TPM Reader RM takes his hand in debunking one of the greats … (is this really the origin of the whole porn-loving terrorists storyline?)
The “hero on a plane” email you’ve been covering reminds me of how this weird idea of terrorists going to strip clubs (which has transmuted to watching porn) actually started.
In the days following 9/11 a guy running a strip club in Daytona Beach claimed that some of the hijackers had been in his club a few nights before. It was a big story in the Daytona Beach newspaper (I live near Daytona Beach, so I remember this).
Sen. Mikulski (D-MD) invokes Nazi Germany and Communist China to denounce gender discrimination by insurance companies.
Jeremy Olson attempted to throw two tomatoes at Sarah Palin at her Mall of America appearance last night. Unfortunately for Olson, his tomato went rogue and hit police officer Mark Stehlik.
Okay, we’ve been telling you the story of Tedd Petruna, the guy who sent the email to friends and family detailing his daring exploits taking down a group of twelve Muslim terrorist hijackers, even while they caught a little porn for good measure.
Now a security consultant who was on the plane, Brent Brown, has come forward to say that Petruna is “living in a fantasy world”. But he also says the incident was a bit more serious than the airline, AIRTRAN, has suggested.
The White House has specially formatted/compressed video of six key sentences from Obama’s recent speech on Afghanistan so they can easily travel on mobile devices and cell phones in Afghanistan and Pakistan, where penetration of mobile device technology is 30% and 52%, respectively.
House Democrats are starting to react to word of a compromise on public option taking shape in the Senate. We’ve got all the latest in our Health Care Wire.
Sen. Olympia Snowe just told reporters that she’s not inclined to support a Medicare buy-in compromise as an alternative to a public option.
Our quick and dirty rundown on what’s happening in Copenhagen.
Ex-Washington Times opinion editor Richard Miniter files suit against the Washington Times.