Eric Florack on May 20th, 2008

Well, it’s not a stroke, because……

BOSTON -(AP)- A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics’ most enduring figures.

Yeah, I

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What do you know… the study shows us the science does not link urricanes to man-made ‘global warming’. (Bolding is my own-Bit)

WASHINGTON -(AP)- Global warming isn’t to blame for the recent jump in the number of hurricanes in the

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Eric Florack on May 20th, 2008

Yesterday, I pointed out that there was a major shift in Democrat talking points over Iran and it’s threat to the west.

Today, I note something else… that perhaps even the Democrats have not noted.

For years, now, we’ve been

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davidl on May 19th, 2008

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Obama also said that Kentucky Democrats are fools who let themselves get pumped full of false rumors by Fox News, or words to that effect. But he’ll rally them in the fall

Mickey Kaus:Salon,.

Hat tip: Jonah Goldberg,

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Eric Florack on May 18th, 2008

Mark Beech at the end of a longish bit at si.com notes the same thing I did within hours of the death of Eight Belles:

And so racing will probably only have three more weeks to admire its newest superstar.

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Eric Florack on May 17th, 2008

In all honesty, it doesn’t surprise me very much to see the California State Supreme Court ruling the way it did on homosexual marriage, the other day. While correct in terms of the legal precedent involved over the last several

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Eric Florack on May 16th, 2008

We know what Mr. Bush said… I posted the quote here yesterday:

“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said at

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2008

“Some seem to believe we should negotiate with terrorists and radicals, as if some ingenious argument will persuade them they have been wrong all along,” Bush said at Israel’s 60th anniversary celebration in Jerusalem.

“We have heard this foolish delusion

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2008

The misery index is now at 8.

Democrats want to portray this as the worst economy since Herbert Hoover was president.

Unfortunately, the economy is not cooperating.

Unemployment dropped to 5.0% last month.

And inflation is at 3%.

Under the

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Eric Florack on May 14th, 2008

Derb has decided to side with John Ratzenberger, who is on a kick to keep tinkering alive.

I think they’re both right. Understand; I wrote most of this without bothering to actually read Derb’s article. The first couple paras of

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Eric Florack on May 7th, 2008

Armbinder last night says it pretty well:

Forget the horse race numbers for a moment: if the surveys are accurate, the polarization within the Democratic Party has reached critical levels. Nearly six in ten Obama supporters in Indiana say they

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davidl on May 6th, 2008

Al GoreJeff Poor, Business & Media Institute “ Gore Calls Myanmar Cyclone a ‘Consequence’ of Global Warming:”

Using tragedy to advance an agenda has been a strategy for many global warming activists, and it was just a matter of time before

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Eric Florack on May 5th, 2008

From the UK Express:

CHUNKS of flesh from a murder victim were found simmering in a stewing pot at the home of the first Mr Gay UK, Anthony Morley, it emerged yesterday.

Chef Morley, 35, has been charged with murdering

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Eric Florack on May 5th, 2008

Noted a resturant review over the weekend in the New York Times… and wouldn’t have said much at all, except that it got so bad with it’s left-leaning, that even left leaner, Ezra Klein can’t stand it anymore.  Yes,

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Eric Florack on May 4th, 2008

I debated saying anything about this when I heard. Joyner, apparently, got to it first:

Sad and surreal: Earlier this week, Hillary Clinton told an Indiana crowd, “I hope that everybody will go to the [Kentucky] derby on Saturday and

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