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Date: May 4th, 2010

Of drawing fire and tempests in teapots: Cuccinelli opts for historical seal on personal gifts

4 May, 2010 (16:21) | History, Human Interest, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

So in my wanderings of the blogosphere this morning, I stopped off at one of my normal haunts for local color, Too Conservative. It’s a blog that deals with local and state issues and is one of the most “community-oriented” blogs I’ve run into. (Meaning that they have a rather large, loyal, and vocal following [...]

BP to deploy Subsea Oil Recovery System to contain leak

4 May, 2010 (09:27) | Energy, Environment, Technology | By: ricjames

Well, it’s about time we’re hearing something about actions to get at the leaking wellhead of the Deepwater Horizon site that had its rig explode and sink 2 weeks ago. BP is going to deploy a “Subsea Oil Recover System” in an effort to contain the leak. This story over on Fox News describes how [...]

NYC terror suspect caught

4 May, 2010 (09:12) | GWOT | By: ricjames

After seeing that video sources had possibly identified the terror bomber in the failed NYC attempt this past weekend I had some hope that they might actually be able to nab the guy. Seems they did, and by a whisker: A Pakistani-born U.S. citizen accused of trying to detonate a bomb-laden SUV in Times Square [...]