Eric Florack on May 26th, 2004

Dan Drezner has an interesting discusion going on at his place. within the context of large Box stores…(This time, the great satan, Wal-Mart) and local flavor that many claim large box stores destroy by elimination of the smaller, locally owned

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Eric Florack on May 26th, 2004

Captain Ed over at CQ this morning, notes an ABC NEWS report that isn’t getting the attention it deserves for reasons that should be obvious to you;

During the 1990s, Zarqawi trained under bin Laden in Afghanistan. After the

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Eric Florack on May 25th, 2004

-Churchville, NY — I’m catching up on some railfanning… I gather from some online friends a rare bit of power is moving through in the next hour or two. Too bad it’s raining this afternoon. The light is terrible for

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Eric Florack on May 25th, 2004

AP News reports about a family in Arkansas that is celebrating the arrival of the 15th child.

Arguments about ZPG aside, 15 kids?
(Shudder!)
Even from a purely time-based view, the numbers are staggering.  One needs to wonder how often

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Eric Florack on May 25th, 2004

Or so says Pete DuPont, who dispatches the myth that gas is more expensive now:

“….its current inflation-adjusted price of $2 a gallon is about its median price over its 85-year existence, and with the exception of the 1980s

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Eric Florack on May 25th, 2004

I’ve had a few emergencies here at work and so have not had the chance to comment on the speech last night, as I would have hoped. Boortz seems to have a handle on an idea I had a few

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Eric Florack on May 25th, 2004

Responses to the President’s speech last night are being compiled… I’ll have some comments sometime today.

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

Paris’ Charles De Gaulle airport has been evacuated after cracking noises were heard in the roof – a day after part of the futuristic-looking terminal collapsed, killing four people.

The noises were heard on either side of the 30-metre section

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

Well, no I’m not ignoring it.
It’ll be on my TV (and recorder) tonight at 8pm. Ill post links to the text as it beocmes available… likely moments before the delivery on the WH site, is the way this goes.

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

If the leftists are convinced that the upswing in the numbers of right-of-center voters can be attributed to such as Fox news, and conservative shows such as Limbaugh’s, and Hannity’s etc… Aren’t they really saying, implicitly, that prior to such

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

Regular readers to this page will doubtless understand that if there’s something lower than whale poop, it’s Michael Moore. So imagine my amusement this morning as I watched Fred Barnes lay out some facts as regards Rotundo:

Fred Barnes who

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USATODAY was forced to report today:

“WASHINGTON – Employment has picked up significantly this year in a number of closely contested states that could decide the outcome of the 2004 presidential election.
The latest Labor Department figures on state jobs

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

The WSJ reports this morning that John Kerry is considering delaying accepting his nomination to the Democrat run for the Presidency. Why? The WSJ explains:

“The Kerry camp is considering this maneuver so it can keep raising and spending money

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Eric Florack on May 24th, 2004

There’s a lot of wailing about the FCC and it’s crackdown on such as Howard Stern. Stern loves to complain it’s all the Bush administration’s fault he’s off most of the stations he was on.  But as usual, facts run

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