Daily Archives: February 11th, 2007 «

 

I’m with ya, Obama!

Posted by: ST on February 11, 2007 at 7:07 pm » 7 Comments

Ben Smith at The Poltico reports on a press conference Obama put on this weekend, where Obama’s number one complaint about the media was that it was, in essence, too much fluff and not enough ‘stuff’ about his actual record: Barack Obama used his first news conference after announcing his run for president to accuse [...]

 

Arizona’s new minimum wage law forcing employers to lay off staff, cut back hours

Posted by: ST on February 11, 2007 at 6:07 pm » 22 Comments

Via the Arizona Republic: Oh, for the days when Arizona’s high school students could roll pizza dough, sweep up sticky floors in theaters or scoop ice cream without worrying about ballot initiatives affecting their earning power. That’s certainly not the case under the state’s new minimum-wage law that went into effect last month. Some Valley [...]

 

The NYT’s cooked up editorial

Posted by: ST on February 11, 2007 at 10:13 am » 10 Comments

First the editorial, on the now-debunked but widely talked about news reports from several news outlets about pre-war Iraq intelligence reports that were supposedly ‘cooked up’ to fit the admin’s agenda of ‘forcing a link between Iraq and Al Qaeda’. Now, the smackdown of that editorial: from Curt at Flopping Aces, who provides link after [...]

 

Michael Yon in Iraq

Posted by: ST on February 11, 2007 at 9:58 am » Comments Off

The incredible Yon’s latest dispatch is posted here. Pundit Review Radio recently interviewed Michael. You can listen to the interview here. Great work, as usual, from Michael in bringing the front lines home to us in a way the MSM can’t, and to Pundit Review Radio for another fine interview.