by LowellHere are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Friday, Christmas Day 2015. As for the Spock picture, yeah, I'm a total Star Trek/sci fi nerd In fact, last night I re-watched the original Star Trek episode where Spock goes back 5,000 years, reverting to a time when Vulcans were illogical barbarians, falls in love with a beautiful woman, tries to kill Dr. McCoy and even enjoys eating animal flesh. Also, Leonard Nimoy died in February 2015, which makes me really sad, even if that's totally "illogical." ;)
- In fatal traffic stops, a disproportionate number of victims are black (Nope, no racism here!)
- Krugman: Things to Celebrate, Like Dreams of Flying Cars ("The bigger revolution looking forward, however, is in renewable energy, where costs of wind and especially solar have dropped incredibly fast. Why does this matter? Everyone who isn’t ignorant or a Republican realizes that climate change is by far the biggest threat humanity faces.")
- Karl Rove: Obama Should React to Terrorism Like Bush Did (As usual, Karl Rove isn't just wrong, but wildly wrong. Also, the guy has no shame.)
- U.S. plans raids to deport families who surged across border (We should be accepting refugees from violence, not kicking them out of the country.)
- Oh, the irony: GOP loses support of top evangelist because he bought their lies
- This Freakishly Warm, Totally Wrong Christmas Eve Weather, Explained ("And it’s true: Heat waves like this one have among the clearest ties to global warming of any extreme weather event. Next week, New York City will lock in its longest-ever stretch of days above freezing. The seasons are perceptibly shifting.")
- Virginia Gov. McAuliffe applauds settlement on long lines at polls
- McAuliffe’s $240M higher education spending plan is a bigger deal than you might think
- Senator Dick Black Strongly Endorses Tom Garrett for Congress (Two right-wing-extremist birds of a feather, flocking together.)
- Rolling Stone seeks dismissal of lawsuit by ex-fraternity members
- 10 years later, Virginia's testing of crime scene DNA continues
- Decline of coal hitting Southwest Virginia hard (Coal mostly brings economic and environmental misery; long past time to switch to a clean energy economy.)
- D.C. area forecast: A tropical Christmas, featuring humidity and rain chances
