I am informed by Catherine Turner of the SWVA Tea Party that Abingdon has decided NOT to renew their ICLEI membership! Good afternoon Mr. Macbeth. I understand from Cecile that you have requested to be on the November Council agenda to discuss the status of the Town’s membership in ICLEI. In that regard, please note that I did not renew the Town’s membership for the upcoming year due to our lack of use of the carbon foot printing software that was available to us through ICLEI. Accordingly, Abingdon is not a member for the upcoming year. Let me know if this adequately addresses the inquiry that you have relative to this issue. [...]
Looks like, Lord willing, I intend to live blog the 2011 Election! Here’s the races I want to cover and I also will consider other races if my readers will offer good, cogent reasons for covering a particular race: All 40 state senate races – we’ll cover closely those that are slated to be close unless something happens dramatically. All six contested Hanover Board of Supervisor races The Commonwealth’s Attorney in Henrico The Commonwealth’s Attorney in Orange (my friend Gil Berger is running there) The Commonwealth’s Attorney in Buchanan (my friend Gerald Arrington is running there) BOCS in James City County – Mary Jones who stood up against ICLEI and has a opponent (including the opposition of the local media) BOCS in Albemarle County – Supervisor Boyd has a pro-ICLEI opponent BOCS in Loudoun County – some good conservative/liberal races and ICLEI is a factor here too! House of Delegates 13 – Bob Marshall’s seat – my old delegate when I lived in Woodbridge The Ohio initiatives on public unions Tom White will be out in the party circuit and may have news he’ll phone in to me! So, stay right here with Virginia Right for your election night coverage! [...]
There was a framed single-panel comic that hung in the hallway just outside of the Executive Director’s office at the abortion clinic where I used to work: it was a pen-and-ink drawing of an umbrella bucket next to the entrance of an office building with a picket sign in it that read, “STOP ABORTION” in [...]
Republican presidential hopeful Rick Perry appeared at a conservative event Friday night and touted his pro-life views, saying he supports de-funding the nation’s biggest abortion business and urging Republicans to stand for pro-life values. “As conservatives we believe in the sanctity of life,” Perry told 500 activists gathered for a conservative event, according to the [...]
A “street poet.” And so it goes. My annoyance here is due to the fact the media went out of its way to portray the Tea Party as physically and psychologically unattractive — ha ha, look at these old nasty… [...]
The Planned Parenthood abortion business has been caught misleading Mississippi residents about the availability of the birth control pill should state residents approve Amendment 26 this November. The ballot proposal has the state of Mississippi defining the beginning of human life as at conception. The pro-life group Live Action responded to public claims from Planned [...]
Fun fact: Chiefs placekicker Ryan Succop (say it out loud) was the last man chosen in the 2009 draft…. [...]
Arizona busts massive Mexican drug smuggling operation (video here ) Virginia Tice, a spokeswoman for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said the smugglers succeeded at first because they had established control over an 80-mile stretch of the border from Yuma to Sells, Ariz. “They had gained a virtual monopoly over a swath of the Arizona border,” she said. Tice said investigators believe some of those arrested are U.S.-based bosses in the Sinaloa cartel. [...]
**Written by Doug Powers The “jobs bill by executive order piecemeal” initiative continues : This afternoon, in yet another executive action intended to boost the economy, President Obama signs an executive order that addresses prescription drug shortages. The signing marks yet another move in the president’s “we can’t wait” campaign to grow the economy through unilateral actions while his $447 jobs bill remains stalled in Congress. The president will direct the Food and Drug Administration to take steps to further reduce and prevent drug shortages, and price gouging. For some reason I’ve got a feeling that prescription drug prices are about to rise. **Written by Doug Powers Twitter @ThePowersThatBe [...]
Members of Congress will hold three days of hearings related to China’s one-child policy next week and the human rights abuses such as forced abortions and sterilizations that accompany it. Chai Ling, founder of humanitarian organization All Girls Allowed and a former Tiananmen Square activist, informed LifeNews of the hearings, which will spotlight the coercive [...]
