Daily Archives: November 20th, 2008 «

 

Two breaking news stories

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 11:07 pm » 1 Comment

The first one: Attorney General Mukasey collapsed about half an hour ago during a speech he was giving to the Federalist Society. No updates yet as to his condition. MM is tracking the latest developments. The second: The Politico is reporting that two senior Obama officials have told them that Hillary will be announced as [...]

 

My contribution to the “Is it sinful to post eye candy on your blog?” debate

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 9:29 pm » 10 Comments

Every once in a while, my friend John Hawkins takes heat from some Christian readers of his blog for his occasional posting of pictures of women in bikinis. Here’s an example of the types of emails he receives: “Hello John, my name is Andrew, and I have a quick question for you. I believe I [...]

 

Screen grab of the day

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 7:16 pm » 3 Comments

In part of fulfilling his “duty” to help the incoming administration succeed, Chris Matthews celebrated Barack Obama with a toast alongside Ellen DeGeneres today on her show: MATTHEWS, picking up shot glass: “To Barack Obama!” DEGENERES, toasting: “Yeah. To Barack Obama!” Here’s the video: Hat tip for the screen grab, video, and partial play by [...]

 

Meet a self-described “bank terrorist”

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 6:53 pm » 4 Comments

Revolting (h/t: Moonbattery): Bruce Marks, founder of the leftist Neighborhood Assistance Corp. of America, makes a good living shaking down banks for loans to deadbeat borrowers that he thinks are entitled to homes. Last month, he and about 100 urban protesters stormed Fannie Mae’s headquarters, demanding it stop foreclosures on subprime houses — the same [...]

 

Examples of challenged ballots in Minnesota

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 3:49 pm » 6 Comments

The Minnesota Public Radio website has posted several examples (bigger pictures here) of ballots that have been challenged in one way or another by both the Franken and Coleman campaigns respectively, and asks that you be the judge on whether the ballots should be counted, and if they should be counted who they should be [...]

 

Can’t add anything to this

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 11:45 am » 3 Comments

In response to eHarmony’s decision to settle a lawsuit over its “exclusion” of matching up men to men and women to women, GayPatriotWest writes: Not content with the numerous websites offering to match him with a male partner, a gay New Jersey man sued eHarmony, a dating service catering to Christians, because it would not [...]

 

Rock the Ignorant Vote – Part 2

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 10:18 am » 2 Comments

A lawyer volunteering for the Franken campaign admits something we already knew: Only an idiot could seriously believe Al Franken should represent them in the US Congress: Even the observers and lawyers have been instructed by their respective campaigns to not talk to the media. But Minneapolis lawyer Bill Starr, who is volunteering for the [...]

 

When you’re on your way to ask for billions for your industry …

Posted by: ST on November 20, 2008 at 8:54 am » 4 Comments

… is it really a wise move to get to your destination by flying in a private luxury jet? (CNN) — Some lawmakers lashed out at the CEOs of the Big Three auto companies Wednesday for flying private jets to Washington to request taxpayer bailout money. “There is a delicious irony in seeing private luxury [...]