Daily Archives: March 21st, 2007 «

 

Time for another round of “Caption This”

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 10:45 pm » 22 Comments

Whew. Need to lighten the mood here some after that last post. Can’t wait to see your captions for this one: Photo courtesy: REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque Update/Related: Does the Toyota Prius outdo the Hummer in environmental damage? (Hat tip: ST reader GD)

 

A child’s innocence – and life – cruelly stolen

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 10:17 pm » 11 Comments

Earlier this evening, I was sitting here at my computer blogging and heard some chatter close by. I looked outside my window and saw that one of my neighbors was outside working on his car (putting on a spare tire), and his son – who is probably about five or six years old – was [...]

 

Because it’s important to be fashionable while politicking …

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 9:29 pm » Comments Off

Frumpy is out and glamour is in in Washington, DC: In the face of this changing cultural landscape, many Washingtonians say that D.C.’s “Hollywood for Ugly People” mantra is outdated. “When I first moved here, I thought the description was accurate,” said Paul Schur, a D.C.-based publicist who was born and raised in Beverly Hills [...]

 

Will they try to ban SUVs next?

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 9:07 pm » 10 Comments

Nanny state government in action right here in my beloved state (controlled by Democrats) of NC: RALEIGH — How many legislators does it take to unscrew an incandescent light bulb? A majority. But it takes one to get it started, and that’s what Greensboro Rep. Pricey Harrison is trying to do. Harrison, a Democrat, has [...]

 

“Duh” headline of the day

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 8:47 pm » 1 Comment

Top Lawyers Say Duke Case Is Weak Really, now?

 

Revealed: “1984″ anti-Hillary ad creator is …

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 8:26 pm » 1 Comment

… none other than a (now former) staffer for a consulting firm used by Senator Barack Obama. Some of Arianna Huffington’s readers solved the big “mystery”: Last night, we sent out a challenge to the HuffPost team asking them to hit the phones and contact all their sources. As a result, we have learned the [...]

 

FBI probing Edwards Senate campaign donor

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 6:53 pm » 2 Comments

Via Ben Smith at The Politico: The FBI is investigating five-year-old contributions by the family of a Mississippi trial lawyer to former Democratic Sen. John Edwards. The investigation into lawyer Paul Minor — part of a long-running and controversial federal case — has come to Washington in recent weeks, where four former fundraising aides to [...]

 

Cathy Seipp has passed away

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 6:28 pm » 1 Comment

K.Lo writes: Friends in Los Angeles confirm that after a long inspiring fight Cathy Seipp passed away this afternoon. What a blessing she was in so many lives. God bless her daughter, Maia, and grieving family and friends. A close friend of hers relays in an e-mail circulating: “Cathy took enormous comfort … in the [...]

 

AUDIO: Congressman Markey (D-MA) calls Gore a “prophet”

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 3:48 pm » 23 Comments

I noted in an update to this post that someone had called Gore a “prophet” this morning as he was speaking on Capitol Hill on “global warming.” If you can stomach it, here’s the audio. Update I: Gore refused to sign an energy ethics pledge (which you can read here -scroll) proposed by noted gw [...]

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on March 21, 2007 at 2:42 pm » 10 Comments

FYI, I’ve added a “Breitbart Headlines” news ticker to the lower left column of the blog. I tried to add a news ticker of my own making about a year ago but it didn’t work out (I didn’t like it), but this one comes directly from Breitbart, which carries headlines from most major news outlets [...]