This is a report about the criminal gangs who smuggle weapons to Mexican drug cartels. Among them is the group known as The Arabs, who operate from southern Texas to Central America to procure weapons for the Zetas in Mexico. By JORGE ALEJANDRO MEDELLÍN The Intelligence Group of the Mexican Army Zone (GIZ) operating […]
Denmark: #TV2Wikigate
Last month, two Danish television hosts aiming to show that the participatory online encyclopedia Wikipedia is unreliable, instead ended up defending their own credibility when it was uncovered that the errors they showed off on television had been created by someone working for the program. Wikipedia enthusiasts took up the fight [da] with TV2, and […]
Spread the Wealth? That’s What Government Does
Hold on a second. Exactly what is wrong with “spreading the wealth”? Are those really dirty words? The desperate McCain campaign is trying to score last-minute points by suggesting that a candidate who would “spread the wealth,” who would take your money and decide how to spend it, is somehow a dangerous radical, possibly […]
Plan a Cheap Date Night
As the price of gas and other living expenses continue to skyrocket (but your pay doesn’t seem to be doing the same) one of the first things most people cut from the budget is going out. But worry no more, there is hope! Even though you’re trying to spend less money, you don’t have to […]
Navigating Through the Invisibility of the Stricken
Remember how so few Americans responded to New Orleans’ residents in their honest-to-gosh hours (and hours, and hours) of need after Katrina? Well, that look-the-other-way behavior haunts this nation still as Americans continue to lose their houses and their jobs. What, you don’t believe in the concept of victimhood? Most of us no longer do […]
The Rise of Female Suicide Bombers Sparks a Range of Reactions
Posted to findingDulcinea by Josh Katz A television report from Lebanon’s Al-Jadid/New TV that aired on Aug. 19, 2008, portrays the mindset of some female terrorists in Gaza. “When the goal is the defense of the homeland, there is no difference between man and woman,” the reporter said. “The mothers and daughters of Palestine believe that […]
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