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Blog Trades Carbon Offsets for Links

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 A progressive-minded blog called DeepMarket.com is teaming up with CarbonFund.org to offset one ton of carbon emissions for every blog that links to it. (h/t: Tree Hugger) Hey, blogosphere: Link up! It doesn't cost you anything. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Feds Cut Anti-Terror Funding in NYC, D.C.

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The Department of Homeland Security slashed anti-terrorism money for Washington and New York in favor of cities like Jacksonville and Sacramento. Stunner: "A DHS risk scorecard for the city asserted that the home of the Empire State Building and the Brooklyn Bridge has 'zero' national monuments or icons." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Batwoman Returns as a Lesbian

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 "We decided to give her a different point of view," said a DC Comics exec. "We wanted to make her a more unique personality than others in the Bat-family. That's one of the reasons we went in this direction." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush: Sept. 11 ‘Ended on a Relatively Humorous Note’

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 In a 2003 interview with Ladies Home Journal, Bush told Peggy Noonan that during the late-night hours of Sept. 11, he and wife Laura were hustled around the White House in their bedtime clothes because it was thought a jet was going to crash into the building. "[T]he day ended on a relatively humorous note," he said. "We got a laugh out of it." "Bad taste" doesn't really seem to do this justice. (h/t: Daou Report. Also: full-text interview.) Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Joe Conason: The Private Lives of Bill and Hillary

Joe Conason / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 "Of all possible explanations for the mainstream media's preoccupation with the Clinton marriage, the most innocuous is nostalgia for a better time, when we were able to worry less about war, corruption, catastrophe and incompetence, and more about sex." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Molly Ivins: Iran Badge Fabricator Goes to Washington

Molly Ivins / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 Amir Taheri wrote the bogus Op-Ed claiming that Iran has a law requiring Jews to wear yellow badges. But on Tuesday, he was invited to the White House along with other "experts" to give Bush their "honest opinions." With advice like that, our war in Iran will be a slam-dunk. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Global Warming? Better Figure Out How to Live With It

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 Many climate scientists now see global warming as inevitable (to a certain extent), and are now focusing on the controversial idea of figuring out how to live with it U News & World Report serves up the surprising details Also, check out U News' Q & A with Al Gore, and U News' story on the insurance industry cashing in on the global warming problem . Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

A ‘Wingman’ for the Wooing Wars

Staff / Truthdig Jun 1, 2006 The Washington Post explores the rules and etiquette of functioning as a good "wingman"--"the guy who accompanies his buddy to a bar to help him pick up babes." (Tom Cruise and Anthony Edwards demonstrate the technique above in a scene from "Top Gun.") Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New Book: Gay Bosses Outperforming Their Straight Counterparts

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 That's the conclusion of a career development expert with a new book about gay leadership in the workplace. He found "job engagement, job satisfaction and workplace morale among employees reporting to white-collar gay men to be upwards of 35% higher than nationally reported statistics." Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Robert Redford: Americans Ready to Kick the Oil Habit

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 "Today the American people are way out in front of our leaders," says the actor and noted environmental activist. "I believe America is ready to kick the oil habit and launch a new movement for real solutions and a better future." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush’s New Policy Advisor Wished ‘Explosion’ on Reporters in Iraq

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 Karl Zinsmeister, Bush's new chief domestic policy advisor, said this in 2003 about journalists in Iraq: "A significant number are whiny and appallingly soft. ? I almost wished there would be a very loud explosion very nearby just to shut up their rattling." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

The Purpose-Driven Life Takers

Staff / Truthdig May 31, 2006 Christian fundamentalist Tim LaHaye's series of "Left Behind" books has been made into a Grand Theft Auto-style video game. Preview: The main character says "Praise the Lord" after blowing away a heathen. (Talk2action has more.) Let's see: We've got a deputy undersecretary of defense who sees the war on terror as a fight between Judeo-Christians and Satan; a president who has called the war on terror a "crusade" and, now, video game makers encouraging preteens to kill heathens. If those are the people being saved, Leave Me Behind. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )