A new PPP survey asked Americans whether or not they believe in some of the more widespread conspiracy theories, and the results were a bit troubling.37 percent of voters, including 58 percent of Republicans, believe that global warming in a hoax. 6 percent believe Osama bin Laden is still alive, while 13 percent think Barack Obama is the anti-Christ (including 22 percent of Romney voters). 5 percent believe Paul McCartney actually died in 1966.Perhaps the weirdest: 4 percent say “they believe ‘lizard people’ control our societies by gaining political power.”More from the survey:Continue Reading… … Read More
Do feminists care if you take your husband’s name?
Of all the battleground issues for feminism – reproductive freedom, pay equity, institutionalized violence and rape culture – how significant is that most intimate and unique one: our last names? Or, as Jill Filipovic, wearing her admitted “cranky feminist” hat asked in the Guardian Thursday, “Why, in 2013, does getting married mean giving up the most basic marker of your identity?”The statistics tell the story. Even after generations of women have had the opportunity to keep their birth names after tying the knot, the vast majority — roughly 90 percent – still prefers to adopt their husbands’. Fewer women retain their names now than they did in the 1990s. A 2009 Indiana University study found that over 70 percent of Americans believe a woman should change her name when she gets married, and roughly half think it should be legally required. When the study came out, IU professor Brian Powell noted, “If names are a core aspect of our identity, this is important.” And a Pennsylvania State study last year found that the rate of respondents who agreed that “a woman keeping her name was less committed to her marriage” had leapt from 2.7 percent to over 10 percent in a 15-year span.Continue Reading… … Read More
What do we owe our veterans? Osama bin Laden shooter’s story isn’t unique
Jonathan Rue: Thousands of veterans have problems going back to civilian life, but it will take more than money to fix the issues. Esquire magazine caused quite a stir on Monday when it published an extended interview with the US Navy SEAL who shot and killed Osama bin Laden. The shooter, his…
The complicated relationship between “Zero Dark Thirty” and the CIA
Although the Senate Intelligence Committee is investigating the nature of the relationship between the CIA and the filmmakers of “Zero Dark Thirty,” the 2012 movie that depicts its ten-year hunt for Osama bin Laden, Buzzfeed reporter Michael Hastings is sure they’ll find something– but claims it won’t matter.Since bin Laden was killed, many feared the Mark Boal and Kathryn Bigelow thriller would promote Obama as a hero, essentially becoming propaganda. This isn’t how it turned out, but Hastings argues that the film “picks up where the cheers from the Obama rallies died off,” saying, that it instead “lets the men and women of the Central Intelligence Agency play the protagonists with the true claim to Bin Laden’s scalp.” He explains:Continue Reading… … Read More
Senators want details on CIA help for Bin Laden film
Three powerful US senators are demanding that the CIA provide details on the spy agency’s cooperation with the director of “Zero Dark Thirty,” Hollywood’s take on the hunt for Osama bin Laden. In two letters sent to acting CIA director Michael Morell and released Thursday,…
Government Slowly Murdering Osama Bin Laden Kill Team
(Raja Mujtaba) SEAL Team 4 Commanding Officer Job W. Price commit suicide. He was best known for finding and then killing Osama bin Laden. Cmdr. Job W. Price, 42, died Saturday, Dec. 22, of a non-combat-related injury while supporting stability operations in Uruzgan Province, Afghanistan. Suicide of the Officer of this grade raises many questions [...]
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Dumb tweet of the day: “Osama Bin Lardin”
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