Via a tweet from Ed Morrissey I just read a fascinating post over at The Anchoress: I get an email from my Li’l Bro Thom (who likes show tunes, a lot, and is often peppering his emails with Broadway lyrices) “Could be, who knows? There’s something due any day, I will know, right away…soon as [...]
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. [...]
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: [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Does a government official have an obligation to perform his duties even in situations where he has a personal objection to performing them? A Justice of the Peace in Louisiana, asked to issue a marriage license to an interracial couple, apparently doesn’t think so. He denied their request: A Louisiana justice of the peace said [...]
In campaign literature and commentary, the Democrats in this election cycle are all about saying they want to keep taxes low or even cut them. But when it comes time to actually do what’s necessary to accomplish those tasks, they vote to raise them. Dem candidate for Governor Creigh Deeds has a long history of [...]
If the promises hold up under real-world testing and some of the remaining issues get handled, this could be monstrously huge: A new kind of portable electrochemical battery that can produce thousands of hours of power – and soon replace the expensive regular or rechargeable batteries in hearing aids and sensors and eventually in cellphones, [...]
Right on cue, convicted DC sniper John Muhammad’s lawyer has announced that he’s going to ask Governor Tim Kaine for clemency in order to avoid the death sentence handed down on his conviction. The attorney for convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad says he plans to ask for clemency for Muhammad who set to be executed [...]
The American Society of Civil Engineers has turned in a grade of D+ for Virginia’s infrastructure based on ratings in 13 categories: According to a summary released Thursday morning, roads, dams and schools received the lowest grade, a D-minus. Virginia’s parks received the highest grade, a B-minus. Thomas L. Fitzgerald, president of the group’s Virginia [...]
