North Carolina

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Health Care Reform Facts Week

Health care reform is in the home stretch, but the fools running the Republican Party and their corporate sponsors are throwing every desperate trick in the book (and some that aren't in the book yet) to try to hold it off. Once the House acts--which could come as early as next week--it's "game over" for the opposition. The basic reform structure will be through both chambers of Congress, and ...
BlueNC - 6:41 p.m.

Breaking in VA: Gov. McDonnell feels the heat, signs useless directive against LGBT discrimination

Wingnut Bob, we see right through this act . No dice. "Discrimination based on factors such as one's sexual orientation or parental status violates the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution. Therefore, discrimination against enumerated classes of persons set forth in the Virginia Human Rights Act or discrimination against any class of persons without a rational basis is proh...
Pam's House Blend - 6:00 p.m.

Black Barbie Sold for Less Than White Barbie at Walmart Store

There's nothing like a cultural cue that you're on markdown . Some things never change; or rather, change comes very slowly in some places. Walmart is raising eyebrows after cutting the price of a black Barbie doll to nearly half of that of the doll's white counterpart at one store and possibly others. A photo first posted to the humor Web site FunnyJunk.com and later to the Latino Web site Gua...
Pam's House Blend - 4:25 p.m.

Burr and Hagan split on Jobless Aid

The U.S. Senate approved a $138 billion measure Wednesday that would extend unemployment benefits for the long term jobless and help states pay for Medicare. The bill now heads to the House for a vote. The final vote in the Senate was 62-36, with many conservatives saying the bill adds too much to the national debt. Republican [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 2:46 p.m.

Irony Alert: GOP Chairman Defends Burr's Vote Against Jobless Help, Rails Against Spending in Washin...

...to the Nephew of the Man Who Drove Our Economy Into the Ditch read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - 2:46 p.m.

Always follow the money

From Nate Aspenson, a Dem NC Advocate who met a few days ago with Senator Hagan's staff to discuss environmental legislation: When you want to get to the bottom of something, it's always a useful hint: follow the money. Whether you're a hard-hitting journalist or you drive around in a van solving mysteries, it's usually the fastest and most reliable way to ascertain anyone's motivations. For m...
BlueNC - 2:46 p.m.

What the heck?! Consumer advocates praise B of A

Hey, whatever it took to get some responsible behavior from one of the nation’s giant and often predatory banks, we’ll take it. Here’s the Center for Responsible Lending on today’s announcement by Bank of America that it would no longer charge automatic overdraft fees on its debit cards: CRL Applauds Bank of America’s Decision to Stop [...]...
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New Hampshire not living up to its "Live Free" motto

Over 130 New Hampshire towns had their annual Town Meeting Tuesday.  Town Meeting is an exercise in direct democracy, where voters act as citizen-legislators and vote on everything from the town budget to the location of a new stop sign.  This year, most towns also voted on a non-binding resolution, called a "warrant", that asks their state legislators to put the state's constitutional ...
Pam's House Blend - 1:42 p.m.

Blend barista Terrance Heath and his husband take questions at the WaPo on their DC marriage

What a wonderful experience it must have been for Terrance Heath and his partner Rick Imirowicz as they took their vows in DC. They took questions over at the Washington Post site today to describe what it meant to them and what it means to our community. Terrance Heath: We're fortunate to live in a community where our family is treated no differently than any other family. In ten years, I can c...
Pam's House Blend - 12:45 p.m.

Virginia Young Democrats join in leading actions to protest Ken Cuccinelli

There is now a growing momentum to protest the institutionalized bigotry perpetrated by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell and his Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli. Cuccinelli's edict to the state's public colleges and universities  had no legal standing to add sexual orientation to their nondiscrimination policies and that they must be rolled back, has left openly LGBTs on campuses sitt...
Pam's House Blend - 11:49 a.m.

The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent American Undercaste

I work this issue every day and am well aware of the racist nature of the War on (Certain American Citizens Using Non-Pharmaceutical, Non-Alcoholic, Tobacco-Free) Drugs.  But even I wasn't aware of the outrageous statistics comparing the Drug War to Jim Crow era.  Michelle Alexander lays it all out in her new book, The New Jim Crow: How the War on Drugs Gave Birth to a Permanent America...
Pam's House Blend - 11:04 a.m.

Village Voice's UN-believable interview with Hiram Monserrate's anti-gay 'spiritual advisor

Hiram " Slasher " Monserrate, who is running for the New York State Senate seat he was expelled from, after being convicted of misdemeanor assault. He was acquitted of the felony charge slashing her with a broken glass; even though the attack was captured on tape and played in court). Monserrate's big claim to fame is his virulent anti-gay stance, a position that is also pimped on behalf of the ...
Pam's House Blend - 9:41 a.m.

Lunch Links

Health care is still the central issue of the day, unless you count how many copies of a certain video a certain someone has, and how that differs from how many he told the judge about. On health care, progressives are rallying to convince Dennis Kucinich to vote for the health reform bill. Dennis: progressives want [...]...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: Pro-health care rally in Raleigh tomorrow, Thursday, March 11

MEDIA ADVISORY: Pro-health care rally in Raleigh tomorrow, Thursday, March 11 Coalition organizes counter-protest to anti-reform event; health care experts available for comment RALEIGH (March 11, 2010) – A coalition of groups fighting for quality, affordable health care in North Carolina will hold a pro-reform rally in front of Congressman Bob Etheridge’s office on Thursday, March 11. Etheridge [...
The Progressive Pulse - 9:22 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

MEDIA RELEASE: New joblessness numbers: North Carolina has more than 500,000 workers actively seekin...

