Daily Archives: August 1st, 2007 «

 

USA Today “weather guy” provides possible explanation for low troop deaths in July

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 10:55 pm » 1 Comment

It may be because insurgents ‘can’t take the heat [literally]‘: As we close out another month of war in Iraq, I see that the number of U.S. servicemen killed has dipped to its lowest monthly total of the year. July is typically a month with less casualties in Iraq — in each of the past [...]

 

Breakthrough for patients in a near-vegetative state

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 10:28 pm » 3 Comments

This is encouraging: CHICAGO (Reuters) – A man with severe brain injuries who spent six years in a near-vegetative state can now chew his food, watch a movie and talk with family thanks to a brain pacemaker that may change the way such patients are treated, U.S. researchers said on Wednesday. The 38-year-old man is [...]

 

Update on Adam the kitty cat

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 10:09 pm » 2 Comments

If you’re new to this blog, click here for background on who Adam is and what happened to him. Little Adam continues to do well recovering: July 30, 2007 3:31pm Update Hi Gang: (Meow) Adam here, you know the Forgotten Feline kitty from Santa Rosa, California! Instead of Jennifer talking for me, I thought I’d [...]

 

Bridge collapses in Mississippi River

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 8:47 pm » 5 Comments

This is horrifying: The Interstate 35W bridge that MnDot has been working on all summer has collapsed. The entire span of the 35W bridge collapsed about 6:05 p.m. where the freeway crosses the river near University Avenue. Traffic in both directions was affected. There about 100,000 cars a day traveling over this bridge. Much of [...]

 

CAIR declares war on Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer and the Young America’s Foundation

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 6:22 pm » 4 Comments

Bryan at Hot Air has the details of a threat CAIR made to the Young America’s Foundation in response to Jihad Watch’s Robert Spencer’s Thursday speaking engagement. Jihad Watch, in case you didn’t know, is a site devoted to making sure people don’t forget that there are Islamofascists who want to kill us. YAF spokesman [...]

 

Weds. open thread

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 2:26 pm » 9 Comments

I’m feelin’ the love from all over the blogosphere today, which is sweeet, but I’m also busy this afternoon – I’ll check back in when I can …

 

Obama: I’m tough when I wanna be

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 10:17 am » 35 Comments

What a joke: WASHINGTON – Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Wednesday that he would possibly send troops into Pakistan to hunt down terrorists, an attempt to show strength when his chief rival has described his foreign policy skills as naive. The Illinois senator warned Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf that he must do more [...]

 

Unsurprising news of the day: NAACP throws its support behind Michael Vick

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 9:44 am » 2 Comments

This news is a couple of days old, but I just came across it: ATLANTA (AP) – NAACP leaders urged public restraint Monday in judging Michael Vick before he has his day in court. R.L. White, president of the Atlanta chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, said the Atlanta Falcons [...]

 

In college study on reasons to have sex, love takes a back seat to doing it ‘because it feels good’

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 9:08 am » 2 Comments

Forget strong emotional attachment. It’s all about ‘feeling good.’ Via CBS/AP (emphasis mine): After exhaustively compiling a list of the 237 reasons why people have sex, researchers found that young men and women get intimate for mostly the same motivations. It’s more about lust in the body than a love connection in the heart. College-aged [...]

 

House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-SC): Positive Petraeus report would be a “problem” for anti-war Dems

Posted by: ST on August 1, 2007 at 8:37 am » 8 Comments

****scroll to the bottom for updates**** This is very revealing, isn’t it? (emphasis added) House Majority Whip James Clyburn (D-S.C.) said Monday that a strongly positive report on progress on Iraq by Army Gen. David Petraeus likely would split Democrats in the House and impede his party’s efforts to press for a timetable to end [...]