AP IMPACT: West Bank land deal leads to California

The transformation of a piece of West Bank land from a Palestinian field into a Jewish settlement has roots in an unlikely place — Orange County, Calif. — and in a document that a man supposedly signed more than four decades after the date of his death.

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Britain looked to Israel when studying military deception

When British military leaders set up a special task force in 1969 to study how best to use deception to achieve their battlefield aims, they turned their attention to the tactics used by the Israelis — not the Americans.

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Pa. police: Ohio truck rigged to steal fuel

Police have linked the large-scale theft of diesel fuel from a western Pennsylvania convenience store to a specially equipped pickup truck trailer with a trap door and a vacuum hose.

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House Bill Would Punish Voter Deception

Those who knowingly convey false information with the intent to keep others from voting would face up to five years in prison under voter deception legislation that passed the House on Monday.

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This CNBC idiot and paid shill who probably hasn't even read one single email spreads his venomous lies and idiocy attempting to debunk the EVIDENCE that climate change is a HOAX! Total FAIL!

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An offshore corporate cartel is bankrupting the U.S. economy -- by design. Could it be that a worldwide regime, controlled by an unelected corporate elite, is implementing a system that will dominate all human activity and establish a system of neo-feudal slavery?

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One of the leaked climate emails was apparently a press release from "Earth Government" Newsletter dated 27 Mar 2003.

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Rupert Murdoch's dirty little secret is out, his News Corp, like several other US newspaper publishers, is fudging its circulation figures, for a very good reason — they are desperate to stop the rot.

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The New South Wales Government says the Church of Scientology is targeting year-six students using "marketing" material that claims to promote human rights.

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Things are not always what they seem. This happened to my son when he met a girl on the internet. She put up a pic of her gorgeous cousin and when my son went to her house to meet her was greeted by a house. This is a sad story but try to date within your means.

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A Dartmouth computer scientist blew it badly by claiming to have shown the Oswald "backyard photographs" are genuine. Multiple lines of proof contradict him.

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The Church of Scientology says allegations made in Federal Parliament by Independent Senator Nick Xenophon are an abuse of parliamentary privilege.

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Sarah Palin's new book reprises familiar claims from the 2008 presidential campaign that haven't become any truer over time.

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The peak union for Australian musicians says concert-goers must be told if they are buying tickets to a mimed gig.

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In the current issue of Animal Behaviour, researchers present evidence that domestic pigs can quickly learn how mirrors work and will use their understanding of reflected images to scope out their surroundings and find their food.

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Organic-food shoppers are making a rude discovery at their grocers' refrigerated display case. "White Wave Silk Vanilla Soymilk is no longer Organic," declares a hand-lettered sign at the two Sunflower Shoppes in Tarrant County.

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A recent Saudi Islamic fatwa (permit) says: Saudis who study out of Saudi Arabia like America have the Islamic permit to married a western girl by intending to leave her after a short time for just intercourse and when he will come back to Saudi he must divorce her and all that w …

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There's a fascinating book by author Robert Cialdini called Influence – The Psychology of Persuasion.

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"Services & Global Procurement pan IOT Europe, Pandemic Plan Overview,"an official inter-departmental document was distributed to upper-level management of IBM, France in 2006.

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The Obama administration has, yet again, asserted the broadest and most radical version of the "state secrets" privilege -- which previously caused so much controversy and turmoil among loyal Democrats (when used by Bush/Cheney) -- to attempt to block courts from ruling on the le …

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Media Matters once again is nailing the talking heads for playing the American people. I really like the Media Matter site because when I do my own fact checking it normally matches up to theirs therefor they carry a lot of weight when it comes to accuracy.

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Nick Griffin of the BNP used the terms "Christian" and "Britain" three times in his recent appearance on Question Time. In none of those references did he give "Christian" or "Christianity" any content whatsoever.

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Paul Haggis, the Oscar-winning writer-director whose credits include "Crash," "Million Dollar Baby" and "Letters From Iwo Jima," has left the Church of Scientology.

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The Language of Health Care Rationing, or "How I learned to love Death Panels by Proxy"

With the Baucus Bill heading full steam out of committee to the Senate floor, it is incumbent on those who wish to preserve a free and just society to examine the language of the bill, as this commodity is one which has been misused by the Obama Administration on a persistent bas …

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A new book claims to give readers an inside look at the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), arguing everything from its claims of financial and political clout to its genuine agenda are rooted in deception.

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The plan to subvert the pages of some of Fleet Street's bestselling newspapers was hatched in a windowless office in east London.

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By Erik Holmes - Staff writer Posted : Saturday Oct 10, 2009 10:17:14 EDT The Air Force abruptly fired the commander of the 11th Wing at Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, D.C., after losing confidence in his ability to lead, according to a service news release.

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Can we think up some great trick to play on the town supervisors in quaint and quaking Bobtown, Pennsylvania, who are OUTLAWING HALLOWEEN in order to "keep kids safe"?

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Last month I had a debate at the Royal Institution with Lord Drayson, the Science Minister, in which he argued that I was too harsh on British science coverage, which is the best in the world.

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