Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University. Fri, 08 May 2026 15:22:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Shots Fired During Correspondents’ Dinner https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/04/25/shots-fired-during-correspondents-dinner/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 01:21:01 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=92088 President Donald Trump (R) and other high-ranking U.S. officials were evacuated from a ballroom at the Washington Hilton Hotel after an attacker charged a security checkpoint and fired at U.S. Secret Service officers. The ballroom was the site of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an annual event attended by numerous administration officials, media personalities, reporters, […]

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]]> Special Election 2026 Results (Nullified; Final) https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/04/21/special-election-2026-results/ Tue, 21 Apr 2026 22:45:11 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=92062 April 20, 2026, 6:45 p.m.: Off on a Tangent is providing limited live coverage of today’s special election results. Polls are scheduled to close at 7:00 p.m. and results should start coming in via the Virginia Department of Elections soon after. 7:06 p.m.: Polls are beginning to close (anybody who was in line at 7:00 […]

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]]> South Riding Board of Directors, 2026 https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/04/20/south-riding-board-of-directors-2026/ Mon, 20 Apr 2026 16:39:28 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=92057 The South Riding Proprietary is a homeowners’ association (HOA) that acts as a de facto local government for the South Riding community in Loudoun County, Virginia. At the proprietary’s annual meeting on May 19, 2026, three of the seven seats on the Board of Directors are up for election. Members of the board serve three […]

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]]> Eastern Caribbean, 2026 https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/03/24/eastern-caribbean-2026/ Tue, 24 Mar 2026 16:03:17 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91878 Back in January, Melissa and I went on a seven-day cruise to the eastern Caribbean. First we spent a few days in San Juan, Puerto Rico, then we boarded the Norwegian Epic for a journey to the British Virgin Islands, Antigua, Barbados, Saint Lucia, Sint Maarten and Saint Martin, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. It […]

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]]> Virginia Statewide Ballot Issue, Special, 2026 https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/03/04/virginia-statewide-ballot-issue-special-2026/ Wed, 04 Mar 2026 18:00:00 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91830 Citizens of Virginia will be voting in a special election on April 21, 2026, on a referendum to amend the Constitution of Virginia. Early voting begins on March 6. Under Article XII, Section 1, of the state constitution, the process requires a proposed amendment to pass both houses of the General Assembly in two sessions […]

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]]> Ugliest Cars of the 2026 Model Year https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/03/02/ugliest-cars-of-the-2026-model-year/ Mon, 02 Mar 2026 20:32:43 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91766 There have been a handful of changes to the list of ugly cars for 2026. Two longstanding models have gone on to the great junkyard in the sky: the BMW X4 and the Kia Soul. The redesigned Kia Sportage makes its debut appearance, and the Hyundai Santa Cruz climbs back into the last spot (after […]

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]]> Constitutionality of the 2026 Redistricting Amendment https://www.scottbradford.us/2026/02/21/constitutionality-of-the-2026-redistricting-amendment/ Sat, 21 Feb 2026 16:59:29 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91719 The Virginia General Assembly has proposed an amendment to the Constitution of Virginia that would, according to the proposed ballot question, “allow the General Assembly to temporarily adopt new congressional districts to restore fairness in the upcoming elections, while ensuring Virginia’s standard redistricting process resumes for all future redistricting after the 2030 census.” It is […]

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]]> A 2020 Revelation In Georgia https://www.scottbradford.us/2025/12/27/a-2020-revelation-in-georgia/ Sat, 27 Dec 2025 16:22:47 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91653 The 2020 presidential election was a strange and controversial moment in American history. Then-incumbent President Donald Trump (R) was challenged by former Vice President Joe Biden (D), and the campaign took place amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the absurd overreaction to it, widespread race riots, on-the-fly changes to election rules and norms, and generally enflamed political […]

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]]> Virginia General Assembly, Special, 2026 https://www.scottbradford.us/2025/12/21/virginia-general-assembly-special-2026/ Sun, 21 Dec 2025 20:06:16 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91593 A special election will be held on January 6, 2026, to fill vacancies in the 15th District in the Virginia Senate and the 77th District in the Virginia House of Delegates. I make the following recommendations in those races: Another special election will be held on January 13, 2026, to fill vacancies in the 11th […]

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]]> Musical Santa 2025 https://www.scottbradford.us/2025/12/16/musical-santa-2025/ Wed, 17 Dec 2025 00:35:54 +0000 https://www.scottbradford.us/?p=91572 Written and Produced by:Scott Bradford Starring:Charles “Chucky” Santa III Fair-use excerpts:Child’s Play (1988)The Exorcist (1973)The Shining (1980)The Tick, S2E10 (1995) Sound effects:Adobe sound libraryPixabay sound library Charles Santa appears courtesy of The American

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