Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

A good discussion on the rapid-fire charges regards prisoner abuse over at QandO Blog . At what point does devtion to principle start costing more than it’s worth? How many lives should one sacrifice to one’s principles?

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

CTV reports a -46f wind chill factor in Ottawa, and -40f in Toronto.
We get much the same weather in Rochester as they do in Toronto. I don’t know what the windchill was here, but I’ll bet it was darned

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

James at Outside The Beltway links a WaPo article reporting that Councilwoman Cropp has now agreed to some (very) minor changes in the baseball proposal for Washington DC, and that they’ll pass the proposal today’s open session.

My read was

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

Passed on by a reader;

A SOLDIER’S CHRISTMAS
‘Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone,
In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone.
I had come down the chimney with presents to give,
And to see

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is written, bieng printed now and will be ready in July, I hear. A quick look on Amazon.com showed it being listed as not available… they’re not even taking orders, and yet it has

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

Channel 2 in NYC is reporting this morning:

“Now there are questions about the over-the-counter pain reliever naproxen, commonly known under the brand name Aleve and in use for 28 years.

“Officials at the said the study was suspended

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

CNS is reportng some great news this morning:

“The U.S. Department of Justice has declared that the Second Amendment explicitly recognizes the right of individual Americans to own and carry firearms.”

The story describes a Justice Dept Report, on

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