Category Archives: The “Well, DUH!” Files

There goes the neighborhood

Posted on February 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And right along with it, all hope that Peruvian president Alan Garcia might have learned from mistakes of the past: Environmental and human rights group in Peru have denounced the government’s campaign to auction off large swathes of the Amazon … Continue reading →

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Some people waited five years for this

Posted on February 1, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Boy, do I feel sorry for them. Microsoft has admitted that speech recognition features in Vista could be hijacked so that a PC tells itself to delete files or folders. Vista can respond to vocal commands and concern has been … Continue reading →

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Shades of Davos at the “anti-Davos”!

Posted on January 24, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Oh, the irony. When a luxury meal is served at a summit dedicated to fighting social inequalities, look what happens: Dozens of street children have invaded a five-star hotel food tent and feasted on meals meant for sale at the … Continue reading →

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Quotable: John Stuart Mill on predator capitalism

Posted on January 6, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“I confess that I am not charmed with the ideal of life held out by those who think that the normal state of human beings is that of struggling to get on; that the trampling, crushing, elbowing, and treading on … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Adolf Hitler, closet American

Posted on January 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

“Above all, it is the young who succumb to this magic. They experience the triumph of the motorcar with the full temperment of their impressionable hearts. It must be seen as a sign of the invigorating power of our people … Continue reading →

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I guess I’m bound for a long and healthy life…

Posted on December 26, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…and all for exercising my reproductive autonomy so effectively that I’ve never been pregnant. From the Beeb: US researchers looked at 21,000 couples living in Utah between 1860 and 1985, who bore a total of 174,000 children. […] The researchers, … Continue reading →

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Quotable: Tommy Douglas on internal espionage

Posted on December 25, 2006 by Sabina Becker

“Setting people to spy on one another is not the way to protect freedom.”–Tommy Douglas, Greatest Canadian and victim of RCMP spying

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Oh, what a tangled web they weave…

Posted on December 15, 2006 by Sabina Becker

…when building fences to keep out the very people they’re panting to employ for substandard wages! A fence-building company in Southern California agrees to pay nearly $5 million in fines for hiring illegal immigrants. Two executives from the company may … Continue reading →

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20 questions for the rightards

Posted on December 10, 2006 by Sabina Becker

1. If you conservatives are so compassionate, why has your “compassion” only created more problems, and exacerbated, but not solved, any of the existing ones? 2. If your foreign policies are the answer to all the world’s problems, why do … Continue reading →

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