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Date: September 4th, 2009

Gov. Kaine coming to Herndon but it’ll cost you $100 to see him

4 September, 2009 (22:51) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

And that’s $100 per person, reporters included. The folks at the Herndon Observer newspaper ain’t amused: Having sitting governors campaign for their compadres is nothing new in the world of politics, but allowing a sitting governor to have a private audience with people—not because of the issues to be discussed or the importance of the [...]

Gandelman of The “Moderate” Voice develops liberal amnesia

4 September, 2009 (22:34) | Blogging, Politics | By: ricjames

Or, like many on the left, he’s decided to pretend the left’s behavior over the last 8 years didn’t really happen. Tom Maguire at Just One Minute calls him out in devastating fashion: Joe Gandelman of The Moderately Amusing (And Reliably Liberal) Voice pens on political polarization in the US and challenges our imaginations with [...]

Watch that line of fire

4 September, 2009 (16:48) | Human Interest, Military, Technology | By: ricjames

D’OH! A Pennsylvania history buff who recreates firearms from old wars accidentally fired a 2-pound cannonball through the wall of his neighbor’s home. Fifty-four-year-old William Maser fired a cannonball Wednesday evening outside his home in Georges Township that ricocheted and hit a house 400 yards away. The cannonball, about two inches in diameter, smashed through [...]

McDonnell calls out Deeds on lack of any leadership, plans, forward-looking agenda

4 September, 2009 (13:59) | Uncategorized | By: ricjames

Via Bearing Drift, we have this great interview segment from Bob McDonnell:   (Video by WTVR-TV Richmond, Channel 6 News. Excellent embeddable video, guys, well done!)