I get the whole meme that the TSA has to treat everyone equally, that there can’t be any profiling or exceptions. But really, Rand Paul as a terrorist threat? Really? Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., was detained by airport security officials on Monday, according to his communications director Moira Bagley, who posted about the incident on […]
Fresh off getting smacked around by Gamecock voters, Romney rolls out the dark side in the Sunshine State. This from Politico: “Speaker Gingrich has also been a leader,” the former Massachusetts governor said. “He was a leader for four years as speaker of the House. And at the end of four years, it was proven […]
Send us a link with your favorite tunes and vids (editor@pundithouse.com) and we’ll work them into the rotation: this one’s for hal hood, who reminds us that the Ron Raul Revolution rocks in more ways than one: On a more somber note – R.I.P. Etta James:
Kudos to everyone who took the time and effort to contact Congress in opposition to this misguided jumble of legislation. This from the Washington Post: Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.), author of the Stop Online Piracy Act, said on Friday that he is postponing consideration of the bill in response to concerns from critics who said […]
Seems there’s a cougar problem out in Utah and a local school board is none too pleased: The Corner Canyon High School in Draper, Utah, needed to choose a mascot and after 23% of students who voted decided they wanted to be the Corner Canyon Cougars. Falcons, Raptors and Diamondbacks were the other choices on the ballot. […]
Or the 75 percent, or maybe the 53 percent – same difference, just a rounding error; could happen to anyone. The uptown paper’s Ann Doss Helms unravels the numbers behind Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools’ flawed graduation-track data, while having to painstakingly explain – apparently repeatedly – to CMS officials the error of their ways before they finally […]
Or, um, more accurately the mountains, according to reports that the former WBT talker and most recently News14 reporter is slated to slide back behind the talk radio microphone with WWNC out of Asheville, taking over the drive-time slot vacated when Matt Mittan and the station parted ways. Details as they become available. Hate that […]
Leave it to The One to simultaneously slam the brakes on a project that has the potential to create tens of thousands of new jobs, pump about $20 billion into the economy and reduce our reliance on foreign oil imported from countries that hate us, while rolling out a reelection campaign ad that touts the […]
Criticism of Rick Perry as being slow on the uptake was confirmed today when a reality evident to anybody with even half of a head for politics finally dawned on the Texas governor that, “there is no viable path forward for me in the 2012 campaign.” Perry dropped out of the GOP presidential clustermuck horserace […]
It’s taken entirely way too long, but finally a responsible government body (I know, it’s very much the oxymoron, but stick with me here) has stood up to voice legitimate concerns and demand realistic projections for an astonishingly pricey rail-transit project. It happened this week when the Iredell Board of County Commissioners unanimously voted to […]
