Daily Archives: April 19th, 2007 «

 

Calling out “hip-hop mogul” Russell Simmons

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2007 at 6:47 pm » 14 Comments

Last night, I blogged about a rap music ‘summit’ that was organized in the aftermath of the Don Imus “nappy headed hos” controversy, a summit that was more a dog and pony show than a conference of leaders in the rap and music community who wanted to get together to do something meaningful in response [...]

 

John Edwards reimburses campaign for both $400 hair cuts

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2007 at 2:57 pm » 7 Comments

Heh. Too funny: WASHINGTON (AP) – Democrat John Edwards is trying to get out of a hairy situation, reimbursing his presidential campaign $800 for two visits with a Beverly Hills stylist. Two $400 cuts by stylist Joseph Torrenueva, who told The Associated Press that the former North Carolina senator is a longtime client, showed up [...]

 

Liveblogging Alberto Gonzales testimony before Senate Judiciary committee

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2007 at 10:36 am » 2 Comments

Captain Ed is currently liveblogging AG Alberto Gonzales’ appearance before the Senate Judiciary committee, where he is testifying again about the 8 fired attorneys ‘scandal.’ Read the latest info on that here. Looks like there is a lot of posturing going on among the usual suspects already.

 

NBC’s decision to air video and photos from the VTech killer: right or wrong?

Posted by: ST on April 19, 2007 at 9:50 am » 20 Comments

Ed Driscoll, among others, is questioning NBC’s decision to air video snippets and photos sent to them from VTech killer Cho Seung-Hui. The WaPo reports that the network “debated hours” on whether or not to air what was sent and eventually decided to air it while others strongly disagreed with their decision. NBC’s Brian Williams, [...]