by Lowell
Here are a few national and Virginia news headlines, political and otherwise, for Thursday, January 7. Also, note that story about the co-chair of Sen. Ted Cruz’s presidential campaign in Virginia, who said: “If you think about it, every major social issue you’re encountering as legislators actually directs back to what it talks about it in Genesis,
‘if I would put enmity between you and the seed of the woman.’ Because what happens, what is abortion? Abortion is the destruction of the seed. What is homosexuality? It is the prevention of the seed. And what is education? It is potential deception of the seed.” Yes, that's how crazy Ted Cruz is.
- Behind North Korea's nuclear weapons programme: a geriatric trio
- Global stocks fall a 6th day as China triggers another market closure
- The GOP’s sympathy for sedition ("An inauspicious start to this election year.")
- The gun lobby’s con game will come to an end ("President Obama drew lines this week that he has not drawn before, setting the stage for real change.")
- America should regulate bullets (Agreed. Also, gun owners and dealers should be required to carry liability insurance, which I presume would not be cheap.)
- Trump Maintains Lead in NH; Dem Race Close ("Clinton leads Sanders 55/36 with Democrats, but Sanders almost completely cancels that out with a 59/29 advantage among non-Democrats planning to vote in the primary.")
- John McCain: Ted Cruz's citizenship is "worth looking into" (Look, I despise Ted Cruz and everything he stands for, but this is just John "GET OFF MY LAWN!" McCain acting up again, this time because he hates Ted Cruz.)
- Paul Ryan is an endangered species: How congressional extremists could easily doom his speakership ("The new House speaker was sold as the man who could unify the GOP caucus. Instead, he's becoming Boehner 2.0")
- This Controversial Pesticide Is Harming Honeybees (Ban it, duh.)
- Trooper in Sandra Bland traffic stop indicted, fired
- Kansas wants explanation of Virginia handgun permit decision (You mean the state that extreme "conservative" ideology has ruined?)
- Trump supporters sue Virginia over GOP loyalty pledge (Hahahahaha, lovin' it!)
- Commentary: Virginia Republican Party needs to drop oath ("...the RPV’s action would not only discourage independent votes for Trump in the primary, but also hurt a candidate such as Sen. Marco Rubio, a favorite son of the conservative Hispanic community.")
- Governor's budget would help the bay, farmers
- Editorial: Howell clears some smoke ("The other day he announced new rules that will increase the openness of the budgeting process and legislating more generally....But he shouldn't stop there.")
- Virginia Supreme Court hears case on proposed electrical towers over the James River
- O'Brien: Offshore drilling's risk is too great for Virginia's fishermen
- Large showing expected to protest Catawba Hospital closure
- Pipeline project watchdogs anticipate arrival of compressor station
- D.C. area forecast: Clouds play spoiler on this milder day; Weekend rains usher in next week’s cold
