Daily Archives: August 10th, 2007 «

 

Weekend open thread and Friday night funny

Posted by: ST on August 10, 2007 at 8:12 pm » 15 Comments

Does your car’s broken AC cost too much to fix? It was for one civil engineering grad, who took matters into his own hands: Faced with exorbitant costs to fix a car air conditioner, Scott Dawson was literally left to his own devices. After finding out he would have to pay $1,200 to fix his [...]

 

Idiot sues McDonald’s because he didn’t know how to check his hamburger for cheese

Posted by: ST on August 10, 2007 at 7:12 pm » 10 Comments

Unreal (emphasis added): A Morgantown man, his mother and his friend are suing McDonald’s for $10 million. The man says he bit into a hamburger and had a severe allergic reaction to the cheese melted on it. Jeromy Jackson, who is in his early 20s, says he clearly ordered two Quarter Pounders without cheese at [...]

 

How do you spell “hate”?

Posted by: ST on August 10, 2007 at 2:56 pm » 10 Comments

N-e-i-l C-l-a-r-k: A group of pro-war bloggers is playing a prominent role in a campaign to grant asylum to Iraqis who have been working as translators for the British forces in Iraq. Not all who back the campaign were in favour of the war, but some of its most strident supporters are. Harry’s Place, the [...]

 

Cindy Sheehan officially announces candidacy for Nancy Pelosi’s Congressional seat

Posted by: ST on August 10, 2007 at 10:28 am » 18 Comments

She’s running as an “independent”: Citing her son as inspiration, a tearful Cindy Sheehan announced her candidacy Thursday for the U.S. House of Representatives. The anti-war activist is running as an independent against House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco in Congress since 1987. “The country is ripe for a change,” said Sheehan, [...]

 

Anti-war left on war critics changing their tunes on Iraq: We don’t wanna hear it!

Posted by: ST on August 10, 2007 at 9:22 am » 13 Comments

I just read this wallowing-in-negativity piece from the “Horse’s Mouth” over at the Talking Points Memo blog and was once again struck by how the anti-war left refuses to concede that 1) the surge is generating progress in Iraq and 2) that there indeed are war critics out there who are admitting to that. It’s [...]