Daily Archives: April 2nd, 2007 «

 

Monday/Tuesday/24 Open thread

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 8:24 pm » 11 Comments

Will the VP be able to steal the presidency from President Palmer? We should be closer to the answer in the next hour … Tue PM Update: Here’s Rick Moran’s recap.

 

ABC Blotter sources: Iran could have nukes by 2009

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 7:36 pm » 16 Comments

Brian Ross and Christopher Isham at ABC’s Blotter are citing anonymous sources as saying Iran may have enough material to make a nuke by 2009: Iran has more than tripled its ability to produce enriched uranium in the last three months, adding some 1,000 centrifuges which are used to separate radioactive particles from the raw [...]

 

Putting safety behind protecting lawsuits

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 6:56 pm » 3 Comments

Debra Burlingame pens another spot-on piece about Democrats and their national security priorities (or lack thereof): Various members of the House majority had just spent 30 minutes in self-praise over the $7.3 billion transportation-security bill, calling it long-overdue relief for millions of Americans. Then Rep. Peter King (R-L.I.) rose to propose an amendment directed at [...]

 

Prepping for Bush’s Iraq war supp. veto: Feingold and Reid to introduce cut and run legislation

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 2:42 pm » 11 Comments

Straight from the horse’s mouth (emphasis added): Washington D.C. -­ U.S. Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) announced today that they are introducing legislation that will effectively end the current military mission in Iraq and begin the redeployment of U.S. forces. The bill requires the President to begin safely redeploying [...]

 

Supremes reject appeal from Gitmo detainees who are challenging their detention

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 10:45 am » 2 Comments

Via AP: WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court rejected an appeal Monday from Guantanamo detainees who want challenge their five-year-long confinement in court, a victory for the Bush administration’s legal strategy in its fight against terrorism. The victory may be only temporary, however. The high court twice previously has extended legal protections to prisoners at [...]

 

UK: Teachers not teaching Holocaust out of fear of ‘offending Muslims’

Posted by: ST on April 2, 2007 at 10:04 am » 10 Comments

Via the Daily Mail (emphasis added): Schools are dropping the Holocaust from history lessons to avoid offending Muslim pupils, a Governmentbacked study has revealed. It found some teachers are reluctant to cover the atrocity for fear of upsetting students whose beliefs include Holocaust denial. There is also resistance to tackling the 11th century Crusades – [...]