Author: Steven D

And not in the sense of “Paris Hilton hot”, or “Michael Jordan hot.” No, we’re talking real temperatures here folks, and worldwide we are well on our way to the hottest year ever. The statistics for...

[promoted with a very heavy heart- BooMan] (Cross-Posted at Daily Kos) (Hat tip to Mark Kraft, an emailer to Eric Alterman’s blog, Altercation for finding this admission by the US Army) That’s right. Not from Al...

(cross-posted at Daily Kos) Once again bio-detectors in the United States are showing an airborne exposure to Tularemia, and once again officials are downplaying the event: Public health officials are downplaying the detection...

Cross-posted at Daily Kos

Yes, why people lie may seem obvious, but then, in these days of spin, particularly Republican Right Wing Conservative Movement spin, stating the obvious is sometimes necessary.  

A great deal of media attention has been, and will continue to be, focused on GOP pundits attempting to downplay the seriousness of Mr. Libby’s alleged crimes in Fitzgerald’s indictment: false statements, perjury and obstruction of justice.  We will be repeatedly told that these are crimes that don’t count, that somehow lying to the FBI and the Grand Jury is merely  business as usual in Washington, and that Fitz’s failure to charge the “real crime” of unlawfully outing Valerie Wilson as a covert CIA agent somehow makes the charges in the indictment frivolous and/or mean spirited harassment of a hard-working public servant such as Mr. Libby.

Well, let’s take a brief refresher course in why people tell lies and see what light that sheds on these GOP talking points, shall we?

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos)

Yes, we know you’re supposed to support the troops by buying those car magnets shaped like ribbons to plaster on your SUV.  Especially if they say right on them: SUPPORT THE TROOPS, like this one does:

But maybe we should be doing more.  Or (to be frank) maybe we should be doing less of the following:  

(What not to do to Support the Troops after the fold)