Eric Florack on September 15th, 2007

September 9 of 1957… A date which, apparently, will live in anonymity.

That was the date that president Eisenhower signed into effect the 1957 civil rights act.  Given that most of you are graduates of government schools, you’ve probably never

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Eric Florack on September 15th, 2007

A post under the heading CIA Wimps Hand Another Weapon to al-Quieda Misha says:

 At this rate, they’ll be suing themselves for having ever spoken harshly to a terrorist any day now.

Yeah, well, isn’t that what the current

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

Tony Leys at the DesMoins Register says, in part:

 MoveOn.org should not have labeled Gen. David Petraeus “General Betray Us” in a controversial newspaper ad, Elizabeth Edwards said in Des Moines Friday.

“Someone who’s spent their life in the military

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

OK,gang, here’s the lowdown.

Last week, we had  an attack on the core SQL database that runs BitsBlog. The most obvious result of that attack was four instances of an HTML FRAME callout showing up showing up on the header

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

COALITION FORCES TARGET FOREIGN TERRORIST FACILITATORS; 5 KILLED, 21 DETAINED

Posted: 14 Sep 2007 04:12 AM CDT

COALITION FORCES TARGET FOREIGN TERRORIST FACILITATORS; 5 KILLED, 21 DETAINED

U.S. COAST GUARD CUTTER WRANGELL ASSISTS ILL IRANIAN FISHERMAN

Posted: 14 Sep 2007

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

 It appears BlackFive has decided to fight fire with fire…

 Guess what I did at lunch? That’s right, I petitioned my government for redress of grievances, specifically illegal political advertising practices by the New York Times and MoveOn.org. We are

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davidl on September 14th, 2007

The Wall Street Journal,  on Dirty Harry Reid’s threat to Bork Ted Olson:

Is Mr. Reid saying that a Republican President can’t nominate any Republican as Attorney General? Or does he mean that President Bush can only nominate a

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davidl on September 14th, 2007

Dennis Kucinich travels to Syria to trash President Bush and laud Basser Assad.   See the YouTube video.

Syria has built nuclear installations,  according to Ynet News:

Washington official says Israeli surveillance shows possible Syrian nuclear installation stocked by

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

Hughie Thomasson died at his home in Florida last Sunday, of a heart attack. He was fifty-five years old.

So says Billy who has a couple links.

You’re right, Billy, it is a hell of a loss.

If I remember

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Eric Florack on September 14th, 2007

Well, after a day or so more downtime, and a year or so off my life, we’re back online again.

Turns out a YOUTUBE plugin we were trying made the site vulnerable to a database attack. Yes, the same so

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Eric Florack on September 12th, 2007

Let there be no doubt in anyone’s mind where this “Investiate 9/11 Troofer” nonsense is coming from:

HAVANA (Reuters) – Ailing Cuban leader Fidel Castro said the U.S. government misinformed Americans and the world about 9/11, echoing conspiracy theories about

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Eric Florack on September 12th, 2007

The Boston Globe this morning reports:As fog shrouded the State House steps, Governor Deval Patrick led a solemn ceremony this morning to mark the sixth anniversary of Sept. 11, calling the terrorist attacks of 2001 “a failure of human understanding.””We

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Eric Florack on September 12th, 2007

Oh, goodie….

In a concession to Republicans, House Oversight Committee Chairman Henry A. Waxman (D-Calif.) has promised to ask the National Archives for documents relating to President Bill Clinton’s Office of Political Affairs.

As a result, a Democratic push to

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Eric Florack on September 12th, 2007

OMG… Ya know, there are times when one wonders what people initially see in each other, that gets lost enough to get into this kind of thing:

SPARTANBURG —(Charlston.Net)  A dispute between a husband and his estranged wife Monday ended

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Eric Florack on September 11th, 2007

Well, that’s good news….

BUFFALO, N.Y. —AP Kevin Everett voluntarily moved his arms and legs on Tuesday when partially awakened, prompting a neurosurgeon to say the Buffalo Bills’ tight end would walk again — contrary to the grim prognosis given

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