Eric Florack on April 8th, 2005

WaPo says;

Under provisions of President Bush’s 2006 budget proposal favored by Congress, the TSA will lose its signature programs in the reorganization of Homeland Security. The agency will probably become just a manager of airport security screeners — a

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2005

Jon Last over at Galley Slaves asks a question I’m sure some would rather he hadn’t…

If John Paul II had done everything exactly the same way during his papacy but had embraced gay marriage, do you think Andrew Sullivan

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2005

Captain’s Quarters reports that:

Justice John Gomery has lifted the publication ban on Jean Brault’s testimony, allowing the Canadian media to finally report the testimony to the Canadian public. As CTV demonstrates in its data-dump format, the facts as presented

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2005

You may recall I suggested Oil was going to drop, bigtime.

Here’s a reminder.

The AP business wire is now reporting the bottom’s falling out.

The reason: Simple economics.

“Emori said the current oil market remains “highly exaggerated,” and that

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2005

Ace of Spades HQ comments this morning on the news that the author of the disputed Shaivo memo was a legal council in Mal Martinez’s office.

This sounds (And looks, if you’ve seen the actual memo… I have..) like a

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Bruce Ramsey’s really ticking them off in that bastion of leftist PCism, Seattle.  A couple weeks ago, he came out swinging in support of drilling in the area of ANWR designated for the purpose when it was originally set up.

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Georgie Anne Geyer today, writing about Pope John Paul:

“His support of the Solidarity Free Trade Unions would seem to be, first and foremost, political. It was his trip to his native and beloved Poland in 1979, just a year

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Ed at Captain’s Quarters says the Toronto Sun now has developed it’s own sources for Adscam info.

This keeps getting better.

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Little Green Footballs notes the passing of Saul Bellow at age 89

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Hey, Glenn;

Ya blew it…. Bigtime.

I’ve seen the Cornyn speech on C-span this morning.

Cornyn deserves none of the abuse he’s getting from the left… at least insofar as this subject goes. And you’re so far off base on

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Here’s a switch hit;

I’ve always been mildly interested in player pianos, and Merry-Go-Round organs that play by player rolls. By extension, then, I’ve also been interested in MIDI files… since the days of the C=64 and SID files.
Here’s

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Colorado Conservative says Prince Rainier of Monaco, has died.

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2005

Beck, who spends a bit more time than I do on planes, has some added into about the Airbus bit I ran recently. Apparently, they plan to re-open the investigation into the crash of 587… as you may recall I

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Eric Florack on April 5th, 2005

Captain Ed relates, with some amusement:

“In an odd display of twisted priorities, Canada’s Attorney General may start investigating the Canadian blogosphere to find bloggers who have linked back to CQ and broken the publication ban.

Interesting how it comes

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Eric Florack on April 5th, 2005

Looks like Pulitzer Prizes are out.
Casual comment; When I see them being passed out to Bloggers, I’ll know the bias is gone.

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