Analyst: Federal and state lawmakers must maintain public investments, which boost the economy and support workers RALEIGH (March 10, 2009) – More than one-half million North Carolina workers are unemployed and actively seeking work, according to data released today. According to numbers from the state’s Employment Security Commission today, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for North Caro...
The Progressive Pulse - 9:22 a.m.

The Jack Hawke Legacy Tour

Jack Hawke, the infamous NC Republican operative, has bragged that he's the one who "recruited" Virginia Foxx to run for the NC Senate in 1994. He apparently has, in other words, a fatal attraction for the extreme and the unstable, because he also signed on for the Tim D'Annunzio primary campaign down in the NC-8. D'Annunzio went from zero to 60 on the nut-job scale in just under three second...
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Improving legal circumstances for those with no legal status

For Edwin Aly Ramirez of Greensboro, his first thought after being arrested on immigration charges was that he would never see his wife and three children again.  Mr. Ramirez was asked about his status and arrested after he had gone to court to help translate for a friend.  ”I thought I would never get to [...]...
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Now, he quits??

The Charlotte O reports this morning that Republican consultant/on and off Pope Civitaser Jack Hawke has “parted ways” with Congressional candidate Tim “Christ’s War” D’Annunzio. According to the article, Hawke was apparently unhappy that D’Annunzio was blogging at all hours: “I don’t think any candidate should get up at 3 or 4 in the mornin...
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VA: Statement from William & Mary President Reveley: there will be no discrimination on my campus

Both of the directors of KnowThyNeighbor.org are William and Mary Alums and one of them,  Tom Lang, contacted the Blend to let everyone know that he contacted the  President's office in the aftermath of the letter issued by the Virginia  Attorney General rescinding anti-discrimination policies protecting LGBTs on  state campuses. Lang demanded that President W. Taylor Rev...
Pam's House Blend - 8:41 a.m.

VA: Video of Delegate David Englin urging House of Delegates to stand up to anti-gay AG

Let's keep pounding on Virginia today...here's a bright spot. David Englin is in his third term representing the 45th District in the House of Delegates and he has been a steadfast supporter of LGBT rights in a legislature way too full of right-wing bullies ( see my interview with him here ). When the marriage amendmenet was before the Virginia Assembly a few years ago, he stood up and deliver...
Pam's House Blend - 8:41 a.m.

New Report: How Health Reform will Help NC

Want to know exactly how national health reform will help North Carolinians? Justice Center national partner Families USA has put together a great report on the gaps in NC’s health system – like discrimination against people with pre-existing conditions – and pairs that with exactly how national reform will address those problems. See: [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 7:09 a.m.

Public Forum on Citizens United SCOTUS decision

The Orange-Chatham Progressive Democrats and the Progressive Democrats of NC will sponsor a public forum on the Citizens United decision on April 11th, from 4-5:30 pm at the Carrboro Century Center in Carrboro. Gene Nichol of UNC Law School will be the primary speaker. ...
BlueNC - 7:09 a.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"DC Lobbyists Drive Burr's Fundraising"

-Non-partisan Sunlight Foundation finds that half of Burr’s top donors are special interests with business before Congress- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - 6:43 a.m.

Hawke flies away from D'Annunzio campaign

It's not me, it's you : Hawke said he parted ways in part over D'Annunzio's posts on a blog called "Christ's War," which combines politics with Biblical references and end-times theology. Hawke said he advised the candidate to take it down after a February Observer story quoted passages from it. "He took it down, told me it was down and down to stay," said Hawke, who advised former Gov. Jim...
BlueNC - 5:44 a.m.

Top of the morning

Here is the question to ponder this almost-spring Wednesday morning. It comes from the N&O editorial about the news that Republican Attorney Thomas Farr, hired by the Wake County School Board, is charging taxpayers $250 an hour to to write emails asking for information that is available on the school system’s public website. The new Gang of Five majority on the [...]...
The Progressive Pulse - 5:07 a.m.

Janet Porter demands that God gives the religious right control of the media

crossposted on Holy Bullies and Headless Monsters Historically, people have prayed to God for peace, love, and guidance. But the prayer issued last week by religious right mainstay Janet Porter enters a new territory which can only be described as coming from the mind of the late Rod Serling while writing an episode of The Twilight Zone . Porter, who has done many bizarre thin...
Pam's House Blend - 5:07 a.m.

NC: NAACP's Ben Jealous calls for Wake County School Board chair Margiotta to step down

It was only a matter of time before Wake County residents would find out just exactly what they did when they elected a conservative majority to the school board, and with it a huge change in philosophy about diversity in the public school system there. Basically, the systems's nationally-regarded plan was to rework districts to promote racial diversity. This angered many parents who wanted to r...
Pam's House Blend - 3:06 a.m.

RBC and Alberta Tar Sands

If you live in the Triangle it's hard to miss RBC Bank's presence. Whether your headed to a Hurricanes game at RBC Arena or walking downtown around RBC's new skyscraper the bank is becoming a staple. Unfortunately, most folks are unaware that RBC is the #1 investor in the Alberta tar sands. Not sure what the tar sands are? Lucky for you I've found a video. So the next time you...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Tue 10:21 p.m.

Anti-gay Christian activist breaks the Eighth Commandment

“Neither shalt thou steal.” Obviously, the good pastor heading up Raleigh’s Christian Action League forgot that morsel of divine revelation when he disregarded my publisher’s copyright notice on the bottom of our website and in the pub box of our print edition and copied and pasted my Feb. 20 Editor’s Note from QNotes into his March [...]...
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Health Reform: What Massachusetts Really Thinks

Massachusetts' election of Scott Brown to the Senate has resulted in the ill-founded meme that Massachusetts voters don't want national health care reform.  The reality is that Bay Staters with real experience with Massachusetts' comprehensive health care system firmly back the passage of the health care reform bill now before Congress.   Community Catalyst : Massachuset...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 8:07 p.m.

