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Archive for August, 2010

Virginia Is For Liquor Lovers: The Case For Privatizing Virginia’s Liquor Industry

by Doug Mataconis @ Tuesday, August 10th, 2010. Filed under Bob McDonnell, Economics, Individual Liberty, Virginia, Virginia Politics

From Reason.tv:

Jack Conway Campaign Worker Poses As Racist Rand Paul Supporter

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 9th, 2010. Filed under 2010 Elections, Democrats, Dumbasses, Elections, Political Parties, Politicos & Pundits, Politics, Rand Paul, Republicans

From this weekend’s Fancy Farm rallies in Kentucky:

Caught. Red Handed.
H/T: Dave Weigel

Today In History

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 9th, 2010. Filed under History

Gerald Ford becomes America’s 38th President after the resignation of Richard Nixon:

Americans Prefer Fantasy To Scientific Literacy

by Doug Mataconis @ Monday, August 9th, 2010. Filed under Evolution vs. ID, Religion, Science

This is just depressing:
When presented with the statement “human beings, as we know them today, developed from earlier species of animals,” just 45 percent of respondents indicated “true.” Compare this figure with the affirmative percentages in Japan (78), Europe (70), China (69) and South Korea (64). Only 33 percent of Americans agreed that “the universe [...]

Judge Napolitano On Wikileaks: The Government Needs To Be Exposed Because The Government Lies To You

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 8th, 2010. Filed under Afghanistan, Foreign Affairs, Individual Liberty, Politics

This is pretty much how I feel about the Wikileaks story:

Twitter, We Have A Problem

by Doug Mataconis @ Sunday, August 8th, 2010. Filed under Internet, Technology, Twitter

Twitter recently added a “Who To Follow” feature on the sidebar of it’s homepage listing people you might want to follow, based mostly on who your own followers are following.
Here’s what came up this morning for me:

Umm, guys………
For the most part this is a reflection of the fact that my followers are rather ideologically [...]

We’re The Government, And You’re Not

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Filed under Humor, Individual Liberty

Teaching Americans to be good citizens in the 21st Century:

Quote Of The Day

by Doug Mataconis @ Thursday, August 5th, 2010. Filed under Gay Marriage, Individual Liberty, Quote Of The Day

“Moral disapproval alone is an improper basis on which to deny rights to gay men and lesbians.”
- Judge Vaughn Walker, Perry v. Schwarzenegger 8/4/2010
Also, I’ve got two posts at OTB about this decision:
Federal Judge Declares California’s Gay Marriage Ban Unconstitutional
The Politics Of The California Gay Marriage Decision

Remember Bob McDonnell’s Budget Surplus ? Yea, It Doesn’t Really Exist

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, August 4th, 2010. Filed under Bob McDonnell, Virginia, Virginia Politics

A few weeks ago, I noted that Governor McDonnell had reported that the state ended the fiscal year with a budget surplus one year after having a massive budget deficit. Well, Bill Wilson at Americans for Limited Government takes a look behind the numbers and discovers it ain’t necessarily so:
Two weeks ago there were cheers [...]

Alex Rodriguez Joins The 600 Home Run Club

by Doug Mataconis @ Wednesday, August 4th, 2010. Filed under Baseball, New York Yankees, Sports

Three years to the day after he hit his 500th home run, with your humble correspondent in attendance, Alex Rodriguez broke a 17 game slump to hit number 600 this afternoon:
As the ball took flight, arcing toward center field, Alex Rodriguez jogged toward first base with his hands outstretched, his palms up. It is the [...]

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