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SWAC Girl: Saturday: Bob McDonnell's appreciation tour stops in Harrisonburg

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 08:00:00 -0500

On Saturday, December 12th, at 10:00 a.m., Governor-Elect Bob McDonnell will be hosting a "Thank You" meet-and-greet event at Calley's in Harrisonburg on Court Square to express appreciation to all of the volunteers who helped make this past election victory possible. Come on out and greet Bob and other guests [...]

VB Dems: Two Candidates for VBDC Chairman - err... Chairwoman

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:58:23 -0500

I missed the fireworks last night apparently as I'm in New York City for a few days attending a very exciting Mid-Atlantic Ocean Conservation conference.

The Virginia Beach Democratic Committee has two candidates running for Chair - Sylvia Ellis and Susan Mariner.

I have dispatched emails to both women' [...]

Bearing Drift: 2nd District: Canvass, Convention or Primary

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:52:35 -0500

Similar to the drama in the 5th district, where in a rare move 6 candidates issued a joint press release favoring a method of nomination that the 7th apparently doesn’t, the 2nd district has some drama of its own.

The 2nd district has chosen to [...]

SWAC Girl: A Christmas tradition in the Shenandoah Valley ... "The Nutcracker" ballet

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:48:00 -0500

SWAC Girl salutes the Nutcracker Prince,Alex Davis,
for another year's excellent performance,
and
Kelsey Harman, 17, as Clara.

The Nutcracker
27th Annual Performance
Shenandoah Civic Dance Company

Saturday, December 12, at 7:00 p.m.
Sunday, December 13, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.
Robert E. Lee High [...]

Right-wing liberal: Hiding the Decline: Australian edition

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:46:27 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Willis Eschenbach details how the climate data in and around Darwin, Australia was transformed from white noise into a hockey stick (Watts Up With That). It’s a long post, but well worth the read. Here’s the kicker: Those, dear friends, are the clumsy fingerprints of someone messing with the data Egyptian [...]

Virginia Virtucon: Hiding the Decline: Australian edition

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:45:36 -0500

Blue Commonwealth: Watch Nobel Awards Ceremony Live: President Obama to Speak Soon

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:45:01 -0500

Watch Live: at this link now (7:44 AM).
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Blue Virginia: WP Blatantly Violated Its Own Standards With Will, Palin Op-Eds

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:31:00 -0500

These are the Washington Post's own guidelines for op-eds (click to "embiggen") in their newspaper. Sadly, they are just meaningless words, as evidenced by the Post's egregious violations of its own rules on multiple occasions in recent months. In particular, I'm thinking about global warming "skeptic"' [...]

Armchair Generalist: Biothreat Strategy - the Inside Scoop

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:29:00 -0500

I've been told by fellow insurgents and progressive sympathizers that the failure of the National Strategy to Counter Biological Threats should not be blamed on the State or Defense staffers who actually do give a damn about this issue. The NSC does, in fact, [...]

Green Miles: Flying Squirrels Finally Get Their Due

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:14:00 -0500

Arlington has a thriving population of flying squirrels, with an extremely popular meet the squirrels program at Long Branch Nature Center.

Now Richmond's new minor league baseball team is paying tribute to the local rodents, with the Flying Squirrels slated to begin play next season. Thanks to [...]

Blue Virginia: Whipple Clip Dozen: Thursday Morning

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 07:04:00 -0500

Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Thursday "Clips."

1. MCDONNELL TO ANNOUNCE BOLLING, SLEDD TO HEAD ECONOMIC TEAM
2. MCDONNELL QUESTIONS KAINE BENEFITS PLAN
8. A GOP GROUP BACKS KAINE HEALTH BENEFITS PLAN
9. TEA PARTY GROUP CHIDES WITTMAN
10. SEVENTH GOP CANDIDATE LAUNCHES [...]

From On High: Kiss Wind Power Goodbye

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:57:00 -0500

Environmentalists were big on biofuels.

Until they found out that biofuels were environmentally destructive.