Instead of men worrying about dropping the soap, pay attention to women in the military being raped

Is this what men who are queasy about lifting DADT really worried about -- that men will be assaulted with abandon as too many women who are serving their nation, with the perpetrators going largely unpunished? ( Time ): What does it tell us that female soldiers deployed overseas stop drinking water after 7 p.m. to reduce the odds of being raped if they have to use the bathroom at night? Or that...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 8:07 p.m.

Kissimmee, Florida City Commission Approves DP Benefits

Woot Kissimmee !  Tonight Kissimmee, FL City Commissioners voted 4-1 to extend domestic partnership benefits to LGBT city employees.  From Equality Florida : I am so proud of Kissimmee City Commissioner Cheryl Grieb, who led this effort. Mallory Wells, our Public Policy Director and I have worked side-by-side with Commissioner Grieb for months and she has never backed down from pursui...
Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:03 p.m.

During brutal Winter, NC utilities disconnect tens of thousands

I understand they're in business to make money, and I'm not saying they should give it away for free, but this is really cold : Mary Martin says it felt like she had gotten punched in the chest - by her utility bill. It has run as high as $350 during the coldest of winter months, she says. But last month, it climbed to over $600: an overwhelming figure to a 52-year-old who, like millions of o...
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Humble Hutch

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Know Your Rights: Maryland Residents Who Marry In D.C

Pam's House Blend - Tue 11:28 a.m.

“Tweeting” from today’s Education Oversight Committee

Chris Fitzsimon and State Rep. Tricia Cotham are among the attendees posting updates on Twitter this afternoon from the General Assembly’s Education Oversight Committee. Share and Enjoy: ...
The Progressive Pulse - Tue 11:01 a.m.

Lunch links

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 9:49 a.m.

Improving the count, improving the bottom line

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Rush promises to flee the U.S. if health care reform passes

Pam's House Blend - Tue 9:49 a.m.

Video of couples marrying in DC today

Pam's House Blend - Tue 9:49 a.m.

TLDEF: "Today is Statewide GENDA Call-In Day - It's Time to Act!"

Pam's House Blend - Tue 9:49 a.m.

Health Reform – Getting over the finish line

The Progressive Pulse - Tue 8:26 a.m.

"The Sow Is Mine"

National Republican Party Chairman Michael Steele was in Greensboro yesterday and announced that North Carolina will be his come fall -- "Mine, MINE, I tell you!" -- and forever after. Apparently, come November 3, we North Carolinians will awake from our frightful nightmare to find ourselves wrapped in the sweet embrace of reactionary right-wingism, breathing in the miasma of obstructionism t...
WataugaWatch - Tue 8:26 a.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

MN Family Counsel Pushes for Constitutional Amendment After Marriage Equality Bills Introduced

Pam's House Blend - Tue 8:26 a.m.

Democrats in Congress move to block EPA

Defending their right to do nothing about climate change: On Thursday, Sen. John D. Rockefeller IV (D-W.Va.) introduced a bill that would put a two-year freeze on the EPA's ability to regulate greenhouse gases from power plants. His was the latest of various congressional proposals -- from both chambers and both parties -- designed to delay or overturn the EPA's regulations. Rockefeller s...
BlueNC - Tue 7:28 a.m.

While gays suffer in Uganda, the Pope stays silent on homophobic bill

Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:48 a.m.

Queer the Census

Pam's House Blend - Tue 5:29 a.m.

Top of the morning

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Glenn Beck: leave churches committed to social justice because it's code for Nazism and socialism

Pam's House Blend - Tue 3:44 a.m.

Congratulations, Terrance and Rick!

Pam's House Blend - Tue 3:44 a.m.

David Mixner: 'Virginia is for haters' - and what needs to be done about it

Pam's House Blend - Mon 6:09 p.m.

South Carolina House of Representatives votes to cut ALL HIV/AIDS funding

Pam's House Blend - Mon 6:09 p.m.

New Hampshire towns to vote on marriage on Tuesday

Green = Town Meeting voting on marriage Granite Staters, be sure to attend your Town Meeting so you can vote for equality!  Most are happening on Tuesday, March 9th.  If only the anti-equality activists show up to vote, it'll send the erroneous message that New Hampshire opposes marriage equality.  Here is what's at stake: As of the beginning of this month , 734 of our ...
Pam's House Blend - Mon 5:21 p.m.

Let the games begin

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Top of the morning

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Judicial Voter-Owned Elections Could See Record Participation

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A top ten list to avoid

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 3:00 p.m.

NC Judicial Reform a Model for the Nation

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Sarah Palin – Went "over the border" to get Canadian health care

The Progressive Pulse - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Denver Archdiocese bars child from school: lesbian moms 'not living in accord w/Catholic teaching'

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Monday Morning This & That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Breaking(?!): Still anti-gay CA State Sen. Roy Ashburn comes out of the closet on radio show

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

"We Cannot Both Exist"

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Pundits and think tanks are giving me nightmares

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

The 9th Circuit, the Witt Standard, and That "More Humane" Application of DADT

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Catholics for Marriage Equality launches national website

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Oscars open thread

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Karl Rove: I don't think my father was gay; talks fear and smear on Today Show

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Lisa Miller Pal/ CWA Member Linda Wall: A Modern Day Harriet Tubman??

Pam's House Blend - Mon 3:00 p.m.

