Some of the dimmer and, frankly, underreported stories of the Beijing Olympics were those of the political dissidents and protesters who were arrested, detained and shipped away, far from the ostentatious opening ceremonies and cheering crowds. Three weeks later in America at the Republican National Convention, we are seeing a similar disassembling of civil liberties; […]
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Bare chiches at El Palacio Latino?
Danny Shilleh wants to start a topless bar in Raleigh that caters to Latinos. Buena suerte, reports The N&O, as Raleigh rarely approves adult clubs. The new club, where dancers baring their breastsor chiches, as they’re known in Spanish slangwould sit next to the Foxy Lady and near a pair of adult video stores, prompting […]
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‘The dude was unfazed’
Barry Saunders has an poignant, respectful column in today’s N&O about recently slain Durham business owner Ronnie Sturdivant, his long-standing quest to bring Oprah to the city and his many dustups with city officials. No word yet on what will become of Sturdivant’s properties–the former Holiday Inn turned decaying Urban Merchant Center on West Chapel […]
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Easley’s brush with Palin
At a meeting of governors earlier this year, our own Mike Easley was photographed with Alaska Gov. Palin. The Daily Kos posted a soap opera about the various Palin pregnancies on Monday, but the story had been taken down this morning. If you’re trolling the internet, search for “Daily Kos: Sarah Palin is not the […]
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How unAmerican: Civil liberties suspended pre-RNC
We’ve heard about the crackdown on dissidents during the Olympics in Beijing; now the cops are using similar tactics against protesters-to-be in Minneapolis-St. Paul in advance of the Republican National Convention, according to Salon.com’s Glenn Greenwald, who posts video with his story. SWAT teams are busting down doors and handcuffing suspected protesters while searching their […]
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Palin hates polar bears, loves mooseburgers
The Daily Green briefly assesses the enviro creds of GOP Veep nominee Sarah Palin. Newsflash: She doesn’t believe in global warming and she sued the feds to remove polar bears as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Well, once the polar bears, displaced by melting ice, drown in the sea, they will be neither threatened […]
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Water coolers eerily silent at DHHS
The Department of Health and Human Services sent an advisory this week to their employees and contractors reminding them that political activity on the job is a no-no under federal law. While that makes sense, even political conversations are apparently off-limits. So no chatting around the water cooler about Obama’s amazing convention speech or how […]
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Who the crap is Sarah Palin? She played Roseanne’s daughter right?
BlueNC features a hilarious spoof on McCain, his VP search and how he arrived at choosing Sarah Palin, Alaska guv and former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska, population 9,236.
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We know what DPAC is, but what to wear?
More than three-quarters of local residents are aware of the Durham Performing Arts Center, although they may not know how to dress for it. The Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau released results of a study today showing that public awareness of DPAC, due to open later this year, is greater than that of megamall Streets […]
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Low blow to low flow
NC State University students are allegedly damaging low-flow faucets and showers installed earlier this year to conserve water. WRAL.com quotes senior Christine Fischer as saying: “They’re trying to make it more efficient, but I don’t think that they think about the fact we’re taking longer showers because the water pressure is low.” Mother Jones’ latest […]
