Daily Archives: August 27th, 2007 «

 

Diversity rulez!

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 11:33 pm » 8 Comments

Cross posted at Jules Crittenden’s blog. Just when I thought I’d seen it all at Jules’ Blog and Grog Resthaus – Englishmen, neoneocons, distinguished military, an international jungle trader, sworn enemies of jihad, among others – in swaggers the Dissident Frogman, whom I’ve never ‘met’ in the ‘sphere before – of course his reputation walked [...]

 

Senator Larry Craig arrested back in June for alleged lewd conduct in men’s restroom

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 8:07 pm » 32 Comments

Via the Associated Press: MINNEAPOLIS – Sen. Larry Craig of Idaho pleaded guilty this month to misdemeanor disorderly conduct after being arrested at the Minneapolis airport. A Hennepin County court docket showed Craig pleading guilty to the disorderly conduct charge Aug. 8, with the court dismissing a charge of gross misdemeanor interference to privacy. The [...]

 

Stateside dhimmitude: It’s ok to offend Christians, but not Islamists, per some newspapers

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 3:07 pm » 4 Comments

Here we go again: A popular comic strip that poked fun at the Rev. Jerry Falwell without incident one week ago was deemed too controversial to run over the weekend because this time it took a humorous swipe at Muslim fundamentalists. The Washington Post and several other newspapers around the country did not run Sunday’s [...]

 

Revisiting Kerry and the Swift Boat vets

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 2:03 pm » 19 Comments

You gotta wonder: If the Swift Boat Veterans were such big liars, why has Senator Kerry let the statute of limitations for defamation lapse in each state he could have conceivably filed a lawsuit? It’s one of those things that make you go “hmmmmm.” Via Instapundit.

 

HuffPo’s Martin Lewis: Call for military coup was merely “satire”

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 12:06 pm » 7 Comments

Of course it was. John Hawkins appropriately calls Lewis on his ‘satirical’ nonsense here. Prior: HuffPo calls for military coup, wants General Pace to arrest President

 

Breaking: Alberto Gonzales has resigned (MORE: LINKS TO TEXT OF STATEMENTS ADDED)

Posted by: ST on August 27, 2007 at 8:33 am » 15 Comments

The NYT reports this morning: WACO, Tex., Aug. 27 — ­ Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, whose tenure has been marred by controversy and accusations of perjury before Congress, has resigned. A senior administration official said he would announce the decision later this morning in Washington. Mr. Gonzales, who had rebuffed calls for his resignation, [...]