NC's Connection to Mountain Top Removal

Coal mining has played an important role in shaping the economy, environment and heritage of Appalachia. Unfortunately coal has also resulted in significant health risks for communities and ecosystems in the region. Most recently we've witnessed the destructive practice of mountain top removal. This process destroys surrounding environments and communities in an effort to easily and cheaply ex...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Mon 3:00 p.m.

Greensboro/Burlington target for the GOP

RNC Chair going after Greensboro/Burlington This is a direct hit on Brad Miller's Congressional district. Please consider contributing to the Guilford County Democratic Party at: Guilford Dem Party ...
BlueNC - Mon 3:00 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

That'll do, pig

Utilities are scrambling to find partners to help them achieve REPS-mandated conversion of hog waste into energy: The state's electric utilities are looking for business partners that will convert swine waste into electricity. They'll pay more than they spend, themselves, to generate power from coal, natural gas or nuclear fuel. But the cost will hardly be recognizable on utility bills. If...
BlueNC - Mon 3:00 p.m.

School diversity not just a Southern issue

The N&O's Steve Ford pens a great editorial on Northern influence over Southern education trends: If you moved here from the Northeast, you might have brought your own set of progressive values. But you would have seen racial tensions in your former home that were a corrosive force many communities were ill-equipped to deal with. The tendency back there was for municipalities to wall t...
BlueNC - Sun 2:04 p.m.

Raleigh and Durham at odds over water quality

The tab for short-sighted development is coming due, and someone has to pay : Raleigh, and a large part of Wake County, needs Falls Lake for its drinking water and will spend millions upgrading the city's water treatment plant if pollution isn't reduced by 2016. But Durham looks as though it will be on the hook for millions of dollars to lower the amount of sediment-laden stormwater that ru...
BlueNC - Sun 11:20 a.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

"She's a Professional Politician"

Keith Gardner, the hapless Republican primary challenger to Virginia Foxx, is a walking example of cognitive dissonance . He said on GoBlueRidge about Foxx, "She's well known, she's well liked in most of the district. In fact, I like her. However, she's a professional politician. I do not like the idea of a professional politician." I like her, but I do not like what she is. Well, it's a s...
WataugaWatch - Sun 7:23 a.m. - 9 clicks 9 clicks

And the Acting Award Goes to...

...Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who for years has made "choking up" in public a regular feature of her political persona. Another bravura performance on Saturday at the Watauga County Republican Convention . You'll have to read all the way to the end to get it. ...
WataugaWatch - Sun 7:23 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Right-winger in the mailbag: homo-obsessed CharMeck County Commissioner Bill James

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On Immigration, The Moment to be Heard - and Included - Is Here

Pam's House Blend - Sat 1:07 p.m.

Washington State legislature unanimously passes anti-bullying law

Pam's House Blend - Sat 1:07 p.m.

Study finds Wind and Solar could power NC

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Dallas Woodhouse stalks Kay Hagan in Wilmington

BlueNC - Sat 9:27 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Meet The Latest "9/11 Truther"- Iranian President Ahmadinejad

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Daniel Pollitt rests at last

OrangePolitics - Sat 7:42 a.m.

GLAAD Alert: "Tell Life & Style That Focus On The Family Aren't 'Experts' In Raising Children"

Pam's House Blend - Sat 6:40 a.m.

Traditional Values Coalition's insane pro-DADT blast for cash - 'Our Soldiers Are Not Lab Rats!'

Pam's House Blend - Fri 10:23 p.m.

Daniel Pollitt rests at last

Dan Pollitt was a dedicated activist and leader in our community for decades. He passed away this morning after a lifetime dedicated to peace and justice. My heart goes out to his wife Senator Ellie Kinnaird and the rest of his family. But the loss is all of ours. Pollitt was a beacon, lighting the way forward from just a little ahead of the rest of us. Here's the Independent 's profile of hi...
OrangePolitics - Fri 6:24 p.m.

Dr. James Dobson: Credit For A Lot More Religious Right Anti-LGBT Hate Orgs Than You Knew

Pam's House Blend - Fri 5:26 p.m.

Looking for Larry

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John Tedesco Speaks, True Colors Revealed

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Swift reactions to Virginia AG's rollback of non-discrimination policies for LGBTs

Pam's House Blend - Fri 3:46 p.m.

Out4Immigration's Weekly Letter Writing Campaign for LGBT Immigration Rights Marks 1-Year Milestone

Pam's House Blend - Fri 2:21 p.m.

Bill Gates Speaks about Clean Energy at TED 2010

This is a great talk on the importance of transitioning to clean energies. ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Fri 1:40 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Open thread

BlueNC - Fri 12:47 p.m. - 4 clicks 4 clicks

NC Blue Cross Executive Compensation for 2009

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Whether you blame the weather or not, the results remain the same

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Lunch links

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Asking for a brain drain: Virginia's AG rescinds protections for LGBTs on university campuses

Pam's House Blend - Fri 9:01 a.m.

Realtors win again, antitrust violations ignored

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The passing of a giant

The Progressive Pulse - Fri 8:26 a.m. - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Let Them Eat Chalk!

Mr. Bumble's philosophy in "Oliver Twist" is to keep the boys and girls in the workhouse hungry. He thinks they work more efficiently on empty stomachs. Congresswoman Virginia Foxx's philosophy is that the School Lunch Program is a shocking expenditure and has no place in America. Yesterday Foxx was one of only 13 Republican members of the U.S. Congress to vote against H Res 362 . Foxx was al...
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Can David Price patch the cracking dam?

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Top of the morning

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Jon Stewart says what the media is too chicken@#$! to say about Fox News

Pam's House Blend - Fri 5:22 a.m.

Delusional Collusion - Roy Ashburn's closet was protected by newspapers, local gays

Pam's House Blend - Fri 5:22 a.m.

