davidl on October 18th, 2007

Deborah KerrDeborah Kerr rest in peace, age 86..   The BBC:

British actress Deborah Kerr, known to millions for her roles in The King And I, Black Narcissus and From Here To Eternity, has died at the age of 86.

Born

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007


So that our readers will not be under informed on earthshaking events, I will pass along word from the United Nations that 2008 will be the international year of the potato.

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No, really. at first, this kind of thing would

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

Little Green Footballs is passing along an AP report that says Sam Brownback will be dropping out of the presidential campaign on Friday. The problem, according to another report, is money.

Says LGF:

And then there were eight. (If you

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

There’s an awful lot of smoke going on just now over the reporting of KDFW’s Rebecca Aguilar, as regards a 70 year old guy whose business was broken into twice, and who twice defended himself with his firearms.

The Dallas

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

Right Wing News emailed more than 240 right-of-center bloggers and asked them to answer 10 questions. The following 59 blogs responded:

The Absurd Report, The Anti-Idiotarian Rottweiler, Bad Example, The American Princess, AtlanticBlog, Atlas Shrugs

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

The Rasmussen website is reporting this morning …

The first Rasmussen Reports poll of the Iowa Republican Caucus for 2008 finds former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney enjoying a six-point lead while former Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson and former Arkansas Governor

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

Patrick O’Connor over at The Politico ( BBCT: Memeorandum) is reporting that former speaker Dennis Hastert is planning on announcing that he’s going to be leaving the house later this year.

hasterthpg.jpgIn looking at the timing of all of

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

One of the people noticing the democrats problems with the FISA legislation is Michelle Malkin. She properly labels at the FISA obstruction legislation.  She says:

Question of the night comes from Paul Mirengoff at Power Line in the wake of

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Eric Florack on October 18th, 2007

The Washington Times this morning is reporting a new threat from the south .  Actually, it’s an old threat and one we’ve talked about here before.  Part of border control after all, is disease control;

A Mexican national infected with

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davidl on October 18th, 2007

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It is clear that Nancy Pelosi’s reign as Speaker has been an absolute disaster for the Democratic party and for the entire nation

 Margaret Kimberley.

‘Raticide is just fascinating.   Mrs. Pelosi has not been winning any friends during her tenure 

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Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007

Jawa Report:

(Mexico City) On October 8th, Mexican writer of horror stories, Jose Luis Calva (pic), was arrested after fleeing from police who were investigating strange smells coming from his apartment.

Police were looking into the disappearance

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Megan McArdle yesterday noting the story that we talked about here today,  and the press refuses to talk about at all;

 Thanks to George Bush’s amazing deficit reduction plan, the budget deficit is now only 1.2% of GDP. If

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Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007

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Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007
  • A thank you to Michelle Malkin for her link from VDARE.COM. Good article, by the way.
  • Noted in passing at Billy Beck’s…

> The Bawlmer Sun had a front page article
> on the “right-wing smear campaign” against
> the

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Eric Florack on October 17th, 2007

Froomkin:

A defensive President Bush insisted that he was still relevant this morning in a news conference dominated by his bitter complaints about the Democratic Congress.

Asked how he found himself vetoing a children’s health insurance bill that had passed

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