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Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 4:43 pm » 34 Comments

Here’s your open thread for today. I’ll start it off with my thoughts on Barry Bonds’ hitting his 715th HR this past weekend, passing Babe Ruth’s 714 to become #2 on the most career homeruns list. The only one left to catch now is Hank Aaron, who holds the record at 755 HRs. Bonds is [...]

 

Liberal bloggers convention in Las Vegas

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 2:11 pm » 2 Comments

I liked the title of Michelle Malkin’s post on the convention: “Viva Kos Vegas” Via AllahPundit, check out the predictable ‘Bush is a racist, warmongering liar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!’ liberal promo of the event. Hey, maybe they can invite Al “digital brownshirts” Gore as a guest speaker – that way he can get in a promo for his [...]

 

Tony Snow vs. Helen Thomas

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 1:51 pm » 9 Comments

Tony once again shows why he was a great choice for WH Press Sec.: his ability to handle hostile folks in the press with a smile: Helen Thomas, doyenne of the White House press corps, tangles with Tony Snow at today’s briefing over President Bush’s appointment of Karl Zinmeister as domestic policy adviser: QUESTION: Why [...]

 

Paulson to replace Snow as top guy at the Treasury dept.

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 9:46 am » 5 Comments

The AP describes this as part of a “shake-up” to revive Bush’s “troubled presidency”: WASHINGTON – Treasury Secretary John Snow resigned Tuesday and President Bush nominated Goldman Sachs Chairman Henry M. Paulson Jr. as his replacement — another chapter in the shake-up to revive Bush’s troubled presidency. “He has a lifetime of business experience. He [...]

 

Blast in Iraq kills several, including US soldier and 2 from CBS News crew

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 9:43 am » Comments Off

Via the Washington Post: BAGHDAD, May 29 — A car bomb explosion in central Baghdad Monday killed two CBS News crew members, an Iraqi interpreter and a U.S. soldier, and severely wounded the news team’s correspondent, in one of a string of attacks that killed dozens of people in Iraq over the course of the [...]

 

More on the culture of corruption

Posted by: ST on May 30, 2006 at 8:59 am » 17 Comments

… Democrat style: Senate Democratic Leader Harry M. Reid (Nev.) accepted free ringside tickets from the Nevada Athletic Commission to three professional boxing matches while that state agency was trying to influence him on federal regulation of boxing. Reid took the free seats for Las Vegas fights between 2003 and 2005 as he was pressing [...]