Eric Florack on April 9th, 2007

Stanley Kurtz at The Corner:

Suppose that upon entering Iraq, our troops had uncovered a nuclear facility in which Saddam had 1,000 working centrifuges, another 2,000 about to come on line, and manufacturing capacity to produce yet more centrifuges? Would

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Eric Florack on April 9th, 2007

You may recall it’s been about 25 years… nearly to the day… that the UK was embroiled in the Falklands dispuite.

CNN is reporting today:

 

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina marked the 25th anniversary of its failed attempt to

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Eric Florack on April 9th, 2007

They’re trying to erect a monument to pay homage to the service of  Petty Officer Danny Dietz in his hometown of Denver. Of course the usual suspects are at it again, saying this glorifies violence and other such nonsense. I

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Eric Florack on April 9th, 2007

I’ve already said my bit about Imus.

That he’s running his mouth again is no shock. This latest incident simply reinforces my original take.

And that the moron is willing to kiss the backside of Sharpton, as the first

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

Hillary ClintonMaybe Glenn Reynolds is right.  Mrs. Pelosi is trying to kill Mrs. Clinton’s chance of ever becoming president.   Mrs. Pelosi perfectly executed the Clinton Doctrine, which is to stab your friends in the back and make nice to  your enemies.  

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Eric Florack on April 9th, 2007

Byron York, at The Corner:

The new issue of The Atlantic has a piece by Mark Bowden, “The Ploy,” about the American interrogation team in Iraq that found Abu Masab al-Zarqawi. It is teased as “the inside story of how

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davidl on April 9th, 2007

Richard S. Lindzen writing in Newsweek, asks, “Why So Gloomy?” 

The current alarm rests on the false assumption not only that we live in a perfect world, temperaturewise, but also that our warming forecasts for the year

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davidl on April 8th, 2007

B.C.

B.C.’ cartoonist Johnny Hart dies at storyboard

ENDICOTT, N.Y. -(AP)- cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning “B.C.” comic strip appeared in more than 1,300 newspapers worldwide, died at his home on Saturday. He was 76.

“He had a stroke,”

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

Witha hat tip to KJL, let’s check out a chart recently offered as ‘proof” of “global warming” by USA TODAY, otherwise known as “Useless Toady”.

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Now…  look at the way this is laid out, and you’ll notice that the appearances

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davidl on April 8th, 2007

Since when is “Let It Snow” an Easter song?

Don Surber.

Edit:  changed photo.

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

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It’s an unlikely story, and it’s even unlikely are that the story would continue to be retold a little over 2000 years later.  But so it is retold, and continues to become stronger in the retelling.

There’s an awful lot

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

Oil prices fell. The stock market rose. Video images of smiling British soldiers with Iranian President Ahmadinejad were everywhere. So were pictures of the 15 freed hostages embracing family members back home. The relief over the return of the Brits

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Eric Florack on April 8th, 2007

From this morning’s Telegraph:

Hardliners in the Iranian regime have warned that the seizure of British naval personnel demonstrates that they can make trouble for the West whenever they want to and do so with impunity.

The bullish reaction from

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davidl on April 8th, 2007

William Douglas, McClatchy Washinton Bureau, asks the really dumb question of the day:

WASHINGTON – It’s become President Bush’s mantra, his main explanation for why he won’t withdraw U.S. forces from Iraq anytime soon.

In speech after speech, in

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davidl on April 8th, 2007

From – the – Washington Post,  Karla Adam:

LONDON, April 7 — An Iranian official said Saturday that allegations of mistreatment from a British naval team seized last month in the Persian Gulf were unfounded and stage-managed.

“The mistreatment

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