30 October, 2008 (10:39) | 2008 Presidential Race, 2nd Amendment, Law, Politics | By: ricjames
(Whoopsie! Thanks to Dave D. for spotting my (ahem) little slip-up in the headline!) From On High posts about this story sure to make any supporter of the 2nd Amendment angry: Delaware State Police stopped Alvina Vansickle from purchasing a .22-caliber pistol for self-defense because she was too old and a woman, said Superintendent Col. [...]
29 October, 2008 (09:20) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames
The Loudoun Scoop directed us this morning to a post on the Living in LoCo blog appropriately titled, “A Kind Gesture of Crossing Party Lines.” The story begins with a couple in Belmont Country Club who awoke the other morning to find their Obama sign stolen out of their front yard. Erica Garman over at [...]
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28 October, 2008 (21:11) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics | By: ricjames
There are 3 types of lies, the saying goes: lies, damned lies, and statistics. A good mathematician can solve a formula and give you a great depiction of the real answer. A good statistician can take than same data and make it depict any damn thing he’d like it show. Iowahawk has a hilarious-because-it’s-true post [...]
28 October, 2008 (09:50) | 2nd Amendment, Human Interest | By: ricjames
(Note: As with any accident that occurs in split-seconds, I encourage everyone to be patient for the results of the investigation.) A Massachusetts boy has died as a result of a self-inflicted gunshot would at a gun fair being held in Westfield, MA. The 8-year-old boy was firing a full-auto weapon, an Uzi submachine gun, [...]
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28 October, 2008 (03:00) | Human Interest | By: ricjames
Well, you probably knew from reading the classics that Cerberus was the 3-headed dog guardian of the gates of Hades from Greek mythology. I’ll bet you never thought to ask what breed of dog, tho…
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27 October, 2008 (16:47) | Blogging, Politics | By: ricjames
It’s been a busy day and I’ve got a lot of irons in the fire. I’m sure you’ve had similar days. Then, when you’re busy multi-tasking your head off, something happens that causes your day to come to such a jarring halt you’d swear you’re hearing the squealing of tires on the speeding vehicle that [...]
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27 October, 2008 (06:04) | 2008 Presidential Race, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames
Interesting item over at Virginia Virtucon.
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26 October, 2008 (20:17) | 2nd Amendment, Human Interest, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames
I had been keeping track of the efforts of WTOP News reporter Mark Segraves in which he tries to slog through the ridiculous and clearly unconstitutional rat-maze that the DC government has provided as it’s “process” to permit DC residents to legally procure a firearm. Well, my last post on that was back on September [...]
25 October, 2008 (11:13) | Politics, The Media | By: ricjames
I was directed to a story over at the Washington Post this week but I hadn’t had the chance to follow up and read it until this morning. Titled, “A Happiness Gap: Doomacrats and Republigrins” the story reports on the fact that Republicans tend to be happier with life than Democrats. I’ve heard this before [...]
25 October, 2008 (10:22) | 2008 Presidential Race, Economy, Politics | By: ricjames
Update: While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about that Obama tax plan he keeps saying is going to help the middle class. (Thanks to HotAir.com for pointing these great ads out.)
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