U.S. to Fund Pro-American Publicity in Iraqi Media

" Defense officials maintained that strict rules are enforced against disseminating false information. "Our enemies have the luxury of not having to tell the truth," Undersecretary of Defense Eric Edelman told a congressional hearing last month. "We pay an extremely high...

It Is Time For Equality Now

Cases of human rights abuses are a growing problem. I would like to highlight the case of Kobra Najjar, an Iranian woman sentenced to death in her home country. Kobra's crime ? Suffering domestic violence at the hands of her, late, heroin addict...

McCain busted by David Letterman, while plan is ready to be presented to Cong...

McCain busted by David Letterman, while plan is ready to be presented to Congress By: Bobbi Linn Thursday, September 25, 2008, 1:58 PM Members of a special committee announced moments ago that they have eached an...

Updated: Palin got gas, not experience, in Ireland (another Palin lie)

UPDATES: 14 September 2008 -  Palin's story changes again.13:54 - 11 September 2008 - "mud rolling, slinging slanders"card played17:25 - 11 September 2008 -  gender card played17:28 - 11 September 2008...

Should ABC News Reveal Anonymous Sources in Anthrax Probe? Bloggers Say Yes b...

"News organizations are accustomed to fending off demands from judges and law enforcement agencies that they reveal their confidential sources. But what happens when this demand comes from news-savvy bloggers?...

Questioning the coming Internet clog by Ed Gubbins

"One of the nation’s top authorities on global Internet traffic growth says his latest data show no reason to fear network capacity shortages, as traffic growth may even be slightly decelerating. Updating data collected from Internet exchanges around the...

The Big Fat Lie Of My Big Fat Indian Wedding

My wedding and marriage, like any Indian girl's wedding and marriage, were constant topics of discussion. At 10, I'd get giddy and excited at every mention of it; at 15, I'd blush. By the time I was 20, I had taken...

Don't Lie - Today is National Honesty Day!

To lie or not to lie...to be totally honest or to fib maybe just a little.  Today is a day all about being honest.  No lies, no small fibs, just pure honesty.  National Honesty Day is celebrated on...

Lying and Consequences: Author Admits Memoir is Made Up

Aww, but it makes such a good story...Seriously, it's hard to feel bad for folks like Margaret B. You're not doing yourself any favours by telling other people's stories as though they were your own. No matter how good the stories."In “Love and Consequences,” a critically...

Uh-Oh, Mel Gibson Redux? "Will Smith -- Hitler, Schmitler; He Wasn't That Bad"

Where are all of the Al Sharpton's, Jesse Jackson's, and talking heads when you need them? Will Smith -- Hitler, Schmitler; He Wasn't That Bad On the day before Christmas, a leading Jewish group is kvetching loudly...

US Readiness for Flu Outbreak "Spotty"- RapidRecon

Putting aside for a moment whether an outbreak of Pandemic avian flu (H5N1) is on the horizon or not, the recent outbreaks in China (where no concrete connections have yet been proven) and in Pakistan (where a small chain of human to human transmission has occurred...

DailyBriefings--Center for Threat Awareness

December 21, 2007  1. China’s intelligence service gained access to a secret NSA listening post in Hawaii through a Chinese-language translation service. 2. Suicide bomber again targets Pakistani Interior Ministry, kills 50 at Eid prayers in mosque. 3. Belgium...

Bush Adds Another Gem to Lie Log

"“In August, I think it was … [National Intelligence Director] Mike McConnell came in and said, we have some new information. He didn’t tell me what the information was …” (2007-12-04)x60 President Bush...

Trouble in Hillaryland

What seemed like a sure bet, doesn't appear so anymore. This is no longer speculation, that Senator Clinton's presidential campaign is in trouble--it is fact. From Newsweek of all places: A senior Democratic senator fretted in a holiday receiving line that "this celebrity...

The Blogger President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad

" I was happy to find out that President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is a Blogger just like me, look at his blog:  Wandering around his blog , interested to know what are his views as a blogger, on...

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