Daily Archives: July 19th, 2005 «

 

It’s the British gov’ts fault – part XVXXXVVVII

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 10:34 pm » Comments Off

Or something like that. First it was ‘Respect’ MP George Galloway in the immediate aftermath of the 7/7 terrorist attacks who said: “We argued, as did the security services in this country, that the attacks on Afghanistan and Iraq would increase the threat of terrorist attack in Britain. Tragically Londoners have now paid the price [...]

 

CNN trumpets Iraq Body Count website’s numbers

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 9:57 pm » Comments Off

Let’s take note of how CNN described this group: Nearly 25,000 civilians have been killed since the start of the Iraq war, according to a group that tracks the civilian death toll from the conflict. The Iraq Body Count — a London-based group comprising academics and human rights and anti-war activists — said on Tuesday [...]

 

This is art?

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 8:28 pm » Comments Off

Bill Quick at Daily Pundit notes an utterly tasteless piece of ‘artwork’ that is apparently hanging in California AG’s office. It’s actually beyond tasteless, but what I’d really like to call it isn’t fit for print on this blog. 7/21/05 update: This piece of “art” was/is actually located in the cafeteria of the California state [...]

 

John Roberts – USSC nominee

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 7:56 pm » 1 Comment

Looks like he will be the President’s nominee. From what I’ve read of his credentials tonight, itsounds like he is a good, solid choice. Via Jim Lindgren at The Volokh Conspiracy, sourcing NBC and AP. Orin Kerr, also at TVC, is sourcing Drudge as reporting the same thing. Update: The San-Diego Union Tribune confirms. Flashback: [...]

 

More evidence of OBL/Hussein connections

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 6:23 pm » Comments Off

Thomas Joscelyn at The Weekly Standard has ‘em here. An excerpt: Just days after Operation Desert Fox concluded one of Saddam’s most loyal and trusted intelligence operatives, Faruq Hijazi, was dispatched to Afghanistan. He met with senior leaders from the Taliban and then with bin Laden and his cohorts on December 21. While we cannot [...]

 

Grace under fire

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 4:43 pm » Comments Off

… literally. Don’t expect the MSM to do any major reporting on this. Once you read it, I think you’ll understand why: Earlier this summer, Private First Class Stephen Tschiderer — a medic attached to the 101st “Saber” Cavalry Division in Iraq from Mendon, N.Y. — was standing patrol on a street corner in Baghdad [...]

 

Debating the 2nd Amendment

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 11:19 am » 1 Comment

Jay Tea responds to a commenter’s post regarding the 2nd Ammendment at Wizbang (this is the first post from Jay on this – the one I referenced initially is actually the second). Good reading.

 

Finally, a little truth from Congress

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 11:10 am » Comments Off

Via WorldNet (emphasis added): Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., is defending his cameo appearance in “Wedding Crashers,” the sexy comedy the Drudge Report called a “boob raunch fest.” “In Washington, I work with boobs every day,” joked McCain during an appearance on NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” McCain was responding to Leno, who noted Matt [...]

 

Blogger/soldier in Iraq faces blog probe

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 10:34 am » 2 Comments

Via Blackfive: Basically, Specialist Leonard A. Clark is in Iraq as part of a Arizona National Guard MP Company. He’s run for office a few times before and is going to run for Senate when he returns to Arizona. However, there are regulations that stipulate that military members must notify the DOD before announcing candidacy [...]

 

USSC nomination happening today?

Posted by: ST on July 19, 2005 at 10:08 am » 1 Comment

Th AP via the WaPo is reporting that it’s entirely possible, and there’s a buzz (of course) going around as to who the nominee may be: President Bush is close to making his first nomination to the Supreme Court, and Washington was abuzz with speculation Tuesday about Judge Edith Clement of the U.S. Court of [...]