Daily Archives: July 1st, 2007 «

 

Kaziah Hancock: A great woman doing wonderful work in honor of our fallen soldiers and their families

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2007 at 9:50 pm » 7 Comments

Usually when you hear about artists and wars in the same breath, it has something to do with some anti-war nut painting about the abuse at Abu Ghraib, or other generally negative pieces of ‘art’ about our brave men and women in uniform. But believe it or not, there are artists out there who treasure [...]

 

The Goracle exposed

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2007 at 9:17 pm » 15 Comments

No, not in that way (*shivers!*). In a way that we’ll all enjoy reading (h/t: several ST readers): Many of the assertions Gore makes in his movie, ”An Inconvenient Truth,” have been refuted by science, both before and after he made them. Gore can show sincerity in his plea for scientific honesty by publicly acknowledging [...]

 

Bad news for Russell Simmons?

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2007 at 8:48 pm » 4 Comments

Rap music sales are declining, thank goodness: To judge by their lyrics, gangsta rappers are adept at seeing off rivals with a bullet and their women with a slap. But America’s rappers are now trapped in a corner they don’t seem able to shoot their way out of, with either weapons or words. Confronted with [...]

 

5 arrested, search is on for more after three attempted terror attacks in London, Glasgow

Posted by: ST on July 1, 2007 at 8:14 pm » 1 Comment

I’m back a little early, primarly because this story was too important to put on the back burner at this blog til tomorrow. By now, I’m sure you’ve already heard of the third attempted terrorist attack in the UK this weekend, that of the Jeep Cherokee that was driven into the Glasgow International Airport Saturday, [...]