The backstory on those license checkpoints
License checkpoints by local police officers are getting a lot of attention these days. We had an incident in Brunswick County where deputies reportedly fired into oncoming traffic at a
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Thunder on the Left: SEANC opens fire on Janet Cowell
We normally don’t see eye-to-eye with State Employees Association director Dana Cope, but his recent activities certainly have us intrigued. Cope has lashed out against the zip-tied rabble erroneously named
Continue readingSo THIS is what the underside of the bus looks like
An awful lot of us on the right worked hard to get Pat McCrory into the governor’s mansion in Raleigh. There was a lot of excitement in 2012 about the
Continue readingNC politics takes a detour through the OB-GYN’s office
If you believe McClatchy and Bill Barber’s zip-tie crowd (or the “eye candy” pictured with this post), the GOP-dominated state legislature is preparing to strip North Carolina’s women of their
Continue readingThe state budget impasse: It’s ALL Pat’s fault !!!
It’s amazing. Bill Barber, Chris Fitzsimon, and their echo chambers at McClatchy and WRAL have been trying to sell us that a hard-right revolution is sweeping through Raleigh — making
Continue readingNCGOP releases 2013 party platform. (Will elected GOPers notice?)
The platform document approved at the recent NCGOP state convention has been released to the public. If you’ll recall, there was a bit of a hubbub at the
Continue readingSome needed corrections for The NC Department of Corrections
State Senator Thom Goolsby (R-Wilmington) has pointed out something that should have all Tar Heel State residents concerned: There are 149 convicted criminals who are supposed to be serving their
Continue readingAfter Supreme Court rulings, all eyes are on Roy Cooper and Amendment One
Well, the US Supreme Court has stripped key provisions out of the federal Defense of Marriage Act — which kept the feds from paying benefits to “married” gay couples. The
Continue readingContinuing Resolution: Leadership #FAIL for GOP in Raleigh
The NCGOP has supermajorities in both chambers of the General Assembly. The Democrats can’t stop a thing. (They’re all out in the lobby getting ziptied with Bill Barber.) The NCGOP
Continue readingDPI’s Atkinson: teacher pay turning teachers off to NC. (Your beloved common core isn’t helping much.)
June Atkinson (D), our state’s superintendent of public instruction, is turning to that old saw that proves to be a winner for politicians again and again: Teachers need to be
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