Tuesday, August 14, 2012

From the Des Moines Register via the Washington Examiner:

While campaigning in Iowa yesterday, President Obama bought beer for 10 supporters at the State Fair.  This caused some people to change their "Four more years!" cheer into "Four more beers!"  He also ate a cold pork chop.

The only problem is that, as reported in USA Today, the presidential visit may have cost the owner of the beer tent about $25,000 in sales.

Meanwhile, back here in Maryland, a recently passed law allows farmers to brew up to 15,000 barrels of beer in a calendar year, if they meet certain requirements.  From the Baltimore Sun:
The law, which took effect July 1, allows Maryland farmers to produce up to 15,000 barrels of beer in a calendar year. Farm-based brewers must feature home-grown barley, hops or fruits in their beer. The brewers may sell their beer for consumption both on and off the farm, offering a boost not only to the farmers but to the state's burgeoning craft beer industry.
I know that Danville, Virginia is close to the border with North Carolina, but I think the vice president might want to check the map before he gives his next speech.  On the other hand, I can see that it might be a bit more difficult to remember your geography when you have 57 states to deal with, instead of just 50.

Monday, August 13, 2012

The presumptive Republican Vice Presidential nominee speaking at CPAC this past February:

Earlier today, a few blocks from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, a man exchanged gunfire with police officers, killing one of them and a "civilian bystander", before being shot and killed by the police.  The police victim was identified as Brian Bachmann, who was a constable in Brazos County, and was serving an eviction notice when he was attacked.  The identities of the civilian victim and the gunman have not been released, other than that the gunman was believed to be in his mid-30s.

Read more at CNN, Yahoo News, Fox News, ABC News and the Atlantic Wire.

Sunday, August 12, 2012

Now that the 2012 Olympics have come to a close, the final medal totals have been counted.  The team with the most overall (104), gold (46) and silver (29) medals is the good ol' USA.  China, which hosted the games in 2008 in Beijing, came in second in overall (87), gold (38) and silver (27) medals.  The home team, Great Britain, came in third in gold medals (29).  Russia came in third in overall (82) and silver (25).

Read more at CNS News, including a list of the top ten overall medal-winning countries.

Saturday, August 11, 2012

Here's the new GOP vice presidential nominee, explaining (a while back) why Obamacare won't work - to Obama himself.  From Virginia Right via Before It's News:

At 9:00 a.m. EDT this morning in Norfolk, Virginia, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney announced 7-term congressman Paul Ryan (R-Wis) as his choice for his party's vice presidential nominee.

Read more at USA Today, the Washington Post, the Chicago Tribune and ABC News.

Before Romney's announcement, US News gave 10 reasons why Romney should pick Ryan and on the other hand, said why Ryan would be a risky running mate.
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