Daily Archives: June 8th, 2006 «

 

Jerry Springer and Randi Rhodes reactions to Zarqawi news

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 11:18 pm » 12 Comments

Was just watching the replay of the O’Reilly Factor and Bill played some clips of Scare America hosts Randi Rhodes and Jerry Springer downplaying to the max the good news about the killing of Zarqawi by US forces. I don’t have a transcript to link to (maybe someone will have it tomorrow) but Springer essentially [...]

 

Great news for Israel

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 8:01 pm » 6 Comments

The US and Iraq weren’t the only ones celebrating the demise of a top terrorist thug. Via Reuters: GAZA (Reuters) – A senior Palestinian security official in the Hamas government was killed on Thursday in an Israeli aerial attack on a militant camp in the southern Gaza Strip, witnesses and medics said. They said Jamal [...]

 

Revealing court filing in Duke lacrosse rape case

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 7:47 pm » 1 Comment

It’s looking more and more like this whole thing was a hoax. Via the Raleigh News and Observer: The second dancer in the Duke lacrosse case told police early on that allegations of rape were a “crock” and that she was with the accuser the entire evening except for a period of less than five [...]

 

Media spins Zarqawi killing into a negative

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 6:59 pm » 10 Comments

…. surprise! Visit Newsbusters and just keep scrolling for some of the absurdity our ‘unbiased’ MSM put forth in response to the killing of Zarqawi. This one was particularly interesting. Matt Lauer questioned the timing: Matt Lauer: “And Mik, let me just talk about the timing of this. The, the U.S. military has been rocked [...]

 

How our troops try to avoid civilian casualties

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 12:42 pm » 5 Comments

The media relishes painting our military as a bunch of heartless thugs who don’t care about civilians in Iraq, but people who aren’t blinded by anti-war biases know otherwise. Examples follow. Via Michael Yon: We are facing a savage, savage enemy. I have seen with my own eyes how they have murdered children. I have [...]

 

Thursday open thread

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 11:59 am » 22 Comments

Have at it, ya’ll I forgot to post last night that the ‘Canes won game two of the Stanley Cup finals last night in a 5-0 rout of the Oilers. Next game is Saturday in Edmonton and will be broadcast on NBC at 8PM ET.

 

UN rights envoy: US economic embargo against Cuba hampers political rights effort

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 10:33 am » 33 Comments

.!. Via Reuters: GENEVA (Reuters) – A special U.N. rights envoy expressed alarm on Tuesday at allegations of ill treatment in Cuban jails, but said that a U.S. economic embargo was hampering attempts to improve Cuba’s respect for political rights. “The extreme tension between Cuba and the United States has created a climate which is [...]

 

Abu Musab al-Zarqawi – killed in bombing raid!

Posted by: ST on June 8, 2006 at 8:19 am » 36 Comments

Yes! Via FoxNews: BAGHDAD, Iraq — Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the Al Qaeda in Iraq leader who led a brutal insurgency that included homicide bombings, kidnappings and beheadings, was killed in an airstrike on a building north of Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi officials announced Thursday. Officials said the terror leader’s identity was confirmed by fingerprints, facial [...]