davidl on June 7th, 2010

Helen Thomas fired retires, from Politico:

“Helen Thomas announced Monday that she is retiring, effective immediately,” read a statement from Hearst Newspapers on Monday. “Her decision came after her controversial comments about Israel and the Palestinians were captured on

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Eric Florack on August 4th, 2009

An interesting, if occasionally infuriating piece from Michael Ledeen at Pajamas Media this morning.  A snip and a couple comments:

 

I studied fascism primarily because I wanted-desperately-to understand how so many people could have appeased it.  Did they-and by

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Eric Florack on June 16th, 2009

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Welcome, one and all to the most intense nightly read on the sphere, anywhere…. The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “Have one on Me” Edition.

  • Tea Parties, Iranian Style: Somewhere in my travels last night, I stumbled across a

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davidl on June 10th, 2009

Murder in Gun-Free DC:

WASHINGTON (CNN) — A lone gunman killed a security guard at the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum on Wednesday before being wounded himself by return fire from other guards, sources confirmed to CNN.Stephen Tyrone Johns

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