Now environmentalists are down - bigtime - on biofuels.

They make my head hurt.

And worse it gets.

Windmills?

Turns out, they're bad for the environment too.[...]

Coarse Cracked Corn: Coal Country

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:55:00 -0500

We usually don't think of the Shenandoah Valley as being part of coal county. But, there is some coal in our mountains and "Nationwide Permit 21," which governs mountaintop removal coal mining, extends into areas generally seen as part of the Valley - all the way to Rockbridge and' [...]

Blue Commonwealth: What if NRA members FAVORED gun control?

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:35:40 -0500

Oh wait, they DO. In a poll run by Frank Luntz, himself an NRA supporter, at the behest of Mayors Against Illegal Guns. As E. J. Dionne writes in Beyond the NRA's absolutism in today's, Washington Post: In his survey of 832 gun owners, including 401 NRA members,' [...]

From On High: How Obama Got Elected

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 06:08:00 -0500

Too few of us. And too many idiots. Some of whom contribute to the Huffington Post:

Norway Spiral: WATCH Strange Light In Sky Ahead Of Obama Nobel Peace Prize Speech (VIDEO)

For the love of God.

Kinda reminds me of this Rolling Stone magazine cover from [...]

From On High: And Speaking of Magazine Covers ...

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:41:00 -0500

I've mentioned Men's Health magazine before. Most notably when it featured a prominent cigarette smoker on its cover:

Men's health? How detached is that?

Well, they've done it again. The December issue has this on its cover:

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From On High: Obama's Plan Is Working

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:35:00 -0500

Coal companies are on their way to being bankrupted.

And those who will suffer for it most are those who have suffered enough already - America's coal miners:
Coal company cuts 500 jobs, blames environmentalists
By Amanda Carpenter, Washington Times

Chalk up another 500 jobs to the [...]

Armchair Generalist: The Taliban Edge in Soldiering

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:30:00 -0500

Matt Ygelsias asks the question - how is it that Taliban soldiers are paid better than Afghani army soldiers, when the US coalition has so much more money than the Taliban warlords? More importantly, is there a flaw in our cost-effectiveness approach in that the Taliban soldiers can get [...]

From On High: To Those Who Defend Gov't Stimulus

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 05:09:00 -0500

Defend this:
Mark Penn's two firms awarded millions from stimulus for PR campaign
By Alexander Bolton, The Hill

A contract worth nearly $6 million in stimulus funds was awarded by the Obama adminstration to two firms run by Mark Penn, Hillary Clinton's pollster in 2008.

Federal records show [...]

From On High: Cheer The Alternative Media

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:54:00 -0500

The mainstream press has faithfully carried the Democrats' water since Obama was coronated, shielding the machinations that have gone into their efforts to nationalize health care and spend us into oblivion. And yet, despite those efforts, the American people have somehow been able to inform themselves of the particulars of' [...]

From On High: Another Creative Christmas 'Decoration'

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 04:27:00 -0500

I'll bet this one stopped traffic:

Cruel, man.
' [...]

Spank That Donkey: Toys For Tots Santa Arrives Via Train in Craigsville, Virginia

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:05:45 -0500

Santa spreads yule time cheer in rural Virginia!

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Mason Conservative: The Real Rogue

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:41:41 -0500

With all due respect to Sarah Palin, a story making the rounds slowly but in conservative circles is the recent personal endorsements made by South Carolina Sen. Jim DeMint and how he appears to be - in certain Senate races - to be creating a rogue campaign committee. He [...]

Virginia Virtucon: Overpass Signs

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:39:22 -0500

Number of comments: 1
Has anyone else spotted large signs posted on overpasses, primarily opposed to the health care bill? Along I-95 between Springfield and Prince William County, there are signs that read: “Health Rationing” with a skull and crossbones next to it; “Medical Tyranny,” “Health Bill Illegal” and “Al Gore Con Man.” They must [...]

