Eric Florack on December 8th, 2004

LONDONReuters Church leaders condemned on Wednesday a Christmas nativity tableau depicting English soccer star David Beckham as Joseph and his pop singer wife Victoria as the Virgin Mary.

Well, I must say, this is a new low, if perhaps

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Eric Florack on December 8th, 2004

The London Times Online has a story this morning raising the same questions I did over a month ago.

“”This is no longer a question for discussion,” Dr Korpan said. “We are now sure that we can confirm which substance

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2004

Hey, Terry McAuliffe!!! You pounded on republicans, falsely, for using a national tragedy in the form of the 9/11 attacks, as a political wedge issue. So, what the beep isThis?

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2004

Hobbs is doing his homework, as usual.

Today he’s posted a list of who gave to what campaign… under the heading Shop the way you vote . You want to check it out.

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2004

It was just now, all those years ago.National Geographic has a pretty good overview of the event. It’s worth a visit.

I’m just now taken with the comparison of Pearl to the WTC. Since they’re the only serious attacks

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2004

WorldNetDaily is reporting, along with about everyone else, that Kerry still lost Ohio, and thereby the national election.  The Democrats are still contesting the outcome even though they know they’re wrong, and that the outcome won’t change.

Why?

The most

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

Speaking of radio stations and such, I should make note that WBEE-FM morning man Bill Coffey passed away this morning, at his home in Pennsylvania.

Bill was doing morning radio here in Rochester, by way of a network connection, because

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

Joe Flint over at the Wall Street Journalis reporting some good news:

News Corp.’s Fox News has reached an agreement to become the primary news provider to radio giant Clear Channel Communications Inc.

Our local CC station, WHAM is

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

File this one under “Oh, THAT liberal media”

Fellow Radio person and fellow western NY’er Scott Fybush says on his NorthEast Radio Watch:

“Here’s something not to do if you work as a reporter for a radio station: don’t

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

Armstrong Williams seems to think so.

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

How about a fast food place that only serves breakfast cereals, called….Cereality… no kididng.

Atkins dieters, beware.

Hat tip to Drezner, who suggests, among other things, it’s the next Krispy Creme.

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

When Tom Teriffic showed up, NBC was in last place among the big three… Mostly because of the pompous, overbearing, and unabashedly leftist John Chancellor. Brokaw did what he could to reverse the situation.  As of last week, when he

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

I’ve been working on a draft for a weekly long-form along these lines for weeks now, and hadn’t quite gotten it yet.Victor Davis Hanson did the subject first and better. Read it.

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2004

I note with some degree of amusement that I’ve not even been mentioed in this year’s annual Weblog Awards. I wonder if I demanded a hand recount in those areas favorable to me, if it’ll do me any good.

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This week’s “long form” is up.
It’s called “The Stores, Christmas, and Looking Though the Glass”

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