Daily Archives: July 16th, 2007 «

 

Scandal-plagued SF mayor more popular than ever

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 8:35 pm » 4 Comments

Just as I predicted. Via Bloomberg: July 13 (Bloomberg) — San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom is running for re-election virtually unopposed, more popular than ever, after admitting to having an affair with a top aide’s wife and entering an alcohol-treatment program. Newsom, whose approval ratings are running close to 80 percent, said he expects a [...]

 

$600 for makeup? (MORE: $300 FOR ROMNEY MAKEUP!?)

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 8:15 pm » 9 Comments

John “$400 haircut x 2″ Edwards doesn’t have anything on Illinois governor Rod Blagojevich: SPRINGFIELD — Stuck for weeks combing over numbers in the state’s fiscal impasse, Gov. Rod Blagojevich found himself the object of ridicule Saturday over a newly discovered $600 bill for a makeup artist he used when he unveiled his budget months [...]

 

Reverend Al Sharpton’s commitment to rid music of filthy language: AWOL

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 7:48 pm » 1 Comment

Phil Mushnick wrote in the NY Post this past weekend about a nasty ad that has, ahem, escaped the Reverend’s attention: July 15, 2007 — By now, I guess, we were supposed to have forgotten all about it. In April, when Rev. Al Sharpton’s selective indignation helped bring down Don Imus following Imus’s racist comments [...]

 

They couldn’t be rushed on voting on funding for the troops but …

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 7:32 pm » 16 Comments

… damn if they’ll be held back on voting on whether or not to cut and run! The Nutroots speaketh, the Dems jump accordingly. Via Fox News: WASHINGTON — President Bush shocked Capitol Hill staffers and Republican leaders Monday when he crashed a meeting at the White House to deliver a blunt message that he [...]

 

Yawnworthy news of the day: One liar endorses another

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 6:34 pm » 6 Comments

Notorious liar and moonbat icon (but I repeat myself) Joe Wilson has officially endorsed Hillary Clinton for president: “I’m delighted to fight the fight with her. … The person who has always reached out to us has been Hillary. … I think Hillary is a fighter. … She is a wonderful individual. … More diplomacy [...]

 

Monday afternoon funny

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 1:20 pm » 8 Comments

Via the Onion: John Edwards Vows To End All Bad Things By 2011: AMES, IA—In an effort to jump-start a presidential campaign that still has not broken into the top Democratic tier, former Sen. John Edwards made his most ambitious policy announcement yet at a campaign event in Iowa Monday: a promise to eliminate all [...]

 

Earthquake and aftershock in Japan

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 12:24 pm » 4 Comments

MSNBC is reporting 7 dead and at least 800 wounded: KASHIWAZAKI, Japan – A strong aftershock rocked Japan on Monday just hours after an earthquake left at least seven dead and caused a radioactive water leak and fire at one of the world’s most powerful nuclear power plants. The aftershock was measured at 6.6 by [...]

 

McCain’s press staff resigns

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 10:57 am » 2 Comments

Marc Ambinder at The Atlantic has the scoop: Sen. John McCain’s top three press aides resigned this morning, Republicans close to the campaign said and one of those aides confirmed. The campaign’s research director and two other press staffers also stepped down. The departure of Brian Jones, the communications director, Danny Diaz, his deputy, and [...]

 

Bush’s fault? IAEA confirms that North Korea has shut down its nuclear reactor

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 8:44 am » Comments Off

Interesting – and surprising news from over the weekend: SEOUL, South Korea – U.N. inspectors have verified that North Korea shut down its nuclear reactor, the watchdog agency’s chief said Monday, the first on-the-ground achievement toward scaling back Pyongyang’s nuclear ambitions since the international standoff began in late 2002. The main U.S. envoy on the [...]

 

Senator Webb to Senator Graham: Don’t put words in the mouths of our soldiers

Posted by: ST on July 16, 2007 at 8:37 am » 2 Comments

The left is lapping up like a thirsty dog comments made from Senator Jim Webb to Senator Lindsay Graham this weekend on Meet the Press regarding the war in Iraq – specifically, this comment: “May I speak!” Webb said, as Graham tried to interrupt him. “This is one thing I really take objection to” he [...]