Eric Florack on June 5th, 2007

sgtpepper.jpgThe Music: It was 40 years ago, today, that Sgt Pepper taught the band to play. No kidding…. give or take a few days. June first in the UK and June 3rd in the states.

Among the other technical innovations,

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davidl on June 5th, 2007

Barack ObamaBob Lewis, Associated Press, writes of Barack Obama trying  to play the race card:

Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama (news, bio, voting record) said Tuesday that the Bush administration has done nothing to defuse a “quiet riot” among blacks

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Eric Florack on June 5th, 2007

Our friend Don Surber notes the number of stories showing up about the Republican front runners and their supposedly ‘trophy’ wives.

My Tennessee bureau is all upset by it, but Margery Eagan’s column in the Boston Herald was a hoot:

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Eric Florack on June 5th, 2007

TOKYO-AP- Honda Motor Co., Japan’s No. 2 automaker, will continue to make gas-and-electric models of its Civic sedan, but stop offering the hybrid Accord with the new model expected to go on sale later this year, company spokesman Yoshiyuki Kuroda

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Eric Florack on June 5th, 2007

Ah, yes… it must be that time, again:

WASHINGTON —AP- In a rare public discussion of her husband’s infidelity, Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday that she probably could not have gotten through her marital troubles without relying

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davidl on June 5th, 2007

John McCain channels Jesse Jackson. McCain threatens a long hot summer riots unless his pet amnesty bill is passed.   Byran, Hot Air, has the video.   Hell no John, we will not surrender to twelve million illegals   We are Americans,

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Eric Florack on June 5th, 2007

WASHINGTON —AP- Wyoming Sen. Craig Thomas, a three-term conservative Republican who stayed clear of the Washington limelight and political catfights, died Monday. He was 74.

The senator’s family issued a statement saying he died Monday evening at National Naval Medical

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