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From the “You Can’t Make This Stuff Up” department

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 30, 2008 at 10:43 pm » 7 Comments

USAF vet and ofttimes embedded blogger Jeff Emanuel reports on the latest Democrat “mix-up” on using images of foreign troops. This time it’s anti-war Rep. Tim Mahoney (D-FL) who mistakenly used an image of a Soviet WWII veteran in a “pro-troop” flyer distributed in May.
As Gateway Pundit points out, this is not the [...]

 

Let’s hear it for Capt. Ivan Castro

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 30, 2008 at 9:56 pm » Comments Off

Against the odds, he eagerly does what few would be willing to try (via Cassy Fiano):
FORT BRAGG, N.C. — When Capt. Ivan Castro joined the Army, he set goals: to jump out of planes, kick in doors and lead soldiers into combat. He achieved them all. Then the mortar round landed five feet away, [...]

 

Bubbama

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 30, 2008 at 7:44 pm » 4 Comments

Happy days are here again?
Seeking to beat back reports of a continuing rift, the Obama campaign announced today that Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) and former President Bill Clinton have talked by phone.
Obama campaign spokesman Bill Burton said: “Senator Obama had a terrific conversation with President Clinton and is honored to have his support [...]

 

Obama responds to Clark’s McCain dis

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 30, 2008 at 2:49 pm » 1 Comment

He didn’t mention Clark by name, but it’s pretty obvious who he’s talking about here (from a speech in Missouri earlier in the day today):
Beyond a loyalty to America’s ideals, beyond a willingness to dissent on behalf of those ideals, I also believe that patriotism must, if it is to mean anything, involve the willingness [...]

 

Are Obama supporters having anti-Obama blogs shut down on Blogspot?

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 30, 2008 at 10:28 am » 7 Comments

Just another example of how far some far left Obama supporters are willing to go to shut down criticism about the Obamessiah? Bloggasm and Stop The ACLU take a look.
I haven’t had much of a chance to dive too deeply into the controversy, but it wouldn’t be surprising to find out this indeed was [...]

 

Bogus attacks on McCain: Weekend edition

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 29, 2008 at 9:07 pm » 25 Comments

A couple of ‘em on the frontburner today.
—- First up: General Wesley Clark, an Obama surrogate, has once again attacked John McCain’s service to our country, this time on CBS’ Face The Nation:
Gen. Wesley Clark, acting as a surrogate for Barack Obama’s campaign, invoked John McCain’s military service against him in one of the more [...]

 

WaPo’s warped logic on future SCOTUS nominations

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 29, 2008 at 11:33 am » 5 Comments

The Washington Post warns today that while an Obama presidency would likely keep the USSC “balanced” in the almost-sure event that one or more of the USSC’s liberal justices retire during the next presidential term, a McCain presidency would “shift to a consistently conservative majority” ready to tackle issues important to “the right”:
For much of [...]

 

McCain picks Palin!

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 29, 2008 at 10:36 am » 22 Comments

.!.
It’s official! Fox News’ Carl Cameron is reporting that a senior source in the McCain campaign has confirmed it’s Gov. Sarah Palin.
Oh.My.Gosh! No.He.Didn’t!
Watch as the conservasphere goes wild.
Update 1: Is this the official website?
Update 2 – 11:48 AM: 12 minutes away from McCain and Palin taking the stage.
Update 3 – 12:10 PM: Team Obama is [...]

 

Weekend open thread

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 28, 2008 at 12:47 am » 10 Comments

One of my sisters had a bday earlier this week and today she, me, mom and my other sister are getting together for our 4 times a year girls day out I’ll probably end up taking the whole day off from blogging unless something hot pops up in the news, because I need [...]

 

Congrats to Mark Steyn and MacLean’s!

Posted by: Sister Toldjah on June 27, 2008 at 11:10 pm » 1 Comment

The Globe and Mail reports that the Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed the complaint against Steyn and the magazine he frequently writes for (via Mark Hemingway):
The Canadian Human Rights Commission has dismissed a complaint against Maclean’s magazine over a controversial article on the future of Islam, magazine officials said yesterday.
Meanwhile, a decision from the [...]