John Allen Muhammad has been convicted for 6 more of the murders he and his sidekick, Malvo, committed during their shooting spree a three years ago. The jury came to the proper conclusion again, and I’m glad for it. The only downside appears to be that Maryland doesn’t have the death penalty and Muhammad will [...]
John Hawkins over at Right Wing News has a list of 22 problems with the Senate’s Immigrations Reform bill. Seriously, you need to know about all the crap they’ve stuffed into this thing and you need to contact your elected reps. This thing passed the Senate so the only hope now is for the House [...]
On this day we remember those who have stood to answer the call of duty to our Nation and entered the ranks of the military. They deserve our respect and our thanks. Have a look over there to the right in the blogroll marked “Milblogs” and take a little tour of them today. They’ve got [...]
Vince over at Too Conservative points to this story in the Leesburg Today local paper: Loudoun County Supervisor Eugene Delgaudio (R-Sterling) described Saturday’s 10th Congressional District Republican Convention as just the first round in a championship battle. “People will be talking about this convention for years,” he said Tuesday. “We’re not going to forget the [...]
In a series of events that have apparently included the revelation that the top 3 law enforcement officers in the nation, A.G. Alberto Gonzales, his #2 Paul McNulty, and FBI Director Robert Mueller would resign if asked to return the materials seized in a warranted search, Speaker Dennis Hastert and Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have [...]
We’re visiting family this weekend so blogging will be light. Just a head’s up, folks. Enjoy the holiday and be safe!
Mark in Mexico has this one covered so I’ll leave the details to him. This crux of the story is this: a 3% tax was added to long distance phone calls to pay for the Spanish-American War – in 1898. Apparently, Congress just got around to killing it after overcharging by, oh, about $15 Billion. [...]
Ever since the story surfaced some weeks ago, I have been keeping an eye out for information about an incident in Haidtha, Iraq wherein US Marines may have killed noncombatant civilians, including women and children. It now appears that the investigation into the incident – no, the atrocity – may be nearing its conclusion. And [...]
(See the update at the bottom.) A story released yesterday is claiming that the popular Norton security products for PC’s has a “gaping security flaw” that could permit hackers to exploit millions of user systems worldwide: A gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec’s anti-virus software suite could put millions of users at [...]
In the face of widespread disapproval from the public, the Senate has passed the abomination they called a “comprehensive” immigrations bill. Think you know what’s in it? Guess again. From Dana Rohrbacher at the Washington Times: This “shamnesty” bill spells out the level of contempt the Senate has for middle-class Americans. This “comprehensive” bill includes: [...]
