Daily Archives: July 2nd, 2006 «

 

Liveblogging the Mexican presidential election

Posted by: ST on July 2, 2006 at 10:49 pm » 3 Comments

Mark in Mexico is liveblogging the Mexican elections. Who will win? Gateway Pundit reports that of right now: Conservative Felipe Calderon of the ruling party and Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador the Leftist candidate of Hugo Chavez locked in a tie. Stay tuned to Mark and GP for continuous updates on the results. Monday AM Update: [...]

 

Sunday misc. odds and ends

Posted by: ST on July 2, 2006 at 7:27 pm » 8 Comments

The blogosphere is a bit quiet this weekend, presumably due to the upcoming 4th of July holiday. I know several people who have bailed out of town for the next few days, and are already enjoying their time off and preparing to celebrate our Independence Day. My long weekend starts after the 4th, as I’ll [...]

 

More fallout from the Swift program leak

Posted by: ST on July 2, 2006 at 2:41 pm » 2 Comments

Via Gulf News: Last month the New York Times broke the story that CIA agents and US treasury officials have been secretly monitoring financial transactions routed through Swift, an acronym for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. [...] The European Commission has already said that EU law does not cover the handing over of [...]

 

Israel strikes Palestinian PM’s headquarters

Posted by: ST on July 2, 2006 at 10:40 am » 1 Comment

Sending a strong message: free Cpt. Gilad Shalit. Prior: Things are heating up between the Palestinians and Israel Palestinian terrorists feel the pressure from Israel