Daily Archives: August 14th, 2007 «

 

Trend: More men looking to have a more “manly” appearance

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 7:59 pm » 14 Comments

Newsweeks’s term for them? Retrosexuals: Aug. 20-27, 2007 issue – Measuring 6 feet 3, with chiseled pecs and a bushy beard, George seemed like a model of manliness. Yet two years ago the 47-year-old Virginia businessman (who declined to give his full name to protect his privacy) decided he didn’t look quite macho enough. So [...]

 

Don Imus violated the Rutgers womens basketball teams’ ‘civil rights’

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 7:31 pm » 11 Comments

… so sayeth a lawsuit filed by the lawyer of one of the ‘defamed’ players: Don Imus is facing his first lawsuit from a player on the Rutgers Women’s Basketball team for derogatory comments that cost him his job as a radio host in April, ABC News has learned. Kia Vaughn, star center for the [...]

 

And this man wants to be Commander in Chief? (MORE: AP COVERS FOR OBAMA)

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 6:50 pm » 11 Comments

**scroll to the bottom for updates** Say what? Obama defended his push to prosecute a tougher military effort to root out al-Qaida on the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, which drew criticism from primary rivals for sounding too bellicose. “Now you have narco drug lords who are helping to finance the Taliban, so we’ve got to get the [...]

 

Outrage in Macon, GA as mayor praises Hugo Chavez

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 4:10 pm » 5 Comments

Via the AP: Some Macon residents have called for demonstrations and boycotts after the mayor of the central Georgia city formally reached out to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez with a declaration of solidarity. Mayor Jack Ellis said the declaration, sent about two weeks ago by courier, was a message that local leaders can stand together [...]

 

Dumb criminal news

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 3:01 pm » 1 Comment

WSAZ has the story on the “duct tape bandit”: Robbery is a serious problem for retail stores across our region. But the employees of Shamrock Liquors in Ashland, Kentucky, can’t stop laughing about what happened last Friday at the store along 13th street. Police say Kasey Kazee walked in to the store with duct tape [...]

 

John Edwards: Flip-flopper extraordinaire

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 1:09 pm » 7 Comments

I swear, the hits just keep comin’ from this guy. Let’s take a short trip back in time, to review comments made by the former Senator from NC on the idea of a military draft (blogged about originally in this post): Edwards also called Monday for spreading the burden of serving the country by mandating [...]

 

Far left Democrats to newly-elected Blue Dog Democrats

Posted by: ST on August 14, 2007 at 11:39 am » 11 Comments

Paraphrasing the Nutroots (via Eye on 08): “We’re very happy that you were elected, which helped put us back in the majority in Congress, but if you don’t change your moderate to conservative positions, we’ll target you for defeat.” I wonder if this is the type of thing Kos would also label as “respectful cooperation“? [...]