Category Archives: NC News

State Of Emergency In North Carolina? No Guns For You

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 […]

Uh Oh. Silke Pony To Admit He Is Baby Daddy

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 […]

Small Brad Miller Get Together Turns Into A Tea Party

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, […]

Brad Miller Says No Town Halls After Life Threatened

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 […]

Say, How’s That Infrastructure Spending Working Out?

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 […]

Homegrown Jihadis Busted In North Carolina

Daaaaaaaaaamn! Officials arrested seven residents of North Carolina Monday on charges they supported terrorism by recruiting people to fight overseas. Daniel Patrick Boyd, 39, Hysen Sherifi, 24, Anes Subasic, 33, Zakariya Boyd, 20, Dylan Boyd, 22, Mohammad Omar Aly Hassan, 22, and Ziyad Yaghi, 21, have been charged with conspiring to provide material support to […]

Follow Up: Bomb Threats And Reading Bills

Remember Ashton Lundenby, the kid who the media and some lefty bloggers went over-board on a few months ago? Well, A federal judge says a teen can be charged as an adult after authorities say he used the Internet to make fake bomb threats to schools nationwide, including Indiana. A three-count indictment unsealed Wednesday alleges […]

Illegal Charged With Assault On Pregnant Female And Child

Such nice people. Hey, I know, let’s give them amnesty! /sarc off A man accused of assaulting his pregnant girlfriend and her 8-year-old son and then abducting the couple’s 4-year-old son has returned the boy home safely, Sampson County authorities said Tuesday. Deputies arrested Jose Ramon Torres-Ventura, 31, after he brought his son, Ramon Marlon […]

Mary Easley Fired, Ex-Gov Husband Involved In Her Hiring

Getting a little local here, it looks like the Mike and Mary Easley Corruption Show is getting even worse The North Carolina State University Board of Trustees voted Monday to terminate the contract of former first lady Mary Easley. Easley has resisted calls in recent weeks to step down from her $170,000-a-year job at N.C. […]

Arnold Thinks Spending Money On Illegals Rocks!

You know, I never understood all those calls years back to amend the Constitution so the Governator could run for president. It was obvious he was a liberal in Republican clothing, and he keeps on proving it Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger says he’s “happy” illegal immigrants get state services and says they’re not to blame for California’s […]

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