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Date: June 4th, 2009

Harry Reid taking that whole advice and consent responsiblity seriously

4 June, 2009 (14:33) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Sen. Harry Reid appears to be admitting he’s in no position whatsoever to do any advising or consenting on the matter of Supreme Court nominations, if his assertion in the matter of Judge Sotomayor is indicative:

David Carradine, star of “Kung Fu”, dead at 72

4 June, 2009 (11:43) | Entertainment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

I remember watching the TV series “Kung Fu” in my youth and Carradine’s character, Kwai Chang Caine, sparked my interest in the martial arts and asian culture. Those interests remain today regardless of the assessment that Hollywood’s take on the martial arts is – shall we say? – skewed. Carradine’s career played on that early [...]

RPV Convention vote tallies

4 June, 2009 (08:38) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Newly-elected RPV Chairman Pat Mullins sent out an e-mail this morning with the vote tallies for the ballot at the RPV Convention this past weekend. While the tallies became technically meaningless the moment the candidate(s) with the lower counts moved to nominate their opponents by acclaimation, the tallies themselves can be instructive as to which [...]