The sweet pretty things are in bed now of course The city fathers they’re trying to endorse The reincarnation of Paul Revere’s horse But the town has no need to be nervous The ghost of Belle Starr she hands down her wits To Jezebel the nun she violently knits A bald wig for Jack the […]
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New CNN poll: Hagan 53, Dole 44
A new CNN poll shows Kay Hagan opening up a lead over Sen. Elizabeth Dole. Poll tracking sites such as Pollster.com and Talkingpointsmemo.com have changed their assessment of the race from “toss-up” to reflect the trend. However, this data doesn’t seem to reflect the fallout from Dole’s widely reviled “godless” ads. The poll was conducted […]
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CNN’s Campbell Brown unloads on Dole for “godless” ad
Today, CNN anchor Campbell Brown declared Sen. Elizabeth Dole’s now-infamous adwhich attempts to link challenger Kay Hagan to some unspeakable coven of godlessnessto be one of the most disgusting ads in the country: Is this really what it’s come down to: We’re fighting two wars, our economy is a disaster, and Sen. Dole’s message to […]
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I.O.U.S.A.
I.O.U.S.A. opens Friday in select theaters My first reaction upon reaching the conclusion of the terrifying, blunt-force trauma documentary I.O.U.S.A. was a fervent wish for our next president. Instead of a celebratory inauguration speech outdoors in freezing Washington, D.C., in January, President Obama or McCain should convene a national town hall meeting. The first hour […]
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No baseball tonight. Does anyone outside of Tampa and Philly care?
Depressing piece from the Times’ Harvey Araton, who calls this Series a “turkey.” That’s in response to Bud Selig’s wan assurance to fans that the Series will be concluded, “even if we have to celebrate Thanksgiving.” In a gloomy assessment, Araton bemoans the obvious, that the days of baseball being America’s pastime are long gone. […]
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Any room at the inn for the Rays?
Tonight’s baseball game was the sort of riveting spectacle that is made just for television. Like the Ice Bowl, it was something to watch from afar, as the Rays and Phillies stumbled through a steady, near-freezing rainfall. Down 2-1 in the 6th inning with the game in danger of being declared over, B.J Upton singled […]
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Crowded ACC football field leaves UNC-Georgia Tech start time TBA
The ACC table is crowded these days, with 10 of 12 squads sporting overall winning records (you can count yourselves out, State and Clemson) and three teams with one conference loss and seven with two. There are lots of big games coming up, including some unforeseen ones, like Miami versus Virginia and Duke versus Wake […]
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New York Times editorial raises alarm over N.C. voting: “this year’s butterfly ballot”
In 2000, the election turned on numerous voting irregularities in Florida. In 2004, attention shifted to Ohio, home of the Diebold voting machine manufacturer. Now, North Carolina is under the national microscope. In Florida’s ‘butterfly ballot” debacle of 2000, voters in Palm Beach County were so confused by the odd layout that many appear to […]
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Airplane pilots to DPAC: “Out, damned spot! Out I say!”?
By the pricking of our thumbs, something WICKED this way comes…. Bull City Rising’s been all over this, and now BCR has further confirmation of the construction of a Jaume Plensa installation at DPAC. It will be located on the northwest side of the facility. And he’s got the deets: Relatively inexpensive at about $100,000 […]
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A slice of past lives in A Girl Cut in Two
A Girl Cut in Two opens Friday in select theaters Does anyone remember the murder of Beaux Arts architect and hedonist Stanford White? It was probably the first crime of the 20th century, in the sense of the Crime of the Centurya title that would pass to the likes of Fatty Arbuckle, Bruno Hauptmann and […]
