We’re the US’s OTHER backyard, and we’ve been just as much subject to their imperialism as you. So … Continue reading →

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George Bush officially full of shit

Posted on November 17, 2011 by Sabina Becker

The US Navy Times confirms what we already suspected: The Navy’s newest aircraft carrier has a messy problem. Since deploying in May, the Norfolk, Va.-based carrier George H.W. Bush has grappled with widespread toilet outages, at times rendering the entire … Continue reading →

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