davidl on January 7th, 2009

Dirty Harry Reid

Breaking:

WASHINGTON – The Associated Press has learned Senate Democrats plan to accept Roland Burris for President-elect Barack Obama’s vacant seat.

NBC news reports Burris is meeting with the Senate leadership now as Senate Democrats look for ways to defuse

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

Regular readers will be interested to know that I’ve got a post up over at Pajamas Media on the Hillary Clinton Play for Pay thing.

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Eric Florack on January 5th, 2009

I’m getting chatter just now from a few sources, including Byron York that David Ogden, Janet Reno’s s former Chief of Staff is abut to be named our next Deputy Attorney General.

(Shaking head in disbelief)

Can someone please tell

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Eric Florack on January 4th, 2009

In doing my morning rounds this morning I notice that there’s an awful lot of traffic on Michelle’s place this morning with regards to Habitat for Humanity.  An example:

The battle has been brewing for some time. A quick Google

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2009

Over at Right Wing News, Gina Cobb  quotes a spokesman from Hamas:

“We love death as much as you love life” is an ancient Islamic boast.

And a deeply evil one.

It makes you wonder how exactly Islamists distinguish

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Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2009

I can’t help but wonder, in passing what the agreed upon price for the Senate seat finally was? How much money had to pass between them to get Blago to name Burris?

Before you start tuning up your defenses, saying

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Eric Florack on January 2nd, 2009

This one has been making the rounds, and I can’t let it pass without opening the editor.BBCT: Q&O and the Jawas 2298296970103726530s425x425q85
The picture strikes me as a demonstration of willful ignorance, for one thing. I mean, isn’t that the usual

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Eric Florack on December 30th, 2008

Well, the question I asked a while ago, about who would want to be named to the Senate by Blago while he’s under criminal investigation, would seem to have been answered…

The answer is: ,former Illinois Atty General Roland Burris.

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Eric Florack on December 30th, 2008

Jules Crittenden, today, in a great and extended article:

Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak wants “war to the bitter end.” Hamas is on the run, its terrorist infrastructure and personnel being blown to bits as we speak. All good,

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Eric Florack on December 29th, 2008

By way of  Glenn Reynolds I note an interesting article in the DC Examiner, today:

It appears that among the many celebrity victims of Wall Street fraudster Bernie Madoff is former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer. Spitzer resigned earlier

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Eric Florack on December 21st, 2008

Let me give you just a small taste of the snow we’ve been getting around here.

For the first time in a few years there doesn’t seem much doubt about a white Christmas around here.

As usual, click once to

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2008

Michelle Malkin has a post up you should see.

I’ve obtained documents sent to a reader in response to his FOIA request regarding the creation of Barack Obama’s Change.gov website. It gives you the rest of the story. You’ll recall

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The New York Times is crying foul:

HONG KONG — Chinese authorities have begun blocking access from mainland China to the Web site of The New York Times even while lifting some of the restrictions they had recently imposed

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Eric Florack on December 20th, 2008

Me at Q&O just now, on the bit with Caroline Kennedy and the senate seat here in NY:

I’m not totally convinced that the issue is one of entitlement, or dynasty, or anything of that sort. I suspect

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davidl on December 19th, 2008

Caylee Anthony has been found:

Caylee AnthonyORLANDO, Florida (CNN) — The remains found in a wooded area last week in Orange County, Florida, are those of Caylee Anthony, authorities confirmed at a news conference Friday.

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“It is with regret

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