Eric Florack on May 19th, 2011

Middle Village, NYC,NY– It’s an OK place, but I don’t know as I’d want to live here. Too damned crowded for one thing. I’m here unloading at a mall, after having driven in in the small hours of  the morning…

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Eric Florack on May 16th, 2011

Brooklyn, NY–

I’m in Brooklyn as this is posted. I ran from Rochester to Carlisle, PA last night, arriving there about 1am, and then to here.  Rain the whole way, and there’s some flooding going on in the northeast. Made

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davidl on May 11th, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble

Bye-bye binny, from New York Times:

WASHINGTON — The adult sons of Osama bin Laden have lashed out at President Obama over their father’s death, accusing the United States of violating its basic legal principles by killing an

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davidl on May 10th, 2011

DavidL's Breakfast Scramble
Gutsy Call? United States has permission to take Usame bin Laden in Pakistan, from Declan Walsh, Guardian (UK):

Osama bin Laden mission agreed in secret 10 years ago by US and PakistanUS forces were given permission to conduct unilateral raid

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davidl on May 7th, 2010

DavidL's Breakfast ScrambleLawrence Taylor charged with statutory rape, from Jammie Wearing Fool, and Ace

Football Hall of Famer Lawrence Taylor was arrested in a Rockland hotel overnight and charged with raping a 15-year-old girl, police said.

The 51-year-old former linebacker

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davidl on March 17th, 2010

Professor Althouse wraps her hand around the problem with Attorney General Eric Holder:

Holder, with 9 years to meditate on the right way to deal with the situation, assures us that bin Laden will not be taken alive. What

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on January 13th, 2010

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I was at my regular hair salon near Robins Air Force Base, GA, secured in my protective cape. Complimentary coffee was flowing and plans for my hair design were in negotiation. The scene was set. As my stylist was

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