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Month: September, 2009

Questionable journalism in our own backyard – Loudoun Independent smears their ink

21 September, 2009 (15:49) | Politics, The Media, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

(Updated: See the latest here.) This post has taken several hours to write. To be honest, it took a couple to even decide to write about it at all, because I’m about to get a little mean toward something I’ve always held in high regard. Back in October 2005 a new newspaper was formed here [...]

Obama’s next industry take-over? News Media.

20 September, 2009 (23:03) | Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

E Pluribus Unum over at RedState addresses the next of the Obama Administration industry take-overs: the newspaper industry. He starts off with a thought-provoking list: If you get your news primarily from the typical newspapers and alphabet-soup TV networks (ABC, NBC, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, et al) then: Van Jones must be some kind of NBA [...]

Creigh Deeds and the truth he won’t admit

19 September, 2009 (08:50) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Owing to the company meeting this week I could neither attend nor listen to the debate between Virginia gubernatorial candidates Bob McDonnell and Creigh Deeds. I did catch up with what happened there, however, and it’s important that my fellow Virginians do, too. It amounts to this: Bob McDonnell has detailed plans of what he [...]

HCA COPN transfer approved, Inova says they will withdraw their application for competing site

19 September, 2009 (00:17) | Medicine, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

HCA Virginia’s request to transfer their existing certificate of public need (COPN) from the blocked BRMC location to their proposed StoneSpring Medical Center (SMC) was approved today by Virginia State Health Commissioner Karen Remley. This is excellent news. Inova has announced that they will withdraw their pending COPN application and dismiss their pending lawsuit against [...]

Happy Birthday, US Air Force

18 September, 2009 (14:18) | Human Interest, Military | By: ricjames

The US Air Force was formed today, 62 years ago in 1947. Happy Birthday, Air Force! Unus super omnia!

Cuccinelli ad rips Shannon over ACORN linkage/silence

18 September, 2009 (08:08) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

VA Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli has a new ad up calling out Democrat Steve Shannon on his silence over the ACORN implosion.

Bob McDonnell: Transportation Contrast

17 September, 2009 (15:46) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Bob McDonnell is the candidate with the plan on transportation.

Magnificent Plume…

17 September, 2009 (14:09) | Blogging, Human Interest, Science, Technology | By: ricjames

Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit: SPACE SHUTTLE UNLEASHES “Magnificent Plume of Pee.” You know, there’s just not that many circumstances where the term “Magnificent Plume of Pee” can be used with a straight face and with a good implication.

Report from Oklahoma: 75% of surveyed high school students don’t know who America’s 1st elected president was.

16 September, 2009 (23:51) | Academia, History, Politics | By: ricjames

Pathetic. Only one in four Oklahoma public high school students can name the first President of the United States, according to a survey released today. The survey was commissioned by the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs in observance of Constitution Day on Thursday. Brandon Dutcher is with the conservative think tank and said the group [...]

DC Sniper Muhammad’s execution set for November 10.

16 September, 2009 (15:23) | Crime & Punishment, GWOT, Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Finally. A judge has set a Nov. 10 execution date for John Allen Muhammad, mastermind of the 2002 sniper attacks in the Washington, D.C., area. The attorney general’s office had requested a Nov. 9 execution. But Muhammad’s attorney Jonathan Sheldon says Prince William County Circuit Judge Mary Grace O’Brien delayed it one day. That’s because [...]