Unfair Credit Cards Get Regulated by Fed

"(CBS/AP) The Federal Reserve and other regulators initiated steps Friday to end "unfair and deceptive" credit card industry practices assailing consumers who are already struggling to cope in a bad economy.The...

Unrecognized American Indian tribe prohibited from selling tribal memberships

 "A Texas judge ruled to prohibit an unrecognized American Indian tribe and its self-proclaimed chief from selling tribal memberships, thus falsely claiming the documents would provide protection from deportation. American Indian...

A Pop Quiz: Iraq Anti-War Movement

"Questions: If you do not readily know the answers to the following questions about the Anti-Iraq War “Movement,” you probably have the TNSTAAL virus. If so, follow the clues to more “truth serum”; your...

What's in a Name?

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorConrad Black's use of "Socks Puppets" is a term I have never heard of, somehow it conjures up images only the Porn Industry could come up with, along with Sweater Puppets,...

US Border Fence Could Be Eco-Disaster

"US border fence could be eco-disaster Wednesday, 25 July 2007 17:02 While the US Congress failed to pass a sweeping immigration reform bill that would have benefited thousands of illegal Irish ex-pats, the US is...

Peak Oil and the Inflation Lie: US government, Wall Street hide energy shorta...

These nonsensensical statements have already become the basis for economic, political and financial decision-making across the country, as well as internationally. It is a lie. Here is why. Rising energy costs are inflation. You cannot have one without the other. Energy,...

Truth too inconvenient for the New York Times

Today's New York Times contains an opinion piece dismissing global warming and Al Gore's film An Inconvenient Truth. The article, however, relies on sources which have already been thoroughly vetted and discredited...

Grerat optical illusion book!

"The human being is a sponge who absorbs the changes of the physical world surrounding him. Actually, if the physical world had been unchanging, we wouldn’t need to receive sensations on the world that surrounds us since all would be static and everything would definitely...

Gingrich Lies To Assault Free Speech Again

"Gingrich Lies To Assault Free Speech Again Unrepentant, arch Neo-Con crafts deceptive Ahmadinejad boogeyman argument to con Americans into First Amendment regulation Paul Joseph Watson Prison Planet Tuesday, December 5, 2006 Not content with last week's brazen attack on the...

From its grey-flannel grave, IBM discovers Second Life, Web 2.0, and virtuosity

This is an extremely interesting article - really, a manifesto calling for an "Open Source Second Life".  Its author, Glynn Moody, includes the musings of I rving Wladawsky-Berger, vice president of technology strategy and innovation at IBM."We see this people-centric...

Florida AG investigates FreeCreditReport.com

"The Florida state attorney general's office has opened an investigation into potentially misleading advertising by FreeCreditReport.com. The Web site, owned by credit bureau Experian Group Ltd, offers consumers a chance to obtain their credit reports and credit score by...

McDonald's Didn't Make Them Fat!

A lawsuit against McDonald's that was dropped a while back has been given the go ahead in a strange turn of events-- and with that -- it has once again created a barrage of editorial musings . The short and long of...

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