Eric Florack on May 11th, 2005

AOL news (As in Time Warner, of all people) passes on some interesting news on the PETA front: Peta Kills Animals.

Between 1998 and 2003, PETA put to death over 10,000 dogs, cats, and other creatures that the group publicly

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FOXNews.com is saying, from Zion Ill:

The man charged with stabbing his young daughter and her best friend to death was denied bond Wednesday during a court hearing. Authorities said he confessed to the crimes in videotaped interviews.

Jerry Hobbs,

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Eric Florack on May 11th, 2005

Alex Tabarrok at Marginal Revolution notes United Airlines dropping it’s union pension plan… and with it about 134,000 workers… and muses;

Now, let’s review.  A large organization counts on its younger workers and continuing high revenues to fund the pensions

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Eric Florack on May 11th, 2005

Dick Morris in the NY Post, this morning:

Rosen has been indicted for deliberately reporting that the cost of an August 2000 Hollywood fund-raising gala was only $400,000 when the actual tab was $1.2 million — a step that let

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Eric Florack on May 11th, 2005

WASHINGTON —( AP )Congress has approved an additional $82 billion for Iraq and Afghanistan and to combat terrorism worldwide, boosting the cost of the global effort since 2001 to more than $300 billion.

The Senate approved the measure

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Eric Florack on May 10th, 2005

Nice to see Hanson reads my blog: (Yeah, right!!)

When we see Democrats speaking and living like normal folks – expressing worry that the United States must return to basic education and values to ensure its shaky preeminence in a

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This feed from AP is just bloody hilarious….

“KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A jury found Greenpeace guilty Monday on two misdemeanor criminal negligence charges that were filed after the group’s ship entered Alaska waters for an anti-logging campaign without required paperwork.

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Eric Florack on May 10th, 2005

Howard Dean ties the DNC to socialism in public withhis endorsement, today, of Socialist Bernie Sanders

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Eric Florack on May 10th, 2005

Kismet on the Yalta discussion of yesterday… (Which I note Billy joining in on last night)

In reading through the small mountain of clippings my system generated form last night’s runs, I see one fromJonah Goldberg this morning.

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Eric Florack on May 10th, 2005

Boortz, today points up the fact that today starts the David Rosen trial.

For those who don’t know, don’t worry; the reason you don’t know is the press doesn’t want you to know. But, I’ll take care of that.

The

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Eric Florack on May 9th, 2005

Michelle Malkin regarding Huffington’s new Blog collective:

“Unlike a lot of observers, though, I don’t think Arianna’s going to fail. Arianna is very good at what she does, which is to collect people like curios and throw sprawling house

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Yesterday, I agreed with Billy’s take on Yalta.
Today I note President Bush’s take seems similar.

V-E Day marked the end of fascism, but it did not end oppression. The agreement at Yalta followed in the unjust tradition of Munich

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Eric Florack on May 9th, 2005

“The man’s father is a wonderful human being,” Reid said in response to a question about President Bush’s policies. “I think this guy is a loser. “I think President Bush is doing a bad job,” he added to a handful

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Eric Florack on May 9th, 2005

What the beep is THIS all about?

Darren Copeland makes mention of a story in the Denver area. Two cops shot at a private baptismal party.
Apparently the cops were there providing security.

Ummmm forgive me for asking, but why

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Eric Florack on May 9th, 2005

Not much really going on in the political world, this week. I’m more focused on personal items, otherwise known collectively, as LIFE. You’ll get a column like this out of me occasionally.

A few of the highlights:

Mother’s day 2005

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