Eric Florack on January 27th, 2009

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We’re expecting a real whizbang of a blizzard around here.. they figure a foot before we’re done. Parts of our area is already at

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ramble-gas3aWelcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble.

Another cold week in front of us, (The plains states are below Zero as of this morning’s check) but thing are already heating

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davidl on January 25th, 2009

Barack Obama(BO) picks a fight he can not win, Byron York, National Review, quotes Rush Limbaugh:

Obama was angry that Merrill Lynch used $1.2 million of TARP money to remodel an executive suite. Excuse me, but didn’t Merrill have

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davidl on January 24th, 2009

Kirsten Gillibrand has been appointed to the Senate and Carolyn McCarthy is upset, Reid J. Epstien, Newsday:

Rep. Carolyn McCarthy said Thursday Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand’s gun control views make her unacceptable for the U.S. Senate and threatened a primary

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davidl on January 23rd, 2009

Bit rambled earlier:

Donna writes me yesterday;

Nancy PelosiPelosi said one of her favorite moments from Inauguration Day was when Marine One lifted off the Capitol grounds, signifying former President George W. Bush’s exit from Washington. “It felt like a

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Eric Florack on January 23rd, 2009

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No matter what, we keep on truckin’.

Gonna get cold up where again this weekend, though it’s nearly 40 at the moment, ,

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davidl on January 23rd, 2009

Anne E. Kornblut, Washington Post asks:

Does a Glass Ceiling Persist in Politics?
Kennedy’s Withdrawal Illustrates a Double Standard, Some Say

With her abrupt exit this week from consideration for the Senate, Caroline Kennedy added her name to a growing

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Eric Florack on January 23rd, 2009

Fox News, this monring:

New York Gov. David Paterson will name Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, an upstate Democrat, to replace Hillary Clinton in the U.S. Senate, a Democratic official with knowledge of the governor’s decision told FOX News on Thursday night.

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davidl on January 22nd, 2009

Great quotes:

Said by many after Nine-Eleven:  We are all Americans.

Said by  Dubya and  many Americans after the Soviet invasion of Georgia:   We are all Georgians.

What should be said after Charlies Rangel and Robert Reich a/k/a Shorty, write

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Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2009

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Welcome one and all, to the most intense nightly read on the ‘sphere… Bitsblog’s Nightly Ramble

  • An absolutely amazing day yesterday.  As you will be aware, my newest Pajamas Media Piece went up during the overnight hours.  The comments section

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Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2009

James at OTB:

Having initially been highly skeptical of Hillary Clinton’s appointment as Secretary of State, partly on the basis that she had neither diplomatic experience nor a diplomatic temperament, I feel obliged to pass on this observation from

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Caroline Kennedy speaks at the Barack Obama rally at UCLAFred Dicker at :The New York Post:

Caroline Kennedy last night withdrew from consideration to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton – just two months after she rocked the New York political landscape by throwing her hat in the

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davidl on January 21st, 2009

Breaking:

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The sole source of the U.S. salmonella outbreak involving contaminated peanut butter appears to be the Peanut Corp of America’s Blakely, Georgia processing facility, federal officials said on Wednesday

DG to FDA.

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Eric Florack on January 21st, 2009

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Gonna be a short one today, I’ve got some personal issues today.

  • In answer to some email, I really wish I could have a

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Nancy PelosiFrom Brian Faler, Bloomberg

A Congressional Budget Office analysis of President Barack Obama’s plan found that most of the approximately $355 billion in proposed discretionary spending on highways, renewable energy and other initiatives wouldn’t be spent before 2011. The

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