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French Senate passes ban of full Muslim veils
French Senate votes overwhelmingly to outlaw Islamic face veils in last step to make ban law The French Senate has voted overwhelmingly for a bill banning the burqa-style Islamic veil everywhere from post offices to streets, in a final step toward a making it law. The Senate voted 246 to…
On Facebook: Israeli soldier posed with bound Arab
Ex-Israeli soldier in trouble over Facebook photos of her posing with blindfolded Palestinians. A former Israeli soldier posted photos on Facebook of herself in uniform smiling beside bound and blindfolded Palestinian prisoners, drawing sharp criticism Monday from the Israeli military and Palestinian officials. Israeli news websites and blogs showed two…
Vaseline launches skin-whitening Facebook India app
NEW DELHI  Skincare group Vaseline has introduced a skin-lightening application for Facebook in India, enabling users to make their skin whiter in their profile pictures. The download is designed to promote Vaseline’s range of skin-lightening creams for men, a huge and fast-growing market driven by fashion and a cultural…
Tear gas projectile costs US Gaza protester her eye
Filmmaker Michael Moore noted on his Twitter feed that a twenty-one year old American activist and college student was horribly wounded during a Gaza protest Monday. The International Solidarity Movement released the following statement: An American solidarity activist was shot in the face with a tear gas canister during a…
BP hires Cheney spokeswoman to lead PR effort
As if the water wasn’t deep — or oily — enough around British Petroleum’s public relations, the company has hired a former spokeswoman for Vice President Dick Cheney to be its public face for the disaster. Anne Womack Kolton, former head of public affairs at the Department of Energy and…
Seattle cop apologizes for screaming racist threat at innocent man he’d kicked in face
In the early hours of April 17, Seattle’s 15-year veteran police detective Shandy Cobane nabbed the wrong man while responding to a robbery. Less than a month later, he was in tears before the press and his community, pleading for forgiveness. What happened that fateful night was brought to the…
Palin: Obama nuke strategy is like kid saying ‘punch me in the face’
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin may not really be able to see Russia from her front yard, but she did weigh in on President Barack Obama’s overhaul of US policy on the use of nuclear weapons. Calling the president’s move “unbelievable,” Palin told Fox News’ Sean Hannity that “no administration…
‘Joe the Plumber’ won’t stump for McCain, says he’s ‘failed’
Samuel “Joe the Plumber” Wurzelbacher, once the prominent “working-class” face of Sen. John McCain’s failed 2008 president campaign, announced Sunday that he wouldn’t stump for the man who made him a national hero, saying that McCain has failed in his duties as senator to protect the country’s border. The announcement…
Soldier reportedly holds daughter’s head underwater for failing to recite alphabet
A 27-year-old Washington state soldier allegedly admitted Sunday to having held his daughter’s head in a bowl of water because she couldn’t recite the alphabet. British newspapers labeled the technique “waterboarding,” in reference to the CIA torture measure the Bush Administration employed against terror suspects, though in actuality, waterboarding technically…
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