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Date: January 8th, 2010

CNN’s Jack Cafferty on the “transparency” of the Obamacare negotiations

8 January, 2010 (18:22) | Medicine, Politics, The Media | By: ricjames

Wow, you don’t see this happen on CNN every day. (Hat tip: Hot Air.) Transcript: How dare they? President Obama, Democratic leaders have decided to bypass a formal House and Senate conference committee in order to reconcile those two health care bills. Instead, White House and Democratic leaders will hold informal — that’s another word [...]

WattsUpWithThat?: All of England covered in snow

8 January, 2010 (13:33) | Environment, Science | By: ricjames

Very interesting satellite photo over at Watts Up With That?

I’m voting for Candace Strother for LCRC Chair. You should, too.

8 January, 2010 (10:24) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

(Time for a post of local significance. My readers from beyond Loudoun County should pardon me for a moment while I talk to the locals.) As specified in our charter, the Loudoun County Republican Committee (LCRC) will dissolve in a couple of months to be re-formed for another 2 years under (potentially) new leadership. It [...]

Is it democracy when you don’t allow votes you can’t win?

8 January, 2010 (09:34) | Politics | By: ricjames

I note in the news today an item from New Jersey that tells us of their Senate sending a same-sex marriage bill down to defeat by a pretty solid majority vote, 20-14. (That’s about 59-41%, by the way.) That makes New Jersey the latest state to vote against it, joining about 30 others where such [...]