Daily Archives: May 14th, 2007 «

 

The murders of Channon Christian and Christopher Newsom: Media double standards working overtime

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 11:04 pm » 14 Comments

Imagine this: A young black couple in Knoxville, TN go out for a night on the town, but instead are viciously murdered – their bodies mutilated and burned, after being brutally gang raped, sodomized, and tortured at the hands of five white thugs. The story easily makes it onto the front page of the national [...]

 

Monday/24 Open Thread

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 7:42 pm » 15 Comments

FYI, I changed a few things around on the right and left side columns – I’ve moved the “recent comments” to the right, and deleted the links for “recent posts” – if you were someone who used that to scan for new posts, you can still view the most recent posts by going to the [...]

 

Must-read from General Petraeus

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 3:54 pm » 3 Comments

Are you listening, Washington, DC?

 

Talk of concealed carry gets college student suspended, must undergo psychological evaluation before readmittance

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 3:15 pm » 4 Comments

After reading this, it makes you wonder whether or not it happened because the guy was advocating a repeal of the school’s gun ban or because he was a conservative (emphasis added): Sipping soda from a straw and leaning on his elbows at Perkins, Troy Scheffler seems harmless enough. The 31-year-old Hamline University grad student [...]

 

Republican presidential candidate watch

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 10:58 am » 7 Comments

On the eve of tomorrow night’s Republican presidential candidate debate on Fox News (9 pm ET) where the big question is who – if anyone – will stand out, here’s a rundown of some of the latest headlines on the candidates – and potential candidates: — Newt Gingrich to throw his hat into the ring? [...]

 

Bill Clinton makes his pitch to become first First Man

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 9:31 am » 2 Comments

Slick. As always.

 

Three US troops captured in Iraq – the search is on

Posted by: ST on May 14, 2007 at 8:32 am » 1 Comment

The AP reports: BAGHDAD (AP) – An al-Qaida front group announced Sunday it had captured American soldiers in a deadly attack the day before, as thousands of U.S. troops searched insurgent areas south of Baghdad for their three missing comrades. The statement came on one of the deadliest days in the country in recent weeks, [...]