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Date: May 13th, 2009

Required reading: “US speeding towards financial crash”

13 May, 2009 (23:19) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

Elections have consequences, as I’ve said in the past. The policies being enacted by this administration will have disastrous economic consequences. Rather than re-invent (or, in this case, re-write) the wheel, please have a look at Ed Morrissey’s latest on the matter: Not only will the deficits increase, the cost of deficits will increase, and [...]

Presidential Golf Club in Ashburn to reopen as 1757 Golf Club

13 May, 2009 (12:48) | Golf, Human Interest | By: ricjames

There’s a new place to swing the iron here in Loudoun, the 1757 Golf Club. Erica Garman over at Living in LoCo has the scoop, complete with a very recent update containing greens fees and whatnot. Even better: 1757 will be open to the public rather than continuing the Presidential’s $60K membership fee. According to [...]

Muldoon’s support somewhat less than he’s been alluding

13 May, 2009 (09:11) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Anyone who’s a delegate to the RPV Convention at the end of the month has likely been getting a trail of e-mails from one Pat Muldoon seeking the nomination for Lt. Governor. Muldoon’s argumentation skills have already been discussed here at HoodaThunk? several days ago. On Monday I got an e-mail from the folks in [...]

And the color of money is still the same?

13 May, 2009 (00:06) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

Interesting story. Maggie and John Anderson of Chicago vowed four months ago that for one year, they would try to patronize only black-owned businesses. The “Empowerment Experiment” is the reason John had to suffer for hours with a stomach ache and Maggie no longer gets that brand-name lather when she washes her hair. A grocery [...]