Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince is written, bieng printed now and will be ready in July, I hear. A quick look on Amazon.com showed it being listed as not available… they’re not even taking orders, and yet it has

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

Channel 2 in NYC is reporting this morning:

“Now there are questions about the over-the-counter pain reliever naproxen, commonly known under the brand name Aleve and in use for 28 years.

“Officials at the said the study was suspended

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2004

CNS is reportng some great news this morning:

“The U.S. Department of Justice has declared that the Second Amendment explicitly recognizes the right of individual Americans to own and carry firearms.”

The story describes a Justice Dept Report, on

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2004

Well, at least I found out something new about Bit’sBox, my van, this morning.
I’ve mentioned in previous postngs that it has a Temp readout that’s connected directly to the master ECM. You are told what temp the Engine thinks

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2004

Yes, I saw the SNL skit. And I agree, they’d not have done such a skit about Belushi or Farley. On that basis alone, ‘d find their skit distasteful at least. Michelle Malkin has more.

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2004

TIME says PowerLine is the Blog of the year.

A good choice, but I wonder a bit.

Consider a parallel; McQ’s annoyed with me, because I don’t like what Councilwoman Cropp down in DC did regarding the Baseball deal.

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2004

No real story, and no real argument… just a bit of flavor from my home town, for this week’s Bit’sBit; Ridge Road, and the Lights If you like Christmas displays, you’ll like this.

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Eric Florack on December 19th, 2004

“Tis the week before Christmas and all through the town, not a darn thing is moving,” Bit said with a frown.

It’s cars, vans, and snowflakes.  It’s all you can see, along this stretch of road.

The road is much

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2004

1500/WTOP has dropped the other shoe… the sources of funding which ran the campaign against the Stadium.

WTOP Radio has learned up to 20 percent of the $50,000 came from Robert Siegel, an Advisory Neighborhood Commissioner whose business would have

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2004

DENVER (AP) –: ” A homemade DVD shows Denver Nuggets star Carmelo Anthony with a man who warns that people who tip police about drug deals ‘get a hole in their head.’
The remark was apparently made in a

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2004

McGehee atYippee-Ki-Yay!

“Buenos Aires, Argentina (CNSNews.com) – After a relentless attack on the United States for opposing the Kyoto Protocol, environmental groups concede the international treaty will have no impact on what they believe to be impending catastrophic global

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2004

So, let me understand THIS, here.

We have public schools teaching homosexuality, cross dressing, etc… all as normal parts of the school year.

I don’t mean to place these items in the same breath, but… There seems no objection

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Eric Florack on December 17th, 2004

Hey Billy;

the issue you bring up here is quite true. However, you’re missing a relationship I think needs to be pointed out. Webb, for all his self-rightious splutter, only seems concerned about where the press supposedly ignores stories that

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The Jerusalem Post says:

“Former US president and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Jimmy Carter will head the supervising committee for the Palestinian elections set to be held on January 9, Israel Radio reported. “

Uh huh.
Riiight.

Well here’s an

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2004

So, lemme understand this, here.

Canada’s security net is full of holes, with most border crossings guarded by a lone staffer and airport security so lax that missing security badges and uniforms recently turned up for sale on eBay.

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