Daily Archives: February 13th, 2008 «

 

IRS probes pastor who endorsed the candidate who wants to abolish the IRS

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2008 at 8:51 pm » 3 Comments

Via the AP: BUENA PARK, Calif. (AP) – Southern Baptist pastor Wiley Drake said Wednesday that he is being investigated by the Internal Revenue Service for his endorsement of GOP presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee in a press release written on church stationery. Under federal tax law, church officials may legally discuss politics, but they cannot [...]

 

Fruit basket arrangement for a fruitcake

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2008 at 8:30 pm » 5 Comments

This has been one of those weeks where I’ve had a lot of trouble getting to sleep, and you know how you feel when you don’t get enough rest: tired, sluggish, irritable – not at your best. You sure don’t want to get up in the morning. Add to that, the after-effects of suffering from [...]

 

Yes we can

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2008 at 1:26 pm » 3 Comments

Show solidarity, that is. Thanks to numerous ST readers for the heads up, and B4A for the graphic.

 

Berkeley protests – in pictures

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2008 at 10:50 am » 16 Comments

Hot off the presses, here are the first round of pix from Zombietime on yesterday’s protests and counter-protests in Berkeley. I guess these anti-war high school students who joined in on the protest received a “get out of school free” pass? The SF Chronicle reports that at last night’s big meeting, the City Council “backed [...]

 

Quote of the day, from a recent convert to the Cult of Obama

Posted by: ST on February 13, 2008 at 9:41 am » 34 Comments

Re: Barack Obama’s speech last night, Hardball’s Chris Matthews had this to gush: I have to tell you, you know, it’s part of reporting this case, this election, the feeling most people get when they hear Barack Obama’s speech. My, I felt this thrill going up my leg. I mean, I don’t have that too [...]