Daily Archives: December 10th, 2007 «

 

The “Goranation” begins

Posted by: ST on December 10, 2007 at 7:53 pm » 10 Comments

Sorry to post this around dinnertime, but I had to write about it at some point – it might as well be now As I’m sure you’ve already heard by now, today was The Goracle’s big day as he officially accepted his Nobel Peace prize, which he won for successfully scaring the hell out of [...]

 

Nancy Pelosi on her knowledge of waterboarding

Posted by: ST on December 10, 2007 at 4:29 pm » 3 Comments

Spencer Ackerman at TPMmuckraker reports on the statement House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made about what her knowledge was of waterboarding at the time she and other ranking Democrats were briefed on CIA interrogation tactics: “On one occasion, in the fall of 2002, I was briefed on interrogation techniques the Administration was considering using in the [...]

 

Time for another round of “Caption This”

Posted by: ST on December 10, 2007 at 11:04 am » 12 Comments

Have at it, ya’ll: Photo courtesy: REUTERS/Kimberly White. My caption: Sean Penn endorses Dennis Kucinich in San Francisco State University Friday December 7th. In his official announcement, Penn, also a supporter of Venezuelan dictator Hugo Chavez – whose country voted last week not to effectively give him the opportunity he wanted to be president forever [...]

 

Last night’s Republican Univision debate

Posted by: ST on December 10, 2007 at 9:15 am » 1 Comment

I assume the reason there wasn’t more liveblogging on this debate was because it was broadcast on the Spanish language Univision channel, which not everyone has. Hugh Hewitt has a transcript of the debate here for anyone interested in reading it. John Hawkins points out some highlights of the debate here. Tom Tancredo boycotted the [...]