September 5, 1972 – we remember
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Yossef Gutfreund, wrestling referee Moshe Weinberg, wrestling coach Yossef Romano, weightlifter Kehat Shorr, sharpshooting coach Amitzur Shapir, track and field coach Andre Spitzer, fencing master Yakov Springer, weightlifting judge Eliezer Halfin, wrestler Mark Slavin, wrestler David Berger, weightlifter Ze'ev Friedman, weightlifter If you do not recognize their names, you should. They died as a result of a terrorist attack. 11 members of the Israeli Olympic team. Two killed by Black September, Romano and Weinberg. The rest killed during the failed rescue attempt
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Good news for the Taliban
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It seems that the manufactured controversy over the Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan is doing wonders for at least one interested party -- the Taliban! This according to a no less knowledgeable source than...the Taliban itself. Newsweek quotes "Taliban operative Zabihullah" as saying: By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor...It's providing us with more recruits, donations and popular support. A true propaganda bonanza that "now heads the list of talking points in Taliban meetings with fighters, villagers, and potential recruits." Says Zabihullah: "The more mosques you stop the more jihadis we will get."
Good news for the Taliban
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It seems that the manufactured controversy over the Islamic Center in Lower Manhattan is doing wonders for at least one interested party -- the Taliban! This according to a no less knowledgeable source than...the Taliban itself. Newsweek quotes "Taliban operative Zabihullah" as saying: By preventing this mosque from being built, America is doing us a big favor...It's providing us with more recruits, donations and popular support. A true propaganda bonanza that "now heads the list of talking points in Taliban meetings with fighters, villagers, and potential recruits." Says Zabihullah: "The more mosques you stop the more jihadis we will get."
Democracy vs. Republic, Foul Pole vs. "Fair Pole"
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Over at the Coffee Party website , Annabel Park refutes the ridiculous notion that America isn't big enough to be both "a representative democracy and a republic." Annabel explains: The whole meme that we are not a democracy but a republic is based on a distortion and diminution of the concept of democracy into a single, abstract form of it: a direct and pure democracy. Yes, we do not have THAT form of a democracy. We don't go to the polls to make every single governmental decision.
Democracy vs. Republic, Foul Pole vs. "Fair Pole"
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Over at the Coffee Party website , Annabel Park refutes the ridiculous notion that America isn't big enough to be both "a representative democracy and a republic." Annabel explains: The whole meme that we are not a democracy but a republic is based on a distortion and diminution of the concept of democracy into a single, abstract form of it: a direct and pure democracy. Yes, we do not have THAT form of a democracy. We don't go to the polls to make every single governmental decision.
"I don’t see how he’s going to get it past"
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Another day, another spelling mistake by the Washington Post . McDonnell is scheduled to unveil his plan for ABC privatization next week. Howell said she continues to hear skepticism from fellow Democrats and some Republicans about the governor's claim that his plan will fully replace the annual revenue the state now receives from its 332 liquor stores. "I don't see how he's going to get it past," she said. Past, passed, whatever (or maybe, as Faulkner said, "The past is never dead
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President Obama: "Honoring the American Worker"
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The full transcript is here .
Robert Hurt: So Committed To Outsourcing Jobs…
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It Matters.
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(Originally posted at Daily Kos ) I want to share with each and every one of you how I will be spending this coming Sunday, September 5th 2010. I'll be knocking on doors .
It Matters.
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(Originally posted at Daily Kos ) I want to share with each and every one of you how I will be spending this coming Sunday, September 5th 2010. I'll be knocking on doors .
Liars, Inc & Their Adoring/Fawning Corporate Media Fans
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Yes, Glenn Beck was caught in a lie (video above), but what's one lie among thousands left unrefuted?
The Temper Tantrum Election
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Eugene Robinson nails it in his opinion piece in today's (3 Sept 2010) Washington Post when the headline says "We're spoiled brats, and we vote." He acknowledges that every poll and pundit worth his salt is predicting a Republican wave in
Jan Brewer. Anti-Immigrant Demagogue. Imbecile.
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Ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the leader of the anti-immigrant movement in this country. Yes, she's an imbecile, and yes she's completely off her rocker, but just ignore all that and...oh forget it! P.S. Even more lunacy after the "flip," this time on supposed "immigrant beheadings" (what next, aliens with anal probes?). P.P.S. I wonder if Corey Stewart, Ken Cuccinelli, and the other anti-immigrant heroes here in Virginia believe in the "immigrant beheadings" insanity as well
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Bob McDonnell’s Great "Privatization" Plan? Raise Taxes on Bars and Restaurants!
