Category Archives: The WTF? Files

Benazir Bhutto is gone

Posted on December 27, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Sadly, this was a foregone conclusion:Meanwhile, Dubya still thinks Musharraf is the world’s best democrat. Right up there with Alvaro Uribe of Colombia. Surprise, surprise.

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The Playboy and the Prettyboy stir up shit in the barrios

Posted on December 19, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Remember how awhile back I blogged about Leopoldo Lopez, the mayor of a wealthy district in Caracas? And only yesterday, I had a little item about Yon Goicoechea? Well, now there’s proof that Prettyboy Lopez and Playboy Yon-Yon are up … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Fascism Without Swastikas, Filthy Stinking Rich, Fine Young Cannibals, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't That Illegal?, The WTF? Files | Comments Off

So much for state media being “socialist”…

Posted on December 17, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Yeah, tell it to the Beeb. It seems to have been bending over to prove the opposite lately. Especially with “reports” like this: This so-called reporter, John Sweeney, is absolutely incredible. As in, “not credible”. As in, “like a three-dollar … Continue reading →

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Crap on. Crap off. The Crapper…

Posted on December 10, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Seriously, people, I want a Caganer for Christmas. Those kitschy little Catalan caca-makers are the shit!Anybody know where I can get a Caganer in Canada?

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Isn’t amnesia a disability?

Posted on December 7, 2007 by Sabina Becker

And given that the president of the United States is apparently suffering from it, doesn’t that make him unfit for office? US President George W Bush has said he has “no recollection” of the existence of video tapes of CIA … Continue reading →

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A pyrrhic victory for Operation Pliers, and a strategic retreat “por ahora”

Posted on December 3, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Okay, something funny happened on the way to the polls in Venezuela yesterday. Not funny ha-ha; funny peculiar. The crapaganda whores seem to have been right in their loopy predictions for a change–it WAS “too close to call” (which it … Continue reading →

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Piedad Cordoba receives death threats; France offers protection

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

No good deed goes unpunished in Alvaro Uribe’s Colombia, it seems. The government of France offered protection to Colombian opposition senator Piedad Cordoba after she received death threats for leading a move for rapprochement with FARC guerrillas and a release … Continue reading →

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One more stupid-ass glorified game show

Posted on November 26, 2007 by Sabina Becker

I mean really. What else would you call this? Fox’s president of alternative entertainment is referring to "The Moment of Truth," the network’s sure-to-be controversial game show in which contestants are asked a series of highly personal questions while connected … Continue reading →

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Colombia shoots self in foot

Posted on November 22, 2007 by Sabina Becker

Smooth move, Alvaro the Nasty, Brutish and Short. You just majorly jeopardized your own peace process. Colombia’s government said Wednesday that it was canceling Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez’s mediation role with leftist rebels in a possible hostage swap. President Alvaro … Continue reading →

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Even Jesus can’t escape the sweatshop

Posted on November 21, 2007 by Sabina Becker

What–you thought rosaries and crucifixes were magically exempt from Chinese slave labor? A labor rights group alleged Tuesday that crucifixes sold in religious gift shops in the U.S. are produced under “horrific” conditions in a Chinese factory with more than … Continue reading →