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While the Commonwealth looks to begin upgrading I-81 within the next few years, they claim the best hope is to fund all “immediate” projects by 2060, over four decades from now. Money still poses a problem as, according to VDOT, widening the interstate would cost an estimated 10 to 15 million dollars for every mile of pavement.
Who doesn’t love Christmas music during Advent? Heck knows I do… and what better way to spend this Advent by listening to medieval Christmas music!
Just in case you are curious about the playlist:
1 Hodie Christus Natus Est
2 O Nobilis Nativitas/O Mira Dei/O Decus Virgineum/Apparuit
3 Lux De Luce
4 Alleluya: A Nywe Werke
5 Verbum Supernum Prodiens
6 Balaam De Quo Vaticinans
7 Ave Maria
8 Gabriel, Fram Heven-King
9 Lullay: I Saw A Swete Semly Syght
10 Prolis Eterne Genitor/Psallat Mater Gracie/[Pes]
11 Vox Clara, Ecce, Intonat
12 De Supernis Sedibus
13 Omnes De Saba
14 Puellare Gremium/Purissima Mater/[Pes]
15 Lullay, Lullay: Als I Lay On Yoolis Night
16 Tria Sunt Munera
17 Orto Sole Serene/Origo Viri/Virga Lesse/[Tenor]
18 Peperit Virgo
19 Ecce Quod Natura
20 A Solis Ortus Cardine
21 Ther Is No Rose Of Swych Vertu
22 Videntes Stellam
23 Nowel: Owt Of Your Slepe Aryse
Enjoy!
“If Democrats take the House Majority they will push to legalize abortions right up until the birth of the child,” the Virginia GOP said as the 2019 statewide election season begins.
Criticizing President Donald Trump with a “dystopian” view of the world’s future, International Monetary Fund (IMF) Chairwoman Christine Lagarde said that global economic prosperity means promoting equality within the trading system to reduce global tensions, including rescinding government subsidies for large industries and protecting technology and intellectual property, which, in fact, are issues Trump ran on during the 2016 presidential election.
As tech and social media giant Facebook battles internal executive struggles and an eight-month-long 25 percent stock slump, the U.K. Parliament has revealed what the U.S. Congress did not, CEO Mark Zuckerberg engaged in “whitelisting” and targeted now-defunct industry competitors.
Following the passing of former President George H. W. Bush just five months after his 94th birthday and seven months after the death of his wife of over seven decades, former First Lady Barbara Bush, Republican Congresswoman Barbara Comstock (VA-10) paid her respects to the “humble, decent, and courageous” leader. The 41st President will be remembered by everything from his time as captain of the baseball team at Yale University many decades ago to his time in the Oval Office that shaped the world for generations to come.
Congresswoman Comstock said in a press release from her office that she and her team are “saddened to hear of the passing of George H.W. Bush and our prayers are with his family and many friends.
“President George H. W. Bush, the last president of the greatest generation, was a man of great character and deep patriotism. His life and legacy of service was unmatched, she said. “From serving as the youngest WWII pilot, a Member of Congress, Ambassador to the U.N., Ambassador to China, CIA Director, Chairman of the Republican National Committee, Vice President, and President, he always served with distinction.”
“History will remember this humble, decent, and courageous man well,” Congresswoman Comstock added.
Today, Wednesday, December 5, 2018, the former commander-in-chief is “lying in state” and being honored at the rotunda of the Capitol Building in Washington, D.C., as the city and the nation pay their respects to Bush. Former presidents Barack Obama, George W. Bush, Bill Clinton, and their wives, former first ladies Michelle, Laura, and Hillary, joined President Donald Trump and his wife First Lady Melania Trump at the funeral service as D.C. remembers a great American statesman.
“To us,” W. Bush said while eulogizing his father at the Washington National Cathedral, “his was the brightest of a thousand points of light.”
“We can’t do anything about the emotional cost, but we can do something about the financial cost,” Congressman Morgan Griffith (VA-9) said following his introduction of legislation – based on a true and tragic story from one of his constituents – to allow parents of involuntarily stillborn babies to receive the federal Child Tax Credit.
If the United States and her allies are to see a comparative “victory” in Afghanistan, apart from a permanent occupation reminiscent of imperialism that would be bloody, costly, and ineffective, it is possible that the only way to deal with the country at-large is by dealing with, individually, its local power brokers.
Coming off the 2018 midterm elections, with Democrats taking back the U.S. House of Representatives and Virginia’s congressional delegation from the GOP, the recruitment and training strong candidates on part of the liberal party is likely to be well-funded in such a consequential election.
For the upcoming session in January, Delegate Dave LaRock (R-Loudoun) said his biggest legislative priorities are conforming the Commonwealth’s tax code to federal guidelines, helping families secure state funds for their children to attend private K-12 schools in emergency situations, and to expand broadband connections across rural Virginia.