Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007

Boortz, yesterday;

A priest in London is being investigated for inciting racial hatred after expressing his Christian views in a parish newsletter. Father John Hayes commented on a case involving a Muslim girl who wanted to wear her full

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Eric Florack on October 16th, 2007

Geraldo Rivera, we’ve commented on, many times, here. Suffice it to say he’s not the most popular person, here.  Similarly, Bill O’Reilly.  As for the combination, I’ve always considered that there wasn’t a half a human between them. 

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Eric Florack on October 14th, 2007

CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (AP) — The former Duke University men’s lacrosse coach who resigned last year amid allegations that three of his players raped a stripper has sued the university.

Mike Pressler’s lawsuit apparently stems from a financial settlement the

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Eric Florack on October 12th, 2007

Last July, Bitsblog re-posted a prayer appeal for Matthew Rager, who was afflicted with brain cancer.  We managed to get an update of that situation last night:

mr.jpgWe are loading our car and hoping to leave in about an

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Eric Florack on October 12th, 2007

cole.jpgThe Cole bombing was seven years ago today, as Rusty reminds us.

We’ve learned quite a bit about that happening, and the negotiations leading up to it, since. Go and RTWT.

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Eric Florack on October 5th, 2007

So Barack Obama won’t wear a flag pin anymore?

Yes, I know all about What he says, that it doesn’t show true patriotism. Of course, first of all, his definition of “patriotism” is questionable now before he even opens his

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Eric Florack on October 4th, 2007

Former University of Colorado professor Ward Churchill on Tuesday began what he told students would become a series of classes held at the school despite being fired from his position in July.

Churchill elicited applause and handshakes from the majority

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Eric Florack on October 3rd, 2007

As an extension to our discussion of last evening, as regards Rush Limbaugh and the democrats attempts to slam him, my offer the statement of Fred Thompson:

 

Congressional Democrats are trying to divert attention from insulting our military leader

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Eric Florack on October 2nd, 2007

From the new WorldPress news feed I’ve just hooked us up with:

NEW YORK -(AP) In an end to a salacious three-week trial, a jury ordered the owners of the New York Knicks to pay $11.6 million (all figures U.S.)

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Eric Florack on October 2nd, 2007

Ray Robison over at the American Thinker has posted an encouraging report, that you will most likely not see in the mainstream media for another six months:

There are signs that the global Islamic jihad movement is splitting apart, in

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Eric Florack on October 2nd, 2007

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES KILL 20 MILITANTS IN HELMAND PROVINCE

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 09:22 AM CDT

AFGHAN, COALITION FORCES KILL 20 MILITANTS IN HELMAND PROVINCE

COALITION FORCES DISRUPT AL-QAEDA LEADERSHIP: SEVEN KILLED, 11 DETAINED

Posted: 01 Oct 2007 09:17 AM

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Eric Florack on September 21st, 2007

For years, trial lawyer William Lerach was known as a master of “rush to the courthouse” class-action lawsuits, specializing in billion-dollar securities cases against American companies. But now Mr. Lerach is rushing off in a different direction — to prison

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Eric Florack on September 18th, 2007

Michelle Malkin notes that Al Gore could be the next Nobel Peace Prize recipiant:

Oh, mega-crikey:

The 2007 Nobel Peace Prize could go to a climate campaigner such as ex-U.S. Vice-President Al Gore or Inuit activist Sheila Watt-Cloutier, reinforcing

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Eric Florack on September 18th, 2007

From WDIV:

John David R. Atchison, 53, an assistant U.S. attorney from the northern district of Florida, was arraigned in U.S. District Court in Detroit Monday afternoon.

An undercover officer posed as a mother offering her child to Atchison for

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Eric Florack on September 17th, 2007

BEIJING — (AP) Chinese authorities ordered the recall of tainted leukemia drugs blamed for leg pains and other problems, state media reported Sunday, the latest crisis to strike the country’s embattled food and drug industries.

Most of the drugs involved

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