Daily Archives: July 9th, 2006 «

 

Oh, how I love pirates

Posted by: ST on July 9, 2006 at 8:43 pm » 13 Comments

Especially this one “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest” set a three day record of taking in $132 mil in its opening weekend at the box office. I’ll be checking it out next weekend. I won’t be wearing my pirate wench costume, though Johnny Depp makes an awesome pirate – another favorite Hollywood pirate [...]

 

Jeff Goldstein going through yet another Denial of Service attack

Posted by: ST on July 9, 2006 at 6:27 pm » 4 Comments

After having to put up with the incredibly vicious attacks against him and his two year old son from a now-resigned ‘academic’ who worked at the University of Arizona, Jeff is now facing his third Denial of Service attack in the last several days. On top of that, he’s also continuing to receive hate emails [...]

 

Jon Chait gets it wrong, then gets it right

Posted by: ST on July 9, 2006 at 5:03 pm » 3 Comments

Jonathan Chait, who once declared that he hated President Bush and explained why in a New Republic piece, has written a piece that appeared in today’s LA Times about the anti-Lieberman forces in Connecticut have overplayed their hand by demanding party purity instead of accepting Senator Joe Lieberman for disagreeing with the DNC on a [...]

 

It’s Israel’s fault!

Posted by: ST on July 9, 2006 at 11:27 am » 3 Comments

The United Nations is blaming Israel for the Palestinian ‘humanitarian crisis’. Via AP: JERUSALEM (AP) – The United Nations blamed Israel for a burgeoning humanitarian crisis, including deaths, injuries and harm to children, from its offensive in Gaza in a strong statement released Saturday. The three-page statement, listing charges separately from six UN-affiliated agencies, called [...]

 

“Joking” Muslim cleric mocks victims of 9/11 – 7/7 terror attacks

Posted by: ST on July 9, 2006 at 10:54 am » 3 Comments

Via the UK Sunday Times (emphasis added): A SPEECH by an extremist Muslim cleric praising the London bombers and mocking victims of suicide attacks has been broadcast on the internet to coincide with the anniversary of the July 7 attacks. The audience laughs as Omar Brooks, a British Muslim convert who also uses the name [...]