Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

Quotable: Tess Rafferty on Drumpf voters

Posted on December 21, 2016 by Sabina Becker

I couldn’t have said this better myself.

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Who hacked the US elections…really?

Posted on December 20, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Your attention please, everyone. I have just received some pictures of the real hackers of the US elections. Here’s one of them: Gee, he sure looks Russian to me! And here are three more: I could swear I saw these … Continue reading →

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The terrorists have won.

Posted on December 19, 2016 by Sabina Becker

In Ankara, Turkey. Twice. In Berlin, Germany. In Washington, DC, USA. And oh yeah: In Naples, Italy, THIS happened. Brace yourselves, kiddies, the new year is looking shitty already, and we’re not even there yet.

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Drumpf supporters get Berned

Posted on December 14, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Watch how, in less than five minutes, Bernie Sanders reaches a voter who was duped by Drumpf: How I wish he’d done this before the election. For that matter, how I wish he’d done this as the Democratic candidate, which … Continue reading →

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Colombian currency mafias in Venezuela: How they operate

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

A Colombian currency smuggler arrested by Venezuelan federal police. Stacks of 100-bolivar notes can be seen on the truck bed behind him. Further to my earlier piece today, here’s a little information on what the Venezuelan government is tackling with … Continue reading →

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Venezuela takes drastic new measures against currency trafficking

Posted on December 12, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro took to the TV to announce something stunning recently: the removal of an entire denomination of Venezuelan currency from circulation. Here’s the story, via Aporrea: Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro informed on his VTV show, Contacto con … Continue reading →

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Fuck John Galt. Go Johan Galtung!

Posted on December 9, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Who’s John Galt? A bad fictional character, and pretty much the complete opposite of everything we know about real live capitalists. He’s also pretty much the opposite of this guy, who has his finger firmly on the pulse of a … Continue reading →

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#NoDAPL is not over, people!

Posted on December 5, 2016 by Sabina Becker

This battle has just begun. And no, what the US Army Corps of Engineers did yesterday, though it was the right thing to do, is NOT the end of the pipeline. The Sioux people of Standing Rock are not done … Continue reading →

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Undocumented Colombian Drumpf supporter gets deported?

Posted on December 3, 2016 by Sabina Becker

An interesting rumor has been making the rounds of the Spanish-speaking Internets of late. No word yet on whether it’s true, but this sure would be ironic if confirmed…¿no? We all know that Donald Trump made fairly strong statements against … Continue reading →

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Sunny wuss.

Posted on November 30, 2016 by Sabina Becker

Sir Wilfrid is not amused. So, Justin Trudeau isn’t even attending the funeral of a rather important man who served as a pallbearer at his ol’ man’s funeral (and sat next to Jimmy Carter, to boot). This after actually saying … Continue reading →

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