Daily Archives: May 9th, 2006 «

 

UK university and college lecturers union attempt a boycott of Israeli universities and professors

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 8:47 pm » 3 Comments

No, I’m not kidding. The news of this intellectual bigotry comes courtesy of Haaretz Daily: The largest university and college lecturers union in Britain is likely to decide shortly to recommend that its 67,000 members boycott Israeli lecturers and academic institutions that do not publicly declare their opposition to Israeli policy in the territories. The [...]

 

I thought things like this only happened in the south …

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 6:04 pm » 8 Comments

Heh: VERMILION, OHIO — A man is scheduled to appear in court Tuesday for a drunk driving charge. He says he never should have been charged in the first place because he was on a lawn mower. It’s his third drunk driving arrest in six months. The first time he was in a van; the [...]

 

FDR and domestic surveillance

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 11:36 am » 8 Comments

Here’s a must-read article on the similarities between FDR and Bush on the issue of domestic surveillance in a time of war: IN A BOLD AND CONTROVERSIAL DECISION, the president authorized a program for the surveillance of communications within the United States, seeking to prevent acts of domestic sabotage and espionage. In so doing, he [...]

 

Richard Cohen on Democrats: “The hatred is back”

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 11:03 am » 17 Comments

This is a column I wouldn’t expect to see written by Cohen, who is generally considered to be a liberal on most issues: Two weeks ago I wrote about Al Gore’s new movie on global warming. I liked the film. In response, I instantly got more than 1,000 e-mails, most of them praising Gore, some [...]

 

Dems brimming with optimism, but Pelosi can’t answer agenda questions

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 10:42 am » 2 Comments

Via this NYT puff piece this morning, we read that the Democrats are feeling pretty good these days about their chances for finally winning a post-Bush’s-election-as-President election, thanks to low polling numbers for the President as well as a general sense of frustration Republicans feel with their party’s elected officials: WASHINGTON, May 8 — With [...]

 

Moonbat nuttiness in Chapel Hill

Posted by: ST on May 9, 2006 at 10:02 am » 4 Comments

Yes, we have our share of moonbats in the red state of North Carolina, too: CHAPEL HILL – President Bush should be impeached, Town Council members unanimously decided Monday night. The vote was the local body’s latest foray into national politics. A local Republican dismissed it as a “move of desperation.” Council members supported a [...]