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Telling The Truthiness Says ; Pass it, pass it, pass it!

Obama's Dems Question Time

For reasons of balance, Obama held a question time for Senate Democrats, pull up a comfy chair, again...



Telling The Truthiness Says ; Obama, the substance President.

Obama's GOP Question Time

Here's the full video, pull up a comfy chair...



Telling The Truthiness Says ; Did Bush ever do this type of thing?

Scratching The Surface On Suicide Bombers

Northwest Airlines Flight 253 (in Delta livery, due to the merging of the two airlines), an Airbus A330-300, sits at Metro Airport, Detroit, after the failed bombing attempt on Christmas Day.

Matt Frei's latest diary entry on the sociology around suicide bombers makes for interesting reading.

Telling The Truthiness Says ; There's not been enough reporting on research into the social reasons for people turning to suicide bombing. More articles like this are highly interesting and welcomed as part of wider discussion and reporting.

A Good News Story ; Truthiness Returns!

After an unplanned break, for much too long, Telling The Truthiness returns.

Telling The Truthiness Says ; Did no-one clean whilst I was out?

US Unemployment Holds At 10%, Because People Have Given Up Looking For Work

The headline that the new unemployment figures from the US show the level holding at 10% hides a concerning fact.

The figures have only reached that level because people are giving up on actively looking for work, and once that happens, they are no longer counted in the figures.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; 4000 jobs were created in November, the first increase in nearly two years. It's small, but it's a start.

Public Option Voted Down, Where Now?

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; Pick yourself up, dust yourself off and lets try again!

Breaking Update!

Let's take a little time out to watch a very funny mistake by BBC News presenter Jonathan Charles.



Tell The Truthiness Says ; It's all about the punctuation!

Special Comment ; Joe Wilson

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Obama Olive Branch To Feet Draggers On Healthcare Reform

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Come on, lets get this done.

Vicki Kennedy - The Dream Lives On?

Senators Orin Hatch and Chris Dodd believe that Vicki Kennedy should be considered as a replacement for Ted Kennedy in the Senate.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; Will the Kennedy dream live on?

Holding Them To Account ; Cheney Is Offended By Torture Investigation, Shocking

The depths of the previous administration's opinions on the government's own checks and balances is crystalised perfectly by Dick 'I Still Won't Go Away' Cheney's comments on Fox News this weekend.

Tell The Truthiness Says ; If that's the respect Cheney has for government and the way it functions when he's not part of it, then let that investigation roll on and fulfil all of it's obligations to the letter.

President Barack Obama Remembers Senator Edward Kennedy

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Edward Kennedy Jr Speaks About His Father

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"I feel CHANGE in the air, what about you?"

Tell The Truthiness Says ; His healthcare work goes on and it must be properly followed through, so we see fairness for all, not the few.

Ted Kennedy Remembered By Vice-President Biden

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Holding Them To Account ; Fill In The Torture Blanks

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; What methods were used and who could ever think they would be humane?

Holding Them To Account ; Torture Prosecution Technical Notes

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; Hold the people who did it and authorised it to account. Perhaps this will be one of those rare occasions where that actually happens.

Holding Them To Account ; Prosecuting Terror - Special Prosecutor Confirmed

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; New Administration 1, Old Administration 0.

Holding Them To Account ; The Nexus Of Politics & Terror - 2009 Edition

This excellent analysis, updated for 2009, is more relevant than ever, with the publication of Tom Ridge's new book that raises doubts about the warnings he was made to announce.

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Tell The Truthiness Says ; Who else has details to release on this? Who's still holding out, but nearly at breaking point?