This is really a War Story but you have to get to the bottom to see the War Part. Be patient, the Top Part is funny.
Published: Sunday, January 17th, 2016 @ 8:39 pm
By: Alex J. Ortolano
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For the rest of us, who understand principled truth, Hillary has a rough road ahead, and, possibly, she did herself a great disservice in her FBI investigation, which may become a criminal investigation at some point for many reasons; too numerous to mention here.
Published: Tuesday, October 27th, 2015 @ 11:52 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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We know it’s a major component of the left’s campaign strategy for 2016: demagogue the Confederate flag and make Southern Republicans PROVE they are not racists. It’s a move that would make Big Barry and Saul Alinsky’s rotting corpse proud.
Published: Sunday, August 16th, 2015 @ 12:24 am
By: Brant Clifton
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The article below talks about how sanctuary policies have led to crimes against thousands of Americans. It was written by Hans von Spakovsky of the Heritage Foundation and it is important for North Carolinians to read, because the legislature is considering House Bill 328, which would give...
Published: Wednesday, July 22nd, 2015 @ 4:17 am
By: Civitas Insitute
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The SKY Family's Celtic Revival! will be in Elizabeth City on April 28th at the College of Albermarle Performing Arts Center.
Published: Thursday, April 16th, 2015 @ 7:42 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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East Carolina University is one of thousands of campuses across the country participating in "V-Day," a global movement to open dialogue and end violence against women and girls.
Published: Tuesday, February 17th, 2015 @ 9:23 am
By: ECU News Services
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This is the time of the year when Autumn unfurls its brilliant colors. There is a chill in the air, and often that change of seasons can be breathtaking. be
Published: Thursday, December 11th, 2014 @ 8:19 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Shenandoah National Park, with the 105 mile long Skyline Drive bisecting it from southwest to northeast along its spine, is a rugged natural park running from Front Royal to the North to Rockfish Gap to the South.
Published: Sunday, December 7th, 2014 @ 6:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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The Shenandoah Valley exists as a long, fertile, and largely agrarian, stretch of land framed by the Potomac River to the north and the James River to the south, as well as being buttressed by the Blue Ridge Mountains to the East and the Appalachian Ridge and Valley ranges to the west.
Published: Saturday, December 6th, 2014 @ 6:17 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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I love the Shenandoah Valley, the Mountains, and the rich history of this region of Virginia.
Published: Thursday, December 4th, 2014 @ 10:35 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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In this newsletter and in two separate reports I have offered an important emerging consensus in the public debate about hydraulic fracturing:
Published: Tuesday, September 23rd, 2014 @ 8:35 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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An iconic image in the propaganda war against hydraulic fracturing ("fracking") is that of flammable tap water. Water you can light on fire. It is a calculated image to terrify.
Published: Tuesday, August 5th, 2014 @ 12:50 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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At the direction of Governor Pat McCrory and in the interest of efficiency, the N.C. Department of Transportation is placing its Sikorsky S-76 helicopter up for sale, based on a review of ways to operate more efficiently by consolidating the department's air fleet.
Published: Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 @ 7:47 pm
By: Chris Downey
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Johnny Jones has high blood pressure and diabetes, conditions often seen by health care providers in eastern North Carolina. But a swollen leg and fever brought him to the hospital.
Published: Saturday, April 5th, 2014 @ 3:05 pm
By: ECU News Services
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An analysis by a UNC School of Government professor suggests there's no clear-cut answer over whether changes in laws regulating voter registration and extending the time people are allowed to vote have affected turnout in recent decades.
Published: Tuesday, March 25th, 2014 @ 5:29 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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We read that the Census Department is reporting that over the last several years the middle class has been shrinking.
Published: Tuesday, January 28th, 2014 @ 1:29 pm
By: Jim Bispo
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The head of the state's NAACP said the civil rights organization is broadening its lawsuit against North Carolina's new voter ID law and election law changes.
Published: Monday, January 13th, 2014 @ 9:54 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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As the New Year launches, disquiet over Common Core testing is building. States from Kentucky to New York to North Carolina have posted abysmal scores on early tests aligned with the math and English language-arts standards adopted by 45 states.
