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I get Ann Coulter’s column in my email.  I find her funny but sometimes she’s too brash to her opponents for my taste as well as to eager to poke fun in a mean way.  Coulter really went out of her way to go at it  last week about Kenneth Starr’s comment that I wrote [...]

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The Sun (UK) has some great shots of how the British bring in the New Year.

I will admit to occasionally downing more booze than I should have years ago on New Year’s Eve, but nothing like this! I don’t remember seeing this many people so totally ripped for something as meaningless as a calendar change.

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For Immediate Release: August 19, 2009 Contact: Scott Weldon, 240-876-6945 Press Release: Mothers Against Drunk Driving support special session legislation prompted by Supreme Court Del. Glenn Oder proudly joined his colleagues in supporting the bipartisan legislation dealing with cross-examinations prompted by a recent decision of the Supreme Court. The legislation establishes new procedures in cases [...]

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The important ruling in the Melendez-Diaz case which has been a much discussed topic on this blog and others, as well as other news sources has seen those charged with driving under the influence have their cases dismissed. Governor Kaine has come down in favorMADDLOGO of, well, we are not sure what he is in favor of. He wants to do something administratively. However, the consensus among most is that this is a problem that can only be fixed by the legislature.

In a letter published here yesterday, six prosecutors from around the state lay out a pretty compelling argument for a special session, and the sooner the better.

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Republican Attorney General candidate Ken Cuccinelli has challenged Democratic challenger Steve Shannon to a series of 12 debates in order to help voters make up their minds about who they will vote for in November. Shannon initially was agreeable to debates until Cuccinelli actually put out the challenge.

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Reports just out show Republican Attorney General candidate and State Senator Ken Cuccinelli raised $291,704.00 for the last reporting period and his opponent Del. Steve Shannon raised only $284,733.00 during[caption id="attachment_810" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Republican Attorney General Candidate Ken Cuccinelli with voter"][/caption] the same reporting period.

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Minutes after the US Supreme Court ruled in the Melendez-Diaz case, frequent guest blogger, Sandy Sanders, Esq. sent me his expert opinion on the devastating impact on the case. His fear was that if we did not do something to fix Virginia law, drunk drivers and drug dealers would have their cases dismissed. Virginia law as it now exists has been ruled unconstitutional. Sanders has posted several updates and each one relayed the urgency of this important decision. I have also posted on this topic several times.

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Steve Shannon hired a new campaign manager, Mike Henry, to try to make him appear to be a viable candidate. Mike needs to go back to the drawing board. Perhaps he is still reeling after managing Terry McAuliffe’s disaster of a campaign, spending money faster than President Obama and Nancy Pelosi combined with the same dismal results. Henry comes with a good history of results, managing Tim “The Absentee Governor” Kaine’s campaign as well as Mark Warner’s successful campaign for US Senate. Unfortunately for Henry and Shannon, George Bush is out of office and Obama is not doing so hot. For the first time, Henry will actually be forces to run a campaign against the actual opponent, rather than against an unpopular Bush.

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The Supreme Court made a ruling last month that has prosecutors everywhere trying to figure out what to do. In the case of Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, SCOTUS ruled that that the accused has the right to face their accuser. In this case, the Lab Technicians. Elwood “Sandy” Sanders wrote a guest blog which was published here a couple of days after the ruling. Sandy contacted me as soon as that ruling was handed down. Excellent foresight. You can read Sandy’s take on this important story here

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