Eric Florack on June 10th, 2009

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This is the Sporting Goods Edition
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  • Letterman smear? Of a 14 year old, no less? And of course it’s OK if they’re

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Eric Florack on June 1st, 2009

I haven’t commented on this Tiller thing yet, mostly because  there hardly seems a point in discussing at any length, something that wasn’t “all in”, as yet. You will admit the story broke rather quickly. I didn’t comment on it

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Eric Florack on May 21st, 2009

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ramble-truckingThis is the “Still in the truck stop” edition

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Eric Florack on May 9th, 2009

James Joyner:

My New Atlanticist essay “Australia Prepares for U.S. Decline” discusses a recent Aussie white paper that is generating much discussion in the foreign policy wonkosphere.  Basically, they see a rapidly rising China and a United States

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Eric Florack on April 19th, 2009

Thomas Ricks believes that we should shutter West Point and the other service academies because they’re expensive and, as far as he can tell, they produce no better officers than ROTC.  Plus, their instructors don’t have PhDs, making them essentially

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James Joyner this morning :

In what has to be the oddest Peggy Noonan column ever, she extrapolates from a single story of a Michigan family that decided to give up some modern luxuries to engage in subsistence farming

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Eric Florack on April 15th, 2009

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This is the Tea Bag Edition

Lots going on, today.  I’m not stupid enough to try and grab it all, but here’s

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Eric Florack on April 14th, 2009

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This is The Deluxe Cheeseburger edition

Before I get into the usual

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Eric Florack on April 6th, 2009

The business in North Korea was remarkable, over the weekend, in that the missle test was an abject failure, (Unless they reall planned on delivering the missle to the sea of Japan) and yet was a resounding success for Kim

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Joyner this morning, sounds rather incredulous, as well he might, when he relates to us the claim of Baitullah Mehsud:

The diminutive Mehsud is considered the prime suspect in the murder of Benazir Bhutto and he’s taken seriously.  But

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Eric Florack on March 20th, 2009

Back on the 11th of this month, I posted a quick note from my Palm Treo, asking about those DVD’s Obama gave Gordon Brown. Were they even playable, I wondered, given the technology changes between the states and the

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Eric Florack on March 12th, 2009

James Joyner at OTB:

 

The big story at memeorandum is a report by MinnPost‘s Eric Black, passed on by Raw Story‘s Muriel Kane, that Dick Cheney ran a super secret assassination ring out of his office.

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Eric Florack on March 11th, 2009

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This is the Flatlander Edition.

 Let’s see.-

Market tanking. Check.

Government growing. Check.

Industry failing. Check.

Our government bound and determined to

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Eric Florack on March 10th, 2009

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 ramble-cab1This is the “Hey Cabbie” edition. As in, get me the bleep off this picture.

  • Democrat infighting: The Washington Post today notes

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Eric Florack on February 19th, 2009

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This is the “Like a freight train” edition. Always wanted to do a train, just never got around to it. The 3/4 shots,

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