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I'm sure that this will go over really well with Bob McDonnell's base. Restaurants and bars that buy liquor from state stores now would have to pay for the privilege of buying directly from private wholesalers under a privatization plan being prepared for unveiling by Gov. Bob McDonnell next week. McDonnell is counting on restaurants and bars for as much as $38 million a year as part of a complex package of taxes and fees designed to make up the revenue now generated by Virginia's state liquor monopoly. The money would come from a new 4 percent tax that would be imposed on drinks sold in restaurants or bars , according to sources familiar with the plan
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University of Mary Washington Sophomore Teaches Gov. McDonnell a Lesson
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For more, including a transcript of the exchange between University of Mary Washington sophomore and environmental studies student Abbie Rogers and Gov. Bob McDonnell, click here . Great stuff; go Abbie!
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"The Job’s Not Done Tour" Comes to Virginia
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Good stuff, courtesy of the BlueGreen Alliance . SPRINGFIELD, VA - A bus tour highlighting the potential to create good American jobs by passing comprehensive clean energy and climate change legislation in the U.S. Senate stopped by the Re/Build Warehouse in Springfield, Virginia, today to urge Senators Warner and Webb to support action on comprehensive legislation that will create and save millions of American, clean energy jobs, including up to 50,000 jobs in Virginia . "Nearly 1 out of 10 Americans are still out of work and we need action now to create and preserve millions of jobs across the country," said Lindsay Patterson, President of USW Local 404 of Philadelphia.
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Computer Crashes and Sweetheart Contracts
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It's now been over a week since the once-ballyhooed, privatized state computer system crashed, a mess caused by a malfunctioning storage unit in Richmond. The unit has been repaired, but, as anyone who has ever dealt with a hard drive crash knows on a small scale, the work in getting everything back in order still goes on, while state business doesn't get done very well.
Now THIS Is a Good Ad
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How about more ads like this one by Glenn Nye, touting the hard work he's doing for his district, instead of ads attacking his own party and its leaders? C'mon, it's not so hard!
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NLS Live Blogs Cooch’s Taxpayer-Funded "Town Hall"
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I'm following Ken Cuccinelli's wildly inappropriate and unethical , taxpayer-funded, political "town hall" meeting in Rocky Mountain at NLS's Twitter feed . Here are a few "highlights," to use the word loosely, so far. Thanks to Ben for the excellent coverage, by the way! *"Wow, huge crowd, I have to go in the overflow room. Must be 200+ people here" *"Wow, they are introducing Republican party officials for applause at a town hall paid for by the state." *"Cooch just said 'from the dark side' when intro speaker said he was from Fairfax." *"Poindexter claiming VA passed HC Freedom Act in response to federal bill that was passed. actually 2 month earlier" *"Ken says he is here to discuss federal legislation that will raise electricity costs.
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Who Needs the General Assembly When You’ve Got Ken Cuccinelli?
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Slate has an interesting take on Ken Cuccinelli's time as AG so far (In Ken We Trust: Why do Ken Cuccinelli's legal opinions always match his personal ambitions?). It's really interesting to see the national take on all this since we're somewhat used to it in Virginia. What Slate starts to get at (but I think ultimately misses) is that Cuccinelli isn't just using the law to push an agenda--he actually believes that his agenda and the law are not distinct things.
Here Comes Hurricane Earl
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For more information on Hurricane Earl, check out the National Hurricane Center and the National Weather Service websites.
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Here Comes Hurricane Earl
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Rick Boucher Ad Defines "Non Sequitur"
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According to Merriam Webster , "non sequitur" can be defined as "a statement (as a response) that does not follow logically from or is not clearly related to anything previously said." Well, Merriam Webster's got nothing on Rick Boucher, who provides a perfect, video definition of "non sequitur" in this ad. So, let's get this straight: Rick Boucher has Southwest Virginia values, and " that's why he voted against the health care law" and is "a leader in the bipartisan effort to balance the budget." There's just one problem with that reasoning, namely that the health care law and increased federal spending both disproportionately help relatively low-income, net-recipient-of-federal-money areas like Southwest Virginia. Also, as the Bureau of Labor Statistics illustrates, Southwest Virginia has among the highest unemployment rates (11.3% in Radford City, 11.6% in Smyth County, 11.4% in Grayson County, 11.2% in Patrick County, etc.) in the Commonwealth. How would cutting back on federal spending or making it harder for people to get health care coverage improve conditions in this region?
