Headlines That Suck: Fox’s Olympics Fail, Fresh Prince in GITMO & More Baghdad is NOT in Iraq, women do NOT love Hooters and Guantanamo prisoners are NOT makin’ trouble in my neighborhood. It’s Headlines That Suck. Read more More
Old White GOP'r Refers to Chinese as "Uncle Chang" in Afghanistan War Hearing On Tuesday at House Armed Services Committee hearing on Afghanistan, N.C. Republican Walter Jones referred to the Chinese as “Uncle Chang” without so much as a blink of his eye. What was the context? Come find out. Read more More
That Awkward Moment When the Country You Liberated Starts Killing Its Youth As few as 14 and as many as 100 Iraqi teens are being targeted and killed. Over a haircut and clothes? There’s no “It Gets Better” campaign that can combat this religious extremism. This requires significant action … right now. Read more More
Your Word of the Day: Teledildonics RealTouch has a plan to connect military husbands with their wives back home. But these aren’t just ordinary sex toys — these are Internet-connected devices that bring in an element of virtual reality. So what’s the plan? And where’s the flaw? Read more More
Casablanca in the Green Zone For the last decade, we’ve measured the Iraq War in terms of dollars, battles, and soldiers lost. The media hasn’t put much stock in what life was like for those living in Baghdad during the height of violence. A new book could change that. Read more More
Baghdad Bomb Blasts Kill More Than 60, Threatens Stability of Coalition Government A series of 12 to 14 coordinated bomb attacks across Baghdad killed more than 60 people and injured close to 200 people during the morning rush hour on Thursday. Could this turn into full-blown civil war? Read more More
Iraq War By the Numbers: Happy Xmas (War Is Over) The War in Iraq has symbolically ended, finally, for the second time. Here are a few numbers to chew over for perspective… Read more More