Daily Archives: January 27th, 2006 «

 

“Blackberries for dummies”

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 3:46 pm » 12 Comments

It seems like everyone I know is either getting a Blackberry or thinking about getting one. Would someone please explain to me what a Blackberry is, what it does, and whether or not it’s simple to use? There’s no “Blackberries for dummies” book that I can buy (thank I know of LOL) so I need [...]

 

Mayor Nagin may not get his “chocolate city” wish

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 3:34 pm » 2 Comments

Find out why here. Related Toldjah So posts: Great suggestion for a new Ben and Jerry’s flavor Nagin revises “chocolate city” comment N.O. Mayor Ray Nagin wants a “chocolate” New Orleans

 

LATimes channels Jimmy Carter on Hamas

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 2:55 pm » 20 Comments

A few days ago I blogged about an interview former President Jimmy Carter did with CNN in which he questioned the validity of tagging the terrorist group Hamas with the label of “terrorist” in spite of the fact that Hamas actively promotes the wholesale destruction of Israel. Apparently, the editorial staff of the LA Times [...]

 

Fake passport ring busted in Columbia

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 10:29 am » 11 Comments

In spite of the claims from those who want you to think that Iraq ‘distracted us’ from the global war on terror (which they won’t admit includes Iraq) the fight against Al Qaeda continues on and today the AP is reporting that a fake passport ring connected to Al Qaeda and Hamas has been busted: [...]

 

New poll finds support for warrantless wiretaps

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 10:09 am » 77 Comments

The usual suspects will spin this into a negative for Bush but a new NYT/CBS News poll shows 53% of Americans support warrantless wiretaps when used to fight terrorism: Americans are willing to tolerate eavesdropping without warrants to fight terrorism, but are concerned that the aggressive antiterrorism programs championed by the Bush administration are encroaching [...]

 

Kerry pushes Alito filibuster

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 9:06 am » 14 Comments

…. while in Switzerland (let’s hope he wasn’t skiing!). Via the NYT: Senator John Kerry of Massachusetts could not attend the Senate debate on the Supreme Court nomination of Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr. on Thursday. He was in Davos, Switzerland, mingling with international business and political leaders at the World Economic Forum. But late [...]

 

Testing 1, 2

Posted by: ST on January 27, 2006 at 12:01 am » 6 Comments

The site was down for over three hours – I’m just now able to get back on myself. I noticed a few other sites with the same hosting service I have were down as well. In the meantime I’ve been busting it trying to get a bunch of boxes unpacked so my office doesn’t look [...]