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Month: November, 2006

Microsoft’s Vista hits the biz world

30 November, 2006 (08:30) | Technology | By: ricjames

Today is the day: businesses that buy their Microsoft operating system licenses in bulk can put Vista, the latest of the Windows line, on their PC’s starting right now. But while there are stories popping up to discuss the rollout, every one of them in the MSM that I’ve read seems to be missing something [...]

Right on the money? Updated

29 November, 2006 (11:12) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

In my post yesterday about the ruling that the printing of money the way we’ve been doing it is discriminatory, I made some statements that apparently need clarification. I’ve also had a few more thoughts on the matter that I feel like expounding upon, so… here goes. Jason commented on my post yesterday and took [...]

Get those coin belts and pouches ready, kids.

28 November, 2006 (16:57) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Just caught a breaking news item over at FoxNews.com that a federal judge has ruled that American paper money is unfair to blind people. Un-freakin’ believable. Details to follow. Addendum: Here’s the story. By keeping all U.S. currency the same size and texture, the government has denied blind people meaningful access to money, a federal [...]

Route 28 – Sterling Blvd interchange opening delayed

28 November, 2006 (08:32) | Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

I caught wind of this while away for the holiday and thought I’d wait until I got home and was able to peruse the local papers for details. The large north-south connector road in this neck of the woods is Route 28, a.k.a. Sully Road. Not to sound ancient, but when I arrived here back [...]

GOP scores 1 in the win column in Ohio

27 November, 2006 (19:45) | Politics | By: ricjames

Funny that my travel to the Ohio valley has just come to a close today in that I see that the GOP has managed to get 1 re-elected in Ohio, albeit by a very small margin. Representative Deborah Pryce has been called the winner by 1055 votes, a margin that will trigger an automatic recount. [...]

Back Home Again…

27 November, 2006 (17:33) | Blogging | By: ricjames

I’ve survived the busiest travel holiday of the year and we’re back home. I’ll be firing up the blogging again ’cause I’ve got some things to say. Later. Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday and returned home safely.

Happy Thanksgiving from HoodaThunk?

23 November, 2006 (09:24) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

Here’s wishing all my fellow Americans celebrating Thanksgiving all the best this holiday. May you enjoy the company of family and friends and travel safely throughout!

Dems, Bush Administration prepping to renege on border fence

20 November, 2006 (09:40) | Immigration, Politics | By: ricjames

One of the more important features of my political stance deals with securing our borders against illegal entry, mis-identified by the media as “illegal immigration.” I’ve written about the topic on many occasions and my stance is pretty clear: illegally entering this country is 1) not immigration, it’s criminal trespass and 2) it’s not fair [...]

UN suddenly discovers Sudanese terror acts

19 November, 2006 (07:33) | Politics | By: ricjames

This just in: The UN has managed to discover the Sudanese government-sponsored terrorism against its own non-Muslim populace. And they managed to find it only a few years after it’s been splashed all over the blogosphere by hundreds, possibly thousands, of bloggers. Nicely done. And this is the outfit we’re supposed to trust to fix [...]

After the vote…

18 November, 2006 (22:10) | Blogging, Politics | By: ricjames

Great joke over at A Moderate Voice. Go have a look and enjoy!