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• Climate Justice? Gender Justice? Women for Climate Justice.

  —Yankee Philip

  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 [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 2:03pm EST
  by Phil

• Mo Tells about Copenhagen

  —Yankee Philip

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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:26pm EST
  by Phil

• Chesterfield volunteers at GOP Advance

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 0
  
  My parents at the 2009 Republican Advance in Williamsburg. They still man the polls, distribute candidate yard signs, and whatever is needed to help win.
  Photo by SWAC Girl
  Lynn Mitchell
  5 December 2009 [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 10:30am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Ice-covered Valley

  —SWAC Girl

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  Trees were ice-covered this morning after an icy mixture passed through the Shenandoah Valley Tuesday night. Temps hovered around 32 degrees overnight but are expected to reach a high of 50 Wednesday. There is a fog alert on Afton Mountain ... Augusta County schools [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• The Return of the Rest Areas

  —StrictlyVA

  Number of comments: 0
  Governor McDonnell is Bringing Them Back!
  
  
  An open rest area near Crozet.
  
  My one question... how much money was actually "saved" as skilled crews removed signs, boarded up the buildings, striped a solid line across [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 8:46am EST
  by Bob K.

• Going Where No Pres Has Gone Before

  —From On High

  Hope&Change has turned to Get&Out:
  
  Obama's 47 Percent Approval Lowest of Any President at This Point
  
  And if the press didn't have its collective lips planted firmly on his butt, those numbers would be half of that.
  
   If only those who have recently turned against him' [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:41am EST
  

• No Way To Run a Country

  —From On High

  Why is Mr. Communicator having such trouble communicating jis message these days?
  
  Tina Brown:
  It's a strange paradox for a great wordsmith, but whenever Obama makes an important policy speech these days he leaves everyone totally confused. His first health-care press conference back in July triggered a season of [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:21am EST
  

• A Man With No Answers

  —From On High

  It failed miserably the first time it was tried.  So, hey, let's do it again!
  New Obama plans: 'spend our way out' of downturn
  By Philip Elliott, Associated Press Writer
  
  Washington (AP) - President Barack Obama outlined new multibillion-dollar stimulus and jobs proposals Tuesday, saying the nation must continue [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 5:15am EST
  

• One Wonders

  —From On High

  I'm reminded of Virginia's Congressman James Moran, the kind of annoyance that you'd want to lock your door to keep away from:
  The Mystery of Harry Reid
  By James Taranto, Best of the Web
  
  Some have speculated that [Senate Majority Leader Harry] Reid is simply "losing it"--but from [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:57am EST
  

• Meanwhile Here In Bizarro World ...

  —From On High

  Headline of the day:
  
  EPA declares air a danger to human health
  
  Funny, yes. But it's deadly serious as well. The air we breathe has been decreed unsafe.
  
  What will these people pull next? [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:41am EST
  

• Heed The Real Experts

  —From On High

  Colorado State University Emeritus Professor of Atmospheric Science Dr. William Gray:
  Puncturing the Climate Balloon
  Writing in Climate Depot
  
  Had I not devoted my entire career of over half-a-century to the study and forecasting of meteorological and climate events I would have likely been concerned over the possibility of [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:32am EST
  

• While Obama Prepares To Fly To Copenhagen ...

  —From On High

  ... to stop global warming redistribute America's wealth, America is gong to hell in a handbasket:
  Gallup: Holiday spending off 21% from 2008
  By Ed Morrissey
  
  After a diffident start to the Christmas shopping season, consumers have turned pessimistic — very pessimistic.  According to the latest Gallup survey, [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 4:15am EST
  

• Rest Areas to Re-Open

  —StrictlyVA

  Number of comments: 0
  Gov.-Elect McDonnell Pledges To Reopen Rest Areas Within 90 DaysVirginia highway rest stops shuttered to save money in the economic recession will reopen within 90 days after the January start of Gov.-elect Robert F. McDonnell’s term in office[...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:27am EST
  by Phil

• Harry doubles down with race card.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  "At pivotal points in American history, the tactics of distortion and delay have certainly been present," Reid said. "They've certainly been used to stop progress. That's what we're talking about here. That's what's happening here. It's very clear. That's the point I made — no" [...]
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  Posted: December 09, 2009, 12:07am EST
  by Phil

• Jon Stewart: Mark Warner Really Sucks

  —StrictlyVA

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  They have brand new models
  but they still just suck.
  I meant Liberal Democrats, not Vacuums
  Electrolux has always been a great brand
  
  A funny video of Jon Stewart can be seen over at Yankee Phil.
  It shows Mark Warner doing his [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:56pm EST
  by Phil

• Jon Stewart is getting it. See Mark Warner in the correct light.

