9/11 Conspiracy Theories "Ridiculous," Al Qaeda Says

Gotta love the Onion:


9/11 Conspiracy Theories 'Ridiculous,' Al Qaeda Says

HIV Travel Ban: Adios

The Senate just passed the repealment of the HIV Travel Ban. This means that immigrants who have HIV and who are legally living in the U.S. will be able to apply for citizenship. The U.S. was one of the few nations in the West who still upheld the ban. Andrew Sullivan (who has been barred from being a U.S. citizen because of his HIV status) has a post about it here.

Congrats to Andrew and everyone else who will be joining the rest of us as U.S. citizens.

Iran Has Nothing on America's Photoshop Skills

In light of Iran's apparent missile test being a giant fakery, some American photoshoppers have come up with "fakes" of their own:

More here. It's the little things like this that makes the U.S. way cooler than Iran.

Love Cab

My cousin Rachael posted this article about a New York cabbie who runs a dating service out of his cab. One of the couples he set up are now engaged:



The full article is here. I'm not usually one for this mushy Hugh Grant/Rachel McAdams lovey dovey stuff, but the story is pretty cool, or whatever the word for "romantic" is in man-talk.

Happy 4th

"I know no safe depository of the ultimate powers of
the society but the people themselves; and if we think
them not enlightened enough to exercise their control
with a wholesome discretion, the remedy is not to take
it from them, but to inform their discretion." Thomas Jefferson

Maybe One Day Fox News Will Grow Up

The Tabloid-esque News channel is having trouble being an actual news channel. The channel's morning show, Fox and Friends (aka, The View with men), was doing a piece on New York Times "attack dogs" and their criticism of Fox News. So, in response, the guys on Fox and Friends decided to talk about it, and...well...just read the Media Matters story to be baffled:

"During a segment in which Fox & Friends co-hosts Steve Doocy and Brian Kilmeade labeled New York Times reporter Jacques Steinberg and editor Steven Reddicliffe "attack dogs," Fox News featured photos of Steinberg and Reddicliffe that appeared to have been digitally altered -- the journalists' teeth had been yellowed, their facial features exaggerated, and portions of Reddicliffe's hair moved further back on his head."

The photos are here:

Incredibly childish, but also kind of funny in a "WTF?!?!" kind of way. I mean, it's pretty trivial, but I never thought they'd sink that low. Here's the clip:



I do believe there is a reason that NBC and CNN have a combined 25 News Journalism awards this year, while Fox News has none. The channel is less about News and more about defending GOPism.