Daily Archives: April 19th, 2006 «

 

This is just awful

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 12:02 pm » 4 Comments

Via Memeorandum I found this post written by Mohammed at Iraq the Model: Last week our little and peaceful family was struck by the tragic loss of one of its members in a savage criminal act of assassination. The member we lost was my sister’s husband who lived with their two little children in our [...]

 

Teacher who advocated destruction of pro-life display put on admin leave

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 11:27 am » 33 Comments

Good. Via NKU’s Northerner site: The Northern Kentucky University professor responsible for dismantling an anti-abortion display April 12 has stopped talking to the media and has been placed on administrative leave. Dr. Sally Jacobsen returned The Northerner’s calls Tuesday evening and said she has been advised by her attorney not to grant any more interviews. [...]

 

WH press secretary Scott McClellan has resigned

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 10:19 am » 42 Comments

Via AP: White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Wednesday he is resigning, continuing a shakeup in President Bush’s administration that has already yielded a new chief of staff and could lead to a change in the Cabinet. Appearing with Bush on the White House South Lawn just before the president boarded a helicopter at [...]

 

Well at least she’s not talking about a “chocolate” New Orleans

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 1:56 am » 1 Comment

The Whistler at the Say Anything blog has a post up about New Orleans mayoral candidate Kimberly Williamson Butler regarding the photo she has up on her official website. Apparently, it’s a photo of her at Disneyland – with the Disneyland trash can Photoshopped out. Wonkette has more, including a related post that provides some, [...]

 

The official police report on McKinney altercation

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 1:22 am » 9 Comments

Via the AJC: The official police report on Rep. Cynthia McKinney’s clash with a Capitol Hill police officer three weeks ago says the DeKalb County congresswoman struck the officer “in his chest with [a] closed fist.” The “event report” — obtained Tuesday by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution — describes the altercation as an assault on a [...]

 

New revelations on the Saddam/Osama connection

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 12:30 am » 9 Comments

Jamie Glazov at FrontPage magazine has a must-read interview posted that he did with Thomas Joscelyn on some new revelations that are emerging from the recently released intelligence documents that were discovered in Iraq and Afghanistan. Joscelyn in the past has teamed up with the tenacious Stephen Hayes regarding the connections between Saddam and Osama. [...]

 

Is it too soon for “United 93″ movie?

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2006 at 12:05 am » 9 Comments

The movie about United Airlines Flight 93, scheduled to be released on April 28th, has stirred up the debate on whether or not it’s “too soon” for a big screen release of a movie about 9-11. A theater in New York City even pulled the trailer for the movie (titled “United 93″;) after some moviegoers [...]