I guess this means he won’t be putting to use the quirky clause ? Having created a record-breaking $8billion deficit in New Jersey, Jon Corzine moved on to do what he does best: MF Global, firm run by ex-Goldman head Jon Corzine, files for bankruptcy protection MF Global Holdings Ltd., the securities firm run by former New Jersey Governor and Goldman Sachs head Jon Corzine, is seeking bankruptcy protection one week after reporting its biggest-ever quarterly loss. MF Global shares plunged 66 percent last week. Besides the loss of $186.6 million for the fiscal second quarter, investors were spooked when MF Global’s debt was downgraded to junk status. Cry not for Corzine, he’ll Get $12 Million Severance from Company He Bankrupted ; not bad for less than two years’ work. [...]
The government’s continuing failure to address our nation’s gut-wrenching unemployment stems from a fundamental disagreement over how jobs are created in the first place. We are now [...]
President Obama And 405 House Members Support 3% Withholding Tax Relief; When Will Senate Dems Schedule A Vote? WHITE HOUSE: ‘Would Reduce A Burden… Create Jobs’ [...]
Canadians are perceived to be more supportive of legalized abortion than their American neighbors, but a new poll released by LifeCanada today shows 72 percent want to see more legal protections in place for unborn children. LifeCanada commissioned Environics Research to conduct a national survey about the attitude of Canadians on abortion — at a [...]
Remember how the MSM was (rightly) outraged when some church leaders decided to handle the sex scandal internally. Remember the outrage and the blanket condemnations? Well there [...]
A lot of people tried to get the comedy ball rolling on this general topic but the thread is so contentious (consisting chiefly of people demanding that other people believe things they have no firsthand knowledge about) that the humor… [...]
Well, Huntsman might show up at least. A spokesman for “The View” confirmed that requests have been sent to Republican campaigns but declined to speak further about any interest so far. The debate would take place during the show’s 11… [...]
**Written by Doug Powers The pessimist sees this as taxpayers being out $43 million, but the optimistic green bureaucrat will compare this to Solyndra and tout it as saving taxpayers $492 million. The latest DoE loan recipient to declare bankruptcy is Beacon Power Corp : A Massachusetts company that received a $43 million Energy Department loan guarantee last year filed for bankruptcy Sunday, a step certain to fuel criticism of federal green energy financing in the wake of the solar company Solyndra’s collapse. Beacon Power Corp., which develops energy storage systems, filed for bankruptcy protection in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware. [...]
The Dutch Medical Association is seeking to expand the practice of Euthanasia in the Netherlands to include more people under the “unbearable suffering” that allows physicians to kill patients and the elderly. Dutch Radio Worldwide reports: “Until now, factors such as income or a patient’s social life played almost no role when physicians were considering [...]
Human rights campaigners have launched a new campaign to support Chen Guangcheng, the blind attorney who has stood up to the family planning officials in China who have enforced the one-child policy with forced abortions and sterilizations. In China, in response to two beatings Chen and his family have endured and concerns that the activist [...]
This is a mess. It’s also one of the thorniest questions in vaccination medicine to have surfaced in a long time. From the outset, it must be clear that I am neither endorsing, nor dismissing the question of vaccinating boys. Get a cup of coffee, and let’s kick this one around for a bit. The [...]
Some people are citing this as proof this is a Nothing To See Here, Folks, Move On situation. After all, it was just some completely-innocent gesture: Van Susteren asked what Cain did that led to the accusation. There were reportedly… [...]
News reports say that around 1:00 AM this morning (Halloween!) the city decided to evict the Occupy Richmond group from Kanawha Plaza. Several – the number given is between 12 and 15 – refused to leave and were arrested. The majority obeyed the command to leave. City Police along with State Police conducted the raid. [...]
A few seconds after midnight a baby emerged from the womb of her mother, drew her first breath, and announced her arrival into the world with a tiny cry. This is Baby Seven Billion. Today, 31 October 2011, is her birthday. This day — the day that our planet becomes home to seven billion human [...]
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