Friday, September 30th, 2005 – 11:54:52 PM
1st District Rep. Jo Ann S. Davis has been diagnosed with breast cancer.
Friday, September 30th, 2005 – 11:46:03 PM
Through my so far skeletal and barely preliminary month in Spanish 1, I have learned to say some important phrases, such as “Hola” and “ellos idiotas”, but “¿Preguntas?” is key. It means “Are there any questions?”
Do you have a burning question you want to ask our future governor? Have a pet issue yapping for [...]
Friday, September 30th, 2005 – 11:30:34 PM
Kilgore Skips Gubernatorial Debate At GMU
Open up your history books.
In 1980, there was Ronald Reagan, the Republican, and Jimmy Carter, the Democrat. There was a third candidate for president, John Anderson, the Independent. A debate sponsored by the League of Women Voters was to take place on the 21st of September, and the LWV was [...]
Thursday, September 29th, 2005 – 08:17:27 PM
“Using Blogs to Promote Progressive Causes”
Virginia Grassroots Coalition workshop
Saturday, October 8, 10:00 a.m. to 12 noon
Falls Church, Virginia
Blogs (Web logs) can be used to disseminate important news overlooked by the mainstream media, sharpen our thinking and analysis on key issues, help organize events, and raise money. In this workshop you’ll learn more about blogs and [...]
Thursday, September 29th, 2005 – 07:59:54 PM
On this day in history, a whole bunch of nukes went off.
September 29, 1988 China PR performs nuclear test at Lop Nor PRC
September 29, 1982 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
September 29, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya U.S.S.R.
September 29, 1975 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear test
September 29, 1971 U.S. performs nuclear [...]
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 – 10:07:29 PM
Jerry Kilgore issues fusillade
In what undoubtably is a sudden and perhaps temporary loss of lucidity, Jerry Kilgore slammed Mark Warner and Tim Kaine’s reforms to VDOT, when Governing magazine, in rating Virginia the best-run state in the nation, specifically cited VDOT’s improvements. Take a look at the Dashboard, one of Warner’s central reforms, being rewarded [...]
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 – 09:59:20 PM
Never mind extremist wingnuts. This man…nut might be on Virginia’s license plates in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of Jamestown.
God, I can’t make this stuff up.
“What we wanted to do is to bring Mr. Peanut back to life,” said Tom Powell, chairman of the Suffolk Jamestown 2007 Planning Committee.
I can’t tell if this is related [...]
Wednesday, September 28th, 2005 – 11:30:45 AM
If anyone has, offhand, a good topic for a biology research project/science fair, leave it in the comments. So far I have come up with nothing but projects involving mud and weeds.
Monday, September 26th, 2005 – 10:38:39 PM
This one slipped under my nose over the weekend:
Stafford GOP Divided Over…
Divided over what? Supervisor candidate Paul Milde is a convicted felon (cocaine) and therefore won’t be able to vote for himself. Ouch.
hat tip FCDC
[UPDATE: Should have learned to always consult a lawyer before speaking to anyone. Jaded JD in the comments section points this [...]
Monday, September 26th, 2005 – 10:10:41 PM
It seems Republican nominee for Governor Jerry Kilgore is too scared to take a position.
My take on this is that Republicans have a love-hate relationship with Roe v. Wade. They want it overturned, but dread the day it is, because it will force them at the state level to take a strong position on the [...]
