Top News Items heading into Monday:
- 1 climber found dead, other two climbers still missing
Sad news from Mount Hood, Oregon. Rescue crews found the body of one of the climbers in a snow cave on Sunday. The body was found in the same location where rescuers received a distress call from last week. The body has not been identified. Read the rest of this entry »
*Note: Due to a prior commitment, I wasn’t able to post a “Spiel” for 12/15. However, I’ve included the day because the story on Sen. Johnson has been a multi-day event. Thanks for reading.
- Moratorium on executions
California and Florida have decided that enough is enough with poor performances on death penalty executions in their respective states and have placed a moratorium on the practice, citing the unnecessary pain and suffering it may cause. Oddly enough, this comes from states with two Republican governors. Yet, I must say I disagree with the move. Why? Because of this simple reason: do these murderers take into account the pain of their victims? I didn’t think so. Sorry for being “not so liberal” with that sentiment, but it’s rather true.
- Condi says no talks between Iran and Syria
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice reaffirmed the Executive Branch’s stance on the two powerful countries in the region surrounding Iraq. After Bill Nelson made a trip to meet with Syria’s president earlier this week, Rice said that Iran and Syria are not on the list of countries to start any sort of discussion with and that no diplomacy will occur between the United States and those countries. Well, at least the Iraq Study Group can cross one of their recommendations off the list as being “incomplete.”
- Senator Johnson’s outlook is “encouraging”
Things are looking better for Sen. Tim Johnson from South Dakota. Doctors say his outlook is “encouraging” after brain surgery to repair a congenital problem in his brain. The problem consisted of tangled arteries and veins that eventually burst and cause bleeding on the brain. This after Fox News was practically cheering for Johnson’s ouster so that the pathetic GOP can have some ray of hope to not have oversight over their bungled leader’s handling of the Iraq war, among other “issues.”
- Sabres knock off the Panthers 2-1
The Sabres power play came alive for a rare 5 on 3 goal to defeat the Panthers 2-1 Thursday night at the HSBC Arena. The Sabres struck first off a goal by Thomas Vanek and then Maxim Afinogenov tallied the game winner early on in the third period. Ryan Miller stopped 12 shots in the final period to secure the victory for the top team in the Eastern Conference.
- Liberal Spiel will have its first special report on the train derailments that affected Erie County recently. The report will be available Tuesday on the blog. Many have overlooked these derailments as just a rare occurrence and that two in as many days was just a fluke. However, these are popping up throughout the nation and have caused concern. So look for the special report on Tuesday.
- Look for the report and the next edition of the “Spiel” tomorrow. Until then, take care.
According to Al-Jazeera’s website, the Israeli High Court of Justice has decided not to ban targeted killings against Palestinians by Israelis. (See article on Israel’s failure to ban targeted killings)
This ruling will help, according to a senior Israeli jurist, military commanders avoid war crimes lawsuits that have been filed abroad. Also, the ruling said that it cannot be proven that all targeted killings were against international law while also saying that such attacks are not always legal.
While some terrorist targets have been killed as a result of these targeted killings, many innocent bystanders have died as a result of these attacks as well. The Palestinians have called these attacks “assassination” and that “it is unbecoming of a nation state”, referring to Israel.
Bill Nelson, a Senator from Florida, traveled to Syria and met with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. The White House has criticized this move, saying that it grants Syria attention it doesn’t deserve and in the words of Tony Snow, “Just because they have visitors does not mean that the position of the United States government has changed.”
Watch Cafferty blast Bush for mentioning that the Iraq War, when all is said and done, will be just a “comma” in the history books.
Great “Cafferty File” by the man himself. Of course, this was barely mentioned in the mainstream press, yet when Kerry slips on a joke, he must apologize and the media chastized him.
Welcome to the Liberal Spiel blog. Just wanted to say a few things about the blog and its contents.
For starters, I will be writing a piece called “The Liberal’s Spiel of the Day” daily on the news events of the day. This will usually be written in the morning about the early news items of the day. They will be a mix, as with a lot of the content on this page. Read the rest of this entry »
The Joint Chiefs of Staff have asked President Bush to “change the course” by focusing on terrorists and training Iraqi troops in Iraq instead of combating the strong insurgency that has supplanted itself in the country. Read the rest of this entry »
After two decades at Channel 7, it was the last newscast for Susan Banks. According to the Channel 7 website, Banks started at the station back in 1977 and worked there until 1981. After a nine year hiatus in which she worked for many different stations throughout the country, Susan Banks returned to WKBW in 1990. Read the rest of this entry »
As an introduction, “The Liberal’s Spiel of the Day” will serve as a post with interesting news tidbits of that day, based on reports from newspapers, the internet and so on. It will serve as an early summary of the day’s news events. That being said, here’s today’s “Spiel.” Read the rest of this entry »
