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...Green said. “When [she] gets going, she’s very hard to stop.” Taking on another seeded player in the third round, Peterzan was unable to continue her run through the draw. She was defeated 6-2, 6-3 by Virginia??s Emily Fraser, the number nine seed. Peterzan fell behind in the first set and was never able to recover, but the score was slightly deceiving. “Just a few points going the other way could have completely turned around the outcome of the match...
...recent success on the state level can mostly be attributed to the colossal incompetence of Virginia??s Republican Party, which bungled its way into grotesque budget deficits and finally turned all sensible people off with its theological crusade against the very existence of government—except, of course, for the biennial gesture of a gay-marriage referendum and legislation that would force black hooligans to pull up their pants (I’m not kidding). Even Bible-thumping racists realized that the need for roads and schools superseded these otherwise noble causes...
...Instead, I’m proposing a truce in the culture war, one that may very well help Obama in his quixotic quest for Virginia??s 13 electoral votes. Radically reduced federalism is the solution. If it makes me a liberal apostate, so be it, but here’s my proposal: Gay marriage, guns, abortion, the death penalty, drug laws, and a host of other issues should be deferred to state governments. Many federal taxes should be contingent upon a state’s desire for access to federal programs...
...magnum opus, “In The Aeroplane Over the Sea,” to be given away to a fan in the store’s raffle.For Palmer, the day brings the Dresden Dolls full-circle. Set to release a compilation album entitled, “No, Virginia??” on May 20, the band owes something important to this particular record store. “We have a hardcore connection with Newbury Comics, particularly since this was the first record store to carry our record. Before we signed with a record label we consigned...
...knocked out Amanda Rales, 6-0, 6-3, and Rosekrans kept her undefeated season alive by defeating Hampton Williams, 6-2, 6-2. Tied 2-2, the Cavaliers took the next two singles matches in straight sets and clinched the match. In the last match of the day, Virginia??s Maggie Yahner defeated Schnitter, 7-5, 4-6, 10-7, in the No. 3 slot. “If the overall score hadn’t been decided, who knows what could’ve happened,” Peterzan said of Schnitter’s match...