In the 1970-1971 school year Charlotte public schools began court ordered desegregation. The Feds required that each school have a student racial makeup of 70% white, 30% black. Carmel Junior High was in its first year of operation and I was one of the students. The white kids lived in the neighborhood – blacks were […]
Australia’s second most populous state is getting ready to crack down on foul language. Sad to say, but I’d be stone-effing broke within a day. This from the Australian Broadcasting Corp: The Victorian Government plans to introduce laws this week that will give police permanent power to issue on-the-spot fines to people who swear. Under […]
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Last month marked a disturbing milestone for former Queen City darling Wachovia, when a so-called “deferred prosecution” of the ex-banking titan expired for its role in laundering billions of dollars for murderous Mexican drug cartels. What, you didn’t hear about it the first time around? Here’s a fresh reminder from the Guardian U.K.’s Observer – […]
Mayor Anthony Foxx and Police Chief Rodney Monroe used the better part of an hour yesterday trying to explain why the riot that rocked uptown and resulted in 70 arrests, one shooting fatality and one shooting injury was not, in fact, a riot. Or a melee. Or any other moniker that might give the uptown […]
Quick: Which of the things listed below do NOT require a photo ID to perform? (a) Buy cigarettes or alcohol (b) Enter a federal building (c) Board a commercial airplane (d) Purchase over-the-counter antihistamine (f) Vote in an election You are correct. ‘F’ it is, dumb as it is, completely absurd in 21st century America. […]
And it sounds like he intends to keep both burners at full boil until he gets some answers about where all the money went from emergency loans that the Fed was pushing out like Pez candy. This from Fox Business: The chairman of the House subcommittee that oversees the Federal Reserve demanded Tuesday that the […]
One has to appreciate the hypocrisy of the Obama White House. They ignore the Constitution and any laws previously established, yet work to have new laws written as if we must follow their laws and not laws written by others. A perfect example is the current debate on the national debt. Written law, long established […]
Concerns over midnight border crossings are getting turned upside down, in the wake of a Supreme Court decision that compels the state of California to reduce its prison population by upward of 30,000 inmates. California officials haven’t made any decisions on how they’ll comply with the requirements, but because a goodly portion of the state’s […]
Pete Kaliner is back in front of the mic this Thursday and Friday to guest host The Matt Mittan Show, 3 to 6 p.m., over on WWNC 570-AM in Asheville. If you can’t pick it up on the dial, live-stream it and enjoy (something you should be doing anyway on a regular basis – Matt’s […]
