Editor’s Note: This piece draws from firsthand reporting at the January 28 Hanover County Board of Supervisors meeting and includes the writer’s perspective as a participant-observer. UPDATE Jan 30 2:30: The sale will not proceed according to Jim Pattison Developments...
The Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF), the controversial Republican PAC linked to Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, has just released an attack ad against the Democratic candidate for the 7th District, Abigail Spanberger. CLF is the same PAC, who only last week, released Spanberger's un-redacted security clearance forms in a move that was highly...
In what can only be described as a most unusual "disturbing of the peace" case, police were called to Short Pump Town Center to deal with a man and his puppet outside of Kay Jewelers. According to WTVR, the man was yelling profanities at shoppers ventriloquist style or as the correspondent put it "talking smack". Apparently, the man left before...
A blimp reading "Jews Rape Kids" was attempting to fly in the harbor of San Francisco over the weekend. The stunt was led by a neo-Nazi named Patrick Little who was recently in Washington, D.C. supporting Jason Kessler's second Unite the Right rally. Little, a former marine, espouses typical white nationalist claims that European heritage is...
Another clash over Virginia’s dark past is brewing in the digital sphere. Encyclopedia Virginia’s entry on the United Daughters of the Confederacy has drawn criticism from the group for explicitly noting their efforts to preserve white supremacy. The United Daughters of the Confederacy, formed in Nashville, Tennessee in 1894 to promote and...
The Draken Harald Harfgre is the world's largest Viking ship, and it is sailing to Norfolk next week, which is quite possibly the best news the Commonwealth has received all year. Sigurd Aase, the owner and captain of this scourge of the seas has one simple mission: “The aim of the Draken Harald Hårfagre project is to explore the world and...
The Campaign to Stop Killer Robots (SKR) is a non-profit organization comprised of groups like Human Rights Watch, Mines Action Canada, Nobel Women's Initiative, International Committee for Robots Arm Control, among others whose sole purpose is to "preemptively ban fully autonomous weapons." Or known another way, killer robots. The campaign was...
Many of you may have spent your Labor Day weekend relaxing, but the people over in Missed Connections were making moves. This week, sparks fly at Godfrey's and Taboo, a man is hoping to try his luck again with a woman he met at a poker game, and someone searches for their biological sister. Get in on the action, Richmond! Taboo broad st Hi , we...
In a report released Friday morning, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney Michael N. Herring said he will not pursue criminal charges against the officer who shot and killed Marcus-David Peters on I-95 on May 14. Herring described the event as “an act of justifiable homicide,” and said the use of force was “reasonable and necessary” given the unusual...
Violence continues to disrupt Shockoe Bottom businesses as two shootings, an armed robbery and a street shooting, both occurred within four days of each other between the 1800 and 1700 blocks of Main Street. Six people were injured during the armed robbery at Liquid Café in Shockoe Bottom this past Saturday morning, shortly after 5 a.m. A street...
