"Kyrgyzstan doesn’t get much press unless they start ripping the place apart and, as you’ll have noticed, that’s what they’re doing right now. I’m living in the capital at the moment, where every revolutionary, thug, policeman and journalist seems to have congregated."

Gay and lesbian Zimbabweans are finding life and identity threatened and endangered by homophobic President Mugabe who uses thought police tactics to maintain power and control through the sexual abuse of lesbians, gay men, and others. This includes a practice known as [quote] Corrective Rape [unquote].

The new Death Panel scare. Newt Gingrich is urging Republicans to campaign on a new, equally absurd myth. Gingrich has been appearing on tv and radio alleging that health reform includes 16,000 IRS agents as health police. Noting that the 16,000 IRS agents claim is wildly inaccurate, FactCheck.org explained...