Eric Florack on December 26th, 2006

Henke (who, with sanity kicking in, I find myself reading less of these days), notes Ted Rall, (whom I try to read never), calling for the banning of the Republican party.

Yeah, you’ve read correctly. Says Rall:

It’s

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davidl on December 24th, 2006

The Associated Press is reporting that some moron in California set  himself on fire to to protest some cause or another:

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -(AP)- A man used flammable liquid to light himself on fire, apparently to protest a

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davidl on December 21st, 2006

Allahpundit sums it up well,

“There’s no rooting interest here. It’s the equivalent of a Saudi-Iranian standoff: all you’re hoping for is heavy casualties.”   

It is the Mouth, Rosie O’Donnell versus the Ego, Donald Trump.   If you have the stomach

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davidl on December 19th, 2006

Neville Chamberlain attemped to achieve peace through appeasement.,  He failed.  

Now John Kerry has gone to Lebanon to pass out Chamberlain style advice.   Lebanon has a free, albeit tottering, government.   Syrian and Hezbollah want Lebanon to become a puppet

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davidl on December 12th, 2006

I quess it only would be natural for an education major to expect that  high expectations are somehow unnatural and should be avoided.   After all low expectations are what kept Abraham Lincoln an uneducated farm boy.   Low expectation are how

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2006

I’m learning a bit more about this WordPress thing. And I’m starting to get more impressed with it. There are certain areas that aren’t exactly, shall we say, intuitive. But, I’m starting to get over that problem. It’s like

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2006

Hume:

A longtime adviser to Jimmy Carter has resigned his position as a Carter Center fellow over the former president’s new book. Emory University professor Kenneth Stein wrote in a letter to Mr. Carter that the title of the book

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2006

“The Public Has Been Vastly Misinformed,” NCPA’s Deming Tells Senate Committee

12/6/2006 5:57:00 PM

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To: National Desk

Contact: Sean Tuffnell of the National Center for Policy Analysis, 972-308-6481 or [email protected]

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 /U.S. Newswire/ — David Deming, an

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Eric Florack on December 7th, 2006

Michelle Malkin:

Deborah Frisch, the infamous left-wing blogger/stalker who threatened Protein Wisdom blogger Jeff Goldstein and his family, had an arrest warrant issued against her today. Jeralyn Merritt of TalkLeft attended the hearing and reports the details:

Many of you

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2006

Billy asks:

What on earth could be exactly as horrible as deliberately setting out to bear a deaf child?

I’d heard the story he relates, before asking this question some hours ago, and wasn’t sure what to make of it.

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Eric Florack on December 6th, 2006

NASHVILLE- AP An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said.

The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported

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You’ll recall when I left the last evening my wife was still having problems with a loss of her mother’s canary. She had been saying for years that when those birds went she didn’t want any more.  But, LO and

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davidl on December 5th, 2006

sowell.jpg Thomas Sowell discusses “Hollywood Economics:”

It is not really news that Hollywood is still producing anti-business movies, but there is a certain irony in it nevertheless.

Although these movies tap a certain envy and resentment of corporate wealth,

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davidl on December 4th, 2006

The King(Fidel Castro) is dead:

HAVANA, Dec 2 (Reuters) – Cubans were astonished by ailing Fidel Castro’s absence from his birthday parade on Saturday, but many believe the only leader they have known for 47 years will survive

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Boortz, the other night:

Moving on now to Warwick, New York.  The local government elementary school wanted to raise a little money, so they set up an event called “Breakfast with Santa.”  Well, sure enough, some parent complained.  Some woman

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