U.S. Border (In)security — Problems up north, too!

This just highlights that U.S. border security needs serious attention and it isn’t just the U.S.-Mexican border.  We are probably more at risk for national security breaches coming through the U.S.-Canadian border than our southern flank.  If this individual with a drug resistant strain of tuberculosis could pass through this easily from Canada despite the warning [...]

Ham Sandwich Wows ‘Em With Live Blog

Ham Sandwich, Republican write-in candidate for Prince William County Commonwealth’s Attorney, appears to have wowed the crowd on The Daily WhackJob with his live blog there today.  Just check out this comment by TDW contributor Mad Hatter.  And Whackjob himself has said he’s going to invite incumbent Paul Ebert to live blog as well.  Should [...]

Extremism in the defense of moderates is no virtue

Yesterday we saw just how ugly supporters of Sen. Emmet Hanger were getting as they try to fend off a strong, issues-based challenge from conservative Scott Sayre.  Today, Deo Vindice shows us what supporters of Sen. Marty Williams are doing to conservative Tricia Stall.  This is sad and pathetic.  At this rate, 2007 will go down as the [...]

Ben Tribbett’s Red Herring

Ben Tribbett, better known as Not Larry Sabato, has finally gone too far with yet another red herring.  After peddling a story to reporters that most were too smart touch, he finally has found an audience with Charlie Jackson from Leesburg Today (while reading the story, try not to get a headache from the poor grammar and sentence construction.) 
Ben is getting all [...]

Chaz for Rockingham County Clerk of the Court

While Rockingham County is somewhat west of the Greater Richmond-Washington Metro Area I-95 corridor that we usually cover here at Virtucon, some blog friends from that area have brought a great candidate to our attention — Chaz Evans-Heywood who is running for Rockingham County Clerk of the Court.  Chaz worked in the district offices of [...]

Fred Thompson Leaving “L&O”

Fred Thompson is officially leaving “Law & Order” on NBC.
“I’ve spoken to Fred today, and although he told me he has not made a firm decision about his political future, he felt that given the creative and scheduling constraints of the upcoming season, he asked to be released from his responsibilities to the show,” “Law [...]

Ham Sandwich Live Blogging TODAY!!!

Head on over to The Daily WhackJob for Ham Sandwich’s live blog today.  Ham has already posted some great responses to questions and he’ll be back again later.  His campaign manager, Dillon Pikkle, will also be answering your questions.