Daily Archives: May 18th, 2009 «

 

Det. News

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 7:56 pm » 1 Comment

White House to require [fleet-wide average of] 35.5 mpg by 2016

 

24 Season Finale/Hurricanes vs. Penguins – Game 1 Open Thread

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 7:35 pm » 26 Comments

My loyalties are divided tonight. Game one of the NHL Eastern Conference finals between the Hurricanes and the Penguins (played in Pittsburgh) is about to get underway, and the 2 hour season finale of 24 airs at 8. Fast facts about tonight’s game: During the regular season, the Canes and the Penguins each one two [...]

 

Pelosi’s approval rating tanks – CIA’s is above 60 percent

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 7:27 pm » 4 Comments

Bad news for our embattled House Speaker: Nearly half of all Americans — 48 percent — disapprove of how the California Democrat she is handling her job as Speaker of the House in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll released Monday, while 39 percent approve of her performance. That rating makes her less popular than other [...]

 

Politico

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 7:04 pm » Comments Off

NYT defends Dowd in TPM flap

 

Chi Trib

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 7:02 pm » Comments Off

William Ayers, Rev. Jeremiah Wright Jr. headline Mideast peace rally

 

Hilarious media faux pas of the day

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 6:45 pm » 2 Comments

The Sacramento Bee published today an article about the ten most liberal and ten most conservative cities you’ll find in California: The ground rules: To figure out the most conservative cities, we looked for the places with the lowest percentage of voters registered Democrat; for the most liberal, those with the lowest percentage of Republicans. [...]

 

Monday Open Thread

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 4:43 pm » Comments Off

Had a super hectic day today … will catch up later tonight.

 

NYT

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 4:41 pm » Comments Off

Pakistan Is Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, U.S. Says

 

The Cable

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 4:40 pm » 1 Comment

Clinton to be named UN special envoy on Haiti

 

AP

Posted by: ST on May 18, 2009 at 12:14 pm » 1 Comment

91-year-old Sen. Byrd hospitalized