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I’m at the LCRC meeting tonite. I’ll be (trying) to Twitter it and you can check that out at the Twitter link over there on the right.

Glenn Reynolds at Instapundit talking about a boxed set of DVD’s on Amazon: “I WAS NEVER THAT INTO STARGATE SG-1, but even after the deep discount this seems kind of expensive for a boxed set.” (Sigh.) Philistine.

Just to make sure as many people as possible are aware of this, there will be a Town Hall Meeting in Sterling, VA tomorrow, July 1 2009, on the matter of Gang Violence here in northern Virginia. From the web site of VA Delegate Tom Rust: Delegate Tom Rust cordially invites you to attend the [...]

In working on an upcoming post I decided to include a reference to something I’d written on before and was quite surprised when my search for the item came up zero. I was sure I’d used some very specific terms in the post so I started to search for them individually. Still no dice. Finally, [...]

My heart bleeds: More than two years since leaving her prison cell, the woman who became the grinning face of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal spends most of her days confined to the four walls of her home. Former Army reservist Lynndie England hasn’t landed a job in numerous tries: When one restaurant manager [...]

“Between them and us, there isn’t enough runway…”   – Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome There are, it’s said, 3 useless things in aviation. Altitude above you, runway behind you, and fuel sitting in the truck. A pilot at Leesburg Municipal Airport got to see the truth of that second maxim yesterday, although the details of why [...]

Today is the end of the latest term of the Supreme Court and there are 3 major decisions to be decided: Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission Cuomo v. The Clearing House Association LLC Ricci, et al. v. DeStefano, et al. (Links to case write-up are courtesy of SCOTUSblog, who was running a live blog [...]

The Loudoun Scoop points out one of many stories about the new laws going into effect here in Virginia effective Wednesday, July 1. The one that’s drawn the most attention is our new ban on texting while driving. Seriously. Drivers used to getting some work done or making plans while in their cars will have [...]

Of the various campaign promises made by Barak Obama before becoming President there is little doubt that his “sunshine before signing” pledge ranks at or very near the top of the list of those promises that he held the complete power to keep. The pledge he made was simple: when Congress passed a bill and [...]

Well the class is done now that the week’s over. I did both far worse than was required and far better than I’d hoped after my long hiatus from the actual, day-to-day hands-on work. Actually, today’s lab exercise was pretty blasted good, considering, and I definitely scored the top test in the class for today’s [...]