Eric Florack on December 28th, 2004

So, Susan Sontag has died.

You will pardon me, please if I find it a little hard to come up with much in the way of sorrow for the woman’s passing.

Those needing a reason for my response should

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2004

Mark Steyn:

“Last year, I was strolling down the boulevard de Maisonneuve in Montreal and saw across the street a Muslim woman, covered from head to toe in black, struggling home with her groceries past a ‘condom boutique’ whose

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Eric Florack on December 28th, 2004

I logged onto my page this morning, and my system sampled the TTLB lists. The data it returned is of course impossible… It shows Bit’sBlog as having a better reletive ranking than such fine blogs as GoDubya, Q&O Clayton

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The WaTi this morning is running a story about how the UN thinks we’re being ‘stingy’ on aid to the quake/tsunami aid efforts.

“The Bush administration yesterday pledged $15 million to Asian nations hit by a tsunami that has killed

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Eric Florack on December 27th, 2004

That quake in Sumatra, that resulted in all those Tsunamis is apparently responsible for Mt. St. Helens being back on the watch list Here’s a live shot from 5 miles out. Apparently the USFS has the area closed down… nobody’s

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Eric Florack on December 27th, 2004

The Red Cross is putting together relief efforts in the Ring of Fire, for all hte Tsunami victims. Death estimates range to 20,000 people at the moment, and my take is we’ll see thtat rise. The Red Cross of course

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Eric Florack on December 27th, 2004

Power Line notes the Times is still trying to push this bogus ‘uparmor’ issue. Gee.. the Times stretching the truth to make an attack on the Bush administration. Gee, who’d have thought?

But unlike he who doesn’t need the links,

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Eric Florack on December 27th, 2004

Given the holiday, and the subject, I’ve posted this coming weekend’s Bit’s Bit early in the long-form page. It’s called A BitHead’s New Year: A reluctant visit to an old friend

It’s actually one I wrote a few years ago

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Eric Florack on December 26th, 2004

I commented last in last week’s Bit’s Bit week that I took the pics of the neighborhood display for fear that it’d be gone because of one sour apple. The Arizona Republic today reports on just such a happeneing in

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Eric Florack on December 26th, 2004

I knew when I saw the quake in Antartica that the other shoe wasn’t far from dropping.  I can’t say I’ve ever been quite so disturbed about being right, before.

Current estimates as of just now, are 10,000 dead, whith

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Eric Florack on December 26th, 2004

Given the day it is, and the subject it is, I’ve posted this week’s Bit’sBit a little early.  It’s called A Bithead’s Christmas; Like a child

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2004

I’ve been asked a good question via E-Mail about why the Blogs for Bush connections have been dropped of my pages.

Rest assured, this is a blog design move and nothing more. I have great respect for that site. BFB

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2004

A number of bloggers weighing in on the attacks against Christianity. Among them:

A Collection of Thoughts, CQ, Michele Malkin,PowerLine, and Jeff Jarvis

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Eric Florack on December 24th, 2004

So says Clapton in an interview today. Apparently, they are currently planning four shows at the Royal Albert Hall. Tickets not on sale yet, but it looks good. All four performances will be recorded, of course.

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