Category Archives: The United States of Amnesia

What’s up with airlines in Venezuela?

Posted on March 21, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Further to my post the other day on Air Canada and how it’s embarrassed my country, here’s a little something which shows the larger picture…and just how it plays into the whole putschist mess that Venezuela is still mucking its … Continue reading →

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OFFS, CBC!

Posted on March 18, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Looks like the SupposiTories have won their war against our national news channel, eh? I remember the good old days when CBC used to just broadcast the news, from coast to coast to coast and from around the world. Nowadays, … Continue reading →

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The truth about Venezuela

Posted on March 17, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Who’s gonna make this go viral? Because we all should.

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Music for a Sunday: Two for Fred Phelps

Posted on March 16, 2014 by Sabina Becker

This morning, I got the news that ol’ Fred, the biggest self-loathing hatemonger in Kansas, is not much longer for this world. Also, he’s been excommunicated by his own cult. I hereby dedicate two Danielle Dax songs to him. First … Continue reading →

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What #PrayForVenezuela really means

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Also, tweet moar stupid hashtags! #SOScuálidos, maybe.

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Who is paying Venezuela’s putschists?

Posted on March 12, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Video from Diosdado Cabello’s VTV show, in which the minister of justice talks about recent putschist activities in the state of Táchira, western Venezuela. Here’s the basic gist: Guarimbero groups captured in Altamira, in the state of Miranda, where there … Continue reading →

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The ironies of the Venezuelan opposition, part 43

Posted on March 10, 2014 by Sabina Becker

‘Evening, folks, and welcome to another installment of VenOpIronía. Tonight, we puncture a few myths that the oppos have been trying very hard to sell the world. First up, the idea that these demonstrations are popular, and that it’s humble … Continue reading →

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Compare and contrast: Ukraine vs. Venezuela

Posted on March 7, 2014 by Sabina Becker

The boys of VTV’s Zurda Konducta dissect a crapaganda campaign that seems to have gone viral (or tried to, in the case of Venezuela). See if you can spot the similarities: Did you see it? Both “viral” videos feature a … Continue reading →

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Opposition violence kills two more in Venezuela

Posted on March 6, 2014 by Sabina Becker

A national guardsman’s motorcycle, torched by opposition thugs after the rider was assassinated by one of their snipers. Aporrea has the story: Agnes López Lión, a sergeant of the Bolivarian National Guard, and a young mototaxi driver, José Gregorio Amaris … Continue reading →

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Oliver Stone remembers Chavecito

Posted on March 5, 2014 by Sabina Becker

Filmmaker Oliver Stone gives an interview for Telesur, in which he talks not only about his memories of Chavecito (the subject of his latest documentary, shown on Telesur last night), but also of how Venezuela has grown and changed thanks … Continue reading →

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