Ken Hutcherson says he's no longer prejudiced

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Nathaniel Frank on HuffPo: 'While the Pentagon Studies, More Gays Fall'

Pam's House Blend - Fri 3:08 a.m.

NC Municipalities Struggle with Power Agencies

The following was written by Van Crandall an active member of the NC Sierra Club. It's an important subject that hopefully draws the attention of state and local officials across North Carolina. Many residents of NC municipalities are getting hammered by high electricity bills, resulting from investment decisions that were made almost 3 decades ago into centralized power-plants (largely nucl...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Thu 9:47 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Upcoming Sierra Club Events!

I just wanted to give everyone an update on our upcoming outings. This weekend the Club has 3 events, so if your interested in joining the Sierra Club or want some outdoor recreation come join us. The first event is this Saturday the 6th and is located about an hr away from Greensboro and Winston-Salem. The group will meet at the Hanging Rock trailhead at 12:30PM for a moderate to strenuo...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Thu 8:46 p.m. - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Irene Monroe: Black community's division on abortion ad campaign

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Are you living up to Christ’s two great commandments?

On Feb. 25, I was honored to participate in a forum with North Carolina businessman and Faith in America founder Mitchell Gold and Faith in America executive director Brent Childers at a small gay bar/lounge here in Charlotte. Usually, politics and religion don’t go well with bars, but it was a great and attentive crowd [...]...
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Sierra Club Outings

BlueNC - Thu 3:23 p.m.

SC to nix tax on terrorism

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Where the heck is Kay Hagan?

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Mexico City becomes the third American capital city to offer marriage equality

Pam's House Blend - Thu 1:09 p.m.

NC GOP Opens “No Solutions” Tour

-Offers only Sound Bites and Showboating- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Thu 1:09 p.m. - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Wake School Board Chair Ron Margiotta calls parents who disagree with him "animals"

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DADT Presser at Capitol Hill on Virtual Lobby Day

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Switzerland unveils special condoms for teens

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Papal aide and elite men's Vatican choir caught in gay prostitution ring

Pam's House Blend - Thu 12:09 p.m.

Margiotta calls parents animals

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Right Wing nuttery: murder on your resume a "plus"

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Lunch Links

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McHenry's McGuffin

We got an e-mailed press release last night from one of Congressman Patrick McHenry's three primary challengers that apparently agreed with our characterization of the congressman's tone-deafness for introducing a bill to put Ronald Reagan on the $50 bill. Here 'tis in its entirety: Morganton, NC -- Vance Patterson , 10th District Republican candidate for Congress, says incumbent Patrick McHen...
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Sue Myrick and the Muslims

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Tick, tick, tick

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A comment on Rep. Sue Myrick from John Grooms at Creative Loafing

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Take action

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UNC faculty deserve answers

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Michigan Womyn's Music Festival: Lesbian And Feminist Musical Artists Supporting Segregation

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Attacks on gay students no big deal to the religious right

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Top of the morning

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Republican Sexual Hypocrites, 2010 edition: add anti-gay California State Senator Roy Ashburn

Pam's House Blend - Thu 4:20 a.m.

NC: Congressman denounces anti-gay Uganda legislation

Pam's House Blend - Wed 8:48 p.m. - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Rachel Maddow covers the damage done by 'Don't ask, don't tell - interview with Major Mike Almy

Pam's House Blend - Wed 8:06 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Blogger extraordinaire Jon Swift has passed away

Pam's House Blend - Wed 8:06 p.m. - 2 clicks 2 clicks

The Department of State is broadening its look at the treatment of LGBT Africans

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

So long to the king of the bigotry throne: Don Wildmon - the AFA head resigns due to illness

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3

Guess they were pretty sure of that vote

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3

Federal Title I School Funding Needs Repair

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3

State Board of Elections Hearing

State Board Meeting Agenda March 4, 2010 NOTICE OF MEETING The State Board of Elections will meet in its boardroom located at 506 N. Harrington St., Raleigh, N.C. on March 4, 2010, at 1:00 p.m. For further information on this meeting please call (919) 715-5333. TENTATIVE AGENDA Call to order Minutes approval Appointing ...
Stop The NC Home Ticks - Mar 3 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Answer: Lower

35,161 members in February. March is the cut-off when members are dropped for non-payment of dues. ...
Stop The NC Home Ticks - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Out gay NY Assembly Member Daniel O'Donnell considers Congressional run

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3

"Don't Ask Don't Tell" Perpetuates All Bigotry, Not Just Homophobia

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Making It Legal

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Angelisa and Sinjoyla are going to get maaa-riiied!

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Liveblogging the House Armed Services Committee Hearing on DADT

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why young people must call Congress about climate - repeatedly

BlueNC - Mar 3 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

Miller: The reality about your health care coverage

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Sign of the times

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Joe Lieberman to Introduce Senate Bill to Repeal DADT Today, House Members Keep Up the Pressure

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3

Burr Votes Against Emergency Help for Hard-Hit North Carolinians

-Bipartisan measure was previously held hostage by Sen. Jim Bunning, will extend unemployment benefits, emergency health care, and highway funding- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lunch Links

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Sue Myrick thinks Islam is a terminal disease

BlueNC - Mar 3 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Shew! An extension of unemployment benefits has passed

BlueNC - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Babe in the Woods

Congressman Heath Shuler's Democratic primary opponent, Aixa Woods, is hobbled by more than a first name nobody wants to take a stab at pronouncing out loud and in public: he's a total political neophyte who confesses , "I don't know much about the Democratic Party. I'm sure I will find out. I don't know what resistance I will get from the powers that be." Allow me to enlighten you: Familiar wit...
WataugaWatch - Mar 3 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Does Rep. Sue Myrick think that Islam is a "terminal disease"?

