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Digging into North Carolina’s jobs situation

Posted on September 7, 2014 by Brant Clifton

That unemployment rate the drive-bys regularly quote to you is actually a percentage of the “workforce.” In economics, the “workforce” is defined as that portion of the population, of working

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Congress, Media
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State sea level panel. ANOTHER departure. STILL BIASED. STILL not filling vacancies.

Posted on September 6, 2014September 6, 2014 by Brant Clifton

We’ve posted previously about this Charlie Foxtrot HERE and HERE and HERE and HERE.    Here’s some background from a drive-by.  Basically, this panel submitted a report claiming that the sea

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Media
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#NCSEN: That’s MADAME Sock Puppet to YOU, peasant.

Posted on September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys and their friends on the port side of the political spectrum are spewing outrage over Republican Thom Tillis’s references to North Carolina’s incumbent Democrat US Senator as “Kay” during

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics
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Sharon Decker & Family Dollar: a too cozy combo

Posted on September 5, 2014September 5, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The drive-by media is describing the upcoming vote on a sale to Dollar General by Family Dollar board member Sharon Decker as simply “awkward.”  Decker also serves as state commerce

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campaign 2014, Media, Politics
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#NCSEN: The Battle of RTP (Post-Game)

Posted on September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I swear I had to convince myself repeatedly that this was NOT a Saturday Night Live skit.    The drive-bys subjected us AND the candidates with some moronic, leftist questions.

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Congress, Media
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#NCSEN: Yawner, Game-changer, or ‘televised snake oil sales pitch’?

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

The drive-bys are working hard to gin up some interest in tonight’s US Senate debate.  They are trying to sell us on the possibility that this televised event tonight could

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campaign 2014, Congress, Media, Politics, Thom Tillis
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Study: Immigrants (legal & illegal) accounting for all net job growth in NC

Posted on September 3, 2014September 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

A new study has found that new arrivals to North Carolina and the United States have been enjoying the most success in landing jobs in The Tar Heel State.  The

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campaign 2014, Congress, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, NCGOP, Politics
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A drive-by speaks up on Voucher judge’s drive-by jurisprudence

Posted on September 3, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I got a private message over the weekend from a drive-by media personality who works for one of the better-known media outlets in the eastern part of North Carolina.  He

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Education, Media, NC legislature, NC State Government, NCGOP
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Judge’s voucher ruling helps statists tighten their grip on our kids

Posted on September 2, 2014 by Brant Clifton

I am still shaking my head in disbelief at Judge Hobgood’s ruling that school vouchers are “unconstitutional.”  It was more disheartening and appalling to see photos and footage of lefty

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campaign 2014, Education, Law & Order, Media, NC State Government, Politics
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Memo to Establishment: Sometimes, taxes mean more than freebies

Posted on September 1, 2014 by Brant Clifton

House speaker Thom Tillis and his team, Gov. Pat McCrory, and scores of big names in the state’s business establishment have been harping on the alleged importance of customized, special

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campaign 2014, Economy, Media, NC legislature, Politics
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