Daily Archives: February 13th, 2007 «

 

Excellent news

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 10:45 pm » 27 Comments

Fox is reporting: Anti-American Cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr Reportedly Flees Iraq for Iran: WASHINGTON — Anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr has fled his Baghdad stronghold for the friendly confines of Iran’s capital, FOX News can confirm via a senior United States official. Al-Sadr left Iraq within the past few weeks out of fear for his safety [...]

 

House “Planet Warming” hearing cancelled – due to snowstorm

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 9:19 pm » 143 Comments

LOL! If I’m not mistaken, this has also happened to Al Gore in the last couple of years. He gave a gw speech in the middle of a really bad snow storm. Delish Update: This was also posted at Drudge: SAVE IT FOR A SUNNY DAY: Maryville Univ. in St. Louis area cancelling screening of [...]

 

Tuesday open thread

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 4:12 pm » 5 Comments

What up, ya’ll?

 

RIP, Rep. Charlie Norwood

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 2:25 pm » 1 Comment

The AP is reporting tht Rep. Charlie Norwood (R-GA 9th District) has passed away after battling lung disease and cancer. He was 65. Can’t get into his website at the moment, but I’m sure they’ll have something posted there soon. Thoughts and prayers are with his family at this time.

 

WaPo reporter wishes his name had never been put on “improper but not illegal” pre-Iraq war intelligence story

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 11:18 am » 3 Comments

Remember the WaPo pre-Iraq war intelligence story that was widely reported and discussed last week, the one where they falsely attritubed quotes to the Inspector General that were actually Democratic Senator Carl Levin’s? Just to recap, here’s how the correction read (emphasis added): A Feb. 9 front-page article about the Pentagon inspector general’s report regarding [...]

 

Romney to throw hat into the ring

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2007 at 9:18 am » 4 Comments

He’s done the exploratory committee thing, and today, he will (or has?) announce(d) his intentions to run for the Republican nomination for president of the US. Drudge has an advance copy of Governor Romney’s speech. He’s announcing the speech in the state he was born in: Michigan. Mark Hemingway at NRO explains why Michigan is [...]