Eric Florack on January 3rd, 2008

From the Sun on Monday: (Heard about this yesterday morning from WJFK)

A FANATICAL Pakistani cleric told The Sun yesterday of his chilling dream to turn the world Muslim – by force if necessary.

Qari Hifzur Rehamn, 60, spoke

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Eric Florack on December 23rd, 2007

[sticky till 12/26]

Editor’s Note: This is a time of year when I don’t envy the position of members of the cloth.


Such men and women find themselves in the position of having to write a sermon on essentially the

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Eric Florack on December 16th, 2007

NEW YORK —AP- Dan Fogelberg, the singer and songwriter whose hits “Leader of the Band” and “Same Old Lang Syne” helped define the soft-rock era, died Sunday at his home in Maine after battling prostate cancer. He was 56.His

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Eric Florack on November 22nd, 2007

McQ at Q&O:

I have to say, this is an unexpected development.

In a rare attack on Iran’s president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, a hardline newspaper has accused him of behaving immorally towards his political rivals.

The Islamic Republic daily, close to

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Eric Florack on November 17th, 2007

I’ve gone to some lengths to point up where Hollywood has failed us by turning left. My favorite Jersey Girl, Michelle, points up that Hollywood may seem the monolithic leftist bloc.. but it’s not…

We do a lot of Hollywood-bashing

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Eric Florack on November 13th, 2007

Michelle Malkin reports, today:
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The Chicago Tribune’s Howard Witt penned an investigative piece published yesterday on the controversy surrounding the charitable funds raised for the Jena 6. I’m sure you’ll be shocked to learn that much of the money can’t

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Eric Florack on November 12th, 2007

McQ over at Q&O:

 Run Silent, Run Deep…

And pop up like a cork in the midst of a carrier battle group:

American military chiefs have been left dumbstruck by an undetected Chinese submarine popping up at the heart

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Eric Florack on November 11th, 2007

Bit notes: Its veterans day.  Today is a day that we set aside to honor those who have served as true.  To honor those who have proudly worn the uniform and have helped keep this nation in pursuit of its

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Eric Florack on November 8th, 2007

Sky News –A teenage schoolboy was pulled around his classroom on a lead and spanked by a stripper after a birthday surprise blunder. The pupil’s mum had ordered an agency to give her son a “surprise” on his 16th

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Eric Florack on November 8th, 2007
  • I’ve spent the last several days, beating up on Panther, which is my main desktop computer, as well as doing upgrade work on the other systems here at Casa de Bit. I’ve managed to work through the problems surrounding my

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Eric Florack on November 5th, 2007

OK, winter is coming, time to get the player going.

I was amused to see a rather unique record label… Real World Records… (Since we’re Politics from the Real World, here) while snaking my way through the used record

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Eric Florack on October 30th, 2007

Oooh… interesting.

At least to a radio person.

I see Boortz is now on 1260/KGIL.

I wasn’t aware they’d gone News/Talk. Last I was out there, (early 97) they were running an all- Beatles format. No, I’m not kidding.  Hell,

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Eric Florack on October 29th, 2007

porter.jpg The New York Times Porter Wagoner, a country singer who mixed rhinestone suits, a towering pompadour and cornball jokes with direct, simple songs over a career best known for his partnership with Dolly Parton, died last night in Nashville.

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Eric Florack on October 23rd, 2007

From the radio world, comes news that 1600/KOKE has dropped Err America.

radio.jpgRatings apparently were the biggest factor… in the last book, they couldn’t even pull 1% in a town known for being liberal, despite having 5000 watts daytimes/(700 night)

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Mike Potenra, at The Corner:

Anti-Iraq War blogger Mark Shea is trying to drive a wedge between U.S. evangelicals and Israel, by posting a video on his website that he hopes will shock us into realizing that Israel is just

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