Daily Archives: January 25th, 2006 «

 

Is Al Qaeda losing?

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2006 at 11:18 pm » 5 Comments

Chris Hitchens argues “yes”: I once hypothesized that Osama Bin Laden might be dead. The induction went like this: Proof of life is easy to furnish, but some of the tapes allegedly showing him could easily have been cobbled from earlier releases. Ergo, it mattered to al-Qaida to demonstrate that he was alive. Yet they [...]

 

25th Anniversary of Reagan’s first inauguration

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2006 at 10:47 am » 31 Comments

Last Friday marked the 25th anniversary of Ronald Reagan’s first inauguration. To my shame, I neglected to blog about it I was in the middle of my move and, oh well – there just isn’t any excuse! Dr. Sanity, however, was on the ball and wrote this stirring post about the time he met the [...]

 

Galloway may soon face fraud investigation

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2006 at 10:02 am » 21 Comments

Couldn’t happen to a more deserving guy: George Galloway faces the prospect of a criminal investigation into his activities by the serious fraud office, which has collected evidence relating to the oil-for-food corruption scandal in Iraq. A four-strong SFO team returned from Washington with what a source close to US investigators calls “thousands of documents” [...]

 

Turning their backs on the truth

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2006 at 9:32 am » 31 Comments

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales gave a speech yesterday at Georgetown University law school in defense of domestic warrantless wiretaps. The Washington Post’s write up on the speech of course included quotes from only those who disagreed with Gonzales statements about the wiretaps, as you’ll note in the article. The event was not without the usual [...]

 

10-8 party line vote sets up Senate vote on Alito

Posted by: ST on January 25, 2006 at 12:13 am » 16 Comments

Via the Washington Post: Democrats all but conceded the Supreme Court confirmation of Samuel A. Alito Jr. yesterday but signaled they will use the Senate debate that begins today to focus on President Bush’s domestic spying program and their predictions that Alito will be too pliant in supporting it. The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10 [...]