davidl on April 11th, 2007

Boing Boing has this breathless charge:

Professor Walter F. Murphy, a Korean war hero and McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence (emeritus) at Princeton, was delayed while flying because he’s on a “terrorist watch list.” The check-in clerk told him that he

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davidl on April 11th, 2007

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Lara Setrakian, ABC News, reports, “Duke Lacrosse Case Charges to Be Dropped:”

April 10, 2007 — The office of North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper will announce that he is dismissing all charges against three Duke Lacrosse players,

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davidl on April 10th, 2007

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Next time, Don Imus should just use the “artistic expression” excuse

Sister Toldjah

The Sister makes quite a few good points, and I just couldn’t bear to use just one snip.  Alas:

I don’t have any particularly strong opinions about

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*The Music: Joe Sample’s “Spellbound” (1990)

sample2.jpg You’ve heard Joe Sample before, most likely when he was playing with the Crusaders.  But this album is a pivotal work in his recorded history.  With the help of Al Jerreau and Michael Franks,

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davidl on April 10th, 2007

It is Larry Birkhead.   Sorry, Bithead, close only counts in horseshoes and hand grenades.

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davidl on April 10th, 2007

Keith Olbermann

I my personal parlance, I’d say just as Bit has adopted Don Imus, that I that adopted Keith Olbermann.  I again exercise my self-anointed parential rights. 

Johnny Dollar, Olbermann Watch, has audio clips of what is in effect Keith

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2007

I remarked a few days ago, about what the opposition parties in some of the more oppressed countries of thw world must be feeling as they wacth the Democratic Party in action here in the states…. and outrside of it.

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2007

I see Rusty Shackleford is getting death threats from the Islamo-facists.

Apparently, they want to kill him for saying they’re violent, or something. 

Hell, I’ve said that, too….How is it he rates a death threat or two, and I don’t?

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2007

Boortz today:

Barack Obama and now Hillary Clinton are backing out of the Congressional Black Caucus/Fox News presidential debate this fall.  Apparently they’re afraid of the evil Fox News.  What’s the matter?  If you want to be president of the

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davidl on April 10th, 2007

Don Imus

I’ll leave the Imus bashing to Bit.   Shock jocks are not my particular cup of tea. 

I come not to praise Don Imus.  Rather I am here to dismiss him.   Imus is what Imus is, to wit a shock jock.  

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2007

I wasn’t even going to comment on this whole ‘Blogger’s code of conduct’ nonsense, until I saw this, this morning. First of all it should be pointed out, as I have a few dozen times previously, that “The Moderate

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Eric Florack on April 10th, 2007

I’m getting really bad about not answering my personal mail. Possibly the reason is the amount of spam nestled in it.  In any event, I see John Hawkins has released the results of a whole he taught at the end

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* If we’re supposed to be suffering under global warming, please explain to me why I’m wearing a sweatshirt and the heavy jeans and still freezing my ass off. We’re not even supposed to make it out of the thirties

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

If I am captured I will continue to resist by all means available. 

From Article III, United States Military Code of Conduct.

There is difference between being captured and surrendering.  The former is physical state, whereas the latter is

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

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There are two Americas, and Elizabeth Edwards would just as soon not have to look at the other one. Maybe that’s why she is so eager to live in the White House, the ultimate gated community.

James Taranto, Best of

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