davidl on August 10th, 2008

Russia invaded Georgia. John McCain was prompt to recognize the Russian aggression and to condemn it. Meanwhile BO seems unable to distinguish between being invaded and be the invader. I doubt BO even knows where Georgia is. View the video:

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2008

It could fairly be said we’ve been getting a lot of rain around here. A VERY rainy summer.  But that has it’s beauties, too.

A rainbow captured on 08-09-08, Greece NY

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Eric Florack on August 10th, 2008

I drive a Buick.

Yes, I’m quite aware that the stereotype places me in Senior Citizen range.  But I’m 51.

The Buick I drive is a ’04 Rainier.  Yes, the dreaded and much maligned SUV is my main ride. “Why

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davidl on August 8th, 2008

John Edwards has finally admittted to having an extra-marital affair with Rielle Hunter.  Comments: one the National Enquirer was right and; two, the MSM was in denial.  Memorandum has a flock of links.

Addendum I: (Bit) John Hawkins probably has

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Eric Florack on August 8th, 2008
  • 08-08-08. Not sure it means anything, but it’s interesting.
  • Just about mid-summer. The Telegraph reports what I told you about at about mid-spring would happen at Mid-summer: The great oil Bubble has burst.

    The market’s conviction that oil prices were

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Eric Florack on August 8th, 2008

The subject of Negative Campaigns came up at OTB yesterday.

I tell James:

There are some issues one cannot play Pollyanna over. As an example, and at the risk of tossing this thing down a subthread, let’s run a quote

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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

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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