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Date: August 6th, 2010

Amazon Friday Sales

6 August, 2010 (18:59) | Human Interest | By: ricjames

If you haven’t checked out the Friday Sale at Amazon.com, you should go have a look. Some weeks have things you couldn’t care less about but others have those hidden gems.

Tell me again that teachers’ unions have only the kids’ best interests in mind…

6 August, 2010 (18:56) | Academia, Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

With all this noise I’ve heard about how teachers’ unions are just looking out for the betterment of our public education system and how they’ve being so badly maligned in the press, what’s this all about? The article title: “Despite Budget Cuts, Layoff Fears, Milwaukee Teachers Fight for Taypayer-Funded Viagra.” With the district in a [...]

Your tax dollars at work – bailed out companies spending on political causes & campaigns

6 August, 2010 (18:03) | Economy, Politics | By: ricjames

Let’s say you’re a Democrat. How do you feel about thousands of your tax dollars going to the political campaigns of, say, Eric Cantor (R-VA) or even to Sarah Palin’s PAC? Or, if you’re a Republican, how about a boatload of cash headed over to Nancy Pelosi or MoveOn.org? I’m going to guess you’d not [...]

The return of Dick Black?

6 August, 2010 (16:02) | Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

Oh-ho-ho-ho, noooo…. I can not wait to see the reaction of Loudoun Insider over at Too Conservative on this one: One former Virginia politician is not sure at this point whether his time in the limelight of the commonwealth’s politics has faded. Both parties are speculating about whether this is the return of Richard “Dick” [...]

VA’s Gov. Bob McDonnell seeks to have VA State Troopers purue immigration enforcement

6 August, 2010 (13:14) | Immigration, Politics, Virginia Politics | By: ricjames

A program run by the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agency within the Department of Homeland Security that trains local law enforcement to begin immigrations proceedings against criminals captured in their localities is called the Section 287(g) program, a reference to its number in the legal code. Under 287(g) a suspect arrested for a [...]