davidl on March 17th, 2009

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Two weeks ago, the President’s spokesman said that they were confident that they knew how every dime was being spent at AIG. Well clearly, they didn’t know what they were talking about. I think this is outrageous and I think

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009

Interesting news on the energy front, today:

VIENNA -Wall Street Journal- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries on Sunday decided against new production cuts and urged its members to fully implement the output reductions the cartel announced in late 2008,

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Eric Florack on March 15th, 2009

An interesting article from Ronald D. Rotunda in the Chicago Tribune, this morning.

Because some governors might not accept the money, Congress added a unique provision, in subsection 1607(b): “If funds provided to any State in any division

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

WTOP in DC:

WASHINGTON – A D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee and a government contractor have been arrested in a federal bribery sting, sources tell WTOP.

D.C. Office of the Chief Technology Officer employee Yusuf Acar and

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

James Joyner at OTB:

 

The big story at memeorandum is a report by MinnPost‘s Eric Black, passed on by Raw Story‘s Muriel Kane, that Dick Cheney ran a super secret assassination ring out of his office.

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

I note by way of  Ben Smith at Politico, another arranged wrestling match on our horizon… Newt v Rush. There’s nothing like the spectacle of conservatives having a disagreement while the Soros Dominated Dinosaur media stands on the sidelines

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

From Jen Rubin at Commentary:

Jake Tapper appears to be one of the few (only?) mainstream reporters keeping current on the Chas Freeman story. You would think it would be hard to ignore the growing tidal wave of protest

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

The New York Post, last night, put up some interesting analysis as regards what is behind this business between the President and the British. In it, Arthur Herman does some serious analysis on what is driving this animosity toward

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Eric Florack on March 8th, 2009

springaheadHistory tells us that the original idea for daylight savings time was proposed in an essay by Ben Franklin .

To be honest, in my weirder moods, I’m not totally convinced that the old boy didn’t have some ulterior  motive

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More proof that Global warming is a hoax:

A major scientific report by leading Japanese academics concludes that global warming is not man-made and that the overall warming trend from the mid-part of the 20th Century onwards has now stopped.

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Eric Florack on March 7th, 2009

It’s interesting;  since I made the prediction that Barack Obama would emulate the policies of George W. Bush, written just after the inauguration and posted at Pajamas Media, it is flat out amazing the number of people who have

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Eric Florack on March 6th, 2009

There’s a rumbling below decks on the good ship Obama.

Geithner’s choice as his deputy has pulled out of the running.  Sanjay Gupta  has also withdrawn his name as Surgeon General. Charles Freeman is about ready to give up

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Eric Florack on March 4th, 2009

Me to John Hawkins, just now:

 

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Magnus Anderson makes an excellent point.

Maybe we are challenged both by a general trend of “modern” relativistic thinking, which we havn’t been anaware as we should as well as a slippery slope

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Eric Florack on March 4th, 2009

From the AP:

MIAMI – An abortion clinic owner is accused of delivering a live baby during a botched procedure and then throwing the infant away.

Belkis Gonzalez, 42, was arrested Tuesday and charged with practicing medicine without a license

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