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Buzz by Russell Stein from BuzzSunday, Aug 22, 10 at 10:53 AMI 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.
Commented on Nerdy Nomad: "The Fine Line...Wednesday, Aug 18, 10 at 08:25 AMMy issue is that I find a blog which never stops talking about how to define one’s budget vacations and the meaning of them without ever actually talking about ...
torta_de_pollo on The TSA Blog: Talk To TSA Response: Are Liquids Really A Threat? Why 3-1-1?Saturday, Aug 14, 10 at 11:28 PMSomebody pass this dude's so called "intelligence" to Wikileaks so it can be debunked, just like the UK liquids plot and the whole blow-up-a-plane-by-mixing-triacetone-triperoxide concept was debunked: http://reg.cx/1g9y. Also, note the invalid "I have access to the Super Top Secret Classified James Bond stuff you peons can't see, so I'm right" argumentative technique of this post. Homeland Security spin doctors have been using the same tired scam since the beginning (http://j.mp/info/bIqhRM), but it's not getting any more convincing.
Commented on "Play Nice" - IOZ?Saturday, Aug 07, 10 at 01:57 AMNo 'puter expert but I'm thinking it's a safe bet that a 15 MB database file has been copied to a few other parts of the Terrortube by now. But we better bomb Sweden...
Commented on "Icky Leaks" - IOZ?Tuesday, Aug 03, 10 at 10:44 PMYou're giving that guy too much credit. He's no monster, just a half-bright pussy who'll never live down having attended a women's college, same...
Commented on 'How to Read a WikiLeaked ...Sunday, Aug 01, 10 at 11:27 AMAre you telling me the logs written by soldiers fighting a war mostly describe battles rather than the clumsy incidents of school-building and helping old ladies...
Buzz by Russell Stein from BuzzSunday, Jul 18, 10 at 06:47 AMThis 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?
Commented on Antiwar.com: "It’s fun to...Saturday, Jul 10, 10 at 07:19 AMIf these military bureaucrats really care so much about Muslim oppression of women then why don't they say anything about their Neanderthal BFFs in Egypt, Jordan...
Commented on World Cup Buzz Day 8 PodcastSaturday, Jun 19, 10 at 01:45 PMAre you guys podcasting from a Waffle House? Haha! Farley was wrong about USA-Slovenia not once but twice. Question: What good does it do to spend your entire life...
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