I should’ve thought of renting a homecoming date.
BEIJING - A desperate Chinese university student wants to “rent” a girlfriend for 10 days so he can show her off to his parents over the Lunar New Year holiday, state media reported Wednesday.
The physics student, who gave his name as Zhu Lijie, posted a notice on a [...]
The height of the precinct corresponds to the margin of victory. Google Earth is quite a bit of fun.
Results (pdf)
Del. Morgan Griffith’s (R-Salem) HB2422 reported out of the House General Laws committee on a 16-6 vote today. HB2422 would ban smoking in restaurants, except when a restaurant puts up a sign that says “Smoking Permitted”.
What’s the point? All the restaurants with “No Smoking” signs can take them down, and the ones that don’t would [...]
I don’t know what Delegate Dave Albo is doing down in Richmond, but it isn’t impressing me. He looks about as effective as an eggplant, whatever he’s doing. He voted against HB1653 in committee, a bill that would ban smoking in gas stations. Clearly, because 42nd District residents have a right to risk blowing [...]
This Sunday afternoon gave us our first glimpse at some 2007 candidates in action. A respectable crowd gathered at Greenspring Retirement Center for the event. Present were 39th Senate candidates Greg Galligan and George Barker, Lee District Supervisor candidate Jeff McKay, Springfield supervisor candidate Mike McLanahan, and Commonwealth’s Attorney candidate David Miller. Outgoing Lee District [...]
The Cooper Center released this week their latest population estimates for 2006. The biggest story pulled from there was that growth in Virginia continued, but at a slower pace, with exurban counties like Loudoun picking up most of it.
Rather than look at raw population, I think a better indicator of future and current growth is [...]
Everything and anything you could want to know about religion in America.
Senator Barack Obama, 2008 presidential candidate, will be coming to Virginia for two events in the next month:
February 2: Barack Obama will be coming to George Mason University for a rally at the Johnson Center. Doors open at 11:30, Senator Obama is scheduled to speak at 1 PM. I will attempt to ditch chemistry for [...]
What a grouch! Senator Ken Cuccinelli (R-Centreville) has proposed a budget amendment that would eliminate state funding for public radio and television–$3.6 million worth. For someone seemingly so concerned about “family values”, it should be counterintuitive to eliminate one of the few sources of children’s programming parents can stomach.
Maybe Senator Cuccinelli is just worried [...]
