More than half of a million – that’s how many illegal aliens the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) says it has released, who are now fugitives: 506,232 as of Sept. 5, to be precise, according to this report from CNSNews: Fugitive illegal aliens are individuals who were apprehended ICE for being in the United […]
This seems logical and consistent, given that the same age bracket is fair game for the military – where they, um, you know, kind of use firearms. From the NRA’s news release yesterday: Fairfax, Va. — The NRA is challenging federal laws that prohibit law-abiding Americans eighteen through twenty years of age from legally purchasing a […]
The Rev. Jesse Jackson recently became the latest high-profile figure to receive a hearty Detroit welcome to the Motor City, and it came with an ironic twist. This from The Michigan View: Add Jesse Jackson’s ride to prominent vehicles being stripped in Detroit. Following the embarrassing news that Mayor Dave Bing’s GMC Yukon was hijacked […]
This week we bring you “This Much Fun” by Cowboy Mouth live at the Roxy in LA. These guys come through Charlotte quite often and put up one heck of a show.
The so-called Summer of Recovery continues to depress. The latest figures from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show the national unemployment rate increased to 9.6% for August, up from July’s 9.5%, while the economy shed another 54,000 jobs. Nonfarm payroll employment changed little (-54,000) in August, and the unemployment rate was about unchanged at 9.6 […]
What’s the difference between Osama bin Laden, the terrorist, and Mick Mulvaney, the hard-charging conservative challenging entrenched incumbent Rep. John Spratt (D-S.C.)? Not much, according to Spratt’s spiel. This from a profile of the two candidates in Columbia’s Free-Times: “If Osama bin Laden ran in this district as a Republican, he would get 38 to […]
Many thanks to Paul Valone over at the Charlotte Gun Rights Examiner for pointing out a somewhat unknown, but incredibly important, result of Governor Beverly Purdue’s declaration of a State of Emergency in advance of Hurricane “My name is” Earl. By signing Executive Order No. 62, N.C. General Statute 14-288.7, which prohibits transporting a “dangerous weapon” […]
Um, about that whole climate change thing and how mankind is doomed to early extinction? Nevermind. Sorry about the confusion; totally our bad. This from the UK Express: THE world’s leading climate change body has been accused of losing credibility after a damning report into its research practices. A high-level inquiry into the Intergovernmental Panel […]
When it’s time to vote, do you know where your candidate stands? Do you know what a bond vote actually means? A bond vote is to allow government to borrow money from the future to pay for projects today. Over the past decades, the Mecklenburg Board of County Commissioners, led by the spendthrift Parks Helms, […]