Virginia Virtucon: Palin Goes On A Hunt For Manbearpig

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:30:56 -0500

Sarah Palin had an excellent op-ed in Wednesday’s WashPo regarding the politicization of science with regard to climate change. Palin has hunted moose. Now, it appears she has her sights set squarely upon Manbearpig. An artist’s rendition of Manbearpig as described to him by Al Gore. [...]

Virginia Virtucon: God Has A Sense Of Humor

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:25:15 -0500

Ever notice that whenever Al Gore is scheduled to testify before Congress on “global warming” that there always seems to be a freak snowstorm or such that hits D.C.? I’ve always chalked that up to God having a sense of humor. Well, with all the con artists gathered in Copenhagen [...]

Virginia Virtucon: A True Christmas Classic

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:21:19 -0500

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Charlottesville Tomorrow: Approved special use permit will allow higher density development on West Main Street

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:01:00 -0500

By Connie Chang Charlottesville Tomorrow Thursday, December 10, 2009 Modifications to a proposed mixed-use development on West Main Street were approved unanimously by the Charlottesville Planning Commission Tuesday evening. The commission approved a special use permit that will allow developer... [...]

Charlottesville Tomorrow: City’s portion of Meadowcreek Parkway advertised for bid

Thu, 10 Dec 2009 00:01:00 -0500

By Sean Tubbs Charlottesville Tomorrow Thursday, December 10, 2009 Another milestone in the planning of the Meadowcreek Parkway has been reached. On Tuesday, the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) opened the bidding process for McIntire Road Extended, the name for... [...]

Blue Ridge Data: FauxNews Math Fail ... 120% Wrong

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:48:00 -0500

More statistical failures from the FauxNewsCorp, plus special bonus on "Fake Bimbo" Gretchen Carlson.

Oops! Further evidence of the lack of mathematical and reasoning skills in their primary audience - right-wing geezers?

Too funny! [...]

snapped shot: Who Will Ask The Tough Questions?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:33:50 -0500

Isn't Al Gore an American? Well, ok. Let me re-phrase that. Wasn't Al Gore born in America?

Then why is Al Gore able to skip out on anyone asking him tough questions on his stance on the sham-scam called Global Warming? Don't American journalists pride themselves for asking tough questions?

(But then,' [...]

On The Right: Just when you thought the Senate Democrats could not get any loonier, enter Barbra Boxer

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:30:30 -0500

Well just a day after Harry Reid compared the republicans lack of support and what he saw as them slowing down the democrats big government takeover of health care to supporting slavery (though it was the democrats who supported slavery, opposed the civil rights acts in the 1960’s and supported [...]

Anti-BVBL: You Just Never Know–What Makes a Person Snap?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:28:46 -0500

TonightWUSA 9 NEWS had a fairly long story on the Woodbridge campus NVCC shooting. There were several articles with updates and interviews on their website. It is hard to imagine just how lucky we really were yesterday. According to one of the WUSA 9 articles:

MANASSAS, Va. [...]

Blue Virginia: FDL Action Health Care Update: Wednesday (12/9/09)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:28:00 -0500

Here are the FDL Action health care reform highlights for Wednesday, December 9.

1. Marta Evry points out that it's far too early to "fold up our tent and start our Christmas shopping early" with regard to protecting women's reproductive rights in health care reform legislation. [...]

Yankee Philip: James Madison High School Teachers Get Naked in Class

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:25:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

James Madison was the High School in my old neighborhood in Brooklyn.

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SWAC Girl: George Allen to talk energy, Copenhagen Conference on radio Thursday

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
George Allen, Chairman of the American Energy Freedom Center, will talk energy, the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, and the EPA’s "Endangerment Finding" on two live radio appearances Thursday, December 10:
At 8:00 am ET, he’ll be on nationally syndicated “America’s Morning News” with Melanie Morgan (of Move [...]

Yankee Philip: Massive storm buries central US in snow

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:19:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
A massive storm buried much of the central United States in dangerous ice and snow.
It created drifts as high as 15 feet and dropped as much as four feet of snow in some areas.

