Daily Archives: April 20th, 2007 «

 

Keeping the faith during times of tragedy

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 8:44 pm » 8 Comments

It is in times of tragedy, such as the one we witnessed earlier this week at VTech, that the faith of Christians is strongly tested. Some move closer to God, while others withdraw because they don’t understand. Usually the first questions asked when things like the 32 murders at VTech happen, or the 3,000 killed [...]

 

Breaking: Gunman at Johnson Space Center? (UPDATE: 2 CONFIRMED DEAD, INCLUDING SHOOTER)

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 3:49 pm » 7 Comments

Just got the email alert via MSNBC: A building at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston was evacuated Friday amid reports that an armed person was spotted there, the space agency said. NASA security personnel as well as Houston police responded to “a report about a person with a weapon” at Building 44 on the [...]

 

We’ll never forget

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 3:10 pm » 2 Comments

(via Insty) In many cities, vigils, moments of silence, and days of mourning have all been held or declared in honor of those slain in Monday morning’s massacre at VTech. VTech declared today “Hokie Hope” day. I didn’t know this until last night, but there is a Charlotte chapter of the VTech Alumni Association, and [...]

 

IAEA: Iran has 1,300 active centrifuges

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 12:50 pm » 3 Comments

Once again, via The Blotter: International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors have confirmed through firsthand observation that Iran has over 1,300 centrifuges in operation, a diplomat close to the organization told ABC News. The finding, noted in an April 18 letter from the IAEA to Iran, confirms earlier ABC News reporting that Iran had drastically increased [...]

 

Congressional Dems swimming in “special interest cash”

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 12:40 pm » 1 Comment

Bbbbut I thought things were gonna be ‘cleaned up’ in DC under Democratic . Via ABC’s Blotter: The campaign coffers of the new Democratic House committee chairmen have seen a big jump in contributions from lobbyists and special interests since the Democratic takeover of Congress, according to new campaign finance filings available on PoliticalMoneyLine.com. In [...]

 

Senator Babs Boxer: USSC makeup only worth mentioning when she disagrees with ruling

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 10:53 am » 11 Comments

As expected, the feministas are having a fit over the recent USSC ruling on partial birth abortion where, in a 5-4 vote, Justices upheld the partial birth abortion ban passed by Congress & signed into law by the President back in 2003. Leading the charge to ‘protect a woman’s right to choose’ is Senator Barbara [...]

 

Harry Reid: “The war is lost”

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 8:02 am » 9 Comments

Way to ‘support the troops’, Senator. Update: Here’s the video:

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on April 20, 2007 at 12:02 am » 5 Comments

I wanted to go ahead and post this just in case the I’net connection at the 8-5 is down Friday. It was down late Thurs. afternoon so there’s no telling what I’ll walk into when I get there. So if you don’t see me around by lunchtime today, you’ll know why. TGIF! Fri AM Update: [...]