davidl on June 19th, 2009

Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post:

And where is our president? Afraid of “meddling.” Afraid to take sides between the head-breaking, women-shackling exporters of terror — and the people in the street yearning to breathe free. This from a president who

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Eric Florack on June 18th, 2009

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  • Children: This observation is so obviously true, that it’s interesting it still has to be made. I guess it’s the same function,

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davidl on June 18th, 2009

The National Bureau of Economic Research  has released a study purporting to show that women’s happiness has declined since the ‘Seventies, or about since when Riic came off the market.  Color me skeptical that happiness is actually a  measurable metric   

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davidl on June 17th, 2009

Amendment XXI, Section 4 (1967) Constitution of the United States:

Section 4. Whenever the Vice President and a majority of either the principal officers of the executive departments or of such other body as Congress may by law provide, transmit

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Eric Florack on June 17th, 2009

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Eric Florack on June 17th, 2009

I’ve been watching this little girl from afar without comment for some time, now.

Michelle says, last night:

Just wanted to take a pause from politics and policy and world affairs to let you all know that 5-year-old Hannah Garman

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davidl on June 17th, 2009

[Obama] called the idea that he’s gotten an easy ride from the press “very hard to swallow.” Delusional and totally graceless for a man who’s gotten the journalistic tongue bath he’s received from so many outlets (with the notable exceptions

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2009

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  • Tea Parties, Iranian Style: Somewhere in my travels last night, I stumbled across a

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2009

Aaron Task over at Yahoo’s tech Ticker makes a point I’ve made here at BitsBlog several times:

Before this discussion goes any further, Jeff Matthews of Ram Partners, wants you (and presumably policymakers) to remember this: “The epicenter of the

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davidl on June 16th, 2009

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The state is shooting her citizens in Iran, and all the one can promise is business as usual, Anne Gearan, Associated Press

“We will continue to pursue a tough, direct dialogue between our two countries, and we’ll see where

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davidl on June 15th, 2009

A follow-up of Eric’s  Ramble:

Never Mind: So now, Joe Biden is willing to admit that everyone guessed wrong on how the stimulus was going to work out. well, no, not everyone, Joe.

Just Democrats. as specifically, those associated

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Eric Florack on June 15th, 2009

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  • Iran: I’ve not commented much on Iranian election, mostly because the thing was breaking so fast

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Eric Florack on June 15th, 2009

From feedback, I recrive word that yesterday was the birthday of Alois Alzheimer, German psychologist and neuropathologist, the guy who first identified what is today called Alzheimer’s disease. He was born today in 1864. alzhiemer

I actually had it on my

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Eric Florack on June 14th, 2009

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There is a nascent cry for freedom, the natural yearning of all men, in Iran, video:

Hat tip:  Michelle

More, Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit:

Madness! Obama Administration Silent As Iranian Students Are Slaughtered in Streets– Announce They Will Negotiate

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