Daily Archives: June 27th, 2006 «

 

Palestinian terrorists feel the pressure from Israel

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 10:35 pm » 9 Comments

Via AP: GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israeli tanks and troops entered southern Gaza and planes attacked three bridges and knocked out electricity to the coastal strip early Wednesday, stepping up the pressure on Palestinian militants holding captive a 19-year-old Israeli soldier. The ground troops and tanks began taking up positions in two locations east [...]

 

Interview with Mort Kondracke

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 8:52 pm » 1 Comment

If you’ve watched Special Report with Brit Hume on FoxNews, seen him with Fred Barnes on Fox’s Beltway Boys, or read him at Roll Call, you know who Mort Kondracke is I’m a big fan who always enjoys listening to his takes on politics, and so is blogger Real Ugly American, who recently interviewed Mort. [...]

 

Flag burning amendment fails by one vote

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 8:15 pm » 11 Comments

It was close: WASHINGTON – A constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration died in a Senate cliffhanger Tuesday, a single vote short of the support needed to send it to the states for ratification a week before Independence Day. The 66-34 tally in favor of the amendment was one less than the two-thirds required. The [...]

 

I can’t imagine why Rush would have wanted to keep a Viagra prescription out of the public eye

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 3:33 pm » 17 Comments

Can you figure it out? I’m at a loss to explain … Seriously, here’s how he handled the big (no pun intended) story on today’s show (audio here). James Joyner has posted the plea agreement documents. Question that needs to be answered: is it ok for doctors to issue prescriptions in their name, rather than [...]

 

Joe Biden – the romantic

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 2:21 pm » 10 Comments

When asked recently about whether or not he would make a go of running for president in ’08, here’s what Senator Biden had to say: Because he was the first Democrat to step up and say publicly last year that he’s exploring running for president, we can assume that Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.) is plenty [...]

 

Keller: “…not all of them urged us not to publish”

Posted by: ST on June 27, 2006 at 8:47 am » 24 Comments

In the continuing firestorm over the decision of the NYT to publish the bank transaction monitoring story comes this important tidbit of information, from Allah at Hot Air: In an interview the NYT’s Bill Keller gave to CNN, he pointed out that three people outside of the administration (who were, incidentally, Democrats – Correction: Tom [...]