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

In These Economic Times, What a Helpful Suggestion!

Congressman Patty McHenry (R), from nearby Tiny Town, has finally noticed the economic collapse happening all around him -- actually, the economic collapse has been happening in his Congressional district for several years now -- and has found the magic bullet : put Ronald Reagan's mug on the $50 bill. That will involve, of course, booting Ulysses S. Grant off the $50 bill, but we're down w...
WataugaWatch - Mar 3 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

Dean Baker, progressive economist, in Durham March 18

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Anger and Despair

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gang of Five wins 5-4 vote in favor of re-segregating schools

BlueNC - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Open thread: What's Burr up to this week?

BlueNC - Mar 3 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

When conversion comes

BlueNC - Mar 3

Free Republic - The only people who take Paul Cameron's DADT ramblings seriously

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 3 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

GOP: military's study of DADT will be biased

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

NC: The uselessness of Rep. Patrick McHenry - he wants Reagan on $50 bill

Pam's House Blend - Mar 3 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Update on Federal Climate Legislation.

Senator Lindsey Graham was quoted this week saying that a new climate and energy proposal will be released "hopefully in the next couple weeks." The new plan will not install a comprehensive cap and trade program over all industries. Instead the legislation will take steps to incorporate different industries over a longer period of time. Power plants would be the first industry to face a cap on e...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Mar 2 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

The Peter: gays moving in promote "straight flight" in neighborhoods

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2

Rush Limbaugh celebrates Women's History Month by discussing mistresses and their place

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Breaking: SCOTUS refuses to stay Washington, D.C. marriage law

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2

After dark

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Pat McHenry's bizarre priorities

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Confirming our fears

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

DC clergy rejoice at marriage equality milestone in nation's capitol

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2

Spend one for the Gipper?

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Greenville vote gives reform momentum

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Washington, D.C. poised to celebrate marriage equality

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

North Carolina waits while US Senate confirms Virginia judge

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Rep. Murphy confident Congress will repeal DADT this fall; grassroots presser on Thursday

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2

Video break: more weak-ass teabagging 'rap' - Hi-Caliber

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

The Blue Cross shell game

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

The Democratic Candidates in the NC-10

We've had some coverage here (a tad) about Congressman Patty McHenry in the NC-10 and about his two (D'OH! now three ) primary challengers, but perhaps we should do a little catching up with the two Democrats in the May 4 primary, vying to take on McHenry come November. One is Anne N. Fischer of Morganton. She has an active website up and running, is described as a social worker and community ...
WataugaWatch - Mar 2 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

460,000 sign petition opposing the Ugandan gay genocide bill

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lunch links

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

IBM slashes more jobs in RTP

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Martin Ssempa claims to be misunderstood

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

It ain't over till it's over

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Know Your Smear Campaign: How the Catholic Hierarachy Lies, Claims Gays Attack Religious Freedom

Pam's House Blend - Mar 2

Help lobby Sen. Hagan to push climate and energy legislation

BlueNC - Mar 2 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Highly Contested Contest to Succeed Hoyle

With Sen. David Hoyle finally out of the picture, Republicans were expecting to easily take the open Senate seat in Gaston County. For years, GOP leaders have coveted the seat, chafed that Hoyle, a Democrat, has held on to a solid Republican district through his ties to the community and the thickness of his campaign checkbook. So when Hoyle announced last fall that he wouldn't run, Republicans ...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 2

Top of the Morning

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 2 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NC Republicans Hope for Historic Moment

Republican candidates have come out in droves this year, setting up crowded congressional primaries, competing for every state Senate seat and challenging incumbents in what are generally considered safe Democratic districts. "Republicans are galvanized and they sense a historic opportunity," said N.C. GOP chairman Tim Fetzer. Friday's final day of filing saw a spike in candidates from both majo...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 2

Catholic Charities of Washington Cuts Off Its Nose To Spite Its Face

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1

Help Lobby Sen. Hagan to Push Climate and Energy Legislation

North Carolina Sierra Club - Mar 1

Breaking: DC marriage equality foes make last desperate SCOTUS pitch

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1

GOP strategist tells candidates to conceal their anti-gay and womb-controlling leanings

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1

Greenbridge protesters doing more harm than good (updated)

OrangePolitics - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

"Win at all costs" comes to Charlotte

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

After dark

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Gary Randall: Opposing death sentence for gays is "Perverted Tolerance"

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1

DC: countdown to marriage equality on March 3

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Connect the right-wing dots

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

With Construction Projects Across Western North Carolina In Jeopardy, Will Richard Burr Stand Up to ...

-Nearly $20 million in federal funds withheld, workers will be furloughed unless Congress fixes the problem- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Mar 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Open thread

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

A few questions about the State Health Plan wellness initiative from university faculty

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Lunch links

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

AFA bigot blast: 'Homo agenda or the Constitution: take your pick because you can't have both'

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1

NC: In case you missed it - Blend video of Clay Aiken, Meredith Baxter, Joe Solmonese at HRC Gala

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why isn't Hagan backing a public option?

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Bringing balance to the High Court's ruling

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Monday Morning This And That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

South Dakota Legislature, Go to the Corner and Stay There!

The South Dakota legislature, dominated by a lot of elected people with an "R" after their names, want to stick a finger in science's eye, so they pass a joint resolution calling for "balanced teaching of global warming," which in their particular language includes a warning that "the significance and interrelativity" of "astrological" (and other) data can be interpreted in a number of ways. ...
WataugaWatch - Mar 1

Journalism students replace seasoned reporters

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Historic thousands on Jones Street

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Ghost Town in the Sky landslide: Is the Town of Maggie Valley guilty of reckless endangerment?

