Official unofficial results: Obama snags 303 electoral votes; Romney tallies 206. The popular vote shows Obama at 50% (59,631,659) and Romney at 48% (57,001,726) ~ a spread of just over two million votes. Meanwhile, we will still have House Speaker John Boehner, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, and a looming fiscal cliff. This from the […]
There were two, um, high notes from last night; maybe it’s time to move to Colorado or Washington. This from CNN: Voters in Washington and Colorado passed ballot initiatives Tuesday to legalize marijuana for recreational use, the biggest victory ever for the legalization movement. “The significance of these events cannot be understated,” said NORML, a […]
Despite the latest poll that shows Barack Obama trailing Mitt Romney by a 47-43% margin among likely voters in North Carolina, and unemployment here nipping 10 percent and near the worst in the nation; despite gasoline prices hitting a record high for Labor Day, the national debt about to hit $16 trillion, and Democrat voter registration […]
There’s a reason Mitt Romney didn’t delve into any policy specifics or reach for any grandiose themes during his RNC acceptance speech; actually, there are several reasons, but the main one is the simplest: he didn’t need to. All Romney needed was to echo the same message that the man he’s trying to replace delivered […]
By nearly all accounts, Paul Ryan delivered a rousing and effective speech at the RNC, eviscerating a failed Obama administration with lethal oratory while simultaneously managing to come off as the Boy Scout next door who grandmas love and the hipster nerd who has a respectable iTunes playlist in one pocket and a calculator in […]
The folks over at Creative Loafing ran a cover package last week on the merits of a burgeoning “Drop the I-Word” campaign, as well as explaining the publication’s decision to join it. What is the “Drop the I-Word” campaign, you ask? CL explains: Hosted by United 4 The Dream, the youth-led advocacy group of the […]
Roger Clemens’ trail is over and he has been cleared of all steroids and perjury charges. The verdict opens the door for the “Rocket’s” detractors to cry foul while his defenders validate his storied career. So it goes with celebrity trials. Each side remains convinced of their rightness no matter the evidence or the jury’s […]
Temperatures are hitting triple digits, leaving Charlotte baking and broiling. How hot is it? It’s so hot … … Charlotte’s local Tea Party changed its name to the Iced Tea Party. … Curt Walton has declared Ray’s Splash Planet an Extraordinary Event zone. … the Bobcats are trading Kemba Walker to New Orleans for a […]
Some food for thought about the direction our country is headed, if it hasn’t already reached a truly disturbing destination. This from BuzzFeed: An amendment that would legalize the use of propaganda on American audiences is being inserted into the latest defense authorization bill, BuzzFeed has learned. The amendment would “strike the current ban on […]
