Eric Florack on April 18th, 2008

Well, it’s about time you figured this one out, Bill. Jimmy Doohan’s dislike of the man is Trek legend, and it appears that only Shattner never knew about all this.

Self-centered, are we?

Sheesh.

Addenudum: (David L)

As a recovering

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Eric Florack on April 18th, 2008

Michelle makes a great point, this monring:

How dare the ABC moderators ask questions about topics that are, you know, topical?

How dare they ask questions that-gasp!-conservatives are asking.

How dare they explore questions of character, truthfulness, and

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davidl on April 17th, 2008

Aliza Shvarts,Yale ’08, wanted to make a statement, Martine Powers. Yale Daily News:

Art major Aliza Shvarts ’08 wants to make a statement.

Beginning next Tuesday, Shvarts will be displaying her senior art project, a documentation of a nine-month

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Hoo, Boy:

Barack Obama may have added more fuel to the fire for those who want to paint him as arrogant or elitist, praising himself Wednesday as “a pretty darn good politician.”

In a speech to Jewish community leaders in

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davidl on April 17th, 2008

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And what was Obama’s response? He compared Ayers to Senator Tom Coburn, who opposes abortion. Of course, Coburn hasn’t bombed abortion clinics, but Obama can’t tell the difference between a Senator and a terrorist. That won’t help him in Middle

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Eric Florack on April 17th, 2008

After the debate last night, I noted a whole lot of traffic… all asking questions about Obama and Ayers, apparently following up on Hillary Clinton’s questions during the debate itself. (Yes, I know it was Stephy who asked the questions,

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I am not a lawyer, and I do not play one on television, but it seems like to me that a statement like this could be a cause for action, Ezra Levant:

Don’t eat at McDonald’s on South West

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davidl on April 16th, 2008

Lucianne Goldberg once wrote to the effect that Maureen Dowd has really good about writing about the chick stuff.   To expand, MoDo can write.   Her problem is that she all too often writes about what she does not understand.    When

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Eric Florack on April 16th, 2008

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) – Construction union thugs used the state Department of Motor Vehicles database to target nonmember workers and their families for violence, property damage and threats of sexual assault, federal officials said Tuesday as they announced the arrests

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Eric Florack on April 16th, 2008

It appears so. Indications are between May 1 and June 30th.

The War Room did a thing on this, this morning, and so did Boortz, and so does Newsmax, who says:

Contrary to some claims that the Bush administration

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It is perhaps inspirational, that as I sit down and gather my thoughts, my MP3 player, on it’s own, comes up with Pat Metheny doing “It’s Just Talk” off 1987’s “Still Life (Talking)“. (The 1990 version, not the

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2008

I have to tell you, folks, after a few days of playing with themes for WordPress, I’m disappointed.

As developed, the theme we’re using here… Originally called “Boxy But Gold” (Details and contact links in the page footer) needed a

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  • April 15th. Tax day. It occurs to me as I watch the mail delivery guy in his jeep dropping off more bills for me to pay, that the tax bill may be due today, but by some estimates we don’t

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