h/t Virginia Dem

The tax-hiking crew on the Board of Supervisors (including mine – Gary Skinner) are calling for a gas-tax hike, cleverly disguised as “VRE participation” (Free Lance-Star):
Spotsylvania County supervisors may vote on joining Virginia Railway Express by the end of the summer.
Supervisors Benjamin Pitts and Gary Skinner, who made joining the rail service a centerpiece of […]

Once again we’re faced with an evening commute featuring potentially rough storms. The Storm Prediction Center has placed us under a Moderate Risk for severe storms. They break down severity types and tag them with our chances: Tornado: 2% Severe hail (.75in or larger): 30% Severe wind (58mph or more) 45% Additionally, there is a […]

Once again we’re faced with an evening commute featuring potentially rough storms. The Storm Prediction Center has placed us under a Moderate Risk for severe storms. They break down severity types and tag them with our chances:

Tornado: 2%
Severe hail (.75in or larger): 30%
Severe wind (58mph or more) 45%

Additionally, there is a 10% chance of winds gusting to more than 74mph, which is hurricane levels.

The National Weather Service is also launching a 2:00 weather balloon for more data. Normally they’re launched at 8:00 every morning and evening, but whenever the mid-afternoon balloon goes up, you know they’re preparing for a busy shift.

Be careful tonight.

Read at your discretion: Police: Officer kills man who beat child to death

Obama addressed a Chicago area church yesterday and delivered one whopper of a speech. It gets a little political and religious in the last 5 minutes, but it’s mostly a universal appeal to the responsibilities of fathers. It’s well worth 23 minutes of your time.
One thing I noticed is that a white republican could […]

A “staff illustration“ from the Culpeper Star-Exponent in a story with the title “Law-enforcement officers understand, accept job hazards“:

Wow, a black guy with his arms crossed and his hat cocked to one side.
Not playing to a person’s stereotypes there, that’s for sure.
And there’s the support for terrorist groups (from the same story):
Ironically, [Culpeper County […]

It is important for a wide variety of situations in life to have a good credit score.  This is especially true if you are considering buying one of the many homes for sale in the Fredericksburg real estate market.  So, I wanted to do a small series detailing some basic information on credit scores and […]

Sunday June 22nd [1862] Mrs. Dickerson came up to day to take Nanny down to Old Mr. Corbin’s. She and Mrs. Dick Corbin intend to start for Richmond tomorrow in Mrs. Dickerson’s carriage to see their husbands. Mama was opposed to Nanny?…

Yeah, Sirhan Sirhan was a Palestinian that targeted Robert F. Kennedy because of his support for his Israel, but I guess he had no responsibility for his crime.
Who does nowadays?
The Guardian:
As a young refugee, Sirhan attended a school where teachers exhorted students to struggle for Palestinian rights. Later his family moved to California, and he […]