Va. delegate says blacks "should get over" slavery, suggests Jews should "apologize for killing Christ."
RICHMOND, Jan. 16 -- A veteran Virginia lawmaker from suburban Richmond ignited a hot exchange in the House of Delegates on Tuesday after criticizing a proposal for the state to issue an apology for slavery and likening it to requiring Jews to ( Read more... )

++ There's an ice storm across the Northeast and "bitter cold" in California, but here in DC we're sitting pretty with temps in the high 60s for the past couple days. The weather is clearly ON CRACK.

++ Speaking of weather, Connecting the global warming dots.

++ AP: "Leading scientists and evangelical Christian leaders have agreed to put aside ( Read more... )

++ So, Gerald Ford's funeral was today. I watched some of it on my lunch break. Tom Brokaw's speech was nice. W was a fucking embarrasment, like always, who stumbled over every other word. *sighs* At any rate, I really don't have much to say about Ford's death. I respect that he was a President and probably a good man, but he was before my time. ( Read more... )

Urgh, it's a nasty rainy day in my fair DC suburb. Luckily I'm off and will be spending most of today in bed with my Supernatural dvds. Aww yeah.

Anyways, what's going on in the world?

++ Marine gets 18 months in Iraqi's death.

++ US soliders pleads guilty to raping a 14-year-old Iraqi girl and helping to murder her family.

++ GOP elects ( Read more... )

... and the rest of the media finally recognizes Senator-Elect Webb and the new Democratic Senatorial majority.
Virginia Sen. George Allen (R) today conceded the election to Democrat James Webb, cementing Democratic control of the Senate.


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No links yet, but on the Main MSNBC Politics stie there's a headline screaming:
BREAKING NEWS: Associated Press projects Jim Webb the winner in Virginia Senate race

::hypervenilates::

ETA: Okay, here's a link:
WASHINGTON - Democrats wrested control of the Senate from Republicans Wednesday with an upset victory in Virginia, giving the party ( Read more... )

From Hotline:
Republicans Will Pressure Allen... SoonTop Republicans in Washington will give Sen. George Allen a few days to take stock of his legal and political options before beginning to pressure him to concede to James Webb. Senior Republican officials and White House aides believe that Webb won the race. Several outside advisers to Allen want ( Read more... )

With 99.84% of precincts reporting, Webb is ahead by about 7,000 votes, and has declared himself winner.
RICHMOND, Nov. 8 -- Virginia Democratic Senate candidate James Webb claimed the title of "Senator-elect" today even as Republican incumbent Sen. George Allen declined to concede a race he was losing by 7,146 votes ( Read more... )

... but according to DKos, a recount has been called in Yellowstone County, so there won't be official results until morning. (Tester was ahead in that county when the recount was called.)

Currently at CNN.com:

Democrat Tester 144,544 49%
Republican Burns (Incumbent) 140,547 48%

Meanwhile, here are the latest Virginia numbers:

J H ( Read more... )

As of 11:36 pm:
Precincts Reporting: 2380 of 2443 (97.42%)

G F Allen (R) - 1,113,013 - 49.50%
J H Webb (D) - 1,108,291 - 49.29%

This race is less than 5,000 votes apart. EDGE OF MY SEAT HERE, PEOPLE. EDGE OF MY SEAT.