The Daily Show - Marines in Berkley
March 13, 2008
Ever wonder what Code Pink protesters really think? Not often do you see reporters asking them questions on the nightly news, so I think it was a great idea for The Daily Show to visit Berkley and interview Code Pink protesters in front of the Berkley Marine Recruiting Center.
The Marines recruits who are about to volunteer in northern California should go to the Berkley office to sign up. This is just great promotion.
Look, The Daily Show is a comedy, but some of the answers to interview questions are just out-of-this-world. Ace and Hot Air have more. Read more
Wiping Out Bathroom Stall Problems in Florida
March 12, 2008
It’s nanny state day. In Florida, there are already local laws that cover restaurant health inspections. But members of the Florida legislature - including a Republican who wrote the bill - think the state must step in to ensure there is enough TP in the stalls. Read more
Student Suspended for Buying Skittles at School
March 12, 2008
Nanny state at work.
Young candy buyer finds penalty unduly bitter
By Elizabeth Benton, Register Staff
NEW HAVEN — Sheridan Communications and Technology Middle School eighth-grader Michael Sheridan was suspended from school for three days, barred from attending an honors student dinner and stripped of his title of class vice president.His offense?
He bought a bag of Skittles.
AP Bias on Display Again - Mea Culpa Time?
March 11, 2008
The AP’s headline should read that 54 out of 59 water treatment plants in Iraq meet or exceed strict water standards, but it doesn’t. Michelle Malkin posted a full review of the story - Bias alert: The Cheney/KBR-deranged Associated Press spins a DoD report on water quality in Iraq - and unlike the AP story written by Larry Margasak, she took the 20 minutes required to read the 30-something page report. Read her full post, it goes into a lot of good detail, plus reveals this part of the report that AP missed:
Although there was no way to determine whether water provided by the contractors and military water purification units caused disease, contractors and military units responsible for water operations must always ensure that water provided to the forces meets all established standards and is safe to use.
The AP didn’t even bother to link to the actual report, instead they linked to the U.S. Central Command Web site and KBR Inc., a contractor in Iraq that maintained three of the five plants that had water quality issues. Again, there are 59 total plants! Read more
Let’s Look Back: Operational Links Between Iraq and al-Qaida
March 11, 2008
The Houston Chronical’s Study, Iraq had no link to al-Qaida, confirms information that we already knew; there was not an operational link between Iraq and al-Qaida. But what about informal links to al-Qiada and direct links to other terrorist organizations? Hot Air’s post Saddam had “no operational ties” to AQ: Pentagon, got me into a research mode this afternoon.
During the days after Sept. 11, 2001 there was quite a ruckus going on in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Within days, thousands of Afghans began to flee Kabul. Since the Taliban was enthusiastically supporting al-Qaida, and al-Qaida recently attacked the United States, it was time to get out of Dodge. Read more