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Tell Senator Forrester to meet with his minority constituents or step aside

BlueNC - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why Blast the Pollster?

The Kenneth Lewis campaign for Senate sent out a press release today accusing of us writing biased commentary against his campaign because we did a poll for Elaine Marshall more than three months ago and because my boss made a contribution to Cal Cunningham. This is about the millionth time we've been accused of bias for something or other in our history, it's just as baseless as all the other acc...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Lawsuit May Define Water Rights

GREENSBORO — A lawsuit between seven hydroelectric plants and the Piedmont Triad Regional Water Authority could help clarify North Carolina law for generations to come. Experts say North Carolina is open to such conflicts because its water laws are relatively unrefined, with gaps between rules governing private use of streams for profit and those controlling public reservoirs, known as impoundmen...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Leaning Right? Calendar of Events for the Week

At The Jacksonian, we pride ourselves at covering politics in a non-partisan manner. Today we expand on this coverage by including events for our right-leaning friends. If you have an event in North Carolina to add to our calendar, please email it to us at andrewjacksondem@gmail.com...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Left Side Story Week of March 1, 2010

This week's calendar of political and community events from the left side of the spectrum. The weather appears to want to stay cold so plan on attending an event near you where it promises to be warm inside!...
Andrew Jackson Democrats - Mar 1

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Mar 1 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Martin Ssempa celebrates his homophobia via a blog

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

NC: Tell State Senator Forrester to meet with minority constituents or step aside

Pam's House Blend - Mar 1 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Greenbridge protesters doing more harm than good (updated)

This morning, the west end of downtown Chapel Hill was immobilized when someone called in a bomb threat against the rising Greenbridge development. I understand that some people have issues with tall buildings in Chapel Hill, although I don't especially.  But I do share the concerns that many have about the gentrification of Northside. However, the fact is that Greenbridge didn't create eith...
OrangePolitics - Feb 28 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Greenway Expands

Last week the Greenway expanded to connect downtown Raleigh to Pullen Park, NCSU, the N.C. Art Museum and Umstead Park. The half mile extension known as the Little Rock Greenway Trail follows the Little Rock Branch creek from Chavis Park to McMakin St. in S.E. Raleigh. The Greenway was originally conceived in 1974, it now extends over 63 miles and incorporates 3000 acres, all of which is ope...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 28 - 7 clicks 7 clicks

'Love' generated for your citizen journalist -- and choosing a path for discourse

Pam's House Blend - Feb 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why do Christianist bigots even try doing rap?

Pam's House Blend - Feb 28

Who to blame?: Christians attack vodouists in Haiti

Pam's House Blend - Feb 28 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

SCOTUS to hear gun rights case

BlueNC - Feb 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NOM Loses Yet Another Round To Maine Ethics Commission

Pam's House Blend - Feb 28 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

More Bathroom Hysteria From The Maryland Citizens For A Responsible Government

Pam's House Blend - Feb 28

Billy Kennedy "on fire" in Blue America chat

BlueNC - Feb 28 - 42 clicks 42 clicks

Candlestick update

BlueNC - Feb 28 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

This Virginia Foxx Condo Can Be Yours for $189,900

This MLS property listing from Davie County is currently owned by Thomas and Virginia Foxx, and if you're into celebrity dwellings, this 3-bedroom, 2 1/2-bath, 2-car attached garage condo in the exclusive gated Bermuda Run subdivision near Advance, N.C., could certainly be yours! Your new neighbors, we hear, will be ecstatic to meet you. ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 28 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

HRC's Solmonese: 'this year we are going to bring down the discriminatory policy known as 'DADT'

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27

Olson & Boies file summary of trial evidence that Prop. 8 is unconstitutional

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27

Weekend Special

A couple days ago we posted information on a road construction site in North Carolina that used coal ash as a beneficial fill. The report revealed that lead and arsenic levels exceeded federal and state groundwater standards. The video below shows how these toxic contaminates can affect communities when coal ash is used as a beneficial fill. ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 27 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Do good. Be nice. Have fun.

BlueNC - Feb 27

Coverage of the 2010 HRC Carolinas dinner

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Billy Kennedy Live-Blogging at Crooks & Liars

Billy Kennedy just finished a live-blog at Crooks & Liars. Worth reading through the whole thread . Lots of tough questions, and lots of substance in the answers ... along with flashes of wit. ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 27

Tea Party activist conjures up 'gay bowel syndrome'

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

President names NC native as new social secretary

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27

NC: Virginia Foxx challenger Billy Kennedy endorsed by Blue America -- catch him live @ 2PM ET

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27 - 50 clicks 50 clicks

Grasping for wedges

BlueNC - Feb 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NC: State senator refuses to meet with P-FLAG, NAACP after bigot eruption

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27

Cap and Dividend?

BlueNC - Feb 27 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

8.8 Earthquake hits Chile; Widespread Tsunami Warnings Covering Pacific

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27

Newspapers have a responsibility - the tossing around of 'sodomite'

Pam's House Blend - Feb 27 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NC: Raleigh native Clay Aiken to give equality speech at Saturday's HRC Carolinas Gala

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Styrofoam Recycling

Earlier this week Dart Container Corp. announced the opening of a styrofoam recycling center in Randolph County. As I was reading the article I was taken back to my elementary school days, I can remember the lunch ladies taking out trash bags filled to the brink with styrofoam trays. Although I would like to say I was an environmentally aware 8 year-old, I'm sure I thought nothing of it at the ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NOM's Maggie Gallagher Supports & Admires Killing Gays

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Elections Filing Update

Filing to run on the ballots of 2010 ended today at noon. Billy Kennedy does not have a Democratic primary, but Virginia Foxx has one on the Republican side. Someone else filed to run in the Republican primary against Little Patty McHenry in the NC-10 ... David Michael Boldon. Two will be vying on the Democratic side to oppose the eventual winner of the Republican contest (who will be McHenry, we...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 9 clicks 9 clicks

HUD Announces LGBT Listening Tour Prior To Housing Discrimination Study

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Wake school board to be "trained" by Civitas?

