“Calm Down,” The Love Language music video, is fun.
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NC Libertarians: Republican anti-voting bill “a nightmare for free elections”
I was thinking earlier today, which one of the N.C. Republican Party’s moves in the General Assembly this year is the worst. The competition is stiff. But throwing obstacles in the way of voting is certainly in the running for worst, because it screws with a fundamental pillar of self-government. Which is what the Libertarian […]
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Why Republicans fail at job creation
To evaluate what the Republicans did in the 2013 General Assembly session now ending, I suggest a thought exercise. Imagine that the North Carolina economy, currently suffering from 8.8 percent unemployment and at least as much underemployment, has come roaring back. Somehow we’ve turned into the most successful state in the country. How did we […]
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Bob Hall: Senate rewrite of H-589, out today, is an anti-voting nightmare written by political bullies.
[Updated to correct the bill number in the headline. Not Senate Bill 589, but House Bill 589 as rewritten by the Senate. Sorry: RJG.] When I need to know about election laws, I turn to Bob Hall, executive director of Democracy North Carollina. He’s the expert. He’s also seen it all, so he doesn’t exaggerate, […]
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A post-racial society? Not.
Before I get to last week’s court decision upholding our state’s brutally gerrymandered election districts, let’s quickly review some of the other things in the news that are not about race. Trayvon Martin’s death was not about race. Even the hapless prosecutor insisted, “This case was never about race.” But what about state laws like […]
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[Updated x 2] Pat was there: Governor’s tale has grain of truth, at least
[Update x 2: McCrory spokeswoman confirms, Governor hasn’t been at a protest, but he does walk from the Mansion to the Capitol — which is not really what he said on Wednesday. The question remains why he won’t listen to the protesters or meet with their leaders? http://www.newsobserver.com/2013/07/12/3026255/mccrory-says-he-mingles-with-protesters.html] When Gov. Pat McCrory told a reporter […]
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Jobs? Debt? What’s real? N.C. Commerce Secretary Sharon Decker chimes in
My first impression of Sharon Decker, whom Gov. Pat McCrory appointed as secretary of commerce: positive. Heading for the restaurant where some news people were meeting her for lunch, I saw Decker stooped over one of Raleigh’s wretched pay-to-park stations, her press aide at her side. She didn’t leave this menial task to her aide. […]
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Texas and N.C. fight against oppression
Buzzfeed kept track as Wendy Davis became an online political sensation. Here’s what they spotted, including some Kill Bill, Game of Thrones, Friday Night Lights (“Clear Eyes. Full Heart. Can’t Lose”) and a memorable clip from the Bad News Bears. It was late, around midnight, and a fixed video camera showed a legislative chamber recessing […]
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Equality NC: “Enormous victory” over federal DOMA, but discrimination remains the rule in N.C.
Equality NC [Update, 1:45 p.m.: Feel like celebrating? Equality NC is hosting a Decision Day event tonight in Raleigh: TIME AND DATE: Wednesday, June 26, at 8 PMPullen Memorial Baptist Church 1801 Hillsborough St Raleigh, NC 27605 Still much to do in North Carolina.] Equality North Carolina, the LGBT rights group, has a statement out […]
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Idiocracy comes to life in the mentality of Gov. Pat McCrory
In the future, this country will be governed by idiots. That’s the premise of Idiocracy, a 2006 film directed by Mike Judge (of Office Space and Beavis and Butt-Head fame). The problem, the narrator tells us, is that ignorant people reproduced faster than intelligent ones, crippling the gene pool. Now, addicted to mindless TV, the […]