Daily Archives: June 1st, 2006 «

 

‘CANES WIN!!

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 10:06 pm » 7 Comments

YES! Final score: ‘Canes 4 – Sabres 2 (Photo courtesy of Carolina Hurricanes.com) *See more photos here*

 

Thursday open thread

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 4:13 pm » 15 Comments

Have at it! BTW, the ‘Canes and Sabres play game 7 tonight in Raleigh – game time 7:30 PM ET. This will be *the* game to determine Edmonton’s opponent in the Stanley Cup finals, so I’ll be sitting on pins and needles the entire game (as I’m sure many ‘Canes fans will).

 

Jed Babbin on Haditha

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 3:47 pm » 17 Comments

Consider this a must-read (ST reader Baklava noted this article earlier in the comments section to another thread). Babbin, former deputy undersecretary of defense in the GHWB administration, writes: The accelerating media feeding frenzy over the alleged killings of twenty-four Iraqi civilians in Haditha by US Marines last November is about to overwhelm American politics. [...]

 

The 2004 election was stolen!!!!!!

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 3:41 pm » 11 Comments

liberal font/ Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. tells us exactly how. Because, you see, there’s no way a majority of Americans would be stupid enough to re-elect Dumbya! /liberal font

 

ABC News poll: 86% favor FBI searching Congressional offices with a warrant

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 3:36 pm » 1 Comment

94% of Republicans and 78% of Democrats are ok with it: June 1, 2006 — In the rift between Congress and the Justice Department, Americans side overwhelmingly with law enforcement: Regardless of precedent and the separation of powers, 86 percent say the FBI should be allowed to search a Congress member’s office if it has [...]

 

NY State Comptroller Alan Hevesi: Moron of the year

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 3:30 pm » 3 Comments

Richard Cohen has once again been proven right: the hatred is back. WNBC reports: NEW YORK — State Comptroller Alan Hevesi publicly apologized Thursday for a “beyond dumb” remark about “putting a bullet between the president’s eyes.” Hevesi hastily called a mea culpa press conference hours after putting his foot in his mouth at the [...]

 

I’m no fan of Jimmy Carter but …

Posted by: ST on June 1, 2006 at 8:36 am » 33 Comments

… I also think the allegations of him having a cozy relationship with Osama Bin Laden via contributions made to the Carter Center from Bakr Bin Laden on behalf of the Saudi Bin Laden Group are way off the mark. I’m inclined to agree with Captain Ed, who writes: In truth, Bakr bin Laden and [...]