“Americans now view the war in Iraq more negatively than at any time since the war began, according to the latest New York Times/CBS News poll. Six in 10 Americans surveyed say the United States should have stayed out of Iraq, and more than three in four say that things are going badly there — including nearly half who say things are going very badly, the pol... (more)
A new study says many teens carry a heavier load than people give them credit for, despite the stereotypical image of nonchalant teenage loungers.
Canadian teens ranked first among their counterparts in nine OECD countries in terms of average hours spent on unpaid and paid labour during the school week.
Canadian teens averaged 7.1 hours of unpaid and paid labour per day in 2005 — a 50-hour work week, virtually the same as that of adult Canadians aged 20 to 64 ... (more)
It seems like something from a James Bond film, with code names like Top Screen and "tiered security risk." Yet for the propane gas industry and thousands of other chemical facilities, this is no fiction.
Starting June 8, makers and sellers of the colorless, odorless, flammable gas and other chemicals face a new Department of Homeland Security rule requiring them to complete a secure online survey assessing whether they are a high-risk target for terrorists. If so, they must make ... (more)
More and more parents are logging on to social networking websites such as Facebook to spy on their children, it was revealed today.
The new generation of technology has moved parents on from reading their kids' diaries to viewing their online profiles to find out what they are up to.
The runaway popularity of My-Space, Facebook and MSN messaging not only gives parents cause to worry about how much time their child is spending online, ... (more)
Hell didn't freeze over and pigs weren't spotted flying over the Manhattan skyline when two former arch-enemies ran into each other at a restaurant Wednesday night and opted to shake hands and exchange pleasantries rather than engage in mano a mano combat.
This afternoon, conservative pundit Rush Limbaugh told his listeners that he had an encounter with former President Bill Clinton at the Kobe Club steakhouse in New York City.
Summary: Several media figures mischaracterized a response that Rep. Ron Paul gave at the Republican debate, with some asserting that Paul had "blamed" the United States for the 9-11 terrorist attacks and others simply accepting Rudy Giuliani's misrepresentation of Paul's statement -- that the United States had "invited the attack." In fact, Paul did not blame the United States for the 9-11 attacks or say that the United States had "invited" them.
During tonight’s presidential debates, candidates were asked whether they would support the use of waterboarding — a technique, defined as torture by the Justice Department, that simulates drowning and makes the subject “believe his death is imminent while ideally not causing permanent physical damage.”
Rosie O'Donnell has returned 9/11 truth to prominence by laying out the facts for the controlled demolition of the twin towers and Building 7 on ABC's The View this morning.
O'Donnell also exposed the destruction of the crime scene and how the WTC metal was immediately shipped off to China.
A suit was filed on behalf of a 12-year-old girl who claims she suffered psychological distress when a teacher showed in class the gay-themed movie "Brokeback Mountain."
The girl, Jessica Turner, and her grandparents Kenneth and LaVerne Richardson, are seeking more than $400,000 in damages under the suit filed Friday against the Chicago Board of Education and others.
According to the suit, a substitute teacher introduced herself as Ms. Buford to Jessica's class at ... (more)
The Pentagon will from today ban soldiers serving overseas from using popular video-sharing and social networking websites, claiming they are a security risk.
The US defence department said videos, recordings and messages uploaded by troops in the field on to YouTube, MySpace and 11 other websites posed a “significant operational security challenge”, and a drag on the military’s computer network.
Critics of the policy said it was designed to preven... (more)
A federal grand jury has indicted online payment company E-Gold, accusing the company of money laundering, conspiracy, and operating an unlicensed money transmitting business.
The indictment, which was unsealed Tuesday, says the company has long known its service was a tool for identity thieves, child pornographers, and other cybercrooks, but did little to stop them.
The company's public denial, published on its Web site, calls the charges "bogus," and says the Just... (more)
1.To brilliantly inform someone of a harsh truth that they were either ignorant of or tried with everything they have to ignore. The resulting truth leaves the liar impotent. Powerless. Usually a truth about themselves. Like Euthenize. But with the truth.
2. To call somone out on a huge lie.
1. Man, the Scooter Libby indictment and the lack of WMD in Iraq fully truthenized Rumsfeld and Cheney.
2. Dude, at the end of A Few Good Men, Jack Nicholson g
JAMESTOWN, Va. — The first Englishmen to come here did not receive a warm reception; the local Indians were not exactly thrilled to see them.
Four hundred years later, it was all smiles when Queen Elizabeth II arrived Friday for a nostalgic return to the first permanent English settlement in the Americas and the first place she visited in America as sovereign.
Delight was the order of the day. She was "delighted" to be here, on the second day of her six-day vi... (more)
