Daily Archives: December 5th, 2005 «

 

Checkin’ in with some ST reader blogs …

Posted by: ST on December 5, 2005 at 10:02 pm » 15 Comments

And wanted to pass along some posts of interest: Pam at The Right Politics blogs about Howard Dean’s statement today that we’re not going to win in Iraq. BTW, Pam, you have to tell me where you got those cute emoticons for your comments! I want some just like that Cavalier X asks What the [...]

 

Weblog awards voting is on!

Posted by: ST on December 5, 2005 at 9:38 pm » 8 Comments

Ok ya’ll, the best of the top 251-500 blogs voting booth is now open Click here to vote – hopefully for yours truly (if’n ya want to, and I hope you do!). Some things to remember about voting: Polls close December 15, 2005. You may vote once every 24 hours in each poll. After voting [...]

 

Right Wing News’ 4th Annual Warblogger Awards

Posted by: ST on December 5, 2005 at 11:15 am » 5 Comments

John Hawkins at Right Wing News polled bloggers over the last few days to determine the winners in the 4th Annual Warblogger Awards – he urged people not to get too hung up on the word ‘warblogger’ because you didn’t necessarily have to be a warblogger for people to select you as their favorite/least favorite [...]

 

Terrorism remains undefined

Posted by: ST on December 5, 2005 at 10:18 am » 17 Comments

… at least as far as the UN is concerned: NEW YORK — To the Iraqi civilians who have dragged family members out of rubble, or grieving parents in Beslan forced to bury their children, the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter might seem inconsequential. But to the 191 members of the U.N. [...]

 

Wikipedia as a source

Posted by: ST on December 5, 2005 at 10:06 am » 2 Comments

I generally don’t use the online encyclopedia Wikipedia as a source, mainly due to the fact that literally anyone can come in and edit the content. I know that the entries are corrected eventually, but as a general rule I will use it as a starting point for info, and use other sources to verify [...]