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Date: June 17th, 2009

FBI investigating LCPS and their Wheatland Farm land deal.

17 June, 2009 (15:52) | Academia, Crime & Punishment, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

From Erica Garman at Living in LoCo: The Center for Public Integrity, a nonprofit group dedicated to investigative journalism, posted an article today on its Land Use Accountability Project Web page detailing the controversy surrounding the Loudoun County Public School system’s failed purchase of the Wheatland Farm property. For anyone familiar with the local blogosphere, [...]

Nanoparticles targeting arterial plaque showing promise

17 June, 2009 (15:44) | Medicine, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

Via Instapundit we have news from UC Santa Barbara of the development of a nanoparticle that can identify and bind with plaque in the cardiovascular system. Plaque is both a cause and a symptom of cardiovascular disease and can also lead to heart attacks. From the Science Daily article: “The purpose of our grant is [...]

This is what stifling debate really looks like.

17 June, 2009 (09:54) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

Via Bearing Drift comes this story about the Democrat majority caucus in the House of Representatives deciding they don’t want to even permit Republicans to bring forth amendments to legislation being discussed – amendments the Democrats could overrule with ease considering their majority status – so as to avoid having to answer to the People [...]