#NCGA: A short session surprise?
A piece of legislation that has raised the ire of Civitas and other Tea Party-aligned groups, and has been voted down twice in the state House, has been resurrected and
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Thom & Bru: Mutual back-scratching at its best
Thom Tillis and Harold Brubaker have quite a special political bond. They are the only two Republican speakers of the North Carolina House since Reconstruction. The two became very close
Continue readingNullification coming to the courtroom?
Nullification is rearing its head as a very hot topic in this era of the Tea Party and widespread disgust with governmental overreach. Nullification is the belief that states, communities
Continue readingAttorney General Roy NIFONG
Apparently, our esteemed state attorney general learned NOTHING from the Duke lacrosse case. In that 2006 case, you had white defendants and a black victim — complemented by a media circus
Continue readingFascism’s creep picks up speed
We get a lot of lip service from lefties about the importance of respecting minorities and the minority opinion. But, when they are in charge, just try to question their
Continue readingThe NC State Bar: Keeping lawyers liberal
Every day I come across more evidence that we have too frickin’ many lawyers gracing the surface of our beautiful planet and using up valuable oxygen. Take our state’s top
Continue readingCrime stats: Taking reporting both sides of the story a little too far
Mainstream media types love to tell us they give both sides of the story. They love to tell us how fair they are. But doesn’t passing accurate info on to
Continue readingNAACP going after NC-based anti-vote fraud group
Boy, how things change. One of the missions of the NAACP’s founders was to protect the integrity of elections and people’s right to vote. In 2014, the civil
Continue readingThe more things “change,” the more they stay THE SAME
We’re riding out 2013’s last gasps from The Haymaker’s Watauga County outpost. I happened to catch a local news report about the Watauga board of elections’ two-front fight with the
Continue readingUnder the Radar (and under the rug?): The senator and the mystery of the disappearing audit
Back in January, we got a whole lot of ethics-related news regarding state Sen. Fletcher Hartsell (R-Cabarrus). Apparently, he spent $100,000 in campaign funds — in an election
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