davidl on February 28th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleMaybe it was the fault of the building?

(CNN) — The building where a gunman killed five people at Northern Illinois University two weeks ago will be demolished, state officials said Wednesday

Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich’s office confirmed

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

Jonah Goldberg, whose book I have really got to sit down and read, remarks yesterday:

‘Everything was absolutely ideal on the day I bombed the Pentagon.”

This excerpt from William Ayers’ memoir appeared in the New York Times on

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

The NY Observer, yesterday:

The argument that the constant carping about Hillary Clinton’s campaign has been a function of an Obama-friendly, process-obsessed media is well and good. But how, then, to explain the deeply held dissatisfaction of an old Clinton

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Eric Florack on February 26th, 2008

Chris Cillizza at the WaPo Politics Blog:

Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell (D) said Monday that the media’s pro-Obama (or anti-Clinton) bias explains in part why Barack Obama is portrayed as running away with the Democratic presidential nomination (instead of being

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davidl on February 26th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleWeather Whooper, 13-WHAM-TV:

(Rochester, N.Y.) — A winter storm warning is in effect for Western New York beginning Tuesday morning and going into Wednesday.

13WHAM Meteorologists expect snow on and off for the two days. Snow will begin Tuesday

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2008

 I note with some amusement, our fellow SwampStomper, Gaius over at Blue Crab:

I have not bothered to comment on that picture of Barack Obama wearing the garb of a Somali elder that was circulated over the weekend. I’m glad

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I note Patrick Healy giving some notice to the building falling down around Hillary Clinton.

Morale is low. After 13 months of dawn-to-dark seven-day weeks, the staff is exhausted. Some have taken to going home early – 9 p.m. –

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davidl on February 23rd, 2008

Illegal alien killsDavidL's Breakfast Scramble, Fox News:

MINNEAPOLIS – A woman who authorities say is in the country illegally and using an alias was charged Friday with four counts of criminal vehicular homicide and two lesser charges in a school

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davidl on February 22nd, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleIronic story of the day, Allah Pundit, Hot Air:

Helicopters carrying three senior U.S. senators made emergency landings Thursday in the mountains of Afghanistan because of a snowstorm.

Sens. John Kerry, Joseph Biden and Chuck Hagel were aboard

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Eric Florack on February 22nd, 2008

“Xerox” isn’t a noun.

Addendum: (David L)

How can do many media sources get a one line quote so wrong?  Lots of practice I quess, via CNN:

And, you know, lifting whole passages from someone else’s speeches is not

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Eric Florack on February 21st, 2008

It’s been a long time since I’ve seen to thinly veiled a hit piece, as what the New York Times has unleased on John McCain. Since, in fact, the TANG forged documents.  No shock for this; I predicted that there

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  • http://bitsblog.theconservativereader.com/files/2006/12/bnr.jpgBilly

    “I’ve always believed that he’s the easier candidate to beat in the Fall.”

    (McPhillips: “Are The Clintons Over?”)

    I think his general position is correct: these people won’t be “over” until we see their boxes getting dropped into the

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  • The Jawas say Toshiba‘s given up on HD-DVD, and Sony will win this one with their Blu-Ray.. I dunno, after they lost on Beta, I guess it makes sense. The difference being this time quality at the

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Eric Florack on February 17th, 2008

Blue Crab Blvd is running a link to Evan Thomas, this morning, who in Gauius’ words:

….describes the complicated relationship between the media and the Clintons. In fact, the relationship between the press and any president or presidential candidate. Thomas

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davidl on February 16th, 2008

Mrs. William Clinton

The more Mrs. Clinton speaks, the more she lies:

CINCINNATI (AP) – Hillary Rodham Clinton declared herself the “candidate of, from and for the middle class of America” as she worked to keep her Democratic coalition in Ohio intact

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