Daily Archives: July 12th, 2006 «

 

Mikhail Gorbachev: the man really responsible for tearing down the iron curtain

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2006 at 7:05 pm » 8 Comments

Or so ABCNews would like you to think. Brian at Iowa Voice catches them as they try and rewrite history.  Good catch, Brian

 

Hezbollah captures two Israeli soldiers, kills at least seven other Israelis – Israel says it’s an act of war

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2006 at 3:27 pm » 11 Comments

Via Reuters: MARJAYOUN, Lebanon (Reuters) – Hizbollah guerrillas captured two Israeli soldiers and killed up to seven Israelis in violence on either side of the Lebanese border on Wednesday, further inflaming Middle East tensions. Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert described the Hizbollah attacks as an "act of war" by Lebanon and promised a "very painful [...]

 

Weds/Thurs open thread

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2006 at 11:28 am » 10 Comments

I’m tied up in a few things this morning – be back to blogging shortly. 

 

Glenn Greenwald whips himself into foaming frenzy, condemning the right for supposedly not doing something he doesn’t do – when he wants them to

Posted by: ST on July 12, 2006 at 1:29 am » 66 Comments

I generally refrain from fisking the blogposts of those I disagree with because I don’t want to risk beginning a pointless and time-wasting blog war, but I’m making an exception this evening.  Glenn Greenwald, the poster-child of the left wing whine-o-sphere, wrote a post earlier today titled "Prominent right-wing blogger today calls for the murder of Supreme Court [...]