Daily Archives: December 14th, 2008 «

 

“Journalist” who supports Sunni Arab insurgency against the US and al-Maliki gov’t throws shoes at Bush

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2008 at 9:54 pm » 13 Comments

… and of course the left absolutely goes wild with glee. Here’s the video: Notable among the far lefties celebrating is the HuffPo blog, which has a slideshow but a slow-mo video as well so you can get a frame by frame shot, but also BDS sufferer Andrew Sullivan. In a post titled “Contempt”, he [...]

 

The most corrupt state: Illinois or Louisiana?

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2008 at 2:07 pm » 4 Comments

No matter what state you live in you’ve seen political corruption, but in the cases of Illinois and Lousiana, corruption is a way of life amongst politicos – going back decades. Slate.com weighs in on which state they think is the most corrupt here. North Carolina has seen its share of corruption over the years, [...]

 

Denver Broncos at the Carolina Panthers (UPDATE: PANTHERS WIN 30-10)

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2008 at 1:11 pm » 10 Comments

The game doesn’t start until 4:15 ET this afternoon, but I wanted to go ahead and get this thread started in case there were some 1pm games that you wanted to talk about. The Cats are coming off a huge win against division rival Tampa in last week’s Monday night game. That put the Cats [...]

 

President Bush’s last visit to Iraq

Posted by: ST on December 14, 2008 at 11:02 am » 2 Comments

The Reuters reports on the last visit the President has made to Iraq before his second term ends (via Memeorandum): BAGHDAD (Reuters) – President George W. Bush made an unannounced farewell visit to Baghdad on Sunday, just weeks before he leaves office and bequeaths the unpopular Iraq war to President-elect Barack Obama. Bush flew secretly [...]