Oh, wow.  I NEVER knew this film existed.
I”ve raved for years about the “Friends and Love” concert, held 42 years ago this month, at the Eastman Theater in my home town of Rochester NY… what a concert… but never

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davidl on May 31st, 2012

Heckled yes. shouted down, no.  from Alica M. Cohn, Hill:

Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod was shouted down Thursday at an event in Boston that was staged to attack Mitt Romney’s record as governor of Massachusetts.

Axelrod called the

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davidl on May 31st, 2012

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I wonder if David Axelrod’s found the mole, yet?
Because it’s not precisely accidental that Axelrod got rhetorically ambushed today at his take-em-by-surprise press conference, while Mitt Romney did not.

Moe Lane.

Is the Obama campaign sinking.   I am

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Eric Florack on May 30th, 2012

Underplayed, this one is. Too pop for Jazz stations, I guess, and too Jazz for pop stations, even soft rockers.
But it fits both, I’ve always thought.

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davidl on May 30th, 2012

With the Obama administration, gaffes are not a bug but, rather feature, via Doug Powers @ Michelle Malkin:

US President Barack Obama’s description of a Nazi German Holocaust site as a “Polish death camp” shocked Poland, whose leaders insist

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Eric Florack on May 30th, 2012

Walter Russell Mead notes:

Scott Walker’s union battles may be getting all the headlines at the moment, but far away in the Empire State a very different governor is getting into a battle of his own with the unions.

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Kimberlin versus Walker makes the traditional media.    Brett you are now a celebrity.

Aaron Walker’s arrested explained, by David Hogberg, Investor’s Business Daily:

Here’s what seems to have happened. Although Kimberlin’s first peace order against Walker was eventually thrown

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Eric Florack on May 29th, 2012

Even most Boston fans didn’t know about this one.
Yes, that’s Brad Delp on vocals.

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I got a headache trying to sort out the details of the Speedway Bomber, ‘b/k/a Brett Kimberlin versus Aaron Walker.    So instead, feast on this,  sweet, cute, head strong, smart and only six years old, from Associated Press:

McLEAN,

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davidl on May 29th, 2012

Meghan McCain whined in the Daily Beast:

“Last week, I went on Al Sharpton’s MSNBC show PoliticsNation to talk about extremism in the Republican Party. As a socially liberal Republican, this happens to be a topic I know a

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Yeah, pretty much.

Doug at OTB:

The head of the Democratic National Committee doesn’t really seem all that concerned with the outcome of the Wisconsin Recall Elections:

The chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee said Friday that if Milwaukee Mayor

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davidl on May 29th, 2012

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Dear NYT, why ride a horse, when you can eat it?

Fausta.

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davidl on May 28th, 2012

All sane men loathe war.   However some deluded lefties like Chris Hayes and Dim Won, a/k/a Dumbo, b/k/a Barack Obama not only hate war, they hate the men who fight our war, from Ben Geman, Hill:

Obama honors troops,

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I stopped doing this some time ago, for reasons I’ve long since forgotten.

Decided I should start sharing some music titles, and see what you folks think.

This one is the Aces live in Concert in 2005, off a disk

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Eric Florack on May 28th, 2012

I want to speak briefly about Memorial day which is today.

It’s always been a special day for me, because honoring our vets has always held special meaning for me; it’s a lesson my parents instilled very well, indeed. It

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