NC-02: Renee follows Kay’s lead on cameras in meetings
Republicans have had a field day with blasting Kay Hagan about this video — where she kicks someone with a video camera out of a meeting she was leading. Apparently, this
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#NCSEN: Relax, green people. Thom is ONE OF YOU!
The environmentalist crowd and their drive by media pals are up in arms about the fact there has been no deal in the legislature regarding storage and disposal of coal
Continue readingThe drive-by media and ‘the do-rag rule’
The latest news about the murder of a UNC-Chapel Hill professor brings to mind the ‘do-rag’ rule — a term first coined by or friend Bob Lee Swagger. What is
Continue reading#NCGA: Captain Obvious files his copy
McCrory rift with Senate may stall NC budget. Ya Think ???? That was the eloquently succinct and prescient headline atop the latest missive from McClatchy-Charlotte’s genial geriatric Jim Morrill.
Continue reading#NCPOL: Gov Pat forced to lay in the bed he made
It’s pretty clear — from the background conversations I am having — that things are a bit frosty between the governor’s office and many of the Republican honorables on Jones Street. A
Continue readingThe “art” of manufacturing racism
When Barry Obama was elected in 2008, we were told the beginning of the Post-Racial era was here. But since that time, it seems like race is being thrown in
Continue reading#NCSEN: The shih-tzu drops a deuce on Thom’s thax thrickery
Every so often John Drescher’s pet shih-tzu surprises me. The young man occasionally breaks free from RobRielle’s mind meld and does some honest-to-goodness political reporting. Speaker Thom and his diminutive
Continue readingHold the giggling re: Cannon bust. Sounds like this story is not finished.
I’ve detected a bit of smugness on the part of establishment Republicans in the wake of Charlotte mayor Patrick Cannon’s arrest by the FBI on corruption charges. NCGOP was quick
Continue reading1979 is calling. It wants its President Back.
The 1970s were a hellish decade for this country. Inflation out the wazoo. Skyrocketing gas prices. Oil embargoes. Record unemployment. Communist aggression rampant around the globe. The rise of radical
Continue readingBob Rucho, Duck Dynasty & the fascist speech police
I try to avoid the whole TMZ-reality show-Kardashian worship thing. But the recent crack-down on comments that “offend” certain approved victim groups has dragged me in. Lefties like to
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