Daily Archives: April 18th, 2007 «

 

Rap music ‘summit’ solves nothing, blame shifted from rappers to ‘conditions’ rappers sing about

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 10:35 pm » 9 Comments

If anyone of had been hoping that something positive was going to come from the rap community, in light of the criticism they’ve received since the controversy over Don Imus’ “nappy headed hos remark” thrust the violence and misogyny inherent in rap music in the spotlight, they better think again. Earlier today, music executives and [...]

 

Wednesday open thread

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 7:26 pm » 6 Comments

Need a break from the VTech blogging. That can get to you after a while. Ok, check out this video of a parrot who can do some amazing things. Part of the video reminds me of Democrats, especially the parts where the parrot owner asks the parrot to ‘flip’ and ‘roll over’ 8:46 pm: Hmm. [...]

 

Cho Seung-Hui: The face of a killer

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 6:04 pm » 10 Comments

MSNBC has released this photo of Cho Seung-Hui, which he sent to them: NBC Nightly News will be revealing more photos he is reported to have sent (and perhaps video, too?) tonight on their 6:30 broadcast. Chris Matthews, believe it or not, had some good questions about the package, which can be seen/heard here – [...]

 

Senate Democrats stall earmark reform, House stalling on war supp. affecting military already

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 3:23 pm » Comments Off

They’ve talked a good talk about it, but apparently aren’t prepared to walk the walk. Red State has the details. And over in the House, the stall on the war supplemental spending bill continues, and yes – the military is already experiencing the negative effects, which Democrats claimed wouldn’t happen because they claimed they supposedly [...]

 

Pandermonium: Dem pres. hopefuls set to appear at Sharpton convention

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 12:24 pm » 2 Comments

… just two weeks after condemning Don Imus’ “nappy headed hos” comment. Via the AP: NEW YORK –Civil rights activist Al Sharpton, whose profile soared in his recent push for dismissal of radio personality Don Imus, is attracting all the major Democratic presidential candidates for his annual convention this week. John Edwards was scheduled to [...]

 

USSC upholds ban on partial birth abortion (MORE: EDWARDS CARES ABOUT PBA NOW, BUT NOT IN 2003)

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 10:36 am » 19 Comments

A victory for life! Via AP: WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court upheld the nationwide ban on a controversial abortion procedure Wednesday, handing abortion opponents the long-awaited victory they expected from a more conservative bench. The 5-4 ruling said the Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that Congress passed and President Bush signed into law in 2003 [...]

 

Breaking: VTech evacuated, police “swarm” with guns drawn (PM UPDATE: NBC RECEIVED “MATERIALS” FROM SHOOTER)

Posted by: ST on April 18, 2007 at 8:39 am » 3 Comments

MSNBC has that on their front page, but there’s no link to the story yet. What the hell is going on?? Update I: Neither MSNBC nor Fox has that breaking news update at the top of their page anymore, so perhaps it was a false alarm? Update II: Here’s the scoop – it was a [...]