Category Archives: Under the Name of Spain

Stupid Sex Tricks: How to wank like a gachupine

Posted on October 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

A Spanish TV host demonstrates his two-stroke self-love technique. Very enlightening, eh?

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When psychotics psychoanalize a sane man

Posted on September 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Speaking from receiving-end experience, I know an effective therapist from a poor one. And the only thing that irks me more than amateurs playing shrink, is shrinks acting amateurish. Both together, though, drives me downright nuts. So when I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Crapagandarati, Huguito Chavecito, Isn't It Ironic?, Under the Name of Spain | 10 Comments

Good luck with that tour, Alejandro…

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Sabina Becker

…because something tells me you’re gonna need it, if this is any indication of the reception you’re bound to get in Venezuela:Basically, the mediocre Spanish singer is asking Chavecito for permission to enter Venezuela. (You may recall that he got … Continue reading →

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Economics for Dummies: Rodríguez Zapatero’s new socialism

Posted on June 16, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“We’re socializing the crisis so the IMF can capitalize its gains!”This, no doubt, to stave off in Spain what happened to Greece yesterday. Defy the IMF, get downgraded to junk-bond status. National pride? Sovereignty? Shit, what are those next to … Continue reading →

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We are all Greeks now, or soon will be

Posted on May 11, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Arrival of Lord Byron at Missolonghi”, by Theodoros P. Vryzakis, 1861. National Gallery of Athens, Greece. The English Romantic poet sailed with his own fleet of ships as an aid agent of the London Committee in December of 1823, and … Continue reading →

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Festive Left Friday Blogging: Norman Bethune, socialized medical pioneer

Posted on March 26, 2010 by Sabina Becker

“Dr. Norman Bethune: Surgeon and Innovator”.When you hear the teabaggers screeching about public healthcare being “socialism” and “communism”, stop and think–maybe they’re not so far off the mark after all. But they’re wrong about it being a BAD thing. It … Continue reading →

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Spain schools Cuba in Democracy

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Lesson 1: Democratic Policing.Escorting “dissidents” onto buses without incident and driving them safely home is for pussies! Better to use armored riot cops and bash some heads in. That’s what they do in free, democratic Spain.PS: More enlightening videos (in … Continue reading →

Posted in Cuba, Libre (de los Yanquis), Isn't It Ironic?, Under the Name of Spain | 4 Comments

Lo siento mucho, España…

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Sabina Becker

I’m told that this is the latest fashion in Spanish hombres’ wear:I knew that machos could be surprisingly insecure about their packages, but this is ridiculous. This is gonna be the first fully dressed man ever arrested for indecent exposure. … Continue reading →

Posted in The WTF? Files, Under the Name of Spain | 7 Comments

Stay classy, Aznar!

Posted on February 19, 2010 by Sabina Becker

How does a fascist rebut the criticisms leveled against him? With ineffable style, eloquence and grace, of course! The ex-prime minister of Spain, José María Aznar was received today in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Oviedo with … Continue reading →

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Opus Dei: A Silent Crusade

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Sabina Becker

Video in Spanish. A 2005 documentary about the secretive cult-within-Catholicism, Opus Dei, and specifically, its inordinate political and economic influence in Chile. Opus Dei, also known as La Obra (The Work) in Spanish, was founded in 1928 in Spain by … Continue reading →