At the same time.... Al Gore is still pontificating. He is nutty. Maybe [...]

Yankee Philip: Alan Grayson says STFU

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:12:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Is this guy the lowest?
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SWAC Girl: Hot air ... deception ... global warming

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:11:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
I've never believed in global warming and have a category called "Global Warming Is a Hoax" on my sidebar. With little time lately to post about this hypocritical conspiracy, I have to agree with fellow SWAC blogger Mike who notes that other nations are questioning global warming and the' [...]

Fishersville Mike: The Christmas Truck of Iowa

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 23:06:00 -0500

The story of an Iowa man and his truck covered in Christmas lights.
h/t Instapundit [...]

snapped shot: Got Nothin' Better To Do?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:58:09 -0500

Then why not muck with a private industry and ruin it for everyone.

WASHINGTON (AP) - A House subcommittee approved legislation Wednesday aimed at forcing college football to switch to a playoff system to determine its national champion, over the objections of some lawmakers who said Congress has meatier [...]

Yankee Philip: Drink Beer For Prostate Health

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:57:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

A compound in beer may prevent prostate cancer.

Tests showed that the ingredient, xanthohumol, blocked a biological pathway that allows prostate cancer to be fuelled by the male hormone testosterone.So says The Scotsman [...]

James River Maven: Charter Schools, New Buildings And Other Panaceas (Part I)

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:43:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Yesterday, in its lead story the Richmond Times Dispatch revealed that Virginia “gets F on charter schools in report.” I know that Monday is a slow news day but, come on, is this the most important event that took place in the world over the weekend? It wasn’t until I [...]

On The Right: Ron Ferrin speaks with On The Right about the 5th District Republican nomination and Tom Perriello

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:25:45 -0500

I would like to thank Mr. Ferrin for taking the time to answer my questions. You can check out Mr. Ferrin’s website here and his facebook page here. 1. Give me a bio, and tell me what made you decide to run against Tom Perriello. RF: There is a bio now on [...]

SWAC Girl: The always popular George Allen at 2009 Republican Advance

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:04:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The always popular Gov. George Allen attended Saturday's New Media Roundtable discussion at the 2009 RPV Advance in Williamsburg. A good sport, he rolled with the punches when I stopped while moderating the workshop to recognize his presence and take a blog photo. The [...]

Barticles: Let’s Hear It for Government Medicine

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:02:58 -0500

“Britain, the Sick Man of Europe: Heart and cancer survival rates among worst in developed world,“ reports the Daily Mail:

British health care is little better than that of former Communist countries, which spend a fraction of the billions poured into the NHS.

A survey published yesterday by the [...]

On The Right: 6 of 7 Republican hopefuls in the 5th District want a convention over a primary

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:56:27 -0500

Six of Seven GOP 5th District Candidates Endorse Convention Charlottesville, VA December 9, 2009 Six out of seven of the Republican candidates for the nomination for the U. S. House of Representatives from Virginia’s 5th Congressional District have notified unit chairs throughout the district that they prefer having that nomination made at a [...]

Waldo Jaquith: Yet another 5th District Republican (YA5DR) running against Perriello.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:32:23 -0500

The field of Republican candidates vying to run against Rep. Tom Perrillo is so strong that…a seventh candidate has kicked off his campaign. Jim McKelvey, a Smith Mountain Lake developer, completes our septumvirate of dwarves. McKelvey says both that he’s not satisfied with any of the other candidates and [...]

Crystal Clear Conservative: What’s Cooking in CCC’s Kitchen?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:28:02 -0500

How does Crushed Toffee Chocolate Chip Cookies sound? Stop by Charm Offensive Cooking for the recipe. [...]

Anonymous Is A Woman: Christmas Warning: Do Not Try This At Home!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:15:00 -0500

This was sent to me by a friend with a rather odd sense of humor. One that matches my own. Enjoy!

http://anonymousisawoman.blogspot.com [...]

