BOYCOTT Susan G. Komen Foundation » Donate to Planned Parenthood directly! The Tea Party and far right wing extremists have now taken over Susan G. Komen foundation and as a result have decided to revoke all funding for Planned Parenthood which happens to be the number one source of breast cancer screenings for lower income women. Thi... Let’s Play: Name That Candidate » This candidate is currently running for President in the 2012 GOP field. Here are some of the things this candidate would like to do: WARNING: The following list contains high levels of sarcasm. Remove restrictions on drilling, so energy companies can drill wherever they want and screw up eve... Empathy Seems To Be The Hardest Word...For The GOP! » To sort of borrow from a Sir Elton John song, “Empathy seems to be the hardest word”…For the GOP! If forced to use one word to sum up what is likely the biggest difference between the right and left, I’d have to choose EMPATHY.  Speaking of empathy, I gained some interesting perspective from ... Is Obama Rope-A-Doping The Anti-Economy GOP? » “Rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated…” -Candidate Obama I have to say that I am VERY pleasantly surprised by the NEW President / Candidate Obama. Like a phoenix, he has risen from the ashes, at least rhetorically. The above quote is quite famous and even though it didn’t come from P... The London Dispatches - Vol. VII. Epilogue. » (continued from Vol. VI.) Things were winding down at The American Bar and I was trying to figure out a way to stick ShredofTruth.com with my hefty bar tab, when in walked a photographer from The Times.  He was there to get some shots of Nancy Wake’s old haunt for an obituary running the next day. ... The London Dispatches — Vol. VI. The White Mouse. » (continued from Vol. V.) “To Nancy!” said Graeme to his companion, and they clinked what would turn out to be the first of many, many gin and tonics.  He pulled out his camera and took pictures of the woman, whose name was Barbara, as she sat on the stool at the far end of the bar raising her glass... The London Dispatches - Vol. V. Murdoch’s Lair. » (continued from Vol. IV.) I had hit the jackpot with this Reuters piece:  Rupert Murdoch’s apartment was somewhere in the Mayfair section of London, “opposite the Stafford Hotel.”  And yours truly was headed there in a hurry, trusty iPhone in hand. Wait a minute:  Rupert Murdoch’s “apartment?”  WT... Rick Perry, Republican Dumbassity and Citizen’s Media » Greetings Like-Minded Friends, It’s official! Rick “Dumber Than Bush” Perry has kicked off his presidential campaign. Now we get to hear about how extending prayer days to a national level will solve all of our country’s problems. Heck, why not? He was delusional enough to think it would help with... The London Dispatches — Vol. IV - The Palaces » (continued from Vol. III.) London is a city blessed with gorgeous old palaces — you know, actual palaces — as well as hundreds of buildings that could easily pass for royal abodes.  Your intrepid correspondent was especially intrigued to learn that the target of her investigation, Rupert Murdoch, m... The London Dispatches — Vol. III. Portcullis House » I came to London on a Top Secret Murdoch Mission dammit, and that is exactly what I will now report (smoking ruins and riot police notwithstanding).  After all, as a journalist I take very seriously my solemn oath to seek out the answer to what is perhaps the most pressing question of our time:  W...