…let ‘em puff on this:
Yesterday, as part of its first major crackdown on tobacco since the Food and Drug Administration was given the authority to regulate it, Federal health officials banned the sale of flavored cigarettes. The ban is intended to end the sale of tobacco products with chocolate, vanilla, clove, and other flavorings […]

As most of you know, in late June I was on Capitol Hill to help Congresswoman Jackie Speier of California introduce her MRSA Protection & Prevention Bill (HR 2937) before the House of Representatives.
And I was pleased to learn since that Congressman Rob Wittman, who represents the greater Fredericksburg area in the House, has signed […]

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style (Bulldog Edition), with lots of honey for a sweet new year. And early happy birthday wishes to Del. Albert Pollard.
The Jewish High Holidays – the Days of Awe (or for some of us, Shock & Awe) – begin at sundown, tomorrow.
It all starts with Rosh Hashanah, symbolized by the systematic sounding […]

THREE! HUN! DRED! SIX! TY! FIVE! DE! GREES!
A fortnightly rant FL-S style, Labor Day Weekend Bulldog Edition, with a h/t to L.A. County’s bravest.
I feel truly sorry for the people of the City of Angels.
With scores of entertainment/media conglomerate-running fornicators, cohabitators, and homosexuals as residents, the fires that have engulfed a good portion of the […]

A fortnightly rant FL-S style with a h/t to the late Dan Garson who snapped the “greatest Woodstock photos never before seen.” Dan’s collection is currently on display at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

By the time we got to Woodstock,
We were half a million strong;
And everywhere there was song and celebration.
And I dreamed I saw […]

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style Bulldog Edition.

What is it about the first week of August that finds people so…vegged out?
Is it that August 1-8 is the consolation vacation week that so many overworked, underpaid shlubs worker bees force themselves to take because they have neither the financial means nor the sustained interest to take that long-promised family trip to […]

From CNBC:

The popular social networking site Twitter had its service disrupted across the U.S. Thursday, the victim of an attack by hackers.
The service has been disabled since 9 am EST. Another social networking site, LiveJournal, also is down, CNBC has learned.

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with a h/t to my CLW homies. Great seeing you all! Thanks for reminding me of the things in life that truly are most-important.
Earlier this week, I acted on a decision that has left some scratching their heads and others wondering “what the #^c& is going on with (him)?”
For […]

A fortnightly rant, FL-S style with h/ts to U.S. Sen. Mark Warner and his staff and Hampton Univ. President Dr. William Harvey and his staff  for staging the excellent Virginia Summit on Energy Opportunities.
This past Friday, 500 entrepreneurs, activists, and people like me (entrepreneurs that are also activists) attended U.S. Sen. Mark Warner’s Virginia Summit […]

Just in time for the G-8 Summit. Wow!

Chia Merkel, Chia Berlusconi, Chia Medvedev and Chia Sarkozy sold separately.