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Date: October 18th, 2009

Greason campaign responds to Poisson mailer lying about Greason’s business standings

18 October, 2009 (23:50) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Back on October 9th I wrote about a mailer I received from the Poisson campaign regarding the business standings of Tag Greason, Republican candidate for the 32rd District Delegate seat. In that mailer, Poisson made several accusations about Greason and his business dealings that were severely misleading at best and more than likely outright lies. [...]

Louisiana Justice of the Peace Bardwell asked to resign

18 October, 2009 (23:17) | Human Interest, Politics | By: ricjames

A few days ago I commented on Keith Bardwell, the jerk Justice of the Peace who decided to apply his own bit of social engineering to interracial couples who came to him asking for a marriage license: he’d deny them. I noticed this follow-up story on Friday but lacked the time to post on it: [...]

Contrast between VA’s 43rd District candidates is a stark one

18 October, 2009 (23:09) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Rob Bluey writes about the candidates for Virginia’s 43rd District over at Too Conservative. Fundraising numbers for Virginia’s 43rd District paint a stark picture between Democrat Delegate Mark Sickles and Republican challenger Tim Nank. Sickles, a registered lobbyist, is banking on contributions from special interests to fund his re-election campaign for the House of Delegates. [...]

Colorado ballon incident a hoax, cops say

18 October, 2009 (14:54) | Crime & Punishment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

After all of the disaster-level coverage of the “boy in the balloon” incident in Colorado, we now find out that the police have evidence that it was hoax. The parents apparently thought it would make a helluva good addition to their resume to be “reality show” subjects. A Colorado sheriff said Sunday it was a [...]