Bill's Nibbles // Open Post -- 2007.04.12
Contributed by Bill Faith
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Some Bill's Bites posts, some things I excerpted and linked but I'm sending you to the original post, some things too short to excerpt and too good to not mention. I occasionally move things from Bill's Nibbles to longer posts as the day goes on.
- 2007.04.12 Dem Perfidy // Islamism Delenda Est Roundup
- McCain Unbound
- Congressman Proudly Claims Syria Trip 'Led To Embarrassment'
- Enmity Begins at Home
- "Fighting Back Was Not an Option" Revisited
- Explosion In Green Zone Kills Two
- The troops in Fallujah speak
- Three Lawmakers Killed in Bomb Attack on Iraq's Parliament Building
- Suicide bomber infiltrates Iraqi parliament, kills three; Update: MP’s bodyguard, wider plot suspected; Update: Bomb video added
- Baghdad Report: Bombs and A Bridge Too Near
- Bureau of Disinformation
- Dems Invite Muslim Brotherhood to Speak to Congress
- 2007.04.12 Politics Roundup
- Hoffa: We'll "Blow Up" Denver For Dem Convention
- Thompson and Gingrich; apples and oranges
- McCain Unbound
- Fun Facts About The 110th Congress
- 5 in the morning
- There is no Fred Thompson Boulevard
- LA Times Poll: Fred Gains As McCain Drops Back
- LAT poll: Rudy 29, Fred! 15, McCain 12
- 2007.04.12 Duke Non-rape Roundup
- Duke Case: Will The Times Apologize?
- Duff Wilson's New Version
- District Attorney Nifong Apoligizes to Falsely Accused Duke Students
- Disgraced, race-baiting, cancer on his profession pretends he’s sorry
- Isn't it time to hold the NYTimes accountable...
- Never Having To Say You’re Sorry
- North Carolina Attorney General: Duke Lacrosse Players “Innocent”; Nifong Overreached
- 2007.04.12 Donny Dumbass Roundup
- Imus Gets The Boot
Ed Morrissey: Don Imus will no longer appear on CBS Radio. A day after losing his MS-NBC televised simulcast of his show, CBS president Les Moonves terminated Imus and left him unemployed a week after his offensive remarks about the women's basketball team at Rutgers: ...
- The Audacity Of Outrage
Tom Maguire: ... America loves comebacks, forgiveness and redemption - let's see how long it takes for the pro-Imus backlash to set in. I don't know if I am a leading indicator, but I am feeling it already, and I promise you this - Imus' audience is not grooving on his groveling to Sharpton and Jackson. ...
- Firing Imus For All The Wrong Reasons
Rick Moran: “Oh, George. I wish I had kissed the Sonuvabitch.”(Patton reflecting on the consequences of striking a soldier suffering from PTSD.) ... Imus should have been fired long ago. Perhaps the action taken by MSNBC will dampen the enthusiasm of the “shock jocks” who seek to skirt the edge of propriety all in the name of listeners and ad revenue. But I wouldn’t count on it.
- CBS Radio Fires Don Imus
CBS Chairman and CEO Les Moonves issued the following statement regarding the decision: ... (H/T: Michelle. Allahpundit has more here.)
- Shock Jock Flap Delays Sales of Apple iMus Rap Player
Scott Ott: Apple Inc. stock dropped seven percent in early trading today on news that the controversy surrounding racial remarks by radio personality Don Imus would delay release of Apple’s new digital gangsta rap player, dubbed the iMus (pronounced eye-myooz). ...
- MSNBC Drops Imus Show -- Jesse Jackson to Push for More Black Hosts
- April 12-15 and after, 2003
Jules Crittenden: ... It was good to be home that summer, to give my kids gifts like a day at the beach with their dad. But I told my buddy Mike Kirsch, a CBS Miami reporter who would know what I meant, that I was losing the power of being dead already, and I hated it. Each day home was sapping me of its strength, and I felt misplaced in this most familiar of places. I was waiting for this peaceful life to regain its weight. It took a very long time.
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