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Month: January, 2008

Judge Horne: "I am not ruling that every record in a public official's possession is a public record."

30 January, 2008 (16:53) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

So says Circuit Court Judge Thomas Horne ahead of a ruling on the appeal to the case wherein a lower court judge has explicitly said otherwise. Readers of this blog know full well my stance on the matter from my previous posts, here, here, here and here. While Judge Horne agrees with most everyone familiar [...]

Giuliani, Edwards to drop out of the race

30 January, 2008 (13:30) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

As noted in yesterday’s post on the Florida primary, Rudy Giuliani is slated to not just drop out of the race but is expected to offer an endorsement of John McCain in the process. Everyone’s waiting but they expect it to happen today in California. Adding to that is word that John Edwards is planning [...]

Florida Department of State Elections Returns – Update: McCain wins

29 January, 2008 (21:15) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

…are located here. Along the left side of the page are links to the various parts of results pages. Take note of the Reporting Status, Voter Turnout, and Republican Primary/U.S. President links particularly. As of this moment, the last update showing on that page was at 9:11 pm. The standings are: McCain 33.9%, Romney 33.2%, [...]

Laptop is dead – Long live the laptop!

28 January, 2008 (16:03) | Blogging, Technology | By: ricjames

Well, my “venerable” HP Pavillion laptop, acquired just a bit over 5 years ago, has finally bitten the dust. I got it for the consulting work I was doing and it got humped down into DC and back every day for several of those years. I wasn’t overly hard on it but it operated in [...]

Bill Quick on a McCain-Huckabee ticket

28 January, 2008 (09:56) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

Bill sez: A McCain-Huckabee ticket? That’s a guaranteed write-in for Fred Thompson from me. Count me in. (h/t: Instapundit)

Assessment complete: Mitt Romney for President

27 January, 2008 (21:15) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames

After Fred Thompson’s withdrawal from the nomination race I was determined to take my time in making any decision as to which of the remaining candidates to support. Some of those candidates have made it easy (Paul, Huckabee), some more difficult (Mccain, but let me get back to him in a minute). In the end, [...]

News items that caught my eye

27 January, 2008 (20:18) | Items of Note, Politics, Technology | By: ricjames

It’s been a home project day so I’ve been “news-blind” for the past several hours. Some items of note: A spy satellite has lost power and is headed for an uncontrolled re-entry. This is bad for several reasons but I’m not sure what they can do about it. The bird is due to come down [...]

The face of nationalized health care to come

27 January, 2008 (12:07) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Captain Ed Morrissey over at Captain’s Quarters has a post up this morning referring to this story at the Telegraph in the UK. Doctors and other decision-makers tied with the National Health Service in the UK are saying that there should be restrictions on treatment to people who are, “[s]mokers, heavy drinkers, the obese and [...]

And now for a devastating counterbattery to that recent "study"

27 January, 2008 (08:09) | GWOT, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

McQ over at QandO has a terrific post up that shows (even more) the ridiculousness of that Soros-funded “journalistic study” about the “false statements” made by President Bush ahead of the Iraq invasion. See if you can figure out who said the various quotes he’s got listed. His conclusion at the end is irrefutable. Nicely [...]

Judge rules Bloomberg committed no crime in attempted straw purchases

26 January, 2008 (07:43) | 2nd Amendment, Crime & Punishment, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

According to this story a federal judge has ruled in the case against NYC Mayor Bloomberg that no crime or fraud had occurred in Bloomberg’s sending private investigators into Virginia to make straw purchases of guns. Her reasoning? Even though the Mayor’s team made the purchases, they never actually transferred the guns to anyone, ergo [...]