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Do Relationships Need Lies to Survive?

Bella DePaulo | Posted 10.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Reassurance, Singled Out, Little Lies, Hurt Feelings, Lies, Relationships, Best Friends, Writing, Singles, Serious Lies, Compassion, Death, Loyalty, Deception, Media News, Love, Betrayal, Blogging, Living News
Bella DePaulo

I draw a big line between little lies and big ones. Serious lies -- the big time betrayals of trust -- are probably never good for relationships of any kind. Little lies are often a different matter entirely.

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Our Frenzied Focus on Fox

Mike Papantonio | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media

Read More: Conservative, Abc, Air America, Pap Attack, Lies, Mike Papantonio, Bias, Fox News, Nbc, GoLeft.Tv, Golefttv, Roger Ailes, Ring of Fire, Republican, Slant, Media News
Mike Papantonio

Roger Ailes understands what other TV executives miss. He remembers that P.T. Barnum built his business around high-wire acts and circus freaks.

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A Failure of Citizenship and the Health Care Debacle

Jeff Schweitzer | Posted 09.19.2009 | Politics

Read More: Citizenship, Education, Naturalization, Insurance, Health Care, Voting, Lies, Health Care Reform, Republican Health Care Reform, Politics News
Jeff Schweitzer

Voting should be seen as a privilege rather than as a consequence of where one is born. Voting should be a right earned rather than conferred by fate or the accident of citizenship.

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Kanye West, Joe Wilson Need a Day with My Mother-in-Law

Michelle Lamar | Posted 11.14.2009 | Living

Read More: Vma, Taylor Swift Kanye West, Video, Kanye West VMA, Lies, Kanye West, Kanye West Mtv Awards Taylor Swift, Health Reform, Entertainment News Congress, Beyonce, Obama, Kanye Mtv Awards, Kanye Taylor Swift, Kanye West Beyonce, Kanye West Mtv Awards, Politics News, Kanye West Taylor Swift, Taylor Swift, Beyonce Taylor Swift, Joe Wilson, Taylor Swift Beyonce, Kanye West Beyonce VMA, MTV Video Music Awards, Mtv Kanye West, Living News
Michelle Lamar

Joe Wilson and Kanye West need a day or two with my mother-in-law, because she is one of the classiest ladies I've ever met.

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Why Obama Should Have Been Lying

James Heffernan | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Congressman Joe Wilson, Lying, Health Care Reform Bill, President Obama, Illegal Immigrants, Valerie Plame, Ambassador Joe Wilson, Rob Miller, Politics News
James Heffernan

Handicappers who rate this episode a win for Obama overlook the fact that what the president said should have been false. If your parents are illegal, says the bill, we don't care how sick you get, or even if you die.

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In Praise of 'Joe' Wilson: What's Wrong with Calling Out Lies in Congress?

Dave Lindorff | Posted 11.12.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Congress, Obama, Health Reform, Politics News
Dave Lindorff

Obama said that "nothing else even comes close" to health care expenditures in terms of causing the federal deficit. In fact, something does -- the military budget -- but that topic is off limits for some reason.

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Friday Talking Points [93] -- Lies, Lies And Propaganda

Chris Weigant | Posted 11.11.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Go Broke, Reasonable, Reform, Mccain, Midotw, Disrespect, Joe Wilson, Most Impressive Democrat of the Week, Faith, Health Care, Theological, Sandy Line, Joint Session, Bankruptcy, You Lie, Public Option, Propaganda, Democrat, Congress, Big Government, Lie, Democrats, Ted Kennedy, Barack Obama, Heckle, Obama Speech, Mddotw, Health, Republicans, Line in the Sand, Walk It Down, Bankrupt, Healthcare, President Obama, Speech, Kennedy, First Lady, Obama, Democratic, Media, Friday Talking Points, Republican, Laura Bush, Uninsured, Insurance, Wilson, Liar, Most Disappointing Democrat of the Week, Lies and Propaganda, Heckler, John McCain, House, Framing, Medicaid, Teddy Kennedy, Sherrod-Brown, Talking Heads, Illegal Immigrant, Chris Weigant, Heckled, Medicare, Immigrant, Wkharbhsgahm, Wksarbssgahm, Medicompetition, Kennedycare, Medicomp, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Political discussions in America are fast becoming solely theological in nature.. Each side has their beliefs. Each has their tenets which they fervently defend. Much of this is done on faith.

