Burr, Bluegrass & Barbecue
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Pig-pickin’ and politickin’ were on the menu at the Burr, Bluegrass & Barbecue event, Saturday, Aug. 28, at SMS Catering in Charlotte. [nggallery id=68]
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South Of The Border
In an effort to weed out the corruption that has plagued it for years, the Mexican government has fired nearly one-tenth of its federal police force – about 3,200 crooked cops – this year, according to this report from The L.A. Times: The cleanup is to take place nationwide and began with the federal police, […]
Richard Burr – food nazi
It seems that a week can’t pass without another power grap from the statists in washington. Now here comes s. 510,the so-called “food safety modernization act”. This bureaucratic “bi-partisan” monstrosity empowers an expanded FDA, (almost 4000 new bureaucrats in 2010 alone and an 1 billion increased fda budget),to further drive up the cost of food […]
Meanwhile, on the gridiron …
CMS officials have acknowledged that they learned well in advance of the official start of this year’s football season that a Butler High player had been arrested for rape, but that Ed Shed brass failed to notify the school for more than week. As a result, Osvaldo Sombo, 17, was able to play in the […]
Air Time For CMS
Michael Jordan and the Bobcats drove the funding lane Monday with a slamdunk of a PR move, cutting one whopper of a check to help Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools fill its pay-to-play equity gap for middle school sports. WCNC runs down the details here: CMS Schools Superintendent Dr. Peter Gorman said, “This gift will mean students can […]
All Hands On Deck
Big ups to Jeff Taylor over at The Meck Deck, killing it going on five years this week with cutting-edge blogging, breaking stories, insightful commentary, and wicked sharp slices of humor. Congrats; and cheers for at least another half-decade of delivering “some sanity to the socio-politico-culturo Charlotte scene.” This is Public Image Ltd
Rock the Republic Fashion Show
Photos by: Glen Simmons with Event Images Carolina Style takes center stage at the Rock the Republic Fashion Show last Friday at Pavilion at EpiCentre. [nggallery id=67]
Travel Pundit: Sun ‘n’ Fun
Somebody forgot to tell Myrtle Beach about the recession. Despite a sluggish economy, the South Carolina travel destination is thriving this summer; beaches are packed with bikinis, restaurants filled with hungry appetites, and hotels booked with travelers from up and down the coast and across the country. Take the Hampton Inn & Suites Oceanfront in […]
Left Wing Media Distorts Conservative Rally
In the days leading up to and on the morning of the “Restoring Honor” rally it was ring-around the liberal networks as every left-leaning news outlet from CBS to MSNBC attempted to paint Glenn Beck’s gathering as, “controversial and political”. On Friday, ABC ran a headline that read, “Glenn Beck’s Non Political Rally Turns […]
Team BO Shelves USS Cole Prosecution
Not exactly breaking news here, but you’d never know it from the MSM’s downplay of what should’ve been an across-the-board, above-the-fold lead story. The Obama Administration has scuttled plans to prosecute terrorist Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who allegedly masterminded the October 2000 attack on the USS Cole in Yemen, killing 17 sailors and leaving dozens more […]
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