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26

DADT: Retired Marine joins Gay West Point grads in disagreeing with Marine Corps Commandant

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Study shows Dems win or lose on passage of reform

BlueNC - Feb 26

Weekend wound up

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

NC's sea turtles get no help

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Amen Judd Gregg. Amen.

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Chris Kromm on N&O scandal coverage

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

A win for journalism: DC Agenda purchases Washington Blade assets

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

NC: local LGBT rights org hammers U.S. Rep Sue Myrick on DADT stance

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

For the gals: a brief liplock between Mariska Hargitay and Kathy Griffin

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Setting the bar low on Women's Health

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

We Only Waterboard Certain People Suspected of Countenancing Certain Officially-Branded Terrorism

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Lunch links

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

What happens if there's a scandal and the N&O doesn't report it?

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

What is this guy's problem?

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Another Reason for Right-Wing Extremists To Hate Evolution

A new study published in the March 2010 issue of the peer-reviewed scientific journal Social Psychology Quarterly advances a new theory that more intelligent people are more likely than less intelligent people to adopt "evolutionarily novel preferences and values." It's summarized on the front page of ScienceDaily . " Evolutionarily novel preferences and values "? Apparently, humans are not ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Better jobs, well funded schools top HK on J agenda

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Burr shows his disdain for the unemployed

BlueNC - Feb 26

Again: The State Health Plan needs bailouts because it is mismanaged

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Hand It To Sue Myrick

She had the courage to stand up in front of a mainly hostile crowd last night in Charlotte and take questions for two hours. Never mind the bottomline about whether that hostility was deserved or not. She at least wasn't afraid to take the heat in public. Lesson for Congresswoman Virginia Foxx, who doesn't show up anywhere unless checks are being written. Or where the guests are pre-screened...
WataugaWatch - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Art Pope's worst nightmare

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

More news on coal ash

BlueNC - Feb 26 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Top of the morning

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 26 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

Why won't One News Now tell us what 'Miss Beverly Hills' said about gays?

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26

Double our out members of congress

Pam's House Blend - Feb 26 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

More News on Coal Ash

Today EarthJustice and the Environmental Integrity Project released an analysis on 31 additional coal ash contamination sites across the country. As always a large amount of the sites (6) were located in North Carolina. Below you will find the report's summaries for three of the worst sites within NC, of course since groundwater testing has not been required by the state until recently, some ...
North Carolina Sierra Club - Feb 25

NC 54 Choices Tonight - anyone going to the meeting?

OrangePolitics - Feb 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

NAACP: "Don't Resegregate Our Schools"

OrangePolitics - Feb 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Thursday This & That: Open Thread

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Senate Armed Services chairman Levin queasy that a vote to repeal DADT will fail

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

GLAD and orgs hold panel discussion on Queer Immigrant Rights

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Team USA Hockey GM honors his late gay son Brendan's memory by becoming a gay rights advocate

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

Heath Shuler ready to kill jobs bill

BlueNC - Feb 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks

Got a healthcare story to tell?

BlueNC - Feb 25

The NC GOP never lets me down

BlueNC - Feb 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Will the real Richard Burr please stand up?

BlueNC - Feb 25 - 5 clicks 5 clicks

Nincompoopery From The Mailbag

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

Why doesn't Richard Burr Have a Plan to Reign in Heath Insurance Rate Hikes?

-Opposes President’s plan to limit rate hikes despite skyrocketing premiums in North Carolina, offers no alternative solution- read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Feb 25 - 8 clicks 8 clicks

NCDP Chairman David Young Calls on Sen. Forrester to Apologize for Hate-filled Speech

NCDP Chairman David Young Calls on Sen. Forrester to Apologize for Hate-filled Speech Calls on NCGOP Leaders Fetzer, Berger, and Stam to do the Same read more ...
North Carolina Democratic Party - Feb 25 - 2 clicks 2 clicks

When you add 2,400 businesses and lose three, you're winning

BlueNC - Feb 25

West Virginia Lesbian Couple Denied Housing Due To Sexual Orientation - And It's Completely Legal

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

Wanda Sykes and Rosie O'Donnell talk about kicking open the closet door

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

TRANSCRIPT: Health Care meeting - The President, Sen. Alexander, Speaker Pelosi, Sen. Harry Reid

Pam's House Blend - Feb 25

Billy Kennedy on Health-Insurance Reform

Follow-up on the last post immediately below: DownWithTyranny has a blow-by-blow of the Republican obstructionism yesterday, followed by their complete capitulation on the anti-trust exemption for the insurance industry. It happens that the DownWithTyranny blogger got in touch with candidate Billy Kennedy here in Watauga to get his take on the insurance industry (comments which we are reproduci...
WataugaWatch - Feb 25 - 3 clicks 3 clicks

Luncheon Links

The Progressive Pulse - Feb 25 - 6 clicks 6 clicks

Foxx: So Much for Those Free-Market Principles

Turns out that Virginia Foxx is a gutless wonder. Yesterday she voted twice to obstruct a provision that would remove the anti-trust exemption for the insurance industry, and when those efforts to derail the legislation failed, she voted for the actual bill. In other words, in this election year she turns out to be a typical politician, watching her backside and apparently not wanting to be on ...
WataugaWatch - Feb 25 - 4 clicks 4 clicks