Daily Archives: May 5th, 2005 «

 

Blair wins historic third term

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 11:40 pm » 2 Comments

Glad to see he won, but his party on the whole didn’t do so well: Tony Blair won a historic third term as prime minister Thursday but his Labour Party suffered a sharply reduced parliamentary majority in apparent punishment for going to war in Iraq, according to projections based on exit polls. A chastened Blair [...]

 

Dutch court refuses to arrest Bush

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 11:25 pm » 2 Comments

This is a relief

 

#3 Al Qaeda terrorist throws tantrum at judge

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 11:09 pm » 1 Comment

Awww. Incidentally, how can this guy have been caught if we were so ‘distracted’ with Iraq, as some have complained?

 

GASP! Lower receipts exceed Treasury predictions

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 11:05 pm » Comments Off

Larry Kudlow at NRO picks up on a largely ignored by the MSM (outside of the WaPo) significant piece of news on how the surge in receipts lowered the deficit predictions. Kudlow: After reading the story I wanted more details, so I dug inside the daily Treasury statements. There I found that non-withheld receipts from [...]

 

“Iron Lady” backs Bolton

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 10:57 pm » 2 Comments

Wow– this is the only endorsement I need to read about in order to make my decision

 

Man diagnosed as PVS talks for 1st time

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 10:49 pm » Comments Off

A wonderful miracle. You know Dr. Ronald Cranford -he of the Shiavo case fame and generally well known ‘right to die’ advocate who believes that PVS patients shouldn’t have Constitutional rights – couldn’t have been the doctor here: Buffalo, N.Y. — Firefighter Donald Herbert is all over the news, having uttered his first words in [...]

 

WaPo’s Dana Milbank displays liberal bias once again

Posted by: ST on May 5, 2005 at 10:44 pm » Comments Off

The WashPost’s Dana Milbank once again displays his overt liberal bias: Tom DeLay sneaks around the Capitol like a fugitive these days, using back doors and basement passages to avoid television cameras. Can you imagine Clinton while, under scrutiny and/or investigation, getting an introduction like that in what’s supposed to be an objective unbiased article? [...]