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Date: July 14th, 2009

Not the time to go topless: Southwest Airlines 737 develops a hole in the roof

14 July, 2009 (18:02) | Aviation, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Southwest 2294 is a flight from Nashville, TN to Baltimore, MD and is a daily staple of the airline’s BWI hub. Last night it had to stop a bit early, landing in West Virginia due to the plane developing a hole in the ceiling. Uhhhh…. I beg your pardon? Yep, you read that right: Travelers [...]

Sotomayor should not be confirmed

14 July, 2009 (15:13) | Law, Politics | By: ricjames

As anyone who’s read HoodaThunk? for longer than a year or so knows I’m a firm believer that the US Senate should be required to give an up-or-down to Presidential judicial nominees. The notion that a nominee can be left to dangle in the wind either by never getting out of committee or by being [...]

The single-payer healthcare system in our own backyard.

14 July, 2009 (14:21) | Medicine, Politics | By: ricjames

Yesterday I posted on a video produced by PJTV featuring Steven Crowder exploring the experience of Canada’s socialized health care system. Those of us opposed to bringing such a system here point to the reality of Canada’s system (as opposed to the myth of it pushed by such worthies as Obama and filmmaker Michael Moore) [...]

Hall-of-Famer to offer support for Loudoun baseball at Kincora Stadium

14 July, 2009 (11:00) | Economy, Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Courtesy of the Loudoun Scoop I see that we’re going to have a Baseball Hall of Famer in town showing his support for the Kincora Stadium idea. The Loudoun Times-Mirror writes: Baseball Hall of Famer Brooks Robinson will attend the Loudoun County Board of Supervisors public input session July 20 to support the effort to [...]