davidl on March 13th, 2008

The media does not treat Barack Obama as if were a radical.   Yet people close to Obama, like his wife and his pastor, sure sound like angry hot headed radicals, Brian Ross and Rehab El-Buri, ABC News:

Sen. Barack

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  • Snowing in Rochester at the moment. Nothing newsworthy about that, particularly, except that the line of snow as this is being written runs from north and east of here to the south southwest, all the way down to New Orleans.

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Eric Florack on March 5th, 2008

Did you see Hume, last night?

A study of the three broadcast network evening news programs indicates John McCain’s media fortunes have taken a dramatic turn south since early January. The Center for Media and Public Affairs says the percentage

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Eric Florack on February 27th, 2008

Let’s take a little trip back in time…  I recognize many of my readers were not even alive back then, but… let’s try.
Mike Dukakis, trying to look presidentialThink back to the election… the general, back 1989…when Bush41 was running against Mike Dukakas. Remember the

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Eric Florack on February 25th, 2008

Another Big Burger story… and even Clara can’t say “Where’s the Beef?”

SOUTHGATE, Mich. -(AP)- A Detroit area restaurant owner believes he broke the Guiness World Record for “largest hamburger commercially available.”

After 12 hours of preparation and baking, the

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Eric Florack on February 23rd, 2008

The Bits Blog Newsroom continues to grow. Asof this morning, we now have the US State Dept newswires tied in to the newsroom.  This is a huge resource, adding to an already large collection of live feeds which update automatically.

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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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  • 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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davidl on February 18th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Beef Recall: 

LOS ANGELES – (AP)-The U.S. Department of Agriculture on Sunday recalled 143 million pounds of frozen beef from a Southern California slaughterhouse that is being investigated for mistreating cattle.

Danish Riots:

COPENHAGEN (Reuters) – Bands

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Eric Florack on February 15th, 2008

James Joyner:

Between RealClearPolitics and Memeorandum, there must be a dozen articles this morning wondering if Barack Obama’s nomination is now a foregone conclusion, how Hillary Clinton managed to blow what seemed a sure thing, and how long Obama

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Eric Florack on February 15th, 2008

Coalition forces disrupt Special Groups criminal networks, detain two suspects

Posted: 12 Feb 2008 07:38 AM CST

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 12, 2008) â?? Coalition forces detained two suspected Special Groups criminals early today during operations in the Suwayrah area, south

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davidl on February 14th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleAfter action report, Rochester, NY:  WHEC-TV

“An extraordinary situation” and “something we’ve never seen before” – those just some of the comments from first responders to Sunday’s deadly 36-car pile-up on 390 near the airport.
 

Ladies and gentlemen:  well done.

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  • If anyone doubts there’s a rebellion within the Republican party against the Rockefeller Republicans, you’ll want to read this. Note the date on it, also. This rebellion has been coming for some time, now, people… it didn’t start with McCain…

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Eric Florack on February 12th, 2008

Coalition targets al-Qaeda in Iraq networks; two terrorists killed, two detained

Posted: 12 Feb 2008 06:18 AM CST

BAGHDAD, Iraq (Feb. 12, 2008) – Coalition forces killed two terrorists and detained two suspects Monday and today during operations to disrupt

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davidl on February 12th, 2008

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLocal Hero: Out of the thirty-six car pile up, me and Bit boggged about here and here, we have a local hero, from WHEC-TV:

While dozens of cars and trucks were crashing into each other in blinding, blowing snow

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