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ABC-TV, Why Do You Hate Amurika?

Edward Murray | Posted 11.08.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Liberal Media, Lies, Rich Rodriguez, Conservatives, Family Values, University of Michigan, Neoconservatives, College Football, Blashphemy, Town Hall Meetings, America, Comedy News
Edward Murray

I am writing this letter to you, ABC-TV bulk mail paper shredder, because I demand that you erase this encounter from my memory with your classified alien technology.

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The Price of this War Just Keeps Going up

Christina Patterson | Posted 09.06.2009 | World

Read More: Lies, Iraq, Armando Ianucci, Snatch Land Rovers, Iraq Casualties, Ministry of Defence, War, World News
Christina Patterson

War is an abomination. It's a last resort. It's a thing you do when it's the only thing to do.

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KARL ROVE of the JUNGLE

Jeff Danziger | Posted 09.01.2009 | Politics

Read More: Prosecutors Investigation, Lies, Bush Administration, Karl Rove, Political Cartoons, Cartoon, Politics News
Jeff Danziger

Jeff Danziger takes on Karl Rove.

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New Ways to Think About Guilt: Inside the Human Brain

Srinivasan Pillay | Posted 07.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Srini Pillay, Lies, Conscience, Guilt, Sociopathy, Gambling, Reward, Brain, Sociopath, Srinivasan Pillay, Alcoholism, Alcohol, Ventromedial Prefrontal Cortex, Self-Regulation, Risk, Happiness, Vmpfc, Living News
Srinivasan Pillay

The message here is that although we may be fixed in the ways in which we handle guilt, we can teach our brains to become smarter about how we handle our desires.

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Simon Cowell: A True Friend

James M. Lynch | Posted 07.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Liars, Friendship, Simon Cowell, Lies, Lying, Friends, Workplace, Honesty, Feedback, Gordon Ramsay, American Idol, Workplace Taboos, Truth, Culture, Entertainment News
James M. Lynch

A true friend is one who will tell you the truth whether or not you want to hear it, whether it might endanger the status quo of the friendship or not.

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Letter From Paris: Calling A Dick A Dick

Beth Arnold | Posted 07.02.2009 | World

Read More: Journalists, Lies, Expatriates, David Gregory, Dick Cheney Torture, Expats, Republicans, Media, Democratic Party, Republican Party, Barack Obama, Citizen Journalists, Dick Cheney, Torture, World News
Beth Arnold

With yet another round of Dick Cheney disinformation saturating the airwaves, it boggles the mind how the Bush administration controlled the American conversation in the media for so many years.

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Red the Book: He Called His Penis John Wayne. He Lied.

Amy Goldwasser | Posted 06.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: College Students, Lies, Britain, Ostriches, Mental Health, Dating Advice, College, Romance, Zoo, Dating, Dishonesty, Men, Storytelling, John Wayne, Entertainment News
Amy Goldwasser

So I loved a storyteller. Don't we all? Is there anything more seductive, really?

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Goliath's Vulnerability Is the Truth

Robert Koehler | Posted 06.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Lies, Farah Province, Collateral Damage, White Phosphorus, Iraq, Afghanistan, War, Politics News
Robert Koehler

The desperation of our military efforts is showing around the edges of the carnage and tragedy.

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Torture is a B*llsh!t Machine!

Hal Sparks | Posted 05.29.2009 | Politics

Read More: Al Qaeda, Lies, Cia, Bush, Cheney, Torture, Hal Sparks, Politics News
Hal Sparks

It becomes clearer by the day that truth was never the goal of the Bush administration's use of torture and they were in need of false information that was shaped by torture.

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Times are Tough for Actors, But How Big a Whore Are You?

