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I was a bit taken aback by this panel of Slate journalists getting very very smug about the Pew Research poll showing that a mistaken belief about Obama's religion is widespread, perhaps because I just can't forget about the times during the Clinton and Bush administrations when its own hick parochialism caused Slate to fall for the laughable myths about WMD in Iraq.

Which error is worse? Personally I'm not convinced that the average person's mostly innocuous conspiracy theory about the crooked politician currently oppressing the planet while prosecuting two ridiculous, immoral wars is worse than supposedly elite journalists being duped into spreading war propaganda by government officials.

While it has never been clear to me exactly what Slate writers are paid for, I'm certain the masses aren't paid to get their facts straight.

WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange talks to RT - corruptauthoritarian 's YouTube Activity

War's over, man. Wikileaks dropped the big one.

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@MadeenaTheG amer Andrés Cantor's American.

Thierry Henry first goal for New York Red Bulls v Tottenham Hotspur - Barclays Challenge 22/07/10

This had better be good, Julian. P.S.--By the year's, not years, end. You probably don't want to make grammatical errors when announcing a historic, paradigm shifting scoop.

Updated—And, I'm confused. Is the WaPo story even based on Wikileaks' material? WL isn't mentioned in any of the articles anticipating WaPo's report that I've seen: http://bit.ly/bAglA9 . So if it's not WL sourced, then why is Assange making a big deal about it on Twitter? Also, "Lights on. Rats out." Is that clever?