davidl on January 18th, 2009

Al Franken h/t Frankenidiot.comI admit that I have not been following the Minnesota Senate contest between Norm Coleman and Al Franken too closely.  After all the thought of  joker like Franken in the Senate is just too depressing.   However of late, there been

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davidl on January 17th, 2009

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Schlock is defined as cheap or trashy. If spending less than $160M to inaugurate Obama is cheap, God help us in the next four years.

DRJ, Patterico’s Pontifications.

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Eric Florack on January 17th, 2009

This is what I was faced with when I left work the other day. My beloved Rainier was covered in snow, and was nearly invisible given the remaining light.

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What you don’t see in the picture is the foot of

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Eric Florack on January 17th, 2009

Editor notes: Originally posted 01/09/06


One of the biggest problems I have in my garden is keeping the squirrels out of my bird feeder. The tehnological war between us and the squirells has gone to insane levels. But, nothing we

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Eric Florack on January 17th, 2009

Medal of Valor Today Bruce over at Q&O tells the story of  CPL Moses Cardenas.

It’s worth the read.

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davidl on January 16th, 2009

snark2.jpgThe Messiah has been mocked.

“All of a sudden, ‘Gosh it’s so complicated to close Guantanamo Bay.'”

Dana Perion, as attributed by Kevin Vance, Weekly Standard, via Gateway Pundit and Jammie Wearing Fool

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davidl on January 16th, 2009

I feel a bit like Rush Limbaugh, who says who could devote three all three hours a day to media bias.    With respect to Geraghty Law that all of BO’s statements come with experation dates, it might be easier to

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2009

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Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read on the ‘shpere. Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

A busy Friday. Let’s get to it.

  • According to what I’ve seen, O’Hare recorded 20 below zero, this morning.  Here in Western NY,  it

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Al Gore courtesy If Global Warming Is Real Then Why Is It Cold From the Bit’s Bog Blog of the Day, “If Global Warming Is Real Then Why Is It Cold

Hat tip,  Ann Althouse.

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davidl on January 16th, 2009

Breaking, from the Associated Press:

Circuit City Stores Inc. said Friday it has agreed with liquidators to sell the merchandise in its 567 U.S. stores after failing to find a buyer or a refinancing deal.

The computer retailer that

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2009

The New York Times  is reporting that FISA has found, in a ruling last August, that the federal government was in fact within constitutional bounds on warrantless surveillance…

The court decision, made in August 2008 by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance

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Eric Florack on January 16th, 2009

I was on the road while most of the events with the Bird-strike plane landing in the Hudson were going on, and by the time I got home, there wasn’t much to write about.  So, I didn’t. Everyone else seemed

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2009

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Welcome, one and all to the Flash Frozen edition of the most intense nightly read on the ‘Sphere: Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

  • The brass monkeys are circling the door with signs in their hands, protesting us, and screaming in their now

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2009

Bret Baier, at Fox  last night:

It is believed President-elect Obama’s inauguration will be the costliest in history — around $50 million — despite the recession. President Bush has declared a state of emergency to free up federal funds

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Eric Florack on January 15th, 2009

It appears to me , that this business with Bernie Madoff may in fact when a LOT deeper then one scam artist, APTOPIX Madoff Scandallhowever talented he may have been at it, or how hated he now supposedly is. When the press

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