Daily Archives: May 7th, 2007 «

 

Monday/24 open thread

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2007 at 4:54 pm » 30 Comments

Starting this one a little early. I’m a gold medalist when it comes to freak accidents – today was one of those days. I just took a dive in our parking lot here at the 8-5. It wasn’t a pretty scene. I’m the only person I know who can trip over her own feet on [...]

 

Move over, Speaker Pelosi

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2007 at 12:07 pm » 8 Comments

A real queen is in town: WASHINGTON (AP) – With trumpet fanfare and a 21-gun salute, President Bush welcomed Queen Elizabeth II to the White House on Monday as thousands of invited guests crowded the South Lawn for a glimpse of the British monarch. Bush and his wife, Laura, were waiting on the driveway on [...]

 

The story behind the 2004 GOP convention protest arrests

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2007 at 11:46 am » 6 Comments

In the coming days, you are likely to be reading a lot of stories about several lawsuits that have been filed against the NYPD on behalf of some 1,800 protestors who attended anti-Bush ‘festivities’ around the RNC convention in the summer of 2004. A federal judge on Friday ordered the NYPD to release some 600 [...]

 

Breaking: Backpack explodes at Vegas hotel, killing one

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2007 at 11:09 am » 15 Comments

Via the AP: LAS VEGAS – A backpack exploded in a parking garage attached to a Las Vegas hotel early Monday, killing a man who had picked it up and injuring another person, authorities said. The man had removed the backpack from atop his car when it exploded shortly after 4 a.m. on the second [...]

 

The GOP Debates roundtable

Posted by: ST on May 7, 2007 at 8:45 am » Comments Off

Well, it was sort of a roundtable anyway This weekend, I participated in a podcast with John Hawkins from Right Wing News and Liz Mair from GOPProgress.com. The topic was Thursday’s GOP predidential candidates debate. Michael Illions, the moderator, has posted the podcast here.