Eric Florack on April 15th, 2007

Sad news from NR:

Patricia Aldyn Austin Taylor Buckley — Pat Buckley, as so many knew her, WFB’s beloved — died last night at Stamford Hospital in Connecticut.

She died of septic poisoning following a vascular operation on her left

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2007

HONOLULU -AP- Legendary crooner Don Ho, who entertained tourists for decades wearing raspberry-tinted sunglasses and singing the catchy signature tune “Tiny Bubbles,” has died. He was 76.

He died Saturday morning of heart failure, publicist Donna Jung said.

From all

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davidl on April 15th, 2007

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Next time, read the fine print.

Glenn Reynolds’, Instapundit, comment on this “heated exchange.

More, Ed Morrissey, Captain’s Quarters.

Hillary Clinton has had a difficult conundrum facing her ever since the beginning of her presidential campaign.

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2007

Fred Thompson does it again; Shows us exactly the way he thinks… and his prospects continue to rise:

Treasury statistics show that tax revenues have soared and the budget deficit has been shrinking faster than even the optimists projected.

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2007

That storm finally showed up.

storm.jpg Of course, it’s mostly to the east of us, now, as you see… (Drill it for full size)  It’s going down just as I anticipated it would be.  If I’m not mistaken I predicted in

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davidl on April 15th, 2007

Hillary ClintonWas Don Imus’s great crime uttering a phrase common to [c]rap music, or just offending Media Matters, a front group for Mrs. Clinton?   It appears to be the latter.  It was Media Matters, and not Imus’ audience, which touched off

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2007

So, with Don Imus no longer on the airwaves, the logical question to ask is “what’s next?”  What all of this is examined, twenty years from now, the major mistake that Imus made will be determined as giving Sharpton credibility

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davidl on April 14th, 2007

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The toxicity of Mr. Sulzberger’s remarks, the innocence of his targets, and his refusal to put down the shovel — he dug himself deeper just about every time he published his paper

A description of the New York Times treatment

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davidl on April 13th, 2007

Crystal Gail MangumThe Raleigh News and Observer has a profile of Crystal Gail Mangum,   The closing:

Then in 2002 came a night of bizarre behavior that would be repeated in the coming years, including at the lacrosse party. That night in 2002,

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Eric Florack on April 13th, 2007

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Maybe Terry Moran should get someone to plagiarize his blog items, the way Katie Couric did. They’d be a whole lot better

John Podhoretz, NRO – Corner.

It a pretty nasty comment, John Podhoretz made, but Terrry Moran wrote

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davidl on April 13th, 2007

Who’d have thunk.  After awarding a BB  to Sheppard Smith, I am now lauding Alan Colmes, who kindly, persisently but very effectively renders Elisabeth Hasselbeck blond, video.   I thnk Elisabeth is sending too much time in the lower minor

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davidl on April 13th, 2007

A world, or at least a community, without males.  Steve Connor, Independent(UK) reports:

Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering

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Eric Florack on April 13th, 2007

Surber, last night:

I’ve said for some time that Michelle Malkin should have her own TV show. Her “Hot Air” vents are good training. (The site is liveblogging her show.)

Filling in for Bill O’Reilly tonight, she proved her

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davidl on April 12th, 2007

CBS has fired Don Imus.

NEW YORK -(AP) CBS fired Don Imus from his radio program Thursday, the finale to a stunning fall for one of the nation’s most prominent broadcasters.

Blood in the water.

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Eric Florack on April 12th, 2007

Anyone needing a full-on example of a double standard needs look no further than John Gibson’s commentary yesterday…. here’s a bit of the point:

 

What goes a lot farther are the rappers who think this is language that is OK

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