Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

Max Cleland draws the perfect parallel

Posted on April 30, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Vietnam War vet and former US senator Max Cleland may have lost three limbs in a grenade accident in ‘Nam, but isn’t it ironic…his able-bodied opponents are the ones who don’t have a leg to stand on. Whereas the once … Continue reading →

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The poor subsidize the rich, again

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

…this time in a particularly down-at-heel part of New Mexico, the poorest state in the Union. Residents in the US state of New Mexico have approved a new tax to build the nation’s first commercial spaceport. Supporters including New Mexico’s … Continue reading →

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CubanaBomber Death Watch: Should I stay or should I go now?

Posted on April 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Cue the Clash, because if Luis Posada Carriles goes there will be trouble, and if he stays it will be double. Or is it the other way ’round? Oh, whatever. Cue the Clash, dammit. The United States government has appealed … Continue reading →

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A rare moment of logic at the JPost

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From, of all places, the Jerusalem Post, a rare moment of rationality, Chavecito-wise: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who maintains warm ties with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahamadinejad, said Friday in a television interview that he opposed Ahmadinejad’s call to “wipe Israel … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Stuart Mill on conservatards

Posted on March 14, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny … Continue reading →

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War won’t liberate the women of Iraq

Posted on February 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

From Yanar Mohammed, a glimpse of how badly gender relations in Iraq have deteriorated since the war began: Iraqi society was shocked with an unprecedented issue of a woman stepping forward, voluntarily, and explaining that she was sexually assaulted by … Continue reading →

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Say goodbye to another private-water failure

Posted on February 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And this time, it’s Guyana giving a multinational firm the boot. Severn Trent is exiting Guyana after the government said it was failing to meet its targets for the supply of water to the South American country. Severn International’s contract … Continue reading →

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Terror-Free Oil Slicks come out and play!

Posted on February 18, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, boy. I just caught a flying one from a big, brave, wannabe terror-free oilman, and I’m sooooooo scared. Take a gander at what landed in my comments section today. The only thing that overshadows author’s stupidity is his poor … Continue reading →

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By the way, you’re also free to stop buying coke from Colombia

Posted on February 15, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, that Chavecito. Irrepressible as always, and ever ready with a blunt reply to Washington when it starts making noises about his novel take on democracy (namely, to actually practice it rather than just preaching it endlessly like Washington hacks … Continue reading →

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How may Wal-Mart help the US? By closing up shop, of course!

Posted on February 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

The writing is on the Wal-Mart–or Mao-Mart, as some of my friends like to call it, thus slandering a certain Chinese chairman of yore. Retail giant Wal-Mart is “bad for America”, according to a poll carried out on behalf of … Continue reading →

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