Daily Archives: February 19th, 2006 «

 

How many of you are watching the Olympics?

Posted by: ST on February 19, 2006 at 9:34 pm » 14 Comments

I just haven’t gotten into watching too much of the winter Olympics coverage this year. In fact, most of what I know about this year’s Olympics I’ve read in the news. Are you watching? If so, what sports are you paying the most attention to? I normally am interested in watching the figure skating and [...]

 

MSM plans another week of Cheney shooting coverage

Posted by: ST on February 19, 2006 at 8:16 pm » 25 Comments

As if we hadn’t seen enough already, the latest manufactured-on-the-part-of-the-MSM ‘scandal’ will be given at least another week of scrutiny and coverage. Via Drudge: This just in… Both TIME and NEWSWEEK are planning high impact covers of Cheney for newsstands starting tomorrow, with each magazine rolling out top staff bylines and thousands of words on [...]

 

Oh yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it, tough guy?

Posted by: ST on February 19, 2006 at 7:55 pm » 45 Comments

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez issued a warning of sorts this weekend for Sec. of State Condoleezza Rice: Feb 19, 2006 — CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) – Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday warned Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice not to “mess with” him days after Rice described Venezuela as a menace to regional democracy in the [...]

 

Wacko ruling from the Italian Supreme Court

Posted by: ST on February 19, 2006 at 11:39 am » 16 Comments

Sexual abuse of a teenage girl isn’t as bad if the girl wasn’t a virgin at the time of the abuse, according to the Italian Supreme Court: ROME, Italy (Reuters) — Sexually abusing a teenager is less serious a crime if the girl is not a virgin, Italy’s higher court said on Friday in a [...]

 

Milbank taken to woodshed for Cheney stunt

Posted by: ST on February 19, 2006 at 9:57 am » 3 Comments

Remember this stunt from the Washington Post’s Dana Milbank? Deborah Howell, the ombudsman for the WaPo, writes this morning that Milbank “was taken to The Post’s version of the woodshed and told not to do that again.” Good. What was interesting about what she wrote was on the issue of what type of reporter Milbank [...]