June 12, 2008 – 9:04 am
Holy Hijinks, Batman! Guardian – Experts fear new front with al-Qaida as terror group switches focus from Iraq Last month an Arabic satellite TV channel broadcast a chilling video of a group of Iraqi teenagers called the “Youths of Heaven” – their faces masked and brandishing Kalashnikov rifles, chanting “Allahu Akbar” and vowing to blow […]
June 12, 2008 – 8:36 am
Today’s liberal freakout: Salon: Fox News calls Michelle Obama “Obama’s baby mama” An alert reader wrote in just a little while ago to let us know about something he’d spotted on Fox News Wednesday afternoon. During a segment discussing conservative attacks against Michelle Obama, the wife of presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama, the network described […]
June 11, 2008 – 8:33 pm
No, seriously (via Little Green Footballs) Unlike Others, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend in Speech In the United States, that debate has been settled. Under the First Amendment, newspapers and magazines can say what they like about minority groups and religions — even false, provocative or hateful things — without legal consequence. Well, unless they […]
June 11, 2008 – 11:42 am
Irony 5. an outcome of events contrary to what was, or might have been, expected. Engage warp drive! Major newspaper goes on witch-hunt for “liberal bias” by attytood First, attytood has a brief blurb on “witch hunt,” then Liberals in the newsroom — a.k.a. your so-called “liberal media.” It’s happening at one of the largest […]
June 11, 2008 – 9:13 am
Hmmm, I wonder which political persuasion tends to live in urban areas? (Science Daily) The Nature Conservancy and Harvard University released a new study examining the effect of staggering urban growth on nature and people that finds if we don’t improve urban planning now, we may lose some animals, plants and natural resources for good. […]
June 11, 2008 – 8:32 am
Isn’t that what those on the Left keep saying? Haven’t they disparaged and smeared George W. Bush for most of his 2 terms, as well as Republicans overall for even longer, over their links to religion and religious leaders? Obama was reported to be planning meetings with religious leaders Tuesday afternoon A spokesperson said the […]
June 11, 2008 – 8:20 am
A National Review piece printed at CBS News by Larry Kudlow The recent spike in oil prices and unemployment is dramatically changing this presidential campaign – virtually overnight. The near $20 jump in oil to $140 a barrel, the unexpected half-point increase in the jobless rate to 5.5 percent (the biggest monthly increase in 20 […]
June 11, 2008 – 2:04 am
In Wisconsin An 18-year-old illegal immigrant convicted of two sexual assaults was sentenced this morning to eight years in prison. Martin L. Gamez, a Mexican citizen who had been living at 1212 Erie Ave., sexually assaulted an 8-year-old girl last year and forced a teenage girl to perform a sex act on him the year […]
June 10, 2008 – 7:39 pm
The NY Times discusses the defeat of 2 bills, one by Democrats, and one by Republicans A Democratic proposal to impose heavier taxes on big oil companies stalled in the Senate on Tuesday as Republicans and Democrats offered different ideas on how to deal with soaring energy costs. A bill that would have rolled back […]
June 10, 2008 – 5:28 pm
Disturbing, very disturbing John McCain issued a promise Tuesday that may cause a bit of unrest with a broad swath of voters: “I will use the veto as needed. I will veto every single beer — bill with earmarks,” he said, as rumblings from the crowd could be heard. “And every single bill that we […]
