Daily Archives: February 7th, 2006 «

 

Coretta Scott King funeral turns into a Bush-bashing fest

Posted by: ST on February 7, 2006 at 6:04 pm » 106 Comments

Expose the Left has video here and here. Don’t miss it. The AP write-up: The funeral took on political overtones as former President Carter said of the Kings: “It was difficult for them then personally with the civil liberties of both husband and wife violated as they became the target of secret government wiretaps.” Later, [...]

 

Oh indeed – it’s definitely about hate!

Posted by: ST on February 7, 2006 at 3:39 pm » 9 Comments

… but not the “hate” to which this columnist for the Toronto Star is referring. Antonia Zerbisias writes in her blog today that the recent right wing blogburst – where bloggers across the spectrum (but mostly on the right) posted the ‘offensive’ Mohammed cartoons and linked up to other bloggers who did the same – [...]

 

Thomas Sowell on the NSA ‘scandal’ controversy

Posted by: ST on February 7, 2006 at 12:26 pm » 90 Comments

As usual, he is spot on: Looking back at the history of tragic times often reveals that many — or most — of the people of those times were often preoccupied with things that look trivial, or even pathetic, in view of the catastrophe looming over them. Will later generations looking back at our times [...]

 

House Permanent Select Committee to review Saddam recordings

Posted by: ST on February 7, 2006 at 10:59 am » 2 Comments

… which may provide some much-needed details as to the pre-war status of Iraq’s WMDs. Via the NYSun: The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence is studying 12 hours of audio recordings between Saddam Hussein and his top advisers that may provide clues to the whereabouts of Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The committee has [...]

 

Iran paper to publish Holocaust ‘cartoons’

Posted by: ST on February 7, 2006 at 10:13 am » 20 Comments

In apparent retaliation for the publishing and reprinting of the infamous Mohammed cartoons by various papers overseas, an Iranian paper has announced that it is going to hold a contest on cartoons on the Holocaust. Via Australia’s NEWS.com.au: IRAN’S largest selling newspaper announced today it was holding a contest on cartoons of the Holocaust in [...]