Eric Florack on January 22nd, 2010

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  • IDIOCY SQUARED: I mentioned in last night’s Ramble that the Democrats are busy avoiding the real issue… and used that blithering

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davidl on January 21st, 2010

It is hard having to correct the boss.  
But I’ve been doing it for a long time and somebody needs to do.  Alas!   Eric rambled:

ISSUE AVOIDANCE: It is flat out amazing to me that the wild scramble for

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Eric Florack on January 21st, 2010

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


  • ISSUE AVOIDANCE: It is flat out amazing to me that the wild scramble for pinning the blame on somebody for the Democrat

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Eric Florack on January 11th, 2010

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  • NOW WE”RE BACK TO GLOBAL COOLING: So says the Daily Mail. The amazing thing is the AGW crowd still hasn’t admitted

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Eric Florack on August 8th, 2009

David Boaz has noticed a pattern… one we’ve mentioned here before.

Some people on the left can’t see any excuse for opposition to collectivism except racism. (Which is, of course, as Ayn Rand said, “the lowest, most crudely primitive

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Eric Florack on June 29th, 2009

Welcome Weary Travelers, to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

This is the “”With fowa you get Eggwoll” Edition. Let is repair to the table and chair and this fine establishment’s board of

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Eric Florack on June 12th, 2009

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This is the First Dept Edition

  • From our Dept of Intemperate Thoughts: So, now that Whalen has (wrongly, I think) apologized for

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davidl on March 7th, 2009

How clueless is the rookie President Barack Obama?   Enough that Paul Krugman and Charles Krauthammer are on the same page,  first  Krugman:

Many analysts agree. But among people I talk to there’s a growing sense of frustration, even panic,

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This is the “Boy am I looking forward to spring” edition.

It’s getting warmer around here. It started this morning above 50

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Eric Florack on November 28th, 2008

Welcome dear reader to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere… the Nightly Ramble

  • This is the time of year when I spend time reconsidering actually WRITING my cookbook, called “365 Uses for a Used Thanksgiving Turkey”. I’ve

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Eric Florack on October 14th, 2008

As longtime readers will know well, I have never been impressed with Paul Krugman, except in the extreme negative. As an example a comment from a few months ago:

I‘ll open this by saying that by rights, and in

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Eric Florack on August 18th, 2008

I’ll open this by saying that by rights, and in a sane world, Paul Krugman should be hammered flat on economics, and drummed from his perch at the New York Times. However, let’s admit this isn’t a sane world, and 

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Eric Florack on July 7th, 2008

A few years ago, the Canadian recording group “the Poppy Family”  came up with a hit in “Which Way you going, Billy?” Written by Terry Jacks, (He of “Seasons in the Sun” fame, the top40 cover of Rod McKuen’s poetry)

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Eric Florack on May 20th, 2008

Paul Krugman (Idiot, first order) travels to Berlin and notes that there are some differences between Berlin and Atlanta:

To see what I’m talking about, consider where I am at the moment: in a pleasant, middle-class neighborhood consisting mainly

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Eric Florack on May 15th, 2008

By way of Henke, I note:

…it’s Democrat Sen. Amy Klobuchar who says speculation is behind high oil prices, and actually introduces legislation to “curb” speculation.

Our next step should be to stop the speculation that is driving up

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