Dropping the Code Words in Ol' Virginnie

Always nice to see a member of the GOP drop all the code word BS and say what we know they're really trying to say. Check it out here

Apparently Congressman Goode does not consider religious freedom to be one of the "principles on which this country was founded" that Americans should be fighting for. It is becoming more and more clear that as Democrats bring funding back to Virginia public schools, they should make sure more money goes to history programs in addition to math and science.

Et tu, Norfolk?

With utter disregard for principals espoused in the enlightened documents upon which our nation was founded, the local elected political heroes of Norfolk, Virginia jumped on the bandwagon of America's new national pastime: flexing political muscle to compel others to your world view.

Starting as early as January, customers, employees, and owners may lose their freedom to smoke in certain specific and targeted private retail establishments, namely restaurants.

Proposal To Force Sex Offenders to Register Email Addresses, IM Aliases

Hmmm... don't I know someone in that AG's office?

Richmond, Va. -- Marking the first legislation of its kind in the nation, convicted sex offenders in Virginia could soon be required to register their email addresses, instant messaging screen names and chat handles into a statewide database. Under the proposal by Attorney General Bob McDonnell, web sites would be able to use the list to block sex offenders, and law enforcement officials could also use it as a tool to fight online predators. "We require all sex offenders to register their physical and mailing addresses in Virginia, but in the 21st century it is just as critical that they register any email addresses or IM screen names," said McDonnell, whose Youth Internet Safety Task Force worked with social networking site MySpace to craft the legislation. Hemanshu Nigam, the chief security officer of MySpace, called it "an important recognition that the Internet has become a community as real as any other neighborhood and is in need of similar safeguards." MySpace last week announced plans to build its own searchable national database of sex offenders.

More here and here.

The revolution will be grown here, And then televised.

Local, sustainable small farms... what do they mean? Do they mean not having to truck lettuce 2,000 miles to get to my dinner table? Do they mean not using pesticides? Do they mean growing regionally-appropriate crops?

I have to believe this is the true wave of the future, even if for some of us it conjures images of "off the grid" hippies and liberal politics. It's bigger than that, my friends, it's bigger than partisanship and one-upmanship. I'm coming to believe it's a moral and national imperative, and, judging by the way the heirloom tomatoes and locally-harvested honey from my neighborhood farmer's market taste, it's a tasty future.

Bipartisan Report Concludes GOP Leadership Allowed Members to Molest Children In Capitol As A Perk!

Or something like that. I didn't read the article carefully. I'm paraphrasing. Heh, heh.

Japanese executives admit nuclear exports

Great, just great:

Four Japanese executives have admitted illegally exporting equipment that can be used to build nuclear weapons and wound up in Libya and possibly Iran, a report said.

If you can stomach it, read the full article over at Yahoo! News.