Or maybe just gross would be more appropriate. As if watching the Panthers hasn’t been painful enough this year, the stage is set for potentially true horrendousness. Imagine Jimmy Clausen on a tuck-and-bail, synched to the harmonics of “Achy, Breaky Heart.” It could be coming to a TV near you, courtesy of Fox Sports. This […]
This was supposed to be headed in exactly the opposite direction, right. I mean according to Gov. Bev, the state’s spending spree on business incentive bribes is supposed to be creating new jobs left and right. Not so much. The ESC numbers released today show just how brutal November was on the jobless front with […]
Who is Gloria Pace King? What has she done to obtain her 15 minutes of infamy? Actually, nothing that any other local CEO hasn’t done. WIth the permission and endorsement of her board of directors, she paid herself a lot of money. So far so good. Nothing the Kens or Hughs of Charlotte haven’t done […]
Just as you might expect, there is a cry from Democrats, news media and other liberals for the appointment of a redistricting commission for the state of North Carolina. After more than 100 years of Democrat abuse of the redistricting process, abuse that has been a major factor helping the Democrats maintain a lock-down on […]
Sanity comes close, but ultimately falls short, in Johnston County, where school officials are now requiring notes from parents if they don’t want their children to use lip balm, hand sanitizer or sunscreen while at school. As opposed to school officials’ original plan to outlaw lip balm from campuses unless parents sent notes stating their […]
In a wholly predictable response to her political mentor’s plea of ‘I’m guilty, but not guilty like that” today, Gov. Beverly Perdue is urging folks (like, I don’t know, the GOP majority that just won control of the General Assembly) to leave the past in the past and focus on moving North Carolina forward. She […]
The former governor gets a bad joke of a fine; the citizens of North Carolina get a giant one up the – This from WRAL: Former Gov. Mike Easley pleaded guilty Tuesday to a single campaign finance violation as part of a deal to end long-running state and federal investigations into his dealings with friends […]
We need them, because we are obviously too dumb and irresponsible to make informed decisions for ourselves. Following up the federal government’s decree this week to essentially outlaw adult beverages that contain a mix of caffeine and booze, the N.C. Alcoholic Beverage Commission, at Gov. Bev Perdue’s urging, has voted to allow retailers to return […]
North Carolina lawmakers have for years been violating the state’s constitutional balanced budget requirement by playing funny money tricks with employee salaries and promised benefits, leading to a $32 billion shortfall for the state’s retiree health fund and adding at least an extra $3 billion in real-time money to this year’s projected $3 billion budget […]
Inveterate liar, thief, drug addict and alcoholic Jim Black is getting back into the eye doc biz. What could possibly go wrong.