SWAC Girl: RPV embraces new media workshops, bloggers at 2009 Advance

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:05:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
At the Republican Advance over the weekend, the New Media Roundtable panel was made up of (from right) Krystle Weeks, Tucker Martin, Vince Harris, Ford O'Connell, and Jason Kenney.

I took photos of the panel' [...]

Right-wing liberal: 141 scientists declare the climate science unsettled

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:02:26 -0500

Number of comments: 1
My three favorite Climategate bloggers (Andrew Bolt, Kate at SDA, and the crew at NRO – Planet Gore) all came up with this within hours of each other. These scientists made the declaration in an open letter to the UN Secretary General (Copenhagen Climate Challenge): Climate change science is in a [...]

Virginia Virtucon: 141 scientists declare the climate science unsettled

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:01:40 -0500

The George Mason College Republican Blog: Good Luck on Finals!

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:39:03 -0500

Good luck on finals, everyone! First meeting of the 2nd Semester: Tuesday, Feb 2. 7:30 pm Location to be announced. [...]

Fishersville Mike: Hacker or brave whistleblower

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:27:00 -0500

Blue Commonwealth isn't impressed with the "Climategate" coverage. Let's look behind the emails to how they got distributed.
You'll have to come up with something better than "Don't believe this conspiracy; believe the conspiracy I see."
NRO's Planet Gore looks at a distribution theory.
There is nothing in' [...]

Blacknell.net: Sign ‘O The Times

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:26:18 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Damn.

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Where's Eric Cantor?: Cantor and the 100 Lobbyists

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:21:00 -0500

Steve Benen, who is a remarkable blogger and you should read him daily, flags a wonderful headline from Roll Call. “House Republicans Huddle With Lobbyists to Kill Financial Reform Bill.” Yeesh. You really don’t even have to read the article, the title says it all. See, Democrats have this weird trait of responding [...]

SW Virginia law blog: On firefighters getting promoted at the courthouse not the firehouse

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:06:00 -0500

In Wesley v. Arlington County, the Fourth Circuit in a 2-1 unpublished decision reversed summary judgment for the County, in a case where the plaintiff alleged that she was denied promotion on account of her race and gender. Judge Wilkinson dissented, pointing out that the other candidates were more [...]

Tim Boyer: Robert Hurt MIA on Call for Convention

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:04:00 -0500

Interesting that all the Republican candidates for congress in VA-5, excepting one, signed a press release that hit today urging the 5th District Republican Committee to select a convention rather than a primary by which to nominate a candidate to run against Tom Perriello;

That one exception was [...]

Crystal Clear Conservative: Image versus Reality & The SoCon Struggle, Part II

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:57:48 -0500

Number of comments: 3
Feminists like Jessica Valenti, captainess of the Feministing ship of harpies, regularly complains about a sexual promiscuity double standard between men and women. Jessica even wrote a book about it. She loves to gripe about the inequality: men who sleep around are STUDS, while women who sleep around are SLUTS. At [...]

SW Virginia law blog: On putting the genie back in the bottle

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:54:00 -0500

The Supreme Court held in Mohawk Industries v. Carpenter written by new Justice Sotomayor that if the trial court makes you fork over discovery that you think is covered by the attorney-client privilege, you cannot take an immediate appeal under the collateral order exception to the requirement that only [...]

Blue Virginia: Sarah Palin Unclear on What Your Word "Denier" Means

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:20:00 -0500

Cross-posted from The Green Miles

Sarah Palin responds to Al Gore on her Facebook page:However, he’s wrong in calling me a “denier.” As I noted in my op-ed above and in my original Facebook post on Climategate, I have never denied the [...]

Tertium Quids: Randy Barnett has some words for Bob Marshall

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:16:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Not specifically addressed to Marshall, but of great importance to the legislation he is proposing to counter the insurance mandates incorporated in the congressional health insurance bills. Here's a taste:...and for those who care about constitutional law: Raich involved an “as-applied” challenge wherein the Court refused to carve out a [...]