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President Obama Restarts Arab-Israeli Peace Talks
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Since I'm sure the Obama bashers out there, on both left and right, will not give him credit for the great work he and his Secretary of State have been doing since they took office to restart stalled, Arab-Israeli peace talks, I just wanted to say, "thank you!"
Warming Threatens Jamestown, Chincoteague, Shenandoah
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Reports USA Today's Green House : Human-caused climate change threatens to flood Jamestown, the first permanent European settlement in what became the American colonies and the United States, says a report Wednesday by environmental groups. Jamestown Island, the site of the original 1607 settlement, is low enough to be inundated by rising seas and tidal waters -- even if the waters do not rise as much by 2100 as scientists predict, according to the report by Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and the Colorado-based Rocky Mountain Climate Organization. "Climate change poses the greatest risk our National Parks have ever faced," says Theo Spencer, senior advocate of NRDC's Climate Center. He says Jamestown, along with two other parks, attracts six million visitors each year who spend more than $200 million and support 4,000 Virginia jobs. The report (PDF) says the other two parks also face grave risks: Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge could lose its beach and Shenandoah National Park could see it brilliant fall colors muted by air pollution and encroaching pine trees .
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Best Headline Ever? "Virginia State Judge Screws the Cooch"
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If you're not a fan of Ken Kookinelli, you've gotta love this headline by "Above the Law" - "Virginia State Judge Screws the Cooch." Not bad, not bad at all, definitely one of the best headlines I've seen in a long time, what do you think? By the way, I find it fascinating that even though this writer admits, "I don't care at all about the environment" (and finds anthropogenic global warming to be "such a boring story"), he is nonetheless forced to conclude to conclude that "The Cooch is tripping." With regard to Cooch's "latest...crusde," "Above the Law" adds, "It appears that The Cooch is on a mission from God, and this latest obstacle will do nothing to deter him ."
If Cuccinnelli Cared About Consumer Protection
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He'd take the lead on combating the fraud of the new "professional" credit cards. There'd be a hard look at lending practices that allow the payday and refund lending industry to exceed the maximum interest limits. The Attorney General's website would show him instead of Bob McDonnell as Attorney General . The last Consumer Alert of the Month wouldn't be December 2009. The link to the "Nigerian Bank Account Scams" would not take the user to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) webpage where another link must be selected; it would link to the SEC page for the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud.
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He'd take the lead on combating the fraud of the new "professional" credit cards. There'd be a hard look at lending practices that allow the payday and refund lending industry to exceed the maximum interest limits. The Attorney General's website would show him instead of Bob McDonnell as Attorney General . The last Consumer Alert of the Month wouldn't be December 2009.
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If Cuccinnelli Cared About Consumer Protection
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He'd take the lead on combating the fraud of the new "professional" credit cards. There'd be a hard look at lending practices that allow the payday and refund lending industry to exceed the maximum interest limits. The Attorney General's website would show him instead of Bob McDonnell as Attorney General . The last Consumer Alert of the Month wouldn't be December 2009. The link to the "Nigerian Bank Account Scams" would not take the user to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) webpage where another link must be selected; it would link to the SEC page for the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud.
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If Cuccinnelli Cared About Consumer Protection
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He'd take the lead on combating the fraud of the new "professional" credit cards. There'd be a hard look at lending practices that allow the payday and refund lending industry to exceed the maximum interest limits. The Attorney General's website would show him instead of Bob McDonnell as Attorney General . The last Consumer Alert of the Month wouldn't be December 2009. The link to the "Nigerian Bank Account Scams" would not take the user to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) webpage where another link must be selected; it would link to the SEC page for the Nigerian Advance Fee Fraud
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Gerry Connolly "slugged and road?" The Post Continues Its Sad Decline
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The once great newspaper known as the Washington Post continues its sad decline into illiteracy and irrelevancy. [Connolly] has also taken the Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission's commuter bus, slugged and road with a constituent from Bristow into the district on what a Census Bureau report said last year is the longest average commute in the country. Uh guys, it's "r-o-d-e," as in past tense of the verb "r-i-d-e."
