Billy Donohue and his merry gang of holy thugs are in full-on outrage mode again: A planned Holy Week exhibition of a nude, anatomically correct chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ was canceled Friday after Cardinal Edward Egan and other outraged Roman Catholics complained. The “My Sweet Lord” display was shut down by the hotel that …
Archives for March 2007
9 Months for Hicks
The details of the plea deal are out: Australian David Hicks pleaded guilty at the Guant‡namo Bay Navy Base yesterday to supporting terrorism in exchange for a nine-month prison sentence under a plea deal that forbids him from claiming he was abused in U.S. custody. In return, Hicks, 31, will be allowed to leave Guana‡namo …
Thank God For Chuck Schumer
And I am serious. The more I learn about this administration, and how they have perverted EVERY single system of governance they have touched, the happier I am that Chuck Schumer and Ted Kennedy and Pat Leahy are going to give it to the GOP right and proper. From today’s WaPo profile about young Ms. …
Open Thread
A POLL: Which administration official will be the next to experience memory loss in front of a Senate Committee?
NIT Champs!
First one since 1942: Frank Young and the West Virginia Mountaineers shot past Clemson to their first NIT title in 65 years. Young scored 24 points, including six 3-pointers, and De’Sean Butler added 20 points to help West Virginia beat Clemson 78-73 in the NIT championship game Thursday night. Young was named the tournament’s most …
It’s The Economy, Stupid
I wonder how much of an impact this may have played in the elections last year: Income inequality grew significantly in 2005, with the top 1 percent of Americans — those with incomes that year of more than $348,000 — receiving their largest share of national income since 1928, analysis of newly released tax data …
Open Thread
Kyle Sampson. Discuss.