Eric Florack on October 24th, 2011

Sloatsburg, NY— I’m at the Thruway Rest area just north of the NY-NJ border. From here I’ll head to Connecticut, and then back here to Jersey, and then to Western NY. Getting cooler by the day, and we’ll see rain

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Eric Florack on August 1st, 2011

College Point, NY— I’m across the water from Manhattan, with Laguardia between myself and there. It’s a pretty sight in the early evening, at least from this distance. I’ll be back here tomorrow morning,  with another load of drinks. Apparently

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Eric Florack on February 17th, 2011

First, some great news to pass along. I’ve been assigned a new (to me) truck… and boy it’s a beauty. I had the chance to drive it for a day last summer and fell in love.  Never figured I’d get

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Eric Florack on August 3rd, 2010

I notice that the most recent gamble of our tax money involves the Chevy Volt…

Keep in mind, this is the president who told us that the GM and Chrysler bailouts were an unvarnished success. What a lot of people

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Eric Florack on March 26th, 2010

Welcome, Mr. and Ms. America and all the ships at sea – to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the web… The BitsBlog Nightly Ramble

It’s cold here outside Casa de Bit… 20 degress going to about 15 tonight.

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davidl on January 16th, 2010

Fausta:

I have been reading on the aftermath of the earthquake in Haiti, and of course, soon enough one finds stupidity strewn along the path.

First Danny Glover, who believes the earthquake was caused by global warming and climate

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Eric Florack on July 2nd, 2009

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

This is the short Edition. We’re leading into a holiday, and I’m a little pressed for time, so… today’s Ramble is a little

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Eric Florack on June 12th, 2009

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

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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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Eric Florack on June 4th, 2009

Oh, my.

Where to begin, on an examination of Obama’s speech to the Middle East? I’m certainly not going to hit you with all 6000 words.  I can’t even jump on everything in the speech that should be jumped

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2009

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Welcome one and all to the most intense nightly read anywhere on the sphere, and a recent addition to the Homeland Security Watch ListBitsBlog’s Nightly Ramble

This is The Deluxe Cheeseburger edition

Before I get into the usual

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Eric Florack on March 26th, 2009

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This is the Roadside Cafe edition

  • The magical disappearing tax cut: One of the things that did come out of that presser

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Eric Florack on August 30th, 2008

Reynolds:

For me, of course, most of the fun of the past 24 hours has come from watching Democrats get caught up in the whole identity-politics tangle.

And you know, Glenn’s hit this one. That’s really what this has been

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