Eric Florack on February 5th, 2004

LILEKS makes my day with this one:

“What’s the message here? John Kerry is best suited to lead us in the present war because he was a prominent opponant of the last one, which we lost. John Kerry led

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Eric Florack on February 5th, 2004

The Detroit news is reporting:

LANSING — Michigan’s big dance may turn out to be a slumber party.

The strong showing of Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry in the first nine primaries across the nation and his wide lead in

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Eric Florack on February 5th, 2004

President’s Statement on Massachusetts’ Court Ruling:

“February 4, 2004
STATEMENT BY THE PRESIDENT
Today’s ruling of the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court is deeply troubling. Marriage is a sacred institution between a man and a woman. If activist judges insist

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

HipperCritical wrote something on the 28th that frankly blows me away.

“Brain tumors suck, and I have one. I just found out about it back in October. The last few months have been quite the ordeal, but today’s the big

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

The Washington Times is running a story today to warm my heart:

Coming-out day …..for conservatives

BOULDER, Colo. — A few years ago, Jeff O’Holleran said he began to realize that he was different from the other boys he knew.

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

The Columbia Journalism Review takes on the left on the subject of the budget. The left keeps hamming that this a a recod deficit. In raw numbers? True. However, CJR goes on to point out:

“As a percentage of the

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

Democrat & Chronicle: Troubling crossing turns deadly

Well, here’s some reality:

I’m not only from Rochester, but I’m a railfan, and one of my offices is within sight of the crossing in question.

I will tell you what the investigation

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

The New York Post says:

“It’s quite clear what’s going on here: Sharpton is using the campaign to funnel money to himself.
The irony is that the campaign is broke – with barely $7,000 in the bank – but the

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

FOXNews is reporting::

“WASHINGTON A 7-pound block of cyanide salt (search) was discovered by U.S. troops in Baghdad at the end of January, officials confirmed to Fox News.”

It gets better:

“The potentially lethal compound was located in what

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

I had a chance to go over the wires, this morning, and look more closely at the returns. I expect I’ll post further about this later in the day, but as I went over it all this morning over coffee,

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Eric Florack on February 4th, 2004

Well, apparently so, anyway.
I’ve noticed in the last 24 hours, a huge upswing in the number of hits this site is getting, both the blog and the BitsBits section.

Based on the referral records, the biggest amount of upswing

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CBS is calling Clark the winner in Oklahoma.
Kerry won big in North Dakota, New Mexico, Delaware, Arizona and Missouri.
Edwards in South Carolina.

I’ve got to consider this further, but right off the cuff, and in great need of

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

My Way News

“The judgment of the voters is now clear,” Lieberman told supporters gathered at a hotel in northern Virginia. “

Uh… Joe? Wasn’t it clear four years ago?

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

… No real landslide for Kerry today. Closer look as the numbers start taking shape.

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Eric Florack on February 3rd, 2004

Mudville Gazette has a really great article online, regarding what the story calls “the most monumental non-nuclear explosion and fire ever seen from space, which resulted from Pirated software.

Great stuff and explains a lot.

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