Eric Florack on August 4th, 2004

Here’s a story that keeps popping up.
This ime, it’s ABC NEWS:

“Interior Minister Faisal Saleh Hayyat announced the arrests of two al-Qaida suspects of African origin one with a multimillion dollar bounty on his head late Tuesday, but

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2004

AP::

“LOS ANGELES (AP) – Former first lady Nancy Reagan, who opposes President Bush’s policy on limiting embryonic stem cell research, is backing the Republican’s re-election bid.”

So much for the claim that she supported Kerry because of the

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2004

Michelle Malkin: The Malkin Media Diversity Test

I found this of interest. Initially, I’d posted the 20 questions here, given that she had them on her TownHall Column, and was unaware of the blog having them too. (Townhall, of the

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2004

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Interesting read over at Captain’s Quarters ths morning. Turns out the guy they arrested in Lahoe a few days back was more than just a tech, more than just a courier.

“Naeem Noor Khan,

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2004

AP News says:

“JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) – Missouri voters overwhelmingly approved a constitutional amendment Tuesday to ban gay marriage, the first such vote since the historic ruling in Massachusetts last year that legalized same-sex weddings there.”

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2004

AP says:

HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – Vice President Dick Cheney said Tuesday that rising consumption and decreasing domestic production have led to high gasoline prices but also blamed his Democratic opponents and their opposition to the Bush administration’s energy policies.

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2004

Occam’s Toothbrush makes note of Hitchins, ripping John Kerry a new one over his speech to the Convention.

says Hitch:

” in the last few weeks I have been registering one of the sourest and nastiest and cheapest notes to

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Dick Morris, speaking of the DNC:

” It was one of the least successful conventions in recent history. ”

The problem, says Morris, is Kerry, himself….

“…by venturing no information about his public career in the Senate for the

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2004

A hat tip to Michelle Malkin, who reports:

“The airing of Fahrenheit 9/11 on Cuban state-run TV is apparently a violation of Oscar Awards rules.”

Oh? I wasn’t aware that had happened. Does make sense though, that he’d like

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2004

Congrats to the stork, who made it under the Anti-Aircraft batteries surrounding the Headquarters of BlackFive.

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Captain Ed and Greg Djerejian over at Belgravia Dispatch both link to the same breakdown of Kerry’s claimed Iraq plans. 

Quick take here: “Where’s the beef”? Ap seems intent on ripping Kerry a new one here. Bad news for Kerry…

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I’m a little annoyed with Drudge this morning.

He seems taken with the idea that the info that raised our alert levels over the weekend was in fact a couple years old… Some of it

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I’m a little annoyed with Drudge this morning.

He seems taken with the idea that the info that raised our alert levels over the weekend was in fact a couple years old… Some of it

Continue reading about Whose Political Motivations?Are Democrat Charges of Political Motivation, Themselves Politically Motivated?

Eric Florack on August 2nd, 2004

Another chuckle came today in the form of a post from blogoSFERICS , who refers to the small jump in polling numbers for John/John, following their convention, as a “Bunny Hop”

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Eric Florack on August 2nd, 2004

Chief Wiggles: Operation Give DESPERATELY needs your help!

update:

With a hat tip to Billy Beck, here’s some added info about what’s going on here.

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