davidl on August 8th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleNew York Slimes:

Now that was a real nail-biter. The court designed by the White House and its Congressional enablers to guarantee convictions of high-profile detainees in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba – using evidence obtained by torture and secret evidence

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davidl on August 7th, 2008

The good news and the bad news.  The good, an account of what is now known about the Anthrax terrorist attacks and what is not known.   The bad, it is from Ace, so it comes wiht a language warning.

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Eric Florack on August 7th, 2008

Boortz, this morning:

Nancy Pelosi has responded to the current Republican debate, which continues in her absence. She is blaming Republicans for failing to “support serious, responsible proposals.” Yeah … wind farms.

Funny he should bring this up. A

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Eric Florack on August 6th, 2008

I’ve done some additional work on the CSS so that the picture/gfx positioning is a little smoother. Writers should no longer need to play with the short code to get the thing to work.

Turns out, I was right; WPv2.5

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Eric Florack on August 6th, 2008

The Muslim-outreach coordinator to the presidential campaign of Barack Obama has resigned amid questions about his involvement in an Islamic investment fund and various Islamic groups.

Chicago lawyer Mazen Asbahi, who was appointed volunteer national coordinator for Muslim American affairs

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Eric Florack on August 6th, 2008

This onestarted my morning: McCain suggesting that Paris Hilton was deeper on the subject of Energy than is Barack Obama. Know what? He’s right.  One might even say that Barack Obama totally lacks Gravitas.

Now, THERE’S a word I’ve

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davidl on August 6th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleB.J’s fall from gtace, Los Angelos Times:

‘I am not a racist,’ ex-President Bill Clinton asserts
Former presidents get a whole lot of leeway in what they say in public. But former President Bill Clinton just violated one

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davidl on August 6th, 2008

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I think every single candidate for president, Republican and Democratic have lives, personal lives, that indicate something about what kind of human being they are

Slate.

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davidl on August 5th, 2008

Paris Hilton has responded to John McCain’s campaign video by issuing her own campaign video and announcing her own energy plan.   Ben Smith, Politcio, has the both the story and video.

Short McCain campaign reponse:

[D]rilling. Paris Hilton

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Eric Florack on August 5th, 2008

Got the BitsBlog pages listing correctly. It’s a little trick I forgot to import from the other layout. Got some of the Blogburst  and RSS pipes fixed, too.

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Eric Florack on August 5th, 2008

* What do you think the biggest mistake most men make with women is?

* In your opinion, can you woo any woman if you work on them long enough or is there a point where you might as well

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Eric Florack on August 5th, 2008

These Nightly Rambles are all things I’ve found during the day. I input them all day long and auto-post whatever I’ve collected at around 4 to 430 eastern. I put things in here that catch my eye but that perhaps

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Eric Florack on August 5th, 2008

Last night here and the night before over at Q&O, I wondered if Nancy Pelosi wasn’t setting us up for some reason. At Q&O I said:

She’s got better access to the numbers than any of us, and she knows

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