Eric Florack on June 8th, 2008

Nift little post at the Barack Obama official website about How the jewish lobby works.

Oh, wait… they’ve removed it… AFTER Memeorandum had it in the number one slot.

Gee, can you imagine why that might be? For all

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davidl on June 8th, 2008

Erie Canal, Rochester cut cirrca 1920The paper callled for a high the low 90’s today, but it only reached a mere 87,   Hiked several miles on the Erie Canal Towpath, a/k/a  the Canal.   I was struck of distinct lack of dogs, too hot for Fido.  

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Better late than never. aFter a quarter of century, the World Health Organization has quit promoting the hoax of hetersexual AIDS, Jeremy Laurance, Independent (UK):

A quarter of a century after the outbreak of Aids, the World Health Organisation (WHO)

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Eric Florack on June 8th, 2008

I remarked a while ago:

Clinton is now looking for a scapegoat, and Penn seems a likely enough target. Penn’s job, after all, was putting lipstick on a pig…. Hillary Clinton is a product that is about as popular

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The high was projected in the 90’s for today.  Ok so the temperature only reached a mere 89.  The local television statioin gives a warning for the youngsters, WHEC-TV:

With the heat and humidity the risk for heat related

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Eric Florack on June 7th, 2008

James Joyner, this morning:

Aaron Brazell is doing some research on the evolution of blogging in recent years and has asked for my input. I started OTB in January 2003 and have seen a lot of change. I should note

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Eric Florack on June 7th, 2008

From ESPN:

Jim McKay, 86, a longtime television sports journalist, has died of natural causes in Maryland, according to a statement from the McKay family.

McKay is best known for hosting “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” and 12 Olympic Games.

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Eric Florack on June 7th, 2008

I said yesterday morning:

Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) suggested that oil companies may be manipulating energy markets as Enron did in 2001, and that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Federal Trade Commission needed to more aggressively regulate all

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Eric Florack on June 7th, 2008

Interesting poll from CNN this morning.  It seems that John McCain and Barack Obama are tied in the polling numbers;

In the CNN/Opinion Research Corporation poll conducted entirely after Obama became the presumptive Democratic nominee, he leads his Republican

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  • Leave it to The SUN to get it wrong. Oh, no question that this woman has bigguns. (Warning: NSFW) But I’ve always considered the biggest boobs in the world were Ron Paul supporters, myself.
  • Look, Snooper. We’re not going

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Eric Florack on June 6th, 2008

Sis reminds us that it’s been four years, now that the Gipper’s been gone.

As important as this image is, though, I don’t think he’d want to be remembered that way. Perhaps this is more fitting:

It’s a measure of

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An interesting story yesterday, on the AP wires:

 

Researchers secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the United States through their cell phone use and concluded that most people rarely stray more than a few miles from home.

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davidl on June 6th, 2008

courtesy Michelle MalkinMan bites dog, sanity enjoys its day in the Senate.  Michelle is reporting that the Senate, in temporary bout of sanity, has killled the Lieberman-Warner tax increase bill.  

Good news: The Lieberman-Warner eco-boondoggle is set to go down in flames

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Eric Florack on June 6th, 2008

D-Day invasion

Give a thought, today, to the people on that beach, 64 years ago.

I wonder how many of us, and how many Europians, will mark this day, and how. 

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Eric Florack on June 6th, 2008

You didn’t hear about this yesterday, I’m willing to bet. The Senate Commerce Committee met on Tuesday, trying to figure out what to do about the sharp increase in prices on oil. I mentioned the other day that George Soros

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