Daily Archives: March 28th, 2008 «

 

Fitna pulled off of LiveLeak

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 9:09 pm » 7 Comments

Yesterday I blogged about Dutch lawmaker Geert Wilders’ just-released 15 minute film Fitna, which was posted on numerous video sites, removed from some sites, and reposted at other video sites. LiveLeak was one of the few multimedia sites that kept up the anti-Islamofascism video instead of deleting it everytime a user posted it. Tonight we [...]

 

Friday night Star Spangled Banner

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 8:00 pm » 6 Comments

Let’s hear it for the “Cactus Cuties“! They sang it at a Texas Tech vs Texas basketball game back in January. They sounded great! If this is the future of America, I’ll rest a little bit easier tonight Via ST reader Karl.

 

GWB-hater to play GHW Bush in Oliver Stone “film”

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 7:39 pm » 9 Comments

Variety Magazine reports: Director Oliver Stone has set James Cromwell to play George Herbert Walker Bush and Ellen Burstyn to play former first lady Barbara Bush in “W,” a drama about the formative years of their son, President George W. Bush. Van Helsing reminds us that Cromwell, who played Jack Bauer’s father on 24, had [...]

 

Tonight’s NCAA tourney action (UPDATE: DAVIDSON WINS!!)

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 6:53 pm » Comments Off

There are four games total this evening, but the one North Carolinians will be most keen on watching is the 7:10 game, which sees the #10 Davidson Wildcats take on #3 Wisconsin. Davidson is a North Carolina town that is about a 20-25 minute drive from Charlotte. Needless to say, the town is going absolutely [...]

 

42 Dems running for Congress vow to push for an “immediate drawdown” in Iraq if elected

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 3:42 pm » 5 Comments

The Washington Post reports on the cut and runners-in training (h/t: HH): More than three dozen Democratic congressional candidates banded together yesterday to promise that, if elected, they will push for legislation calling for an immediate drawdown of troops in Iraq that would leave only a security force in place to guard the U.S. Embassy [...]

 

Friday open thread

Posted by: ST on March 28, 2008 at 7:21 am » 7 Comments

I’m getting ready to head out and will likely not have network access of any sort for at least half the day, if not all of it (long story). Brian at Liberty Pundit is taking a bit of a “blog break” but has graciously agreed to keep an eye on the moderation que this morning [...]