Daily Archives: December 14th, 2005 «

 

Michael Yon up for photograph of the year at Time Magazine

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2005 at 3:04 pm » 6 Comments

Read this post, view the nominated photo here, and vote here. So far, Michael’s got 65%, so things are lookin’ good! Edit to add: He’s also a sure bet to win the Weblog Awards Best Media/Journalist Blog category … total votes as of this writing for him stand at 9,157. Way to go, Michael

 

The pro-Tookie vigil

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2005 at 9:00 am » 9 Comments

I don’t really think anything I write would do the following photos (from a pro-Tookie Williams vigil on Dec. 12) justice. Methinks they speak for themselves. (Thanks to FT for the heads up) AM Update I: Patterico blogs about a LA Times article that talks about a California legislature proposal to postpone all executions in [...]

 

Iraqi police seize Iranian truck with forged ballots

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2005 at 8:50 am » 10 Comments

(Scroll down in this post for an important update on this story) Looks like the Iranians are trying to pull a fast one in the Iraqi elections and got caught red handed (rather than purple fingered): BAGHDAD, Iraq, Dec. 13 – Less than two days before nationwide elections, the Iraqi border police seized a tanker [...]

 

Iraqi voter tells it like it is

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2005 at 12:12 am » 10 Comments

Wonder how long it will be before someone claims she’s a “Fox News plant”? “Anybody who doesn’t appreciate what America has done and President Bush, let them go to hell.” – – Iraqi citizen and voter Betty Dawisha, holding up her purple finger See the video here. Gotta love it! Hat tip: Michelle Malkin

 

Totally wiped out

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2005 at 12:03 am » 19 Comments

I am experiencing one of those times in my life that we all go through and that is just having so much going on that I barely have time to think. I’m a bit overwhelmed right now, quite frankly, and am at the point of exhaustion. Blogging may be light the next few days as [...]