…among other things. Washington Times A healthcare provider has sued the Internal Revenue Service and 15 of its agents, charging they wrongfully seized 60 million medical records from 10 million Americans. The name of the provider is not yet known, United Press International said. But Courthouse News Service said the suit claims the agency […]
Carolina Plott Hound Ship’s 10 foot bow wave crashes into Southport ferry, damages cars, with video. Seal sighted at johnny Mercer’s Pier in Wrightsville Beach. Top NC baby names. Woman boards Charlotte school bus and attacks student.
Yahoo Autos Tesla Motors has become the belle of Wall Street over the past week after revealing its first quarterly profit and receiving the top score ever from Consumer Reports for the Tesla Model S electric luxury sedan. But those accomplishments haven’t played well yet in North Carolina, where the state Senate unanimously passed a […]
Hat Tip to Free NC wbtw CHARLESTON, SC – Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft and one of the richest people in the world, is spending time in the Lowcountry. WCBD confirmed the American business magnate is at the Sanctuary on Kiawah Island. Suspicion was raised when nearly 20 very expensive jets were seen lined up […]
I was checking through the links of some links on some site that I can’t remember and found this site. In the articles section I found Biblical Case for the Beard parts 1 and 2. As one of the bearded few, I found them interesting. Ye shall not round the corners of your heads, […]
Apparently, there was an anti-KKK rally (25 strong!) in High Point last Saturday. I’m not sure if the KKK was actually there or if this was just a statement. One of the organisers is referred to as “Ben Lassiter a Greensboro Socialist” and this got me wondering. So I googled Greensboro Socialist and found International […]
My last post made me think that we should consider leaving our echo chamber and having our online discussions in the left’s. Maybe if they were included in our thought process and we in theirs, some kind of understanding could result. I doubt all of our differences will be solved or anything like that, I’m […]
Alex Jones (not that one) has a blog called Red State Blues on politicsnc.com, a liberal site. In this post, he bemoans what he sees as our legislature’s (NC GOP’s) efforts to follow what he calls the South Carolina-Mississsppi model which he says is not popular. “It’s not a coincidence, then, that Charlotte and Raleigh-Durham […]
A lot of time is spent contemplating what a collapse would look like here, how about this: The drivers of the trucks are threatened. If they chose to come anyways to bring the fuel, criminal groups set their trucks on fire or are executed. That is what they have been warned. Pemex stations are empty, […]
Its been said that the Constitution didn’t fail us, we failed it. All governments are an experiment, none have been proven. Our current experiment, based on the enlightenment, the same zeitgeist that beget communism and libertarianism, seems to be winding down into endless debate on economic theory.The debates on morals and culture, the proper size […]
Tim Manning posted on Facebook that his house was raided on May 1. The story seems to have made it around the ‘net a bit. Apparently, the stated reason for the warrant was to pick up Mr. Manning’s son, Christopher, a Fugitive Recovery Agent on an assault charge. The Marble Hill Constitution picked up the […]
A translated article from a Norwegian newspaper at Gates of Vienna about tension between ethnic Norwegians and their muslim immigrants. “A few weeks ago,” he says, “I was entering the schoolyard. They were attacking Lars. There’s a whole heap of them. They always attack as a group. They are dogs, they hunt in packs. They […]
Via Charles Carroll Society ABC News A man whose bid to become a police officer was rejected after he scored too high on an intelligence test has lost an appeal in his federal lawsuit against the city. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York upheld a lower court’s decision that the city […]
H/T to commenter Jeppo at OD Daily Mail Professor John Curtice, a polling expert at Strathclyde University, said: ‘UKIP has put in a remarkable performance. ‘The fascinating question is whether it will prove to be a blip or do we now have to accept that the days of two-party politics in Britain – which arguably […]
So, three more arrested in connection with Boston bombing. the best part is this paragraph: Kadyrbayev and Tazhayakov were already in police custody at the time of their arrest and had been for over a week because they were previously questioned about their license plate that reads ‘TERRORISTA#1’. Authorities then held them on immigration issues […]
Founs this at NC Renegade Breitbart: The Pentagon has released a statement confirming that soldiers could be prosecuted for promoting their faith: “Religious proselytization is not permitted within the Department of Defense…Court martials and non-judicial punishments are decided on a case-by-case basis…”. The statement, released to Fox News, follows a Breitbart News report on Obama administration […]
Lee Siegel at the Daily Beast has written a “well reasoned”, “historically accurate” hit piece on red States, espacially the Southern ones. Reference these three posts, if you’re interested. Just think what America would look like without its mostly Southern states. (We could retain “America”: they could call themselves “Smith & Wesson” or “Coca-Cola” or […]
I’m not commenting on anything, I just wanted to put these things somewhere I could find them. Crisis Actors Dzokhar Tsarnaev unarmed at time of boat shootout
All Rubio could say was that the situation now was “de facto Amnesty” (a silly talking point refuted here, and anyway due only to GOP’s failure to challenge Obama’s law-flouting use of Administrative Amnesty) and that it would be nice if the illegals could vote. Nice for whom? My caption photograph is not meant as […]
Seems to me this should be illegal. Those from outside the State shoud have no influence on NC politics. Polk Politics blog via Plott Hound U.S. Sen. Kay Hagan, D-NC, came back to the town she grew up in, Lakeland, a little over a week ago and left with a weighty addition to her re-election […]
H/T Liberty News WBIR A TVA spokesperson confirmed that a security officer patrolling TVA Watts Bar Nuclear Plant in Spring City was involved in a shootout with a suspect Sunday at about 2:00 a.m. The security incident happened on the Tennessee River side of the plant property, more than a quarter mile from the plant’s […]
And yet — no weapons, no matter how powerful, can help the West until it overcomes its loss of willpower. In a state of psychological weakness, weapons become a burden for the capitulating side. To defend oneself, one must also be ready to die; there is little such readiness in a society raised in the […]
AFBF on Immigration Reform. Video found here.
