"YOU CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIITE UP"

The Conspiracy to Keep You Poor and Stupid | "...as Sylvain Galineau says. From a New York Times correction (you know, just one of those little "for the record" items):" | The caption on Feb. 14 for a picture by Reuters with the continuation of an article about the Iraqi elections misstated the reason Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, a Shiite cleric, was weeping. He was participating in a mourning ritual as part of Ashura, a holy Shiite festival - not reacting to results showing that his political alliance had won a slim majority of seats. -- More at The Conspiracy to Keep You Stupid