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Just saw the new James Bond movie Quantum of Solace.
While most of the action scenes are pretty good, although the constant changes in camera angles can make them a little hard to follow at times, the storyline sucks.
The previous film, Casino Royale, actually spent time developing the characters, presented a legitimate villain (a financier of […]

As per standard operating procedure (SOP), get your own link:
The vast expanse of forest at A.P. Hill helps buffer noise from firing ranges. So the post has been working with conservation agencies to obtain conservation easements on land outside the gates to maintain that separation and restrict incompatible development.
I’m sure the folks at Port Tobago […]

Jeff Sili at the November 13, 2008 Board of Supervisors meeting:
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Well, look what yours truly (this enterprising hate-blogger), found in five minutes of looking at the county’s web site. Caroline County Zoning Ordinance, Article XV, Section 19, Resource Sensitive Area Overlay District, Purpose and Intent (p. 15-56):
The purpose of this […]

Both of them had visitors center that went over-budget and took forever to complete (Citizens Against Government Waste Press Release):
The nation’s premier taxpayer watchdog group, Citizens Against Government Waste (CAGW) today expressed dismay over the exorbitant final price tag for the […]

NOTE: This blog post contains spoilers of the series finale of The Shield which premiered on Tuesday, November 25. If you are waiting to catch an encore airing, or plan on watching the episode on the internet or DVD, skip this post.
The series finale was 90 minutes of television that went nowhere.
Hell, the entire seventh […]

From that rag (get your own link):
The visitors center was nine years in the planning and building, as the county sought private sponsorships and slowly amassed the money to pay for the 7,000-square-foot building, which also houses the county’s Department of Economic Development and Tourism.
No tax money went into the project; it was funded entirely […]

This has to be fake, but it’s so funny:

H/t: Hot Air, Ace of Spades

Headline blatantly stolen from Ace of Spades.

CQ Politics:
Minority Leader John A. Boehner of Ohio and Eric Cantor of Virginia had unveiled late Wednesday a moratorium on GOP earmark requests through Feb. 16 while a new panel of Republicans comes up with proposals for permanent restrictions and disclosure requirements for earmarks.
But Todd Tiahrt of Kansas, an appropriator, offered an amendment to strip […]