By: proudmarinemom (Diary)  |  November 5th at 12:33 PM  | 

This is a cut-and-paste from an email just in from our county Republican Party chair: 1. No winner has been declared in the 11th Congressional District Election, which remains one of the closest elections in the country.  Three days after the closing of the polls, the difference in votes for Keith Fimian and Gerald Connolly is less than 1,000 votes out of over 220,000 cast | Read More »

By: proudmarinemom (Diary)  |  November 3rd at 01:49 PM  | 

The brevity of this diary may result in a rebuke from the mods, however, I have a good excuse.  I have been dispatched to join the oversight committee for the recount just getting underway in Virginia’s 11th District and have to get going. VA-11 is the wealthiest voting district in the United States and one would presume that we could afford to employ electronic voting | Read More »

By: proudmarinemom (Diary)  |  January 13th at 06:52 PM  | 

At least 2,200 Marines from the II MEF (2nd Marine Expeditionary Force) stationed at Camp Lejeune, NC are preparing to depart for Haiti to assist in the rescue and recovery efforts following Tuesday’s earthquake.  We are awaiting word from CLJ as to which units are going.   Knowing the guys in our son’s Battalion, they will clamour for the chance to go, despite preparing for an | Read More »

By: proudmarinemom (Diary)  |  December 3rd at 10:43 AM  | 

Reuters is reporting today that Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has reassured worried Russians that, nyet, he won’t be retiring to his dacha in the Urals anytime soon.  “Don’t hold your breath,” waiting for him to quit, the smiling former KGB operative said with his usual warmth and humor.   This was his response to a caller on an annual Q & A session, a sort | Read More »