Green Miles: Sarah Palin Unclear on What Your Word "Denier" Means

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:06:00 -0500

Sarah Palin responds to Al Gore on her Facebook page:
However, he’s wrong in calling me a “denier.” As I noted in my op-ed above and in my original Facebook post on Climategate, I have never denied the existence of climate change. I just [...]

Barticles: Evil Geniuses

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 19:04:20 -0500

It was very disappointing to find an Obamaphile attack the “evil geniuses” who are trying to smear a great president, and my name didn’t come up once. Must mean I’m not a genius, because the evil part. . . .

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Armchair Generalist: Unbelieveable - The Ignorance

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 18:29:09 -0500

I become more and more frustrated with the seemingly inability for Democratic administration officials to think clearly about the issue of countering weapons of mass destruction or terrorist CBRN incidents without falling back on trite, overused, and inexcusable exaggerations developed by alarmists, extremists, and right-wing politicos. Ellen Tauscher has released [...]

Blue Commonwealth: Former Vice President Dick Cheney's Appalling Behavior

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:50:26 -0500

Dick Cheney's actions both before and after 9-11 have done nothing to make us safer and everything to embolden and build anger against the United States of America. He and George Bush sat on their hands even amidst warnings that we were about to suffer an attack. But he moved [...]

Anti-BVBL: Reckless Affairs of the Rich and Powerful

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:35:15 -0500

Number of comments: 4

PepsiCo has dropped the Tiger Gatorade drink. One can only assume it has to do with the 11 women who have come forward as paramours of Tiger ‘Cheetah’ Woods. Today Fox News’s Neil Cavuto explored why so many people have reckless affairs. Cavuto usually reports financial news. [...]

X Curmudgeon: Curmudgeon on Author BUZZ Radio Show

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:59:00 -0500

Next week the Curmudgeon will be a guest on Deidre Hughey's Author BUZZ internet radio show, based in Raleigh, NC to discuss Landstrike. The show will run live from 2-3 pm, and the podcast will be available after that. Join us if you can! [...]

Blue Virginia: Jim Moran Has "No Plans to Return" Salahi Donation

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:52:00 -0500

OpenSecrets.org has a story entitled, "Rep. Jim Moran Mum on Donation from Tareq Salahi, White House Party Crasher." According to OpenSecrets:
There's just one sitting member of Congress -- Rep. Jim Moran (D-Va.) -- to have received a political donation from Tareq Salahi, he of the married couple [...]

Anti-BVBL: Single Gender Classes in PWC Schools

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:22:40 -0500

Number of comments: 1

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Fishersville Mike: Santa and Global Warming

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:18:00 -0500

There's still plenty of snow on the Christmas specials on TV, even the new Disney one that debuted Tuesday.
I like this line from an article on the battle of keeping Christmas things in the Christmas season.
Most folks of a certain age understand that, at least in this [...]

The Farm Team: Profiles of Women in History: Ernestine Rose

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:14:39 -0500

About.com has an interesting feature educational feature known as “Women in History”. One such woman was Ernestine Rose:

About Ernestine Rose:

Known for: work for women’s rights, especially married women’s property rights; sometimes called the first Jewish feminist

Dates: January 13, 1810 – August 4, 1892M/p>

Occupation: reformer, lecturer, activist

Also known as: Ernestine [...]

Blue Virginia: Warner: Do For Health Care What The IPhone Did To The Cell Phone

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:12:00 -0500

I think that Sen. Warner's amendments are fine as far as they go. However, unless the pilot programs he's proposing are a lot bigger than what they seem to be, I doubt they will significantly "bend the cost curve downwards," as Sen. Warner has been saying for months is [...]

Republitarian: Government school lunches…another reason to homeschool…..

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:52:16 -0500

Nasty.

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Too Conservative: The Garforth Web and the Loudoun Energy Plan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:51:12 -0500

Number of comments: 5

So, Loudoun County needed an energy plan pronto and went to the Northern Virginia Regional Commission (NVRC) to get it done instead of going through its own contracting process. This resulted in a sole source special contract to produce the County Energy Strategy (CES) going to Garforth International, LLC for approximately [...]

