Category Archives: Current Affairs

More Fallout From The Paris H Jail Stint

Doing a heck of a job Baca (Pasedena Star-News) Under renewed fire for freeing Paris Hilton, Sheriff Lee Baca faced racism charges Monday from the Rev. Al Sharpton, a lawsuit from a double-amputee incarcerated in the same jail as the celebrity heiress and a campaign to boot him from office. Baca has survived a barrage […]

Rev. Jerry Falwell Has Passed On. Pandagon Loves It

From CNN: Evangelist Jerry Falwell died Tuesday after he was found unresponsive in his office, an official at Liberty University told CNN. Falwell, 73, was rushed to a Lynchburg, Virginia, hospital, where he was given CPR. He will be missed. When all is said and done, he was a good man, who believed strongly in […]

URI GOP Group Booted Off Campus: Where’s The ACLU?

Apparently, 1st Amendment Rights only apply to certain groups (CNSNews.com) – The student senate at a Rhode Island college has drawn fire for disbanding the school's Republican group after the group refused to apologize for a satirical stunt designed to highlight political correctness on American campuses. The College Republicans at the University of Rhode Island […]

Thursday Linkfest: Dems Won’t Meet Gold Star Dad

Remember all the Democrats screaming and clammoring for President Bush to meet (for a second time) with Cindy Sheehan? All the protests, all the sit ins, the camping out near Bush's private home? So, how do they react when the shoe is partially on the other foot? (CNSNews.com) – Leading Democratic proponents of setting a timetable […]

Iran Releases New Geneva Convention Violation Video

Video: More British Hostages in Iran Sorry, kinda small and blurry, but, what do you expect from Iranians? Also at Youtube. More from the BBC: Iranian state television has aired new footage of two of the 15 Royal Navy personnel captured nine days ago. They were shown separately standing in front of a chart of […]

Britain Freezes Ties With Iran, DU Says Britain Bad

Good to see that Tony Blair and Great Britain are not backing down and caving to the Iranians LONDON, March 28 — Britain today escalated its dispute with Iran over the capture of 15 British naval personnel by revealing charts, photographs and previously secret navigational coordinates purportedly proving that the British sailors were 1.7 nautical […]

WTF! Slain Student Turned Into Barbecue

And, no, that headline is not meant to be humorous by any means HOUSTON – A 19-year-old Texas A&M University student was killed by her ex-boyfriend, who then dismembered and burned her body on a patio grill, authorities said Saturday. Investigators say Timothy Wayne Shepherd, 27, confessed Wednesday to strangling Tynesha Stewart because he was […]

Thursday Linkfest: Ex-Navy Muslim Busted On Terror Charges

Unfortunatly, I cannot find the original article from the AP that the Washington Post uses, to see if it says the word "Muslim," or whether the WP inserted it: A former Navy sailor was arrested yesterday on suspicion of releasing classified information that ended up in the hands of a Muslim accused of financing terrorism.  […]

“Homophobic Trannies”

Look, I haven't mentioned the whole affair de' Coulter/Maher, as so many others have done a great job. And, quite frankly, while I have enjoyed discussing these issues on a couple sites, particularly at the Gun Toting Liberal (Coulter here and Maher here), I really did not care enought to write anything myself. I heard […]

Sneezy Takes Democratic Talking Points. Again

If the speaker wasn't identified, you would think it was a member of the Congressional majority party or the Netroots Iran's president blamed the United States and Israel for the world's problems Thursday in a lecture to Sudanese officials and intellectuals during his visit to Sudan. He urged Muslims to rally behind Iran and accused […]

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