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Archive for December 9th, 2004

Brett Favre, supporting his wife

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

This is really nice, Brett has always been a class act!
JS Online: Favre stands tall with short look
Through his 14 years in the National Football League, Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre has adapted to meet the times.
Long hair in back, goatee in front, clear braces on the teeth, a couple day’s growth on his […]

Sounds like the employer of the reporter that set up Rumsfeld is starting to feel the heat.
Editor Backs Embed in Rumsfeld Incident, but Criticizes Aftermath
From the story:
“He is there to write stories, not make news himself,” Griscom said of Pitts. The editor added that the recipient of the e-mail, whom he would not identify, should […]

Marlins meet with Vegas officials about move

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

Wow, very interesting…
SI.com - MLB - Marlins meet with Vegas officials about move - Thursday December 9, 2004 3:07PM
The Florida Marlins have met with Las Vegas officials about a possible move, saying that negotiations for a new stadium in Miami have lasted longer than the team anticipated.
Bruce Rubin, a spokesman for Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria, […]

Marine ‘hostage’ to be charged with desertion

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

I hope they nail this SOB good! He abandoned his post and his comrades in a war zone!
CNN.com - Marine ‘hostage’ to be charged with desertion - Dec 9, 2004
A U.S. Marine who disappeared in Iraq and then showed up in a purported hostage video before later appearing as a free man in Lebanon, is […]

AmberGnat: Doing the Blogville rut

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

I am in total agreement with AmberGnat, the Weblog Awards have become something of a farce because of all the rampant cheating by use of perl scripts used by Daily Kos that continuously vote, and other popular bloggers shilling for votes.
It was meant to be fun, but it has been ruined in my opinion.
AmberGnat: Doing […]

What really happened during the Rumsfeld visit with the troops

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

The story of the reporter bragging that he set up Rumsfeld was just breaking as I had to go back to work, so I couldn’t blog more than an alert that it was breaking. Now that I am home, many people have blogged this story much better than I could so I will point you […]

Rumsfeld was set up!

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

No time, but the reporter is bragging that he planted the question to Rumsfeld

Kerik in the hot seat

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

Drudge has several links to stories that make it clear that the Dem’s will be fighting the appointment of Bernard Kerik to head up the Department of Homeland Security.

3 cab drivers robbed, one shot, in Milwaukee

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

This is a subject close to me, I drove a cab for 7 years, I loved the job but it was, dangerous and at times, terrifying. There was almost nothing in the paper about it today, but here is what they did report.
…a cab driver was shot twice in the leg in the 1900 block […]

Was Rumsfeld “hit” so hard?

Posted by Patrick on December 9th, 2004

By now we have all heard that Secritary Don Rumsfeld was hit with hard questions in Irac. The media of course put their anti war/anti administration spin on it, but thanks to LGF, we learn what the troops that were there really thought of the exchange…Not quite the media spin.
lgf: tackling pithy conundrums
And here’s the […]