edited by: Vivian Paige,
Virginia Editor
I was invited to be the guest on today's podcast episode of Voices of Hope, produced by Hope For Healing. From the show's website:
"Voices of Hope is THE SHOW on educate and empower victims of seuxal and domestic violence. We have had nationally recognized speakers, advocates, experts, authors and [...]
First one listed? The WashPo’s NEWSWEAK. [...] The Fairfax Times got it right in its recent editorial ("One Size Fits All") on moving local elections to November.
The money quote:
"... Frankly, we're not sure why this decision has been so difficult to make. ...
In late 2009, with every municipality between Herndon and Hampton Roads'" [...]
A nice point about [reciprocity and religious tolerance]:
When Our Lady of the Rosary, Qatar’s first-ever church, opened last year, it did so minus cross, bell, dome, steeple, or signboard. Rosary’s priest, Father Tom Veneracion, explained their absence: “The idea is to be discreet because we don’t [...]
I saw something interesting while traveling thru one of Sterling’s strip malls. A manager and store employee from the Burlington Coat Factory was forcibly manuvering a “patron” back into the store (there was some serious strongarming going on here) with her ill-gotten goods. Looks like Light-fingered Lovisa was doing some [...]
... That reminds me, it's been a while since I've done a subscription drive around here.
Do you enjoy the articles we publish over here? The nutty environmentalist ones? The never-ending Obama-bashing? Even the occasional in-depth photographic review?
And do you use Google Reader, NewsGator, or even [...]
Shots were fired on the NOVA-Woodbridge campus this afternoon. The shooter is in custody and law enforcement is doing safety sweeps. Insidenova.com reports:
Police confirmed that shots were fired Tuesday afternoon at the Woodbridge campus of the Northern Virginia Community College.
Police said that a student armed with a high-powered rifle [...]
You really need to click on over to read the full analysis for context, but before you do, please allow me to highlight the absolute funniest recap of Barack Obama's politics that I've seen to date:
So, to recap:
1. Obama has some budgetary magic beans. These can be spent multiple [...]
They said that if Barack Obama were elected President, we wouldn't have to worry about payin' our mortgages or buyin' our gas any more...
And whadda ya know it, they were right!
One wonders if we'll ever see this Administration push a program that's actually successful (without ridiculous number-fudging,' [...]
Parents of a student who commited suicide 2 years ago have filed a $43 million dollar lawsuit against Va Tech because the school allegedly did not take the proper steps after learning that Daniel Kim was suicidal. According to insidenova.com:
BLACKSBURG, Va. (AP) — A $43 million lawsuit accuses Virginia [...]
I received notification yesterday of Glen Caroline’s decision to not seek re-election but didn’t have time to post about it, and frankly was too saddened by the news! Ric James starts off the discussion with a post here, including a portion of Glen’s announcement. I’ll post the full [...]
Well, we all know the public sector employees will be out in full force demanding raises when nearly no one in the private sector is getting them. If you don’t want to be saddled with higher taxes, get your butts out and speak your mind! 6:30 tonight at the County [...]
In the political poker equivalent of a call and an all-in raise, Falls Church City Mayor Robin Gardner last night proposed a modification to the November local election ordinance which would move the effective date of the change to November 2012 and provide that no council member whose [...]
Today’s column asks whether the Climategate e-mails are the new Downing Street Memo:
Both the Downing Street Memo and the Climategate e-mails suggest political pressure led some people in high places to massage the intelligence to fit a predetermined conclusion. . . .
On the other hand, the Downing [...]
Don Surber informs us that the Heisman committee has unceremoniously tackled Barack Obama's chances of winning a tongue-in-cheek football trophy.
Complete with a hilarious picture that I wouldn't dare reproduce here, for obvious reasons.
Will the injustices of the world never cease?
--> [...]Found on FR, a little chain-mail piece that has me in stitches (not that I'm biased or anything):
God was missing for six days. On the seventh day, Michael, the archangel, found him - resting. He inquired, "Where have you been?" God smiled deeply and proudly pointed downwards through' [...]
The Middle River watershed lies in the heart of Augusta County. Along with North River and South River, it is one of the region's wonderful waterways that are major tributaries of the South Fork of the Shenandoah River. Each of these rivers has "issues" that impact' [...] An “Independent Investigation” has cleared Acorn of wrongdoing in the undercover investigation by the pair of brave Americans.
Head “independent” lawyer Scott Harshbarger, senior counsel at Proskauer Rose LLP in Boston and former Massachusetts attorney general determined this after a couple of months likely spent playing Texas Hold ‘em while drinking [...]