Is It Time for a "Transpartisan Dialogue" Over "Coffee?"
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At this point, after watching the "Party of No" and the "Tea Party" in action since Barack Obama's election (and, really, during the entire Bush presidency), I'm highly skeptical that Coffee Party founder Annabel Park's suggestion of "transpartisan dialogue" will prove to be worthwhile. How can you "dialogue" with people who create their own "facts," who are impervious to empirical evidence (e.g., the overwhelming science of global warming), who hold ignorant and bigoted views (Islamophobic, xenophobic, homophobic, key word "phobic") of their fellow citizens, who hold Democracy itself - and "dialogue," for that matter - in contempt? I mean, I wish Annabel luck, and if anyone can do it she probably can; seriously, the woman's a force of nature. And maybe, just maybe, a movement of rational, culturally diverse, fact-based, solutions-oriented, and non-partisan (rather than hyper-partisan to the point of blindness) people, opening a "transpartisan" dialogue over "coffee" with the non-crazy elements of the Republican/Tea Party coalition, can win the day in 2010 America.
Economic Sabotage: Why Republicans Need Dialysis
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Let's acknowledge up front that Republicans do not want the economy to improve, at least not until after the mid-term elections, if then.
Barack Obama: "Operation Iraqi Freedom is over"
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"But this milestone should serve as a reminder to all Americans that our future is ours to shape if we move forward with confidence and commitment. It should also serve as a message to the world that the United States of America intends to sustain and strengthen our leadership in this young century." *** "At every turn, America's men and women in uniform have served with courage and resolve. As Commander-in-Chief, I am proud of their service. Like all Americans, I am awed by their sacrifice, and by the sacrifices of their families." More speech excerpts after the "flip" "Tonight, I am announcing that the American combat mission in Iraq has ended. Operation Iraqi Freedom is over, and the Iraqi people now have lead responsibility for the security of their country
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Jeff Schapiro: Will McDonnell Do A "Strategic Retreat" on Liquor Privatization?
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Another great video diary by Jeff Schapiro of the Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Senator Webb on the Withdrawal of American Combat Troops from Iraq
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Sen. Webb issued the following statement a short while ago. After more than seven years of operations and countless rounds of troop rotations, I am heartened today by the President's confirmation of the end of the U.S. combat mission in Iraq and his stated intention to withdraw all our troops by the end of 2011.
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They Surround Us – Sum of Change Takes on the Crowd at Glenn Beck’s 828 Restoring Honor Rally in DC
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cross-posted from Sum of Change We have already posted several telling interviews from our filming at Glenn Beck's 828 Restoring Honor Rally , but we haven't yet posted our most emotional, interactive, and intense experiences. Towards the end of our day downtown, we stopped to chat with some folks from the crowd- as we did throughout the day. When we began our interview with Madonna from Indiana, we were in the exact center of a circular cement area that is the entrance way to the World War II Memorial. Our conversation started with Madonna, the only person in her group of 5 or so who decided to stop and chat with us.
DPVA: "Tax payers beware, Mr. Cuccinelli is wasting your money"
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Are you sitting down? I hope so, because this is going to shock you. That's right, the Democratic Party of Virginia, which was last seen boarding a Greyhound bus to parts unknown, never to be heard from again, has actually issued a press release! . I told you I hoped you were sitting down.
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Scenes from the Arlington County Fair
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Ah, summer in what certain Republicans refer to as "Communist Country!" Wait, I didn't know that Kim Jong-il was into funnel cakes, ice cold lemonade, corn dogs and Ferris wheels.
Sowing The Seeds of Red Virginia
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The McDonnell-Cuccinelli antics add to the fog that provides cover for the unfounded ramblings of the Goodlattes of Virginia. Unchallenged by Democrats, these anecdotes become embedded in the electorate's world view. That won't change anything in the 6th District this year. But they wash over Virginia for 2011 and beyond.
