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Filmed Execution of WSJ Reporter Sets Off Revulsion

A whole wave of revulsion, eh? Wow, that must have those radicals quaking in their combat boots. Nothing a murdering kidnapper fears more than other people being repulsed by his actions, no sirree...

DoD asks public to trust them

OSI not bad

This is a good followup to the earlier discussion about the DoD's new propaganda office. Rumsfeld and friends claim that, although the office has the responsibility to "influence public opinion abroad," they have no intention of lying to the media either domestically or overseas. Yep, I'd believe them without any oversight required, yes I would. Nothing like a clean track record of good deeds and completely forthcoming truthful statements to encourage everyone to believe you...

Russia complains about Olympic judging?

The lower house of Russia's parliament passed a resolution 417-0 calling on Russian athletes to boycott the closing ceremony unless the IOC reruns the cross-country race, bars North American referees from the hockey game and apologizes to the Russian Olympic team.

I don't think we've seen such a contentious Olympics since the whole boycott nonsense in the Cold War.