Republitarian: Obama keeps his important promises…..

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:49:59 -0500

Barack vowed that he would retire Hillary’s campaign debt….

$6 million in stimulus went to Hillary’s pollster…

It is becoming transparent that Barack is a hack….

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Barticles: Damned If You Do, Damned If. . . .

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:47:29 -0500

Members of a North Dakota Indian tribe are suing to stop UND from dropping its “Fighting Sioux” nickname. They consider it a badge of honor.

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Tertium Quids: The Unconventional 5th District?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:44:00 -0500

Number of comments: 4
The 5th Congressional District Republican Committee meets this Saturday to decide the method by which 5th District Republicans will nominate a candidate to run against vulnerable Democrat incumbent Tom Perriello.They would do well to consider the results of a recent national poll that found generic "Tea Party" candidates beating Republicans [...]

snapped shot: Moonbat Tech

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:43:44 -0500

Behold the e~cart, proof positive that if environmentalists were in charge of the world 40 years ago, man would never have stepped foot on the moon.

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Pilot on Politics: A GOP group backs Kaine health benefits plan

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:40:55 -0500

While a proposal by Gov. Timothy M. Kaine to let insured state workers add dependant adults in their households onto their health benefits plans has its share of conservative critics, the idea has backing from at least one Republican organization. [...]

Barticles: Cutting Poverty

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:29:06 -0500

If this Washington Post story is right, and “U.S.-born kids of illegal immigrants twice as likely as others to face poverty,“ then the solution is obvious, isn’t it? To reduce poverty, reduce illegal immigration! What am I missing here? There must be something. . . .

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snapped shot: Random Ramblings on Racism

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:26:13 -0500

Ahem, I mean "Raaaaacism!"

An interesting conversation on the "Racism" charge, hosted by Jeff Goldstein. Key takeaway:

But — and here’s the rub — at what point is one justified in opening up a public examination on high profile websites — and what should the ground rules for such a case be? [...]

Tertium Quids: Regarding the Know Campaign's lawsuit...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 15:17:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
The Roanoke Times argues that the Know Campaign, which sought to use individual voting histories in a statewide mailing effort to "shame" folks into voting in last month's elections, says the group has "civic righteousness on its side" and should press ahead in the name of open records for all:Maybe [...]

Blue Commonwealth: Climategate -- or Swifthack?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:53:25 -0500

(Cross-posted at Daily Kos)

Climate deniers have been crowing like roosters on crack ever since the theft and widespread broadcast of emails from the University of East Anglia's Climate Research Unit. Certainly some of these emails (like many private conversations unexpectedly made public) show a few of the scientists involved' [...]

We will RockDem: Operation Show We Care 2009

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:38:00 -0500

INVITES YOU TO JOIN US
AS WE SHOW REAL SUPPORT
FOR OUR YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN
SERVING THE UNITED STATES
IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN

PLEASE HELP US SEND THEM A BIT OF HOME
WHILE THEY ARE SO FAR AWAY…

WE [...]

Now At The Podium: Cooch Wrong on Assessment of Deeds

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:30:00 -0500

Apparently, AG-elect Ken Cuccinelli thinks that Creigh Deeds would have won if he had moved farther to the left in his stances during the campaign. Either Cooch is trying to throw the Dems off by giving them intentionally bad advice, or he really doesn't know Virginia as well as' [...]

Vivian J. Paige: Support expansion of state health care benefits

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:14:47 -0500

The articles last week on the proposal by outgoing Governor Tim Kaine to expand health care benefits of state employees didn’t tell the whole story. Now that we have the proposed language for the changes, hopefully some of the commentors will rethink their positions. Let’s start at the beginning. In 2007, [...]

