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In my wrap-up to Tuesday night’s election results from the Virginia Republican Primary, I included a rather scathing shot across the bow of the Virginia TEA Party groups who supported a completely unelectable candidate who ran a “trash and burn” campaign, not on the issues of what this candidate can do to help America (if [...]

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As speculated right here at Virginia Right, Butler Bulldogs are joining the Atlantic 10: Butler will officially join the Atlantic 10 for the 2013-14 season on Wednesday, a source with direct knowledge of the negotiation process told ESPN.com on Tuesday night. The Bulldogs will leave the Horizon League in all sports and join the A-10 [...]

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I finally made it to the Mechanicsville Tea Party tonight at the old East Hanover firehouse.  I was expecting ten or maybe twenty committed activists there; the place was packed – nearly every seat was filled.  Perhaps 90 or so.  I was recognized by one of the organizers as the “blog guy” who had been [...]

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I went to my usual watering hole, on my usual Tuesday night.  I don’t ordinarily do any of the other traditional bar nights as I’m a bit hard of hearing and crowded bar chatter doesn’t work for me.  I also don’t suffers fools willingly.   Tuesdays are placid and provide for interesting conversation and I pop in for a couple of drinks on my way back to the bunker.  It’s a nice, quiet bar that caters to regular folks and upper crusty business types alike, as it is also a Richmond steak house of considerable repute, and a long-established venue for those who can spring the extra dough for a pleasurable drinking/dining experience. One of the regulars has been in the commercial construction business for 40 years.  Tonight he’s damned near close to hanging it all up.  The odds stacking up against him are too great and he could lose the business he has built over his lifetime,  all proceeds to go …

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) released the following weekly Republican address. Text of the speech: Hello, I am Senator Roger Wicker from Mississippi. As we enter the third month of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, we continue to learn more and more disturbing information about gross negligence on the part of BP — [...]

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