Published: Tuesday, January 7th, 2014 @ 9:42 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Mr. Dwight Ronald "Ike" Chernesky, 60, a resident of Wellesley Rd., Washington, NC, passed away Sunday, December 1, 2013.
Published: Wednesday, December 4th, 2013 @ 2:03 am
By: Announcements
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It often appears as if the country’s six regional accrediting agencies are the federal overseers of all things higher education. It’s time to put an end to their expansive role; doing so would very likely set off a great chain of positive reform. This is especially important now, as Congress is...
Published: Saturday, November 23rd, 2013 @ 2:11 pm
By: John William Pope Center
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However, differences in technology and operating procedures across the state and nation continue to create a host of problems, from a delay in 911 services to no help arriving at all in crisis situations. Ongoing research by faculty members James Holloway, Elaine Seeman and Jim Kleckley in the East
Published: Thursday, November 14th, 2013 @ 12:23 pm
By: ECU News Services
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The state is asking a federal court to dismiss two lawsuits - one filed by the North Carolina NAACP and one filed by the League of Women Voters of N.C. - challenging the new law requiring voters to present government-issued identification when voting and changing other...
Published: Wednesday, October 23rd, 2013 @ 1:15 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Advocates for reform of the way North Carolina draws its congressional and legislative election maps are taking their arguments to audiences across North Carolina. Redistricting reformers have conducted public meetings recently in Greensboro, Fayetteville, and Charlotte, with other events...
Published: Sunday, October 20th, 2013 @ 11:50 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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Gov. Pat McCrory on Monday struck back at the federal government, saying the U.S. Department of Justice was "working in the fringes." McCrory, a Republican, said the state would defend the lawsuit filed by the Democratic administration of President Barack Obama against the state's new election...
Published: Thursday, October 3rd, 2013 @ 3:17 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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I believe once again, I have hit squarely the proverbial nail on the head in regards to today's Democrats.
Published: Sunday, September 29th, 2013 @ 5:14 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's unambiguous inclusion into the vaulted "Redneck Riviera", has most different rhythms at different points of the year, irrespective of seasons.
Published: Saturday, September 28th, 2013 @ 2:46 pm
By: Stan Deatherage
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Myrtle Beach, South Carolina's oft mentioned "Redneck Riviera", has most different rhythms at different points of the year, irrespective of seasons.
Published: Wednesday, September 25th, 2013 @ 2:28 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Russia has witnessed massive changes over the past two decades. Not all of them have been good. Yuri Maltsev, professor of economics at Carthage College, served as a top economics adviser to Mikhail Gorbachev, the last leader of the former Soviet Union, before Maltsev defected to the United...
Published: Tuesday, September 24th, 2013 @ 4:34 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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Every series of beach pictures here, in BCN, always begin or end with a sunrise, or sunset, and this series is no different. Here we devote this space exclusively to one incredible sunrise in September at the southern end of the "Grand Strand" near the Myrtle Beach State Park.
Published: Monday, September 16th, 2013 @ 5:32 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Alarmed by what it perceived as a legislative agenda that was encroaching on local school boards' oversight of education, and unnerved by a lack of support from the business community, the North Carolina School Boards Association has created an advocacy organization to protect its interests and...
Published: Friday, August 30th, 2013 @ 7:42 am
By: John Locke Foundation
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State Sen. Bob Rucho said a sweeping decision by a three-judge Superior Court panel handed him and state Rep. David Lewis "a complete and utter vindication" against accusations of racism and unconstitutional gerrymandering in a lawsuit over redrawn state voting maps.
Published: Tuesday, July 9th, 2013 @ 7:55 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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To that effect, it really does not matter whether Candidate Obama survives the second term of his ongoing "pretend" presidency.
Published: Saturday, May 25th, 2013 @ 9:07 am
By: Stan Deatherage
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Created from parts of Anson County in 1762, Mecklenburg County includes the largest city in North Carolina.
Published: Saturday, April 20th, 2013 @ 1:09 pm
By: John Locke Foundation
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