Virginia's 5th District: Six of Seven Candidates Want Convention

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:12:40 -0500

Six of the seven Republican candidates for the congressional nomination of the 5th district have endorsed a convention. The six Republican candidates that have signed a statement which is being sent to the unit chairs in the district are Feda Morton, Ken Boyd, Laurence Verga, Michael McPadden Ron Ferrin and [...]

Yankee Philip: Climate Justice? Gender Justice? Women for Climate Justice.

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 14:03:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
OH MY GOSH ! ! What Wackos Pay for this Crap?

gendercc – women for climate justice is the global network of women and gender activists, and gender experts from all world regions working for gender and climate justice. Since our collaboration has started at UNFCCC [...]

Left of the Hill: Brian Moran Sends Out Fundraising Email for Dave Marsden

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:44:00 -0500

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As I've repeatedly said, endorsements only help candidates if the person making the endorsement is willing to actually do something for the candidate. Well, here we see that Brian Moran is taking one step in helping Dave Marsden's campaign for state Senate by sending out a' [...]

Tertium Quids: Why the Senate Health Insurance Deal is No Deal at All

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:39:00 -0500

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Cato's Michael Tanner explains why the deal Senate liberals and "moderates" have worked out is really no better, and in some ways worse, than Harry Reid's original plan: 1. In choosing the FEHBP [Federal Employees Health Benefit Program] for a model, Democrats have actually chosen an insurance plan whose costs [...]

Blue Virginia: Ken Cuccinelli: Deeds Lost By Running as Centrist

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:32:00 -0500

Wow, I actually agree with Ken Cuccinelli on something? Check this out.
Democratic candidate for Governor R. Creigh Deeds lost last month’s gubernatorial election by NOT running to the Left according to Attorney-general elect Sen. Ken Cuccinelli.

Deeds “ran the wrong race,” Cuccinelli told a packed room [...]

SLANTblog: 1990 Flashback: Mondo Softball

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:27:00 -0500

The video promo above ran on local television in 1990. The voice heard is that of Gayle Carson (now Hudert). She was my girlfriend at the time. The article below, by Paul Woody, which appeared in Richmond's then-afternoon daily's sports section, was about the cable TV show [...]

Yankee Philip: Mo Tells about Copenhagen

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:26:00 -0500

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Eschew Obfuscation: Everything OK Over There?

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 13:19:26 -0500

Or so asked my friend from out East, SouthsideCentral, some time back. Yes, everything is OK over here, I’m just very limited in the amount of time I’m able to spend online these days. I’ve pretty much let the blog go, though I have good intentions of picking it back up [...]

Fishersville Mike: Bringing the heat

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:50:00 -0500

Nice op-ed by Sarah Palin in the Washington Post, touring the hold-on-a-minute side. Which is not limited to the U.S.
In fact, we're not the only nation whose people are questioning climate change schemes. In the European Union, energy prices skyrocketed after it began a cap-and-tax program. Meanwhile, Australia's Parliament' [...]

snapped shot: Shoulder Surfing

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:36:23 -0500

A parrot with a pirate on his shoulder?

This photograph, taken by Reuters stringer Mohammed Torokman, illustrates the European Union's traditional relationship to the Palestinian terror-tories as best as anything I've ever seen.

The clueless stare, the raised nose. The EU-funded terrorist smiling over his shoulder.

But hey, it's not' [...]

Tertium Quids: Richmond pleads for federal rail money

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:36:00 -0500

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A group of civic "leaders" plead with the feds to spend billions more on high speed rail. The litany is familiar:Such train service would reduce congestion, aid economic development, create jobs and cut pollution, said Daniel L. Plaugher of Virginians for High Speed Rail.Except reality just doesn't work that way.' [...]

The Contemporary Conservative: Is it Time to evict them all - Goooh says it is time to 'Get Out of Our House'

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:22:00 -0500

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Is it time to evict them all? - Goooh says it is time to 'Get Out of Our House'..... I answered all the questions on the Candidate Questionnaire for Goooh, a non-partisan plan to replace the politicians in Congress, just to see and it really gets you thinking abou the [...]