Category Archives: The WTF? Files

Strangest. Act of God. EVER.

Posted on August 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Of all the odd places for God to show his celestial wrath, this one in Venezuela has to take the cosmic cake: Jesús Martinez was walking in the rain by the Plaza del Obrero, in Punto Fijo, Falcón, when he … Continue reading →

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Mike Malloy rips Miss Universe a new one

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Sabina Becker

No, not the lady who won this year’s title. She’s just another innocent victim. The pageant itself is what gets the new orifice. And it deserves it:

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Oh the irony. The IRONY!

Posted on July 15, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Only one paragraph from the head of a news item in Venezuelanalysis, but oh my… A notoriously violent Venezuelan student organization aligned with the Venezuelan opposition known as the March 13th Movement (M13) fired gunshots and threw Molotov cocktails at … Continue reading →

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A kick in the Berluscoglioni

Posted on July 9, 2008 by Sabina Becker

How do you say “Ouch” in Italian? (I know how you say “son of a bitch”!) The White House has apologised to Italian PM Silvio Berlusconi for a briefing describing him as a political “amateur” who is “hated by many”. … Continue reading →

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WW4 Report screws the pooch over Tibet

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Oh noes, indeed. What is it lately with all these otherwise decent independent news sites going over to the stinky? In the case of the latest from WW4 Report, it seems that a number of Tibetan prayer flags have landed … Continue reading →

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More hilarity from Paraguay

Posted on June 27, 2008 by Sabina Becker

This one just speaks for itself: U.S. Ambassador James Cason’s singing isn’t music to the ears of one Paraguayan senator.Cason released a CD two weeks ago of himself singing Paraguayan folk songs in the local Guarani indigenous language.Cason tells the … Continue reading →

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I wonder if he uses it for Cuban cigars

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Ha ha, Boris Johnson cracks me up. First that undead haystack cancels the London public transit system’s cheap-fuel deal with Venezuela, out of some idiotic desire to punish the poor with fare hikes. Now, get a load of what he … Continue reading →

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My head just exploded.

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Sabina Becker

Remember how I said the newly elected leftist president of Paraguay was by no stretch of the imagination a moderate, and even posted proof? Well, guess what the Dissociated Press’s own hilariously named Christopher Toothaker wrote. And if you guessed … Continue reading →

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Help! I think I’m starting to like Felipe Calderon!

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Sabina Becker

He’s done two things that are very decent, all things considered.First, he’s put a freeze on food prices so that poorer Mexicans can quit dying of NAFTA-induced starvation (or at least, slow it down a bit.) If he’s smart, he’ll … Continue reading →

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Wait, isn’t Fidel already OUT of office?

Posted on June 18, 2008 by Sabina Becker

I seem to recall that he stepped down. He’s now signing all his Granma articles as Comrade Fidel, rather than Comandante, too.So why, then, are “experts” trying to analyze the latest video of him to assess his “viability”? Are they … Continue reading →

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