And I, for one, welcome our new Chinese overlords.
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Hargrove / slavery apology press roundup.
RT-D: Governor Kaine calls Hargrove’s comments “outrageous.” Roanoke Times: Allen, Goode, and Hargrove are all evidence that we need to apologize for slavery. Free Lance-Star: Frank Hargrove shouldn’t give interviews. Virginian-Pilot: Does Hargrove think we should “get over” September 11th? Marc Fisher, WP: Hargrove is basically a nice guy who inadvertently demonstrated why an apology …
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C’ville Democratic training event.
I received an announcement today that some readers might find useful: Paint the state blue: Democratic politics, leadership development and YOU Saturday, March 3rd, 9:30am – 12:30 at Albemarle County Office Building on 1600 5th St Ext Have you ever thought about volunteering on a campaign, joining a local board, or running for office yourself? …
Statewide web-based crime analysis software.
C’ville’s NBC 29: Ten municipal police departments across the state are using a collaborative, web-based crime-mapping tool. It shares local crime data with other localities and the state police, providing incident mapping and trend analysis. The tool, WebCAT, was developed at UVa. I’d love to take this program for a spin. It sounds fantastic. I …
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Goode not looming large in Goodlatte’s office.
Johnny Camacho met with one of Rep. Bob Goodlatte’s staffers to discuss his concerns, and wasn’t entirely happy with what he heard.
Keith Drake suggests that slaves wear 13 pieces of flair.
In a statement, Albemarle County Republican Chairman Keith Drake suggested that the slavery apology resolution should be scrapped, replaced with one in which we express appreciation “to recognize the significant contributions of slaves.” Good job, slaverinos! Keep up the good work! While we’re at it, let’s thank the Jews for their hard work in the …
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Fact check: Climatologists never forecast a coming ice age.
Science deniers like to claim that “they” forecast a new ice age back in the 1970s. The trouble is that “they” weren’t scientists — it was just a couple of articles in popular magazines. Climatologists never said any such thing. So the next time somebody says to you “yeah, well, who knows, since they were …
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AirCongress.
Danny Glover, of Beltway Blogroll, has put together an aggregator of video and audio content by and about Congress, named AirCongress. It’s a clever idea.
Del. Hargrove is in the big tubes now.
Talking Points Memo has picked up the Hargrove story. Ladies and gentlemen, we have national exposure.
Del. Plum discusses secret votes.
Here’s the audio of Del. Ken Plum’s appearance on WINA yesterday discussing his open government bill, HR48. It’s up for a vote on Thursday and, if it passes, the House of Delegates will be barred from holding secret votes to kill bills, as they did with a jaw-dropping 30% of all bills last year.