June 14, 2010 – 12:42 pm
My question is, why is Etheridge not in jail yet? Why has he not been arrested? I heard about this this a.m. on the Morning Rush (106.1 Raleigh), hadn’t had a chance to blog it, via Big Government Of course, the main paper for North Carolina, the Raleigh News and Observer, was kinda obliged to […]
June 11, 2010 – 12:00 pm
Y’all remember this big story from Wednesday and Thursday? A man slugged Nathan Tabor, the chairman of the Forsyth County Republican Party, in the face during a protest Tuesday in Greensboro. You can hear the smack on the video and watch the man’s fist make contact with Tabor’s face. And lots of people have. That […]
April 22, 2010 – 5:21 pm
Unshockingly, yet another Democrat, this time my Senator, Kay Hagan, had a bit of the “woops, a tough question, gotta run” syndrome (Via Hot Air from The Right Scoop) Ed Morrissey Time flies when you’re having … to dodge a question you can’t answer. Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC) “scoots†almost as soon as the hosts […]
March 22, 2010 – 7:20 pm
This was on my way home, right outside my complex A shooting killed one person and wounded another Sunday evening at the intersection of Skycrest Drive and Southall Road, the Wake County Sheriff’s Office reported this morning. Both victims were taken to WakeMed where Nigel J. Ellison was pronounced dead, acording to the sheriff’s office. […]
February 18, 2010 – 10:19 am
It’s probably raaaaacist for me to even blog this Durham police arrested Duke lacrosse accuser Crystal Gale Mangum, 33, late Wednesday after she allegedly assaulted her boyfriend, set his clothes on fire in a bathtub and threatened to stab him. Authorities charged her with attempted first-degree murder, five counts of arson, assault and battery, communicating […]
February 9, 2010 – 10:19 am
A bit of a kerfuffle going on in ye olde home state Residents in King were fumed over the weekend after a state of emergency declaration restricted the sale of alcohol and the carrying of firearms in vehicles. King Police Chief Paula May said she’s received hundreds of threats related to the restrictions, which banned […]
August 13, 2009 – 6:30 pm
Via WRAL: Sources have told WRAL News that they expect former U.S. Sen. John Edwards to admit that he is the father of his former mistress’ 18-month-old daughter. Yeah, remember when all those Lefties said the National Enquirer was nuts, and the whole scenario was some sort of Vast Right Wing Conspiracy? So, how’d that […]
August 8, 2009 – 8:26 am
Poor Brad Miller, he of the “I was threatened by one nut so I won’t hold the town halls I wasn’t going to have anyhow” thought he was home free, alas….. The health-care debate spilled onto the streets of Raleigh on Friday, with more than 600 people picketing the office of Democratic Congressman Brad Miller, […]
August 6, 2009 – 5:34 pm
So reports TPM and a few other sources Rep. Brad Miller (D-NC) will not be hosting any town hall events this August — instead, he’s making himself available to constituents for one-on-one meetings about health care reform — and at least part of the reason is this: His offices have received threatening phone calls, including […]
July 31, 2009 – 9:06 am
Apparently, it is shovel ready, but, not for the bridges that actually need repair (why does “shovel ready” bring a farm like conotation to mind?) Tens of thousands of unsafe or decaying bridges carrying 100 million drivers a day must wait for repairs because states are spending stimulus money on spans that are already in […]