The Department of Justice has filed a lawsuit that seeks to sink the State of Arizona’s new illegal immigration law, which is slated to take effect later this month. The Feds claim the state law “is preempted by federal law and therefore violates the Supremacy Clause of the United States Constitution.” Ironic but wholly fitting […]
1968 In Vietnam One of the turning points of the Vietnam War was the 1968 battle called the “Tet Offensive.” North Vietnamese and Communist South Vietnamese forces realized they could not sustain the heavy losses they were suffering by battling American and South Vietnamese forces in traditional engagements, and so they decided on a strategy […]
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden says his agency is on course to change it mission, taking one giant leap to prop up the Obama Administration’s goal of extending olive branches to the Muslim world, supplanting space exploration as NASA’s driving goal. In a recent interview with al-Jazeera, Bolden declared that President Obama tagged the foremost objective […]
Charlotte’s Solid Waste Services Division enters a brave, new world this week, with the advent of its vaunted Recycle It! program that features a veritable army of very large and very green 96-gallon rollout recycling bins, part and parcel of a new single-stream collection system that proponents claim will make recycling easier and more efficient […]
Jokes about the abilities, or lack thereof, of some Charlotte motorists notwithstanding, blind drivers might soon be headed down a road near you. The National Federation of the Blind, in partnership with the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, is developing a vehicle that would use “non-visual interface” technologies, which transmit information to a driver […]
Even though there are no surprises, it turns out the illegal drug business is more interesting than normally thought. Most people know drug dealers, large and small, must somehow transfer their illegally gained money into a legally accepted form in order to use it. The process is known as money-laundering. Bloomberg News reporter Michael Smith […]
Photos by: Glen Simmons Revelers celebrate Independence Day at with a grand parade at Ballantyne Village. [nggallery id=52]
Remember, July 4th is just a day. We don’t celebrate December 25, we celebrate Christmas. July 4th is Independence Day, and we at PunditHouse hope you and your loved ones are celebrating in true patriotic fashion! Happy Independence Day!
Photos by: Glen Simmons The Town of Davidson celebrated July Fourth with a parade through downtown and a concert on the Town Green. [nggallery id=51]
First and foremost HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA! May God bless you and yours. I sit here in the wee early hours of July 4th, 2010 with many thoughts running through my head. I am thinking back to this afternoon when I put out on display my brand spanking new American flag. As I attached the poll with […]
