Eric Florack on April 13th, 2009

Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly Read on the sphere: The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

ramblke-yachtThis is the Luxury Yacht Edition. Yes, it’s a little small, but it serves the purpose.

  • Bumper Snicker: Seen on a bumper

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Eric Florack on March 25th, 2009

Ann Althouse says it well:

“If you read his opinion [in Lawrence v. Texas], he thinks it’s a good idea for two consenting adults who happen to be gay to be locked up because he is so disapproving of

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Eric Florack on March 23rd, 2009

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Yes, that pic is taken outside the Jake in Cleveland, just before a wind gust knocked it over, wiping

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

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Yes, indeed, this object to the right is the genuine article, the Bits Ballcap, the subject of

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

Somehow, I ended up on the mailing list of the New York GOP.  Found this in my mail last night:

“Since its founding, the Republican Party has stood for the time honored values and ideals of opportunity, personal responsibility, accountability

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2009

OK, I know that by now a lot of you either saw or read though this speech of Obama’s, and so it’s old news. But I’ve seen nobody rip through this thing point by point. I can understand why… with

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Eric Florack on November 21st, 2008

David Kope who writes with the Volokh boys, says this morning:

Earlier this year, Eric Holder–along with Janet Reno and several other former officials from the Clinton Department of Justice–co-signed an amicus brief in District of Columbia v. Heller.

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2008

Back along about the end of 2006, during a  Christmas break, I wrote an extended piece about Islam and some of the problems in the world with relation to it. I’ll post it here, because I think it’;s ideas are

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davidl on July 29th, 2008

The House of Representative is set to pass this tripe:

Resolved, That the House of Representatives–

(1) acknowledges the fundamental injustice, cruelty, brutality, and inhumanity of slavery and Jim Crow;

(2) apologizes to African-Americans on behalf of the people

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Eric Florack on July 29th, 2008

WASHINGTON — Alaska Sen. Ted Stevens allegedly made false statements to cover up gifts given to him by an oil contractor seeking his help on Capitol Hill, according to a seven-count federal indictment unveiled Tuesday.

Stevens, 84, is the longest-serving

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Eric Florack on May 20th, 2008

Well, it’s not a stroke, because……

BOSTON -(AP)- A cancerous brain tumor caused the seizure Sen. Edward M. Kennedy suffered over the weekend, doctors said Tuesday in a grim diagnosis for one of American politics’ most enduring figures.

Yeah, I

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davidl on May 1st, 2008

Professional demagogues, that to say, politicians, say the disproportionate number of blacks involved in the criminal justice system shows that the system is racist.  That is, we only lock-up a disproportionately high number of blacks for crimes say murder because

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2008

JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Israel’s secret service has declined to assist U.S. agents guarding former U.S. President Jimmy Carter during a visit in which Israeli leaders have shunned him, U.S. sources close to the matter said on Monday.

 

Carter angered the

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davidl on April 9th, 2008

Horrible story    Eight teenagers, who apparently know no shame.  Eight Lakeland, Florida teenagers beat one girl for thirty minutes, video tape and post the video on YouTube.    If viewing the video doesn’t make  you sick, you’re not human.

Allah Pundit,

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The New York Times is finally catching on to what we mere mortals already know just on the look of the thing:

Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer was deeply involved in his administration’s efforts last year to discredit the State Senate

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