Daily Archives: February 12th, 2007 «

 

Disgraced Edwards blogger Amanda Marcotte resigns

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 10:19 pm » 7 Comments

Michelle Malkin has the details and a link roundup. Marcotte and her faithful supporters are, of course, blaming this on “the right” and “Catholic activists” but in actuality she was a victim of her own hateful excesses and likely felt she couldn’t live up to Edwards’ expectations. Heck, Edwards had decided to keep Marcotte and [...]

 

“24″ open thread – Hours 1pm til 3pm

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 8:08 pm » 9 Comments

What will the baddies do to Morris? Hot Air’s got an open thread going on this, too, as does Lorie Byrd.

 

NYT gets one wrong – again

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 8:05 pm » 2 Comments

Back in January, the NYT ran a piece on women and marriage in the 21st century titled “51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse” – an article that the rest of the MSM breathlessly ran with, in what I would characterize as barely contained glee about the idea that a majority of women in [...]

 

Aussie PM John Howard stands by his comments on Senator Obama

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 6:58 pm » 14 Comments

I noted on Saturday the comments Australia’s Prime Minister John Howard had on the possibility of Senator Barack Obama getting elected president in 2008. To recap: In a strongly worded foray into US politics today, Mr Howard said an Obama victory in the presidential election would be disastrous for the war on terrorism. “I think [...]

 

I’ve heard of having a little trash in your car

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 6:27 pm » 3 Comments

But this is ridiculous!

 

Monday open thread – and a “Caption This”

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 4:52 pm » 19 Comments

My caption: “I’m standing next to a queen, so that must make me a king!” AP caption: Al Gore joins Queen Latifah on stage to present the award for best rock album at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 11, 2007, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Some of the other captions [...]

 

Duke U. student alleges Sunday rape

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 3:07 pm » 8 Comments

Keep your eye out on this story: DURHAM – Durham police are investigating allegations that a Duke University student was raped at an off-campus party on Gattis Street around 3 a.m. Sunday. More than 50 people attended a party over the weekend on Gattis Street, a duplex where several male Duke students live, according to [...]

 

Breaking: North Korea agrees to nuclear disarmament?

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 2:26 pm » 11 Comments

Drudge has that flashing on his website, but I haven’t been able to find a story on it yet. Here’s the most recent story I could find: BEIJING (Reuters) – Delegates to six-party talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons program agreed to hold further talks on Tuesday, after meeting into the early hours, suggesting a [...]

 

“Free speech for me, but not for thee”

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 12:36 pm » 11 Comments

Mark Noonan at Blogs for Bush has the details on how San Francisco State University is attempting to stifle the free speech rights of the SFSU College Republicans group. What started it all? The College Republicans hosted an anti-terrorist rally on campus last October and some of the participants stepped on handmade Hezbollah and Hamas [...]

 

The Scooter Libby trial

Posted by: ST on February 12, 2007 at 11:06 am » 1 Comment

The prosecution has rested its case, but AJ Strata believes, “The Libby trial is about to explode into new and fascinating territory this week as we finally get to see the Libby defence team shred Fitzgerald’s already tissue thin case.” Read more at his site for what he thinks will be in store at the [...]