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Archives for November 2007
Thin Cover For The MJM
20 November 2007 | Prince William County | 57 Comments
In a pretty case of cover-your-butt, the Manassas Urinal-Massager has finally decided to come partially clean and tell its readers that there was in fact no intimidation of voters at the Stonewall precinct on election day according to the Virginia State Police. It still chooses to trumpet the original unfounded allegations proffered by someone previously […]
The Other Railroad In The Park
20 November 2007 | Rack & Roll Scandal | 10 Comments
On June 2nd, 2004 about 90 officers with the Joint Narcotics Task Force raided The Rack & Roll Billiard Club in ski masks and with guns drawn under the guise of an ABC investigation, and left about an hour later with only two warm bottles of beer to show for their efforts. After the expenditure […]
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Lingamfelter Gains Votes in 31st Final Count
19 November 2007 | 31st HOD District | 4 Comments
Even after Delegate Scott Lingamfelter was declared the winner of November 6th’s 31st District House race, vanquished liberal candidate Bill Day still can’t catch a break. Early returns on Election Night showed Lingamfelter defeating Day 54% to 45.79%. But when all the votes were actually counted, Lingamfelter won 55.29% to 44.46% — almost an 11 […]
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40,000 Comments!
18 November 2007 | Blogs | 123 Comments
While I was out dealing with a family issue this weekend, comment number 40,000 on BVBL appeared courtesy of “/\/\3|)ic 64″ (aka “Medic 64″ for those who don’t understand “leet speek“) on Nov 16, at 3:21 PM. Although “No worries Mr. Smalls!!” wasn’t the most enlightening comment ever entered, it at least was representative […]
MJM Covers The Big Stories
18 November 2007 | Manassas City, Prince William County | 25 Comments
Here’s a look at what the Manassas Urinal-Massager has decided to cover instead of talking about how they promoted as fact a false story about voter intimidation at the Stonewall precinct on election day:
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Bob Marshall Takes Off The Gloves
17 November 2007 | Virginia Politics, Virginia House | 85 Comments
It looks like Bob Marshall is pretty serious about challenging the Republican leadership, given what just landed in my inbox this evening. Not that I expect this is going to necessarily succeed, but it should queue up a rather worthwhile discussion about what the Republican party in Virginia actually stands for. RPV headquarters on Sunday […]
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Riley Wraps Up Ham
17 November 2007 | Prince William County | 5 Comments
Riley points out that Ham Sandwich didn’t do all that bad on election day, garnering more votes than any other write-in candidate despite being a deli product whose entire campaign consisted of a web site and some press about six months ago. No money was spent advancing this candidate, Ham had not a single volunteer, […]
Comcast In The Crosshairs
16 November 2007 | Manassas City | 27 Comments
Next Monday evening at Manassas City Council Chambers, it’s going to be “pile on” night for Comcast. City Councilman Marc Aveni “appalled” at the stories he’s been hearing about how abusive Comcast has been to his constituents, and is determined to get their attention. A constant barrage of public criticism, and even a customer […]
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The Circus Is Coming To Town
16 November 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Prince William County | 136 Comments
The DC Examiner confirms today that the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is indeed coming to town next month, as I reported earlier, and Corey Stewart has started blasting away at the sheer inanity of this whole exercise:
An upcoming state review of Prince William County’s illegal-immigrant crackdown is generating heat well before it begins, with […]
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“Gringo Papers” Not Required
16 November 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics | 142 Comments
Alexandria has been trumpeting lately just how well they’re supposedly dealing with a steady influx of illegal aliens, and today’s Washington Times helps point out one way this is done. Sure, let’s advertise that people buying furniture on credit “don’t need gringo papers”, provide illegal aliens with taxpayer-funded public benefits (a policy that violates state […]
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Hire Illegal Aliens, Pay $7 Million
16 November 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Crime | 49 Comments
Employers who knowingly employ illegal aliens should be paying attention to cases such as these, as I imagine something like this would be a real burden to a business, outweighing any short-term gain that using illegal aliens in a workforce would provide. No mention is made of the criminal penalties that could be involved, as […]
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Does Kaine Want To Bail Out Illegal Aliens?
15 November 2007 | Local Economy, Virginia Politics | 14 Comments
Governor Kaine has finally arisen from his somnolescent attention to the problems in the residential real estate market, and as NewsChannel 8 reports tonight, intends to form a “task force” to find out how the Commonwealth can bail out homeowners who are faced with foreclosure. This problem has been mounting for several years, and […]
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State Police: No Voter Intimidation
15 November 2007 | Crime, Prince William County | 51 Comments
I’ve learned that the Virginia State Police has concluded their investigation regarding the allegations of voter intimidation at Stonewall precinct on election day, and found no credible evidence of any wrongdoing. I just wonder when the Manassas Urinal-Massager will run a front page story telling their readers that their reporting on this was factually wrong, […]
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The Story That The MJM Ignores
15 November 2007 | Crime, Prince William County | 63 Comments
While the Manassas Urinal-Massager continues to push the allegation that voters were somehow intimidated at the Stonewall precinct during the last election they are steadfastly ignoring actual evidence of election fraud. The difference between what gets reported and what does not here has nothing to do with evidence, but with who is making the allegations. […]
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Republican Leadership Changes? Hmmm.
15 November 2007 | Virginia Politics | 15 Comments
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is reporting that the Cooch is potentially challenging Republican Walter Stosch for the leadership of the Senate Republicans. It’s an interesting idea. Cuccinelli has been a strong conservative leader in the Senate with an outstanding record, and while his neighbor Jeannemarie Devolites-Davis tried to rescue her seat by acting like a liberal […]
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MJM Pushes A Favorite Fake Story
15 November 2007 | Prince William County | 50 Comments
Oh, this is rich. The Manassas Urinal Massager takes a second-hand story about supposed voter intimidation related by Betty Weimer, who didn’t observe any such behavior, and then asks Prince William County Supervisors to comment on it as if this story has actually been substantiated? Meanwhile, there’s not a single mention of […]
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Rack n’ Roll At The Governing Board
15 November 2007 | Rack & Roll Scandal | 15 Comments
The week there was a public hearing held by the Manassas Park Governing Board regarding the Conditional Use Permit allowed for Rack n’ Roll Billards, and the Potomac News has an article about this in today’s edition. While Kipp Hanley does a pretty good job providing an overview of what happened, there’s a lot more […]
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The Battle Lines For the ‘08 GA Session
15 November 2007 | Illegal Aliens, Virginia Politics | 10 Comments
As the Washington Post reports, an overwhelming proportion (80%) of Virginians want state and local police to check the immigration status of anyone suspected of committing a crime when there’s probable cause to believe the person may be an illegal alien. The Virginia Crime Commission is following this public conviction and recommending that Virginia State […]
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Stolle’s Aide Switches Sides
14 November 2007 | Virginia Senate | 27 Comments
I’ve learned this evening that Senator Ken Stolle’s legislative aide Will Payne has a new job — with the Mark Warner campaign, of all things. Until this surprise move, this individual would have been participating in Republican strategy sessions, campaign manager level conference calls, while apparently interviewing for a position with, and quite possibly […]
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Someone Needs To Say It
14 November 2007 | National Politics | 35 Comments
I understand this is driving the liberals nuts. Good.
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