July 10, 2008 – 9:09 am
Yes, it certainly is good to be Mike Easley, with his term winding down. News 14 – First lady’s raise may break UNC rules The UNC System Board of Governors wants to know if N.C. State broke the rules when it gave first lady Mary Easley an $80,000 pay raise. The News & Observer reported […]
July 9, 2008 – 8:10 pm
Well, not really, and Congressman Walter B. Jones (R-NC) won’t stand for it In a letter today to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Representative Walter B. Jones (R-NC) responded to July 7, 2008 correspondence from the Chief Administrative Officer and Architect of the Capitol asserting that the memorial honoring the fallen heroes of Camp Lejeune displayed […]
July 4, 2008 – 11:10 am
Former North Carolina Senator and long term Conservative icon Jesse Helms has passed away at age 86. I had the priviledge of meeting him one time, briefly, and I told him I didn’t agree with everything he did. He said “that’s OK, as long as you believe in the big things that Conservatives stand for. […]
July 2, 2008 – 5:11 pm
Thankfully, we are not not going to have to put up with stuff like this in NC for too much longer, since Mike cannot run again. Unfortunately, he has over 6 months in office to pull more shenanigans like this: WRAL – NC governor defends wife’s taxpayer-funded trips (this should be good!) Gov. Mike Easley on […]
July 1, 2008 – 7:25 am
Right up the road in Durham. WRAL – Prosecutor: Couple’s Crimes Related To Cult A Durham couple charged with kidnapping, rape and assault was involved with a satanic cult, a prosecutor said Monday. Joy Johnson and Joseph Craig appeared at a bond hearing Monday. A judge set Craig’s bond at $590,000, but refused a prosecution […]
June 29, 2008 – 5:58 pm
Well, well, here is a very interesting story about excellent progress in medicine here in Flyover Country < too snarky. News and Observer – Cancer cure in mice to get human trials Clinical trials begin this week at Wake Forest University on a cancer therapy that has completely cured the disease in every mouse tested […]
June 26, 2008 – 3:23 pm
Here’s one from a few days ago that will blow Ogre’s mind when he is back from vacation Dissatisfied with teaching in Spanish 85 percent of the time, a North Carolina superintendent is pushing for a proposal that includes a plan for a school where Spanish is the predominant language. Superintendent Peter Gorman pitched his […]
June 12, 2008 – 10:18 am
We had some ugly clouds and t-storms around the Raleigh area yesterday, and, unusually, the winds were moving east to west. For those unfamiliar, that weather pattern is usually only around bodies of water, due to land vs water temps most often. It started smelling smokey. Couldn’t figure out why. Same thing this AM. Then […]
May 29, 2008 – 7:18 am
Well, if this isn’t the cat’s meow Illegal immigrants would continue to have access to state universities and community colleges under legislation filed Tuesday by Reps. Pricey Harrison, Paul Luebke and Rick Glazier. Gee, N&O, no mention that all three are, yup! Democrats? Shocka! Their bill would prevent the UNC Board of Governors and the […]
May 28, 2008 – 8:18 am
This would qualify as “talking out of both sides of one’s mouth” Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Kay Hagan said Tuesday she supports the idea of county-federal partnerships that put illegal immigrants who commit crimes on the path to deportation. But unlike other candidates for top statewide office, including chief rival Elizabeth Dole, Hagan told a […]
