Tag Archives: Executive Order 12425

Politifact Weighs In on the INTERPOL Nontroversy

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 13, 2010
Politifact gives Gingrich's statement that Executive Order 12425 could, "lead to a number of investigations by Interpol in the United States, potentially aimed at American officials" a rating of "Pants on Fire"
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Chuck Norris Can Reach a Conclusion without Any Evidence

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 13, 2010
Turns out, there are more facts about Chuck Norris than his ability to slam a revolving door or win a game of Connect Four in only three moves or touch MC Hammer. He's now capable of making Glenn Beck look sane.
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Gotta Give Fox News Credit on This One

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 10, 2010
After prominent figures on the right, and their zombie followers, jumped to conclusions of conspiracy over President Obama's executive order granting certain immunities to INTERPOL, a panel on Fox News quelled the resulting hyperbolic nontroversy. Don't expect any retractions from Beck, Limbaugh or others in the near future.
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Obama Gave INTERPOL … Nope, Just Another Half-Baked, Right-Wing Nontroversy

By Bryan Packman | Published: January 2, 2010
One of the completely hyperbolic and inaccurate memes/conspiracy theories floating around the conservative blogosphere these days is that President Obama has transferred American sovereignty over to INTERPOL (the International Criminal Police Organization, not the band). Here are some of the page titles appearing on the first page of results from a google search for obama+interpol: [...]
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