Daily Archives: March 7th, 2009 «

 

Inde- pendent

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 10:14 pm » Comments Off

‘Shut up about Chavez the killer’ Venezuelan co-star tells Sean Penn

 

The Hill

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 10:12 pm » Comments Off

Specter faces make-or-break shift as challenge looms

 

Politico

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 10:05 pm » Comments Off

Reid, Pelosi Swearing Match Over Omnibus

 

Brit media figures out what the American media refuses to acknowledge

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 9:41 pm » 15 Comments

The UK media, surprisingly, has been all over President Obama the last week or so after the bungled handling of Prime Minister Gordon Brown’s visit to the US by Obama officials – and Obama himself. The Telegraph has apparently discovered the root of the problem: Barack Obama is in over his head (via Tom Maguire): [...]

 

NYT

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 4:04 pm » 1 Comment

Obama Ponders Outreach to [the more "moderate"] Elements of the Taliban

 

The special relationship between George HW and Barbara Bush

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 3:50 pm » Comments Off

Good news: Former first lady Barbara Bush has been transfered out of ICU today and into a private room, two days after having heart surgery to replace her aortic valve. The video below is from a news segment NBC’s Today Show did on Mr. and Mrs. Bush’s special relationship. It includes old and new footage, [...]

 

Weekend Open Thread

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 11:32 am » 2 Comments

Just updated the Hot Headlines, and am getting ready to head out and enjoy this spring-like day. Catch ya’ll later.

 

Guardian

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 11:28 am » Comments Off

Shoe reportedly thrown at Iranian president Ahmadinejad

 

AP

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 11:25 am » Comments Off

Senate puts off vote on $410 billion spending bill

 

Matt Welch

Posted by: ST on March 7, 2009 at 11:23 am » Comments Off

So, Is Human Rights Watch “Neocon” Now, Too [for having reservations about Chas Freeman]?