There have been 5 USS North Carolinas and one CSS North Carolina. The first was laid down in 1818 as one of the “nine ships to rate not less than 74 guns each” authorized by Congress on 29 April 1816. She was a 74 gun Ship of the Line with 102 gun ports and probably […]
Nicolás Gómez Dávila (“Don Colacho”) From the site: Gómez Dávila’s use of aphorisms was also motivated in part by polemical considerations. In the modern age, the reactionary cannot hope to formulate arguments that will convince his opponent, because he does not share any assumptions with his opponent. Moreover, even if the reactionary could argue from […]
Carolina Plott Hound Former Mooresville teacher faces 208 counts of child abuse Armed robber gets ass handed to him As speed increses, so does cost, but maybe I’m a pessimist NC State’s new 115 million dollar library reminds me of this post. Here are some pics, I’m ging to send them in to Kunstler’s […]
Found this on Plott Hound ,a few more details on the latest addition to the Graveyard of the Atlantic. CNN Before dawn, October 29, 2012 Rain hammered the ceiling, and they could hear the wail of hurricane winds. Below them, the engine room was at least waist-high in seawater. Their ship was without power, its […]
The second date on the current State flag refers to the fourth Provincial Congress meeting at Halifax, NC where the State’s Continental Congress delegates were authorized to vote for independence. “That the Delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the Delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency, and […]
nbc news The law requires the head of every household to own a gun and ammo to “provide for the emergency management of the city” and “provide for and protect the safety, security and general welfare of the city and its inhabitants.” The law is also meant to pre-empt any future attempt by the federal […]
Got me. DEFCAD and Defense Distributed sites are back up. I assume it was a joke.
DHS and DOJ have taken down the websites DEFCAD and Defense Distributed. These sites are associated with the 3d printed firearms or wikiweapon. Thanks to FreeNC for alerting me.
Michael C. Hardy On Wednesday, North Carolina governor Pat McCrory announced his budget proposal for 2013-2015. While there is much to be applauded in the budget, including a $139 million dollar surplus at the end of the year, the closing of five North Carolina historic sites, an estimated savings of a mere $498,712, is not […]
So I go to Google this morning and their logo is celebrabrating the 86th birthday of Cesar Chavez. I’m sure it doesn’t mean anything.
Via Free NC News and Record RALEIGH, N.C. — A Confederate battle flag hung inside the old North Carolina State Capitol last week to mark the sesquicentennial of the Civil War is being taken down after civil rights leaders raised concerns. The decision was announced Friday evening, hours after the Associated Press published a story […]
With a hat tip to Reclaiming Beauty Crisis magazine: Architecture is the setting for how we live and the expression of how we think. It reflects our shaping of the world in order to inhabit it, and the geometry of what we build is far from neutral. The built environment, like the biological and other […]
Ain’t gonna be no revolution ’cause nobody wants to get in trouble. Keyboard Commandos don’t lead armies. MT. Top Patriot had an interesting comment over at Western Rifles, posted here in its entireity. “AM on his recent piece on training: “I don’t know if my perception is skewed by what I read, but it seems […]
Via Carolina Plott Hound WRAL Chris Griffin said his wife, who had stayed home sick from work, heard a noise around 11 a.m. and then saw two men outside her house. When she heard them start kicking in the back door, she hid in the bedroom closet with a cellphone and a pistol. The men […]
H/T Small Dead Animals buzzfeed 3. This woman eating an entire jar of mayