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Optimism an inclination to put the most favorable construction upon actions and events or to anticipate the best possible outcome [Merriam-Webster]

Most people in this world are individuals that belong to a distinct group. Be it by gender, family name, nationality, occupation, health, religion, etc. And because they belong to this group, they are expected to represent it completely and know absolutely all there is to know about being part of that group. You are expected [...]

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but al-Qaida No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahri recently called for attacks on Danish targets in response to the publication of caricatures in Danish newspapers depicting the Prophet Muhammad. [Newsvine - AP] Oh my God. Are we still dealing with this issue? WTF. Seriously, have these people run out of [...]

About two weeks ago, the American media were highlighting the fact that the death toll of US soldiers in Iraq has reached 4,000. The 4,000th body was confirmed on March 23rd, three days after the the 5th anniversary of the invasion. That is a significant number of men and women sacrificed to avenge the death [...]

If Americans Knew is a website I came across a couple of times by chance while reading other Middle Eastern blogs and just watching YouTube. The website is aimed at Americans obviously and hopes to present them with accurate information about the Palestine/Israel issue without any twisting and filtering of the media. It’s a great [...]

Politicians are good at “BS” too. They are probably even better at it, because it’s not only a professor they are deceiving but huge numbers of people. When policy makers and leaders in the upper level provide BS from behind desks, these factors influence other factors. That is really serious! In a series of internal [...]

Extraordinary rendition and irregular rendition are terms used to describe the extrajudicial transfer of a person from one state to another, and Torture by proxy is used by some critics to describe extraordinary rendition by the United States, with regard to the transfer of suspected terrorists to countries known to employ harsh interrogation techniques that [...]