What the…? A Virginia man who admitted Monday to coating his motel room with the contents of 14 jars of petroleum jelly in May will have to pay $3,886 for damages to the motel. Robert F. Chamberlain, 45, of McLean, was sentenced by Broome County Judge Patrick H. Mathews Monday to three years of probation. …
Monthly Archives: December 2004
Try the veal.
I heard a great joke today. Q: If you find a Virginia Tech graduate on your doorstep, how do you get rid of him? A: Pay for the pizza. Actually, I heard it the other way around (“If you find a UVa graduate…”), but it’s really just not funny that way.
Clandestine operation created vote-switching software.
I have absolutely no idea if this is credible, but it’s certainly gotten my attention: According to a notarized affidavit signed by Clint Curtis, while he was employed by the NASA Kennedy Space Center contractor, Yang Enterprises, Inc., during 2000, [Florida Republican Representative Tom] Feeney solicited him to write a program to “control the vote.” …
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Virginia Republicans settle eavesdropping lawsuit.
In a huge last-minute settlement, averting an embarrassing trial, the Republican Party of Virginia has settled the eavesdropping lawsuit brought against them by 33 Democratic plaintiffs. A two-day federal trial was set to begin on Thursday that would have seen Attorney General (and gubernatorial candidate) Jerry Kilgore having to take the witness stand. The case …
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Fox News, Clear Channel team up. Just two horsemen to go.
Kilgore attacks Kaine. Kaine whines.
From yesterday’s Richmond Times-Dispatch, on the Virginia governor’s race: Republican Attorney General Jerry W. Kilgore yesterday labeled Democratic Lt. Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, his likely opponent for governor in 2005, as “John Kerry with a Richmond address.” Outlining what may be a major attack theme of his campaign for governor, Kilgore said Kaine, like Kerry, …
Media Week: 99.8% of FCC complaints are filed by the Parents Television Council
WP: 88% of teens who take “virginity pledges” have premarital sex.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26623-2004Dec1.html
Jerry Falwell on choosing sexuality.
On an interview with Hardball last week: FALWELL: I think all behavior is chosen. […] MATTHEWS: Did you choose to be heterosexual? FALWELL: I did. […] MATTHEWS: And you had to decide between boys and girls. And you chose girls. FALWELL: I never had to decide. I never thought about it.