Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

I predicted :

Dean,(but not by much)
Kerry,
Edwards.

It came out

Kerry
Dean
Edwards

(Shrug)
Of course, I also predicted, it wouldn’t matter.
I hold to that.

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

AP reports:

“BERLIN (Reuters) – An Iranian defector, preparing to testify in Germany’s second major Sept. 11 trial, said on Tuesday that a son of Osama bin Laden had personally told Iranian leaders of the planned attacks on U.S.

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

New York Post Online Edition reports:

“January 27, 2004 — EXETER, N.H. – Wise-cracking funnyman Al Franken yesterday body-slammed a demonstrator to the ground after the man tried to shout down Gov. Howard Dean. “

So much for an

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

WHAS11.com : over in Louisville is reporting taht Jack Parr has died at 85.

Much as I liked Carson, I rather liked Parr a bit more. I still remember seing him with then relative newcomer Bob Newhart. Sad we didn’t

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Government wins fees vote, majority five

I mentioned earlier today about how many of my predictions for 2004 had already come true. This is but one more.

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

BBC NEWS | Europe | Ex-minister denies Iraq oil claim:

“Former French Interior Minister Charles Pasqua has denied claims that he received gifts from Saddam Hussein in return for supporting his regime.

Mr Pasqua rubbished recent reports in Iraqi

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

In my Predictions for 2004 column of the beggining of this month, I suggested:

“Given court rulings allowing any two persons to “marry” we’ll see the ACLU come out in support of the legalization and normalization of all kinds of

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Eric Florack on January 27th, 2004

I’ve been thinking quite a bit on the numbers from that BET polling about ‘the most segregated Cities in America, I posted the other day.

Because of some of the conversational dynamics, it seemed appropriate to spring it into

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