Daily Archives: April 23rd, 2007 «

 

‘Hip hop mogul’ Russell Simmons calls for ‘voluntary’ bleeping of certain derogatory terms used by rappers

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 10:41 pm » 8 Comments

Last week, I blogged about a rap ‘summit’ of sorts involving some of the top names in rap music and entertainment, including Russell Simmons. In that post, I noted the platitudes and excuses he and others at the ‘summit’ issued which suggested they were more interested in shifting the blame from the rappers who engage [...]

 

The partial birth abortion ruling

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 8:48 pm » 3 Comments

La Shawn Barber sums up what the ruling and the PBA ban upheld by the ruling were all about, and reminds partial birth abortion fencesitters what actually happens during a PBA (not “late term abortion”, CBS). Whew. Powerful stuff. Dinesh D’Souza has more commentary on the ruling and the challenges it presents for the pro-life [...]

 

Monday/24 open thread

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 8:28 pm » 6 Comments

Looks like CTU’s gonna help Jack Bauer rescue his girlfriend, with or with out VP Daniels’ authority … (or maybe not! The previews for 24 this time around werer very misleading, or maybe I was just tired when I saw them …;) Not sure if I’ll be watching tonight as I’m pretty tired, but even [...]

 

US-Turkey relations: Speaker Pelosi at it again

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 4:32 pm » 9 Comments

Jim Geraghty has a must-read on the latest shenanigans Speaker Pelosi is up to as she once again tries to throw her weight around on the world stage as the third in line to the presidency and this time she’s not just ticking off the right – she’s upsetting the left, too: Just FYI, tomorrow [...]

 

Katie Couric on the way out at CBS?

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 3:42 pm » 13 Comments

Matthew Sheffield at Newsbusters writes about the possibility La Couric could be out of a job with CBS by the time the 2008 elections are over, and points to this piece from the Philly Inquirer which gives us some specifics on the speculation: CBS executives deny it, but there’s a growing feeling within the network [...]

 

Breaking: Boris Yeltsin has passed away

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 10:10 am » Comments Off

Via the AP: MOSCOW – Former President Boris Yeltsin, who engineered the final collapse of the Soviet Union and pushed Russia to embrace democracy and a market economy, has died, a Kremlin official said Monday. He was 76. Kremlin spokesman Alexander Smirnov confirmed Yeltsin’s death, but gave no cause or further information. A Communist Party [...]

 

The impromptu ‘global warming’ debate: David, Crow versus Rove (MORE: AN EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT)

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 9:30 am » 38 Comments

Tom Bevan at Real Clear Politics has a summary of what happened this weekend at the WH Correspondents dinner, where singers Laurie David and Sheryl Crow – global warming alarmists currently on a two week college tour to promote fear of an environmental apocolypse – confronted WH political advisor Karl Rove on the issue of [...]

 

VTech students return to class today

Posted by: ST on April 23, 2007 at 8:41 am » Comments Off

And are trying to restore some sense of normalcy: BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) – Still grieving and increasingly wary of the media spotlight, Virginia Tech students returned to their beleaguered campus Sunday, preparing to salvage the final weeks of a semester eclipsed by violence. The scene on campus resembled move-in day in late summer, with parents [...]