Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

Democrat & Chronicle: Troubling crossing turns deadly

Well, here’s some reality:

I’m not only from Rochester, but I’m a railfan, and one of my offices is within sight of the crossing in question.

I will tell you what the investigation

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

The New York Post says:

“It’s quite clear what’s going on here: Sharpton is using the campaign to funnel money to himself.
The irony is that the campaign is broke – with barely $7,000 in the bank – but the

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

FOXNews is reporting::

“WASHINGTON A 7-pound block of cyanide salt (search) was discovered by U.S. troops in Baghdad at the end of January, officials confirmed to Fox News.”

It gets better:

“The potentially lethal compound was located in what

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

I had a chance to go over the wires, this morning, and look more closely at the returns. I expect I’ll post further about this later in the day, but as I went over it all this morning over coffee,

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

Well, apparently so, anyway.
I’ve noticed in the last 24 hours, a huge upswing in the number of hits this site is getting, both the blog and the BitsBits section.

Based on the referral records, the biggest amount of upswing

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CBS is calling Clark the winner in Oklahoma.
Kerry won big in North Dakota, New Mexico, Delaware, Arizona and Missouri.
Edwards in South Carolina.

I’ve got to consider this further, but right off the cuff, and in great need of

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

My Way News

“The judgment of the voters is now clear,” Lieberman told supporters gathered at a hotel in northern Virginia. “

Uh… Joe? Wasn’t it clear four years ago?

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

… No real landslide for Kerry today. Closer look as the numbers start taking shape.

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

Mudville Gazette has a really great article online, regarding what the story calls “the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space, which resulted from Pirated software.

Great stuff and explains a lot.

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Apparently, Right Wing News is doing a ‘most popular right wing blogs’ contest. Trouble is, BITSBLOG has already lost.
Reason?

“– Alexa can’t properly read all the Blog*spot pages so they all receive the same rank. Because of that, none

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2004

AP is reporting

“WASHINGTON (AP) – A white powder, which preliminary tests indicated could be the deadly substance ricin, was discovered Monday in the office of Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., in the Dirksen Senate Office Building.”

Prelim updates

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2004

NewsMax is reporting:

“Kerry Took Cash From Chinese Military Intelligence”

….documents that surfaced over the weekend raise serious questions about whether Kerry was duped in the 1990s into helping the Chinese military perfect its ability to strike the U.S.

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2004

GReyhawk over at Mudville Gazette tells a story you may be interested about Russians pirating US software and the consequences of it. How much, I wonder, did this alter the course of the USSR?

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Bloomberg says:

“Feb. 2 (Bloomberg) — An index of U.S. manufacturing rose to a two-decade high in January as factories boosted production to replace depleted inventories and meet improving demand.”

Getting the message, Democrats?

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Eric Florack on February 2nd, 2004

1500am/107.7fm WTOP is passing along some news as regards Gore’s kid:

“ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) – Albert Gore III will have to complete a substance abuse program under an agreement approved Monday by a judge presiding over a marijuana possession case

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