Weiners & Syrian Lesbian Bloggers who are really Scotsmen

Here are two stories that I want to be the first to connect. From the New York Daily News:

As a cache of embarrassing new photos appeared Sunday, Rep. Anthony Weiner finally began considering the possibility that he may have to resign.

And this one from the Guardian:

The mysterious identity of a young Arab lesbian blogger who was apparently kidnapped last week in Syria has been revealed conclusively to be a hoax. The blogs were written by not by a gay girl in Damascus, but a middle-aged American man based in Scotland.

Tom MacMaster, a 40-year-old Middle East activist studying for a masters at Edinburgh University, posted an update declaring that, rather than a 35-year-old feminist and lesbian called Amina Abdallah Araf al Omari, he was "the sole author of all posts on this blog".

"I never expected this level of attention," he wrote in a posting allegedly emanating from "Istanbul, Turkey".

I submit this as evidence that there is a God and that He has a sense of humor.

Comments

[Tallinnan Baarit]

That blogging hoax was definitely a bit surprising to hear about.. although i'm sure there are many others out there..