Lisa Derrick | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media

Read More: Lies, Hmophobia, Media Manipulation, Robbie Rist, Cat-Noel, National Organization for Marriage, Equal Marriage Rights, Michael Des Barres, Equal-Marriage-Rights, False Advertsing, Theocracy, Religious Right, Cat Noel, Gay Marriage, Actors, Media News
Lisa Derrick

These people expressing their ludicrous, poisonous, misguided views about equal marriage rights are actors reading lines.

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That Chinese Sperm Bank Photo: You've Been Shanghaied

Disgrasian | Posted 05.02.2009 | Media

Read More: Sperm Donors, Lies, Gender Stereotypes, Chinese, Sperm, Chinese Sperm Banks, Stereotypes, Hoaxes, Sperm-Banks, Asians, Chinese Culture, Ethnocentric, Racial Stereotypes, Asia, Memes, China, Happy Ending Massage, Cultural Differences, Asian Sperm Bank, Asian Sperm Bank Photo, Shanghai-China, Media News
Disgrasian

I conducted a little investigation and found that this picture first surfaced on the interwebz in late 2008, and it was immediately dismissed as a hoax by officials at Renji Hospital in Shanghai.

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All Together Now: We're All Very, Very Sorry (The Remix)

Keith Blanchard | Posted 04.27.2009 | Media

Read More: Funny, Lies, Lifestyle, Pop Culture, Entertainment, Apology, Apologies, Humor, Public Figures, Media News
Keith Blanchard

Words cannot begin to express how sorry and saddened I am over what transpired. I let my family down, and I let this country down.

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Ending the Email Lies: Forward This

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted 04.19.2009 | Media

Read More: Snopes, Email, Forwarding, Hoaxes, Lies, Truth, Media News
Craig

As new age media, we have a responsibility to accuracy, just like professional reporters. This means anything sent to you that says "forward this" should never be forwarded. It is spam.

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Megan Fox: "I'm A Man" (VIDEO)

HuffPost, E! | Posted 02.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Alan Alda, Transformers, Lies, Megan Fox, Video, Golden Globes, Megan Fox Man, Is Megan Fox a Man, Megan Fox a Man, Megan Fox Is a Man, Megan Fox Golden Globes, Entertainment News

Transformers star and stripper-dater Megan Fox had some odd comments for the E! news team at the Golden Globes on Sunday. Fox said that she's tremend...

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Rumors For The Next Campaign

Jeffrey Shaffer | Posted 02.06.2009 | Politics

Read More: Politics, Election Results, Presidential Campaign, Humor, Lies, Elections, Lying, Starting Rumors, Politicians, Political Humor, Rumors, Running for Office, Politics News
Jeffrey Shaffer

To those who are already planning for the 2012 elections: if challenged by a reporter to back up your claims, simply say, "The issue isn't about facts. It's about starting a necessary discussion."

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Bush Lies and Deception-A Farewell

Christopher Brauchli | Posted 01.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Department of Labor, Corruption, Lies, Politics, Iraq, Bush, Ukraine, Politics News
Christopher Brauchli

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual. Thomas J...

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A Geeky Side of Bush's Legacy that Must Be Overcome

Jaron Lanier | Posted 12.09.2008 | Politics

Read More: George Bush, Iraq War, Lies, Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Waste, Dotcom Boom, Bush Legacy, Politics News
Jaron Lanier

Part of the project of climbing out of the deep, deep pit George W. Bush tossed our nation into has a geeky quality. We need to learn to stop using computers to lie to ourselves.

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A Tale of Two Attacks on Campaign Volunteers

Disgrasian | Posted 11.25.2008 | Politics

Read More: Lies, John McCain, Campaign Volunteers, Campaign Volunteer, Ashley Todd and Obama Attacker, Mccain Hoax, Crooks and Liars, Barack Obama, Ashley Todd Mccain, Ashley Todd, Nancy Takehara Attacked, 2008 Campaign, Nancy Takehara, Ashley Todd Mutilation Story, Ashley Todd Hoax, Voting, Canvassing, Attacks on Campaign Volunteers, Maurita Bryant, Politics News
Disgrasian

As we said before, committing physical violence against someone who holds a different opinion from your own is reprehensible and not to be tolerated under any circumstances.

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