Eric Florack on April 19th, 2007

First, a belated nod to Rodney Dill, who awarded your Bitmaster an Honorable Mention in the latest OTB Caption Contest.

*The Music: Tonight, I’m doing the internet radio thing… at SmoothJazz.com

Print media is not the only medium loving to

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2007

Odd timing.

 LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) _ Brant Parker, who for decades illustrated “The Wizard of Id” comic strip, has died just days after the passing of his collaborator. He was 86.

Parker died Sunday at a nursing facility in Lynchburg

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davidl on April 19th, 2007

World Trade Center

“The worst mass murder in U.S. history”

(H/T:  Don Surber, Michelle Malkin, Jawa Report )

(Shame:  Google )

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2007

Ace makes an interesting point today, almost offhandedly while discussing a different angle… which is often… indeed, in my experience, usually, how such points are made. Even he admidts this is off the cuff on his part.  He speaks of

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davidl on April 19th, 2007

Yesterday, April 18, 2007, was an ironic day.   At 30 Rockefeller Plaza, what can  be described as a mult-media version of the Unabomber Manifesto was delivered to NBC News, from the Blacksburg killer, Cho Seung-Hui a.k.a. Ismael Ax.

Rachel ScottMeanwhile

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davidl on April 19th, 2007

Victims Blackburg

These people had names, faces and stories.   They need to be heard.   It is not the time for moving on.  It is the time to grieve.

(H/T and BSWK photo: Pamela Geller Oshry, Atlas Shrug.)

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2007

About two years ago, I posted a list of causes of high gasoline prices.  The situation, has not changed, except for the worse.  The causes are the same as they were then.  So, let’s revisit what I said two years

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