Eric Florack on August 28th, 2010

Nothing too shocking here, really.

(Reuters) – The Muslim center planned near the site of the World Trade Center attack could qualify for tax-free financing, a spokesman for City Comptroller John Liu said on Friday, and Liu is willing to

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Eric Florack on August 21st, 2010

I’ve been spending a good deal of time the last several weeks thinking about many things as I go about the business of driving my truck, and piloting the nation’s freight to where it needs to go. It’s a kind

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Eric Florack on August 21st, 2010

Just go and read this.

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Eric Florack on August 2nd, 2010

Hey, Bruce:

This “Ground Zero” mosque controversy has begun to rankle me. It is my understanding that those who want to build the “ground zero” mosque own the property there.

Secondly, it really isn’t adjacent to the old World Trade

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Eric Florack on August 1st, 2010

Noted today an article in the McClatchy News wire… a service that I seldom scan anymore. Today, they offer up something fairly useful.

The first paras:

BAGHDAD — Shiite Iraqi militants have trained in Iran in preparation for attacks against

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davidl on July 19th, 2010

From Jake Tapper, ABC News:

Speaking about the Uganda bombings, the president said, “What you’ve seen in some of the statements that have been made by these terrorist organizations is that they do not regard African life as valuable

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Eric Florack on July 18th, 2010

An interesting John Hawkins interview with Victor Davis Hanson:

Victor Davis Hanson: I think that’s just part of what it means to be a privileged Westerner. It means that you’re going to be wracked by self doubt and you’re going

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Eric Florack on July 3rd, 2010

I’ve been watching the nonsense over GOP Chair Steele’s comments on Afghanistan, with a somewhat jaundiced eye.

Look, the DNC may like to claim that Steele is “betting against our troops and rooting for failure in Afghanistan”, but  what’s

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davidl on June 25th, 2010

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None dare all it education, via Sister Toldjah:

Students in Provincetown – from elementary to high school – will be able to get free condoms at school, under a policy passed earlier this month, even though their parents

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davidl on June 23rd, 2010

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleGen. Stanley McChrystal in hot water with Obama after Rolling Stone interview. from Sister Toldjah.    My take, McChrystal can not publicly criticize his commander-in-chief, B. Hussein Obama.   However McChrystal can publicly criticize Obama’s inner circle of idiots like

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davidl on June 21st, 2010

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More is Dumbo Sane? From Linda Chavez, Washington Examiner:

The night he locked up the Democratic presidential nomination, Barack Obama predicted that generations hence, people would look back on the historic day as “the moment when the rise of

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davidl on June 3rd, 2010

Alternative titles, with and without apologies.

Balls, stolen Right Scoop.

Jewish Majority. no apology Jerry Falwell

The Right Stuff, apology Tom Wolfe

Courage, no apology Dan Rather

Yoinked with Pride, apology, Laura W.  Ace of Spades.

Yid with

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davidl on May 25th, 2010

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Unanimous finding of the Senate Intelligence Committee:

The Senate Intelligence Committee found 14 intelligence failures leading up to the attempted Christmas Day attack aboard Northwest Airlines Flight 253 over Detroit, according to an unclassified report released today.

Link.

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davidl on May 24th, 2010

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“Right now, the Obama administration’s national security apparatus is broken, dysfunctional and in disarray,” Hoekstra said.  “Dennis Blair was the one person you could count on for rationality among Holder, Napolitano and Brennan—and he’s the one the president let go.”

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davidl on May 21st, 2010

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble Sarah’s Clan of the Momma Grizzlies, by  Meghan Daum, Los Angeles Times:

After struggling with its definition and connotations, Sarah Palin has apparently made peace with the “F-word.” She freely used it in a May 14 speech for the

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