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Bon Voyage to Sen. Webb’s Communications Director, Jessica Smith
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Yesterday, I got word that Jim Webb's Communications Director, Jessica Smith, is leaving her job after 4 years with "Team Webb" (she started with the Webb campaign in 2006, which is where I first got to know her) to take a Schedule C position with the Department of Justice. There, Jessica writes, she will "focus on civil rights issues, and among other tasks...provide communications support for the 93 U.S. Attorneys across the country." That's great news for the Department of Justice, and I wish Jessica the best of luck in her new position. By the way, in 2007, Jessica was named one of the "50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol Hill" for her "porcelain skin and brilliant smile," "flame-red hair and whip-smart bearing." That's not a bad combination of traits to team with top-notch professionalism, diligence, loyalty, etc. Again, good luck to Jessica! P.S.
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Hey, Perriello! Stop Taking Credit for Averting Depression!
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The Danville Register & Bee finally takes on a question we've all been asking ourselves: What's with all these Democrats trying to take credit for the economic recovery package helping avert another Great Depression ? Rep. Tom Perriello, he of the shoe in the cowpie campaign commercial, really stepped in it last week. Perriello, under fire for his vote in favor of the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act, said the stimulus prevented another Great Depression. "The Recovery Act helped avert a Great Depression that was looming when I was sworn in, and has put our country on a solid road to economic growth," Perriello said.
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Wait, Wasn’t Bob McDonnell Just Rewarding These Guys?
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I could have sworn that just a few months ago, Bob McDonnell was heaping praise - not to mention taxpayer dollars by the boatload - on Northrop Grumman for moving around 300 jobs to Virginia. Of course, a few months later, it turned out that Northrop Grumman could taketh away (laying off 330 people at Fort Eustis) just as they could giveth (supposedly 300 jobs coming our way, at a cost of $12-$14 million to Virginia taxpayers).
New Left Media Goes to Glenn Beck’s Rally
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To quote New Left Media: While the speaker list was diverse, the overwhelmingly white crowd expressed paranoid and conspiratorial fears of multiculturalism-that atheists or black liberation theologists or radical Muslims or "free-loading" Latinos were going to ruin our country . There was the constant suggestion that white Christians and their way of life are somehow under assault, and that the attendees of this rally were here to put an end to it and return the country to what it used to be. Utter ignorance and insanity. The question is, how does the New Left Media interviewer (Chase Whiteside) manage to not completely lose his mind talking to these people? Impressive
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Cuccinelli Loses Another Battle in War on Science
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A judge has set aside Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's subpoena of climate science documents from the University of Virginia: Judge Paul M. Peatross Jr. ruled (PDF) that Cuccinelli can investigate whether fraud has occured in university grants, as the attorney general had
Five Years Later: "A Commitment to Restoring New Orleans"
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"President Obama speaks about the efforts New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have made to recover in the five years since Hurricane Katrina and talks of his Administration's commitment to restore the area in the wake of Katrina and the BP Oil Spill. August 29, 2010."
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Five Years Later: "A Commitment to Restoring New Orleans"
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"President Obama speaks about the efforts New Orleans and the Gulf Coast have made to recover in the five years since Hurricane Katrina and talks of his Administration's commitment to restore the area in the wake of Katrina and the BP Oil Spill. August 29, 2010."
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"Carnivoil" Comes to Richmond Tomorrow
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Courtesy of Environment Virginia . 'CarnivOil' Comes to Richmond, Celebrating the Greatest Addiction on Earth Big Oil: Keeping America dependent on oil for 150 years and celebrating victory over Virginia's clean energy future Richmond, Va. - The U.S. Senate's failure to pass a clean energy and climate bill this summer, coupled with the continued push to block new clean air standards, is reason to celebrate if you profit from America's oil addiction. Highlighting Big Oil's stranglehold on Washington, we present "CarnivOil": the Greatest Addiction on Earth - a celebration of America's addiction to oil with an outdoor midway-style carnival complete with games, concessions, and some Big Oil-style celebrating
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Major Hurricane to Hit Virginia Later This Week?
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From the National Hurricane Center . BASED ON AIRCRAFT AND SATELLITE FIXES...THE INITIAL MOTION ESTIMATE REMAINS 285/13.
Whipple Clips Dozen: Monday Morning
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Thanks to Tom Whipple for the Monday "Clips." 1. GOVERNOR TO HOLD TOWN HALL IN DANVILLE 2. GRIFFITH BAITS BOUCHER, WANTS DEBATE IN PUBLIC FORUMS 3. GLITCH TO BLOCK DRIVER'S LICENSE PROCESSING AT DMVS 5. NEW VIRGINIA MENTAL HEALTH HOSPITAL ALMOST READY 8.
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