The Second Coming of John Edwards
Those of us who are old enough remember the 1998 US Senate race. Incumbent Republican Lauch Faircloth was facing off against a blow-dried, relatively-unknown ambulance chaser from Raleigh named John
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The demons of the 1960s resurrected
The godawful disgrace in Dallas got me thinking about a discussion I had not long ago with a friend who served in the Army during Vietnam. He went overseas into
Continue readingStudy: Solar subsidies = higher power bills (*Surprise!*)
We’ve got an army of lobbyists all over Jones Street lining pockets with cash to protect “alternative energy mandates.” We’ve got a guy in Charlotte with too much time and
Continue readingNorth Carolina state taxing and spending by the numbers
As the election season gears up, the phony statistics and the excrement are really going to be flying. We decided to head some of that off by injecting some interesting,
Continue readingMonkey Business Report: Dems pushing for expanded early voting + Sunday voting
At least, in Moore County. On June 27, the Moore County board of elections heard a presentation from Democrat-affiliated interests proposing FIVE early voting sites that will even be open
Continue readingThilli$$$$ ready to team with Schumer & tha’ boys for some good ol’ “Gang of Eight” amnesty
It killed Marco Rubio’s presidential ambitions. The GOP base doesn’t want it. But so many of the “smart” people in DC, on both sides of the aisle, are ready to
Continue reading#ncga: Drugs, David Lewis and DEMOCRATS. (Oh, my.)
House leadership HATESsssssssss Rep. Justin Burr. It’s easy to understand why. He’s a smug little guy who will not shut up when he’s told to do so. Burr used
Continue readingAmerican politics: A stinking cesspool where rules and laws are meant for the little, less-connected people
My thoughts about the FBI director’s press conference on Hillary’s email server? He looked like a guy who was told to go out there and do what he’s told if
Continue readingA witch and a monkey: The worst of NC’s political driveby media, or The freakin’ Wizard of Oz? (You make the call.)
In 2013, we BUSTED WRAL’s Mark “Binky” Binker for running with an utter fabrication about the late senator Martin Nesbitt allegedly calling then-DHHS secretary Aldona Wos a ‘witch.’ NO ONE
Continue reading#ncga: MINE is bigger than yours.
The 2016 session of the North Carolina General Assembly went out with a bang this past week. And it had everything to do with egos. It appears the GOP leadership
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