  —Yankee Philip

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  "Weatherizing?"
  The Daily Show With Jon StewartMon - Thurs 11p / 10cAmerican Idlewww.thedailyshow.comDaily Show
  Full EpisodesPolitical HumorHealth Care Crisis [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:33pm EST
  by Phil

• George Allen on radio Wednesday

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 0
  George Allen, Chairman of the American Energy Freedom Center, will discuss possible assaults on American Sovereignty at the UN Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen and the EPA’s declaration that CO2 is a "harmful" pollutant on two live radio appearances Wednesday, December 9:
  At 8:10 am ET, he will appear [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:23pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

• I hope I am not the "Butt" of jokes because of this post.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  I hope I am not the "Butt" of jokes because of this post.
  You might want to take a "seat" when watching this.
  You have to get to the "bottom" of this issue.
  I won't tell u any "tails" about the video.
  Can you get "behind" this without being' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:23pm EST
  by Phil

• Rep. Eric Cantor's thank you dinner

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 0
  One of the many colonial era-inspired wreaths decorating the doors and windows of the Williasmburg Lodge.
  
  Outdoor twinkly lights mirrored indoor twinkly lights....
  
  The walkways were festive and inviting.
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:06pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

• No Slowdown of Global Warming, Agency Says

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  So let me get this straight... The world's temp has gotten cooler, the main scientists involved are getting fired, the numbers were faked, pressure was put on dissenters, .....but things are really worse.
  The New York Times writes..
  Despite recent fluctuations in global temperature year to year, which fueled [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:52pm EST
  by Phil

• BLUBBER BOOM

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  Thanks to Mike [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:34pm EST
  by Phil

• Basescu beats Communists in Romania

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  Incumbent President Traian Basescu was headed for victory in a tight presidential runoff in Romania, election authorities said Monday, in a race Romanians hope will pull the country out of its worst political and economic crisis in 20 years. With 99.13 percent of the [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 4:46pm EST
  by Phil

• The Weather Channel is practically useless anymore

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 2
  So we have this huge winter weather system coming across the U.S. and the Shenandoah Valley is expecting sleet, snow, and freezing rain ... so I turn on The Weather Channel after lunch to get the latest ... and they are running some pre-recorded program that is supposed to be [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 3:01pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Valley: Ice and freezing rain in forecast

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 2
  Winter weather continues in the Shenandoah Valley as the weatherman warns of impending icy precipitation late this afternoon changing to freezing rain with "significant icing" possible.
  
  Ouch.
  
  The sky is overcast and temperature at mid-day stands at 38 degrees as we prepare just in case the "significant icing" [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 12:14pm EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Dolly Wants Kristen

  —Yankee Philip

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  Dolly Parton and Kristen Chenoweth
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Dolly Parton stated she was at work creating a new musical based on her life.
  “I’ve been working on my life story as [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 11:45am EST
  by Phil

• In Response to David Plouffe's WHINNNNNNNNE

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Estimated ship date for this item: December 14, 2009
  Going Rogue: An American Life - Sarah Palin
  Quantity: 1 - In Stock - Eligible for Amazon Prime shipping rates
  Condition: New
  Sold by: Amazon.com, LLC
  
  Sarah Please Thank David Plouffe for this book sale.[...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:44am EST
  by Phil

• 911 call of a woman protecting herself.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Riveting, Sad, but Real
  
  Not only is this poor woman put through the wringer, it sounds like the guy breaking in was out of his gourd: They didn’t know each other, yet he was screaming threats and resorted to throwing patio furniture through the back door to get in. [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:25am EST
  by Phil

• Idiot Arrested Tomato attack on Palin

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 1
  Minnesota man Misses
  Fox News: Neither tomato came close hitting the former 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee, but did hit a police officer in the face.
  The Minnesota Twins Pitching was 23rd in the league last year. Maybe that's why the idiot, Jeremy Olsen, missed by 10 feet. He [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:18am EST
  by Phil

• Latest Newsbusted

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 10:06am EST
  by Phil

• Each is unique ... each has his own talent

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 1
  I love this ad because it shows that we are not a cookie-cutter society ... we come in all shapes and sizes and abilities ... each is unique ... each has his own talent. [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• RPV honors Mike Thomas

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 0
  Mike at Saturday's RPV luncheon at the Advance.
  
  Congratulation to Mike Thomas, 1st Vice Chairman of RPV's Central Committee, who was honored at the 2009 Republican Advance by having the "Volunteer of the Year" award named after him, something he jokingly said usually happens [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 9:33am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Snow-covered Valley....

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 1
  "Albert," our snow-flocked spruce tree.
  
  The neighbors' snowman, a little melted, greeted us.
  
  

  As soon as we topped Afton Mountain on I-64, everything was white. This rural road taking us home was clear but' [...]

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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 8:19am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Harry Reid Is a Moron

  —From On High

  Often speculated.  Now proven to be a fact.  The man is an idiot:
  Reid Compares Opponents of Health Care Reform to Supporters of Slavery
  FOXNews.com
  
  Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid took his GOP-blasting rhetoric to a new level Monday, comparing Republicans who oppose health care reform to lawmakers [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:36am EST
  

• The Lipstick Is Off The Pig

  —From On High

  With each passing day, more and more Americans are coming to the realization that they've been hustled.
  
