If You Don't Pass These To Friends You Don't Have Any

Study: 

States That Give Most to Charity Are Religious, Republican, Not Wealthy

Artists Might Not Make Much, But They’re Happier With Their Jobs Than You

UK Atheists Realize Islam is the Only Religion They Can’t Criticize

Horrifying fate of Assad's soldiers executed on camera by Syrian rebels

Things That Don’t Matter When Deciding on Syria

Really Jean, More Snow(den), Julian: No Teasing, Water Company Smears, And One Time Walmart's Horrifying

We Call BS! 

Did Jean Quan really spend “many, many hours” 

at the White House?

British Gov’t: 

Snowden hauled off a lot more than US thinks

Julian Assange Told: 

Stop using embassy to make fun of politicians

German Homeopathy Companies Pay Journalist 

who Smears UK Academic

Ohio mom horrified to find son’s ashes 

in Wal-Mart bag

Telling Me About Stuff Is Really Nice Of You Guys - BUT Actually Doing Something Can Be Even More Impressive

This is from England, but it's a shame The West hasn't nipped this nonsense in the bud and put the criminals in jail:

The makers of big brand health supplements were yesterday accused of exaggerated and misleading claims for their benefits to heart health, joints and digestion. 

Names such as Seven Seas and Vitabiotics tap into families’ health concerns, but many of their products fail to deliver the promises on the packaging, according to a study.

I told you.

Meanwhile, the journalists here claim they don't know how to get paid:

Try getting somebody busted for wrongdoing, you morons,...

 

My Bad - I Forgot (People Don't Like To Understand It)

Rowan Williams, the former Archbishop of Canterbury, has a few choice words for Christians and, I suspect, a lot of other folks:

"When you've had any contact with real persecuted minorities you learn to use the word very chastely,...Persecution is not being made to feel mildly uncomfortable. 'For goodness sake, grow up,' I want to say." He added the level of "not being taken very seriously" or "being made fun of" in Britain and the United States is not comparable to the "murderous hostility" faced by others,....

Boy, if he had said that before Trayvon, maybe the 70-80% of white Americans might have, at least, understood the black reaction (though blacks were still incorrect),...

 

We're Positively Gay About The Implications Presented

Can somebody alert me to what episode of Will & Grace this situation was covered:

A man arrives at Heathrow airport. He’s not a journalist, but someone carrying a mystery package for a friend. What he’s carrying could, by common consent, have huge implications for the national security of the UK if it fell into the wrong hands. By definition, the wrong hands could include terrorists. 

What do we honestly expect the UK authorities to do? Give him a sly wink and say “off you go son, you have a nice trip”? 

It’s clear David Miranda wasn’t stopped because he was Glenn Greenwald’s partner. He was stopped because he was suspected of carrying classified information highly detrimental to the UK national interest. And if we don’t stop people because of that, who do we stop?

Good question.

It all sounds so much like The American Civil Rights Movement, it's scary,...

 

She Was A Woman. She Wrecked The Joint. Cheer Her.

 

I watched Bhutto last night and - once Arianna Huffington showed up - I thought the same thing:

Benazir Bhutto: The Cult 

The documentary about Benazir Bhutto titled Bhutto is nothing short of a silly hagiography. It is only surprising that Tariq Ali agreed to be part of the charade, although his old friendship with her during her time in the UK explains (and justifies) the lapse. To be fair to Ali, he did not shy away from criticizing her second term in office. 

The documentary comes clearly in response to a cult about Bhutto in Western capitals, especially Washington and London. Bhutto was not a remarkable politician and nor were her achievements in office (unless we count her achievements in terms of the damage she has caused in Pakistan and beyond). Western circles are always desperate for a royal family story, and the Bhuttos provide one.

Yep, throw in cultish thinking and we Americans are becoming pretty predictable,...