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State Central Committee to reconsider Primary in 2013
As expected, the new Republican State Central Committee has been asked to reconsider the previous committee’s vote for a convention in 2013. The issue will be taken up at their June 15th meeting. Story here. Since Ken Cuccinelli’s supporters have dominated at the district conventions, and will dominate the State Central Committee, it is [...]
. . . and they call it austerity: part 6
David Malpass (Wall Street Journal) reveals the truth behind Greece’s “austerity” via (Veronique de Rugy in The Corner): The Greek government has been practicing a particularly aggressive form of antigrowth austerity. While the private sector shrank in 2011, Greeces government grew to 49.7% of GDP from 49.6% in 2010. To accomplish this bad outcome, Greeces [...]
U.S. Senate Bows to Pressure from MSNBC Viewers
Senate approves bill to strike the word “lunatic” from Federal law. Apparently, it was unanimous. The word “lunatic” appears in the U.S. Code in Title 1, Chapter 1, which covers rules of construction. Chapter 1 holds that when determining the meaning of any law, “the words ‘insane’ and ‘insane person’ and ‘lunatic’ shall include every [...]
RIAA Sues Defunct File Sharing Company For All The Money In The World
Who the heck is running the Recording Industry Association of America these days? Frickin’ Dr. Evil? Who sues a defunct company for $72 TRILLION? All the money in the world right now is only $76.25 trillion. They may as well sued for”1 billion, gagillion, fafillion, shabolubalu million illion yillion…yen.“ U.S. District CourtJudge Kimba Wood of [...]
Tim Kaine: I Can See Delaware From My House
Turnabout is fair play. (I’m talking to you liberals out there with Palin Derangement Syndrome.) Vice President Joe Biden is hosting a fundraiser tonight for fmr. Gov. Tim Kaine. I guess Biden must have a real affinity for Kaine given they come from bordering states. What? You didn’t know that Virginia and Delaware border one [...]
Harbor Station No More
SunCal has decided to jettison the name “Harbor Station” for its high-end development along the Potomac River in Prince William County and has opted to call it “Potomac Shores.” A new website, www.potomacshores.com is now online with a “Coming Soon” tag. Here’s a preview of the logo for the new name. At one point it [...]
Military Veteran Delegates Defend Denying Judgeship
The following is an op-ed penned by several members of the House of Delegates who are military veterans explaining their opposition to electing Tracy Thorne-Begland as a District Court Judge. Bad Judgment: Not the Stuff of Would-be Judges A key function of the General Assembly is to elect judges. Unlike other states, this task falls [...]
Is Mark Warner About To Get Bookered?
First it was Newark, NJ Mayor Corey Booker defending free market capitalism against attacks by the Obama campaign — that is until he got slammed by the campaign and had to retract nearly everything he originally said and obviously believes in. “Here they are plucking sound bites out of [the 'Meet The Press'] interview to [...]
Racist, Sexist, Anti-Semites For Kaine
That pillar of tolerance Congressman Jim Moran (best known for beating up little African-American children, fellow members of Congressand women, financial ineptitude, as well as blaming all the world’s ills on the Jewish people) is hosting a fundraiser for fmr. Gov. Tim Kaine next month in Alexandria. OH JOY!!! For just $1,000 to be Timmy!’s [...]
WashPo Sunday Front-page: Bad Parenting Is Good Parenting
Anyone else catch the ridiculous front-page story in the Sunday Washington Post, “Transgender at Five“? She first insisted she was a boy at the age of 2. “I am a boy” became a constant theme in struggles over clothing, bathing, swimming, eating, playing. Eventually, a psychologist diagnosed gender identity disorder. Now Tyler ‘s parents allow [...]
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