  Hope and Change?  Well, they're having "change" shoved down their throats, to be sure.  And they are not liking it.
  
  Gallup has Obama's popularity at 47% and plummeting:
  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 6:21am EST
  

• Gov't vs. The People

  —From On High

  I find myself rereading the Declaration of Independence this morning.  Out of a sense of self-defense:
  That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:46am EST
  

• Quote of the Day

  —From On High

  From the Wall Street Journal editorial team:
  
  "President Obama has promised an 83% cut in U.S. greenhouse gas emissions (from their 2005 level) by 2050. But such extravagant pledges are only possible when everyone knows they won't happen."
  
  "The Copenhagen Concoction," December 8, 2009' [...]
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 5:44am EST
  

• WHINNNNNNNNE, WHINNNNNNNNE Says David Plouffe

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  BUY SARAH'S BOOK TODAY 12/8.
  SPREAD THE WORD ! ! ! !
  POST THIS ON YOUR BLOG ! ! !
  POST IT ON FB
  
  ' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:19pm EST
  by Phil

• Troop has it's own Website now ! ! !

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  

  Boy Scouts of America

  Troop 86, New Hope VA

  Welcome to our Website!

  
  [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:49pm EST
  by Phil

• Obama cuts Hanukkah party in 1/2, but still 50,000 guests at White House Parties this month.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  Such BALONEY ! ! !
  They say they want to be more "intimate"
  The White House is attributing their Hanukkah cutbacks to the supposed "intimacy" of a 400-guest party versus an 800-guest party. I've never hosted a party of either size, so I can't really [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 5:29pm EST
  by Phil

• Jimmy Clausen,Golden Tate, say adios to the Irish

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  
  
  
  Following the advice of deposed Irish coach Charlie Weis, Jimmy Clausen has decided to forgo his senior season and enter this April's draft. Rated as perhaps the top quarterback in this year's class, he is believed to be coveted by St. Louis, Cleveland [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:20pm EST
  by Phil

• Key global climate talks begin in Copenhagen, but........

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Almost 100 heads of state have confirmed they will attend the 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties, or COP15, which begins Monday in the Danish capital.
  
  The summit is testing the capacity limits of the Bella Center, a sprawling conference building outside the city center where the talks [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:13pm EST
  by Phil

• Are you a racist?

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Is Reid right?
  [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 3:10pm EST
  by Phil

• The gas royalty series in the Bristol paper

  —SW Virginia law blog

  Here are parts one and two of what is said to be an eight-part series by Daniel Gilbert detailing some inequities in the Virginia law pertaining to royalties for natural gas and coalbed methane.
  
  The escrow statute for recovering escroyed royalties for coalbed methane is Va. [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 2:58pm EST
  

• Reid is a Disgraceful Disgusting A**hole.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Senator Reid is OFFENSIVE.
  He needs to apologize to every American who opposes the Socialism of Obamacare.
  [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 1:41pm EST
  by Phil

• Time to Contact Senators Warner and Webb

  —StrictlyVA

  Number of comments: 0
  Don't Let Them Vote 'Absent' Again...
  
  
  Our two Senators were conspicuously absent during the healtcare debate earlier this year.
  
  Once again our Senators need to hear from you! You need to remind them that we in Virginia' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 12:08pm EST
  by Bob K.

• Contact Webb and Warner.

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  Tell them to vote NO
  
  
  
  H/T Swacgirl
  Contact Webb
  Contact Warner [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:45am EST
  by Phil

• PETA's Angels..... But just remember what PETA Really does to animals

  —Yankee Philip

  Number of comments: 0
  The Message is Good.
  Not the Organization Pushing It.
  
  
  Joanna Krupa danced her way into America's hearts this season on ABC's Dancing With the Stars. She's made it clear that she would rather go naked than wear fur. Now, the internationally recognized model [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:29am EST
  by Phil

• Webb & Warner ... contact and ask to vote "no" on health care bill

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 1
  Fourteen senators hold the fate of America in their hands ... 14 senators who could be the difference in not passing the mammoth socialized health care bill.
  
  Virginia's own Sens. Webb and Warner are two of the 14 as noted in this video. Please let them know -- [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:16am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Pearl Harbor attacked 68 years ago today ... may we never forget

  —SWAC Girl

  Number of comments: 0
  Encore post from December 7, 2008....
  
  On a Sunday 68 years ago America was viciously attacked in a way that would not occur again until 9/11/01. It is remembered as Pearl Harbor Day ... and I thought this would be a good opportunity to ask my parents what they [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 9:05am EST
  by SWAC Girl

• Quote of the Day

  —From On High

  From Glenn Reynolds:
  HOT AIR AND CARBON: Copenhagen climate summit: 1,200 limos, 140 private planes and caviar wedges.
  
  I’ll believe it’s a crisis when the people who tell me it’s a crisis start acting like it’s a crisis.
  I wouldn't hold my breath.
  
  What environmentally-conscious friend' [...]
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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 7:59am EST