Campaign financing scandal alert! The Bob McDonnell campaign has been getting huge donations from the RLSC. The RLSC is not revealing who, in turn, it’s own doners are until well after the Virginia Election is over. This violates the intent, if not the letter of Virginia’s laws requiring full and solid disclosures of all contributions […]
In case anyone still had doubts that the recent Kilgore advertizing blitz was nothing but a pack of lies, factcheck.org has a detailed exposure of the facts here. Basically it is nothing but a smear campaign. Tim Kaine would use the death penalty to enforce the law, even though he has misgivings about it. The […]
About two weeks ago a brochure arrived in my mailbox from a political candidate. This brochure made me very mad because of the very misleading statements sprinkled all over it. I have been speechless because I was so angry I wanted to settle down before posting about it, and someone far more eloquent than myself […]
Wow – yesterday brought the amazing news that transparent aluminum, as depicted in Star Trek IV (aka: Save the Whales) is close to reality, sort of (they are actually talking about super-strong, transparent ceramics).Topping that, today brings us the news that flexible electronic paper displays, like those described in Neal Stephenson’s “Snow Crash” is closer […]
In general I like the trend amongst advertisers that have finally figured out that dancing is cool! Recently I have seen Michelin tire commercials and BASF commercials with Tango dancing. Now there is this re-make of the old Gene Kelly “Singing in the Rain” number from Volkswagon (Golf GTI Commercial). Pretty awesome dance moves, though […]
So the Virginia State General Election is only a month away. This week is the deadline to register to vote for this election (so if you are not registered, register right now). It is astonishing to me that Jerry “the crook” Kilgore has been able to keep up with Tim Kaine this long. In any […]
Last night we went to see Serenity at WorldGate. For all you Firefly fans out there, it was awesome, though also more than a little sad. “That Evil Joss” pulls off several more of the bait the viewer and then surprise the view stunts he became famous for in the Buffy, Angel, and Firefly TV […]
Today (September 19th) is national “Talk Like a Pirate Day” and ye should all be talkin’ like pirates, or else! Now I’ll swagger over to the grog barrel for more o’ that swill! Anxiously awaiting my letter of marque! Dirty Sam Flint Arrrrr! My pirate name is: Dirty Sam Flint I’m the pirate everyone else […]
Sorry for so many political entries lately, but with only 55 days left until the Virginia State General Elections, I feel it is critical to convey some information. If you have not yet registered to vote, you only have until October 7th to do so! The election is November 8th. Virginians will be electing new […]
I really don’t feel that the recent decision by Federal Court to uphold the president’s right to hold U.S. Citizens without charges indefinitely has shocked enough people. This case amounts to throwing the Bill of Rights (amended into the U.S. Constitution) out the window or down the drain. If our government can hold us in […]
