Tag: politics

Here comes the diesel shortage. (There goes your money.)

Posted on November 2, 2022November 2, 2022 by Brant Clifton

If inflation, labor shortages, radical politics in public schools, interest rates, and an upswing in violent crime have you bent out of shape, get a load of this: Mansfield

Breaking News: The N&O also sucks!

Posted on November 1, 2022November 1, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It seems like an awful lot of “political reporting” at WRAL and McClatchy involves lurking around Republican social media pages and “reporting” when you or one of your colleagues gets

Breaking News: WRAL still sucks!

Posted on October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Travis Fain, a/k/a Laura Leslie’s hag, is stepping forward to aid and abet his bosses’s beloved Democrat Party: Can’t criticize the 2020 election. Can’t criticize COVID or the lockdowns. Now,

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Empowering Tattletales

Posted on October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 by Brant Clifton

The Pinehurst Village Council dangled their threats to vacation rentals in front of us for nearly a year. This week, they finally made their move. Comrade mayor Strickland, comrade mayor

Next On The Agenda? BUTTHOLES.

Posted on October 29, 2022October 29, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Yes, you read that right. If you thought Pinehurst had a hot mess on its hands, get a load of what’s going on with The Town of Southern Pines.

Tillis trying to get Robinson out of 2024 NCGOV race?

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

That’s the word coming over the transom. I picked up this nugget from someone with knowledge of the internal workings of Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s (R) political operation. My

ECU “training” K-12 teachers to “stop normalizing heterosexuality”

Posted on October 28, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Yep. You read that right. Once again, Education First Alliance has got all of the gory details: Parents for Public Schools and East Carolina University (ECU) are working to

North Carolina’s X-rated school libraries

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

It’s good to see the public school edu-crats have their priorities, um, straight. Math scores for public school students are at an all-time low. But — if the edu-crats

The Emperor’s — um, GOVERNOR’S New Clothes

Posted on October 25, 2022 by Brant Clifton

Just like that monarch in the Hans Christian Anderson story, Roy Cooper’s ego is in high gear. His admirers won’t admit that he’s an unaccomplished blowhard attempting to cruise

The Pinehurst Hot Mess: Early Morning Sneakiness

Posted on October 24, 2022 by Brant Clifton

What’s the best method for sneaking stuff past people? Do it early in the morning while most people are still sleeping and / or heading to work. You’re less