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Month: July, 2009

To Mars in 6 weeks

25 July, 2009 (22:07) | Human Interest, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

Done in the manner of our current technology for spaceflight a trip from Earth to Mars takes 6 months. That’s bad enough for unmanned probes. For a manned flight that means 6 months of subjecting humans to an environment being blasted by radiation the magnetosphere on Earth normally protects us from and requiring the ship [...]

Vacation time again

25 July, 2009 (21:56) | Blogging | By: ricjames

I’m visiting family this upcoming week so blogging might be a little slow. Of course, that depends largely on the events of the day so I might get a sudden jolt of gotta-blog-this ever so often.

Dems censor GOP mailer

24 July, 2009 (08:21) | Politics | By: ricjames

The Dem leadership in Congress does not want the American public to see just how convoluted the Obama/Reid/Pelosi health care plan is and that’s because average people with common sense can see just how badly something this poorly constructed can go wrong. GOP Representatives have attempted to send the flowchart of the plan shown below [...]

Reforma: RNC’s new ad on the health care crap sandwich Obama’s peddling

22 July, 2009 (15:46) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Those are some side effects, there:

Q2 fundraising report up at Too Conservative

22 July, 2009 (08:17) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Now that Too Conservative is back on-line contributor VA Blogger is back at it with a post regarding the fundraising reports for Q2 for the Virginia races. The report puts all the numbers together in a concise package for you complete with basic analysis of trends. Great job, VA Blogger, and thank you for gathering [...]

Althouse calls the attention in the healthcare “debate” back to where it should be

22 July, 2009 (07:49) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Responding to a Salon article that went rah-rah for the President and attempted to call out those “crazy Republicans”: The Democrats have dumped a drastic, complicated health care bill on us and they are ramming it through before we can even figure it out. That’s what matters, not the fact that the party out of [...]

Loudoun BoS adjusts county ordinances to sync with State laws allowing guns in parks.

21 July, 2009 (23:36) | 2nd Amendment, Law, Politics | By: ricjames

Loudoun’s laws have been brought in line with the State’s: Adjusting to meet state rules on firearms, Loudoun’s supervisors voted 7-2 to allow guns in county parks. County regulations had limited the carrying of firearms in local parks, while state rules allow them. Firing a gun in local parks is still prohibited. “We’re doing a [...]

Kincora approved by Loudoun BoS, 6-2

21 July, 2009 (23:13) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

The Kincora development I wrote about yesterday came before the Loudoun Board of Supervisors at today’s meeting and the BoS voted to approve the zoning changes needed to allow the development to proceed. Loudoun County supervisors on Tuesday approved zoning changes that would allow a 5,500-seat minor league baseball stadium and a mixed-use office and [...]

Numbers are only half of the question…

21 July, 2009 (14:40) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

I got this in e-mail this afternoon and thought you might enjoy the chuckle: For the Annual Company Picnic, management had decided that because of liability issues, we could have alcohol, but only one drink per person…  I was fired for ordering the cups. 

Too Conservative resurfaces!

21 July, 2009 (14:31) | Blogging, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Too Conservative is back on the air, and with a new look besides! We’re damned glad to see them and looking forward to even better stuff over there.