Eric Florack on November 17th, 2007

Gaius at Blue Crab Blvd:

The FBI has started to release some details of the items they seized during a raid on the home of Harriette Walters, the now-jailed former Washington DC tax office employee accused of stealing at least

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Eric Florack on November 15th, 2007

Well, now….. Just a few hours before Hillary Clinton is to face both the press and her opponents for the Democratic Nomination, ABC news is asking some interesting questions, which will doubtless play heavy tonight:

Three recipients of controversial 11th-hour

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Eric Florack on November 10th, 2007

Major Garrett At Fox News:

IOUX CITY, Iowa —Fox- Democratic presidential frontrunner Hillary Clinton’s campaign admitted Friday that it planted a global warming question in Newton, Iowa, Tuesday during a town hall meeting to discuss clean energy.

Clinton campaign spokesman

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davidl on November 10th, 2007

The sharp tack, Clarice Feldman, in American Thinker:

The psycho-dynamics of the marriage between Hillary and Bill continue to fascinate and appall me. Bill Clinton now  that he was responsible for the failure of  the health care plan which

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Eric Florack on November 9th, 2007

SAO PAULO, Brazil: A monster offshore oil discovery and promising fields near the find could help Brazil join the ranks of the world’s major exporters, but full-scale extraction is unlikely until 2013 and will be very expensive.The “ultra-deep” Tupi field

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davidl on November 8th, 2007

hillarysm.jpgI said it oncetwice, and thrice,  and now By Kenneth Blackwell, New York Sun, says it:

Margaret Thatcher was an unflinching and principled world leader. During an uncertain and dangerous time in history, she stood strong

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Eric Florack on October 31st, 2007

The winner, last night was clearly Obama… unfortunately. His obviously scripted lines seemed to score well among the test rats in Frank Luntz’ cage, but I take this as a measurement of the quality of the voters, not of the

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Eric Florack on October 30th, 2007

Doctor Thomas Sowell points up something I’ve discussed here previously:

It is remarkable how many political “solutions” today are dealing with problems created by previous political “solutions.” Three examples that come to mind immediately are the housing -market crisis,

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Eric Florack on October 22nd, 2007

Scott over at PowerLine speaking of the Rush Limbaugh smear letter signed by 41 Democrats in the United States Senate, and the New York Times artcile on the subject

The auction of the letter for the benefit of the Marine

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Eric Florack on October 22nd, 2007

World oil production has already peaked and will fall by half as soon as 2030, according to a report which also warns that extreme shortages of fossil fuels will lead to wars and social breakdown. —

This is the headline

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Eric Florack on October 20th, 2007

Observe with me the mainstream media fighting for its very life, in the form of a blog post at the CBS website by Matt Felling:

I’ve discussed in this space – though in the light and frothy context of inappropriate

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Eric Florack on October 13th, 2007

Well, that’s what the National Enquirer is ‘reporting”.

The object of his supposed affection? Web Filmaker Rielle Hunter. The angle, here, of course, is that he’s cheating on his cancer stricken wife.

Personally, I don’t figure the Breck girl has

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Eric Florack on April 7th, 2004

Apparently, the 9/11 commission is now openly questioning Clarke’s credibility, even before Condi Rice takes her oath. The Washington Times is reporting that

“The September 11 commission will look at the discrepancy between the testimony of Richard A. Clarke that

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