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 […]
May 8, 2008 – 12:13 pm
I usually do not post this much this quick during the day, but, this just disgusts me A Spring Lake woman has been charged with stealing from the dying teenage victim of a street shooting, police said Thursday. Lakesha S. Lilly, 26, of 1306-B King St., was charged Tuesday with felony larceny after shoes and […]
May 6, 2008 – 10:09 pm
I’ll be honest, I barely saw any elections news till about 830pm, as I was massively busy in Real Lifeâ„¢. Usually not that busy on Tuesdays, but, daaaaaammmmmn! Went in at 930, left at 815. Good thing I voted prior to work, eh? Right now, McCain and Obama are up big for their races. Only […]
May 6, 2008 – 8:51 am
Yes, it is finally here, the eyes of the country are on North Carolina’s posterior today. Get out and vote for John McCain and Fred Smith. An interesting interview on 680-WPTF this a.m. The host was asking some Democrat wonk about whether all these new young voters are Democrat voters or Barack voters. She said […]
May 6, 2008 – 7:44 am
Apparently, we have our own Operation Chaos going on, though at a much smaller size then the one between Hillary at Barack NMN Obama. I heard my first Ron Paul radio ad yesterday, and again this morning. Did you know that Crazy Uncle Paul believes that the U.S. has been fighting wars solely on behalf […]
May 4, 2008 – 9:25 am
Two quick hits. First, a little over a year ago I mentioned that the newest attack sub, the U.S.S. North Carolina was christened. It was commissioned on Saturday morning. WRAL has the story and video. As for Mother’s Day, back on 5/14/2007, Rep. Jeff Forntenberry introduced a bill supporting the goals and ideals of Mother’s […]
