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Date: February 26th, 2008

And I thought Oregon was as liberal as Berkeley

26 February, 2008 (22:15) | Politics | By: ricjames

Berkeley city officials pass a resolution calling the US Marines “uninvited and unwelcome intruders,” liberals get out there protesting straight-laced, uptight conservative values at the drop of a hat, and yet a woman who posted a picture of herself posing in underwear that I’m sure was no worse than the bikinis on the beaches these [...]

LCPS Survey questions questions answered, a bit

26 February, 2008 (15:34) | Academia, Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

A few days ago I blogged on the matter of the cyclical LCPS census survey and, specifically, the questions they were asking. A follow-up is called for given some commentary on the blog and a response I received from the LCPS. First things first, you should know that I did, in fact, respond to the [...]

World to end at 5:30 this evening

26 February, 2008 (07:10) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

Well, it’ll seem like the world’s ending to some of us, anyway. Starbucks is going to close its doors on all 7100 stores nationwide today for a 3-hour employee re-training session. For those 3 hours the baristas are going to share info on firing up the perfect (and heavily modified) cup of joe. The closure [...]