Light blogging lately, and that's in part because I'm very discouraged about the state of things politically. It seems that conservatives have done a very good job at the local level of ruining this country, and doing so while cheating. The recent Supreme Court decision striking parts of the Voting Rights Act has caused many states to roll out voter … Read More
NC Legislature Wants To Teach Children Lies
If the Republicans in the GOP-dominated legislature get their way, students in North Carolina sex education classes will be taught that abortions are a cause of future pre-term births. You know who says that is true? Me neither. You know who says that's not true? The World Health OrganizationThe CDCThe American College of Obstetricians and GynecologistsThe American Academy of PediatriciansThe … Read More
NC Legislature Can’t Keep Its Hands Of Womens’ (and Young Girls’) Bodies
Think Progress: A measure advancing in the North Carolina legislature would require teens to obtain notarized, written parental consent in order to access a range of health services, including testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections, birth control prescriptions, pregnancy care, mental health counseling, and substance abuse treatment. HB 693 seeks to amend the state’s existing parental consent law — which already prevents … Read More
Lockdown at NC A&T
10:25 a.m. Breaking news… GREENSBORO, N.C. — North Carolina A&T State University in Greensboro was put on lockdown Friday morning after a man was seen carrying a rifle on campus. The school posted an alert on its website shortly before 10 a.m., warning people to stay inside and lock classrooms, doors and windows. Officials described the man as black, standing 5 feet 11 … Read More
More NC Legislature Embarrassment
North Carolina lawmaker Michele Presnell is against allowing Islamic prayers to be conducted before a legislative meeting because she "doesn't condone terrorism."
A Dignified Death
After making North Carolina a punchline for a couple of days, the Speaker of the NC legislature does the right thing: The Republican speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives killed legislation on Thursday that aimed toestablish an official state religion. House Speaker Thom Tillis (R-Charlotte) announced Thursday afternoon that the bill would not be receiving a vote in … Read More
UNC Facing Backlash For Its Treatment of Sexual Assault Victims
To mark the start of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill student paper has a message for their university over its disciplinary system, which handles sexual assault with the seriousness of a minor infraction. Since the school received national attention for threatening to expel a college sophomore who spoke publicly about her rape, later suspending the proceeding, the … Read More
North Carolina Don’t Need Your Stinkin’ Constitution
This is embarrassing: RALEIGH, N.C. — A bill filed by Republican lawmakers would allow North Carolina to declare an official religion, in violation of the Establishment Clause of the U.S. Bill of Rights, and seeks to nullify any federal ruling against Christian prayer by public bodies statewide. The bill grew out of a federal lawsuit filed last month by the American … Read More
Unhappy Holidays
Anyone who drives up I-77 through Virginia from Winston-Salem (or the other way) knows that awful stretch of mountain road just as you cross the North Carolina-Virginia border. It's no fun, and when it's foggy… it's downright scary. There was bad news yesterday: and then there was this, too: Two people were aboard the plane that crashed just before … Read More
Virginia Foxx Doesn’t Know Much About Things
Her tweet: Enough with the budgetary "Washington Exceptionalism." Families balance their budgets. Washington should too. bit.ly/11fRxYN #NC5 — Virginia Foxx (@virginiafoxx) March 20, 2013 Um…. Ginny? Families don't balance their budget. Like businesses, they have debt, too. Mortgages, car loans, etc. In fact: U.S. household consumer debt profile: Average credit card debt: $15,266 Average mortgage debt: $149,667 … Read More
I Don’t Get It
The incident took place blocks from where I work: North Carolina police officer Charles Ziegler was off duty last week, working at his side job doing security for a local church, when he noticed a mother pushing her child’s stroller in the rain and offered to give her a lift. By 3 p.m. that afternoon, he was an Internet celebrity. … Read More
North Carolina Appoints Fox To Protect Hens
North Carolina has a Health and Human Services Department, and within that department is the Child Development and Early Education. The Division of Child Development and Early Education, or DCDEE, oversees the state's child-care program as well as NC Pre-K. So you would think that the person placed in charge of DCDEE would have an interest in North Carolina pre-K education. You would be … Read More
NC Polls
Several polls have shown a slight Obama lead in NC, but that might be slipping according to two polls out today and yesterday. PPP has Obama and Romney at a statistical tie. And ARG just released a poll showing Romney up by 4.
High Point University Poll: Obama Leads Romney In NC By 4 Points
I don't know how accurate HPU polls have been in the past, and this tracks registered voters (not as reliable as "likely voters"), but it's the latest NC poll. PDF Oh, and here's Homer Simpson voting for Mitt Romney:
