Daily Archives: January 2, 2008

Sacked

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January 2, 2008

The lead lawyer in for DC in the DC/Heller case has been sacked. What does this mean for DC’s chances against the Supremes?  Probably not much, actually.  There is likely a very deep pool of sharks wanting to take a crack at this one, although I could be wrong. Apparently this guy was fired...
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Annapolis

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January 2, 2008

Not the city where the Naval Academy resides, but rather the movie. The bad movie.  The bad movie that I watched while I was on vacation.  Oh, a foolish move if ever there were one.  I can imagine the pitch meeting for this movie went something like this: Movie guy: Hey, we’ve got James...
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Buckle up, Virginia

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January 2, 2008

Virginia could see “a record number of new gun laws” in 2008. “We could see a record number of gun bills,” said Philip Van Cleave, president of the Virginia Citizens Defense League, a gun-rights group. One of the big pushes that the article talks about is Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton and her desire to...
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Help Robb

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January 2, 2008

Robb’s wife has decreed that he won’t be buying any new guns in 2008 (boo) so he’s looking for help on ways to try and get around that. So, here at Call me Ahab, we are here to help with that sort of situation, and a dire situation it is. Post your best line...
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Greg Ballard Inaugurated

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January 2, 2008

One of the things I promised more of during this new 2008 was going to be local coverage of Indiana and Indy Metro area politics.  My first official entry of 2008 makes good on that promise; one of the big stories that I’m going to following through the year is the first term of...
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