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Date: February 11th, 2010

Former President Clinton hospitalized after chest discomfort, stents installed

11 February, 2010 (18:25) | Politics | By: ricjames

Former President Bill Clinton went to the hospital today after suffering chest discomfort. After being checked out by his cardiologist he had a pair of stents put into one of his coronary arteries. I know precisely what he’s going through because that’s exactly what I went through almost a year ago. (I only got 1 [...]

iPods as a federal stimulus objective?

11 February, 2010 (12:08) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

So, the federal stimulus dollars that are supposed to be going toward, you know, creating or saving jobs should be going toward actually making jobs, wouldn’t you think? And not, for example, buying iPods to give away to people for fulling out an on-line survey: The school district is using the device to reward parents [...]

National Parks $9B in the hole, Congress votes $50M to buy 2900 acres of a Caribbean island

11 February, 2010 (11:30) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

If this doesn’t tell you the Dems have their priorities screwed up, not much else is going to make an impression: Two weeks ago, on a near party line vote, a huge Democratic majority in the House agreed to spend $50 million to buy the former cotton plantation on the island of St. Croix. “This [...]

Snowed into the history books

11 February, 2010 (09:08) | Environment, Human Interest | By: ricjames

Well, yesterday’s accumulation made it official: the winter of 2009-2010 is the current holder of record regarding the most snowfall in a season for the DC area, from Dulles Airport through DC and up to Baltimore. The National Weather Service Baltimore set a new record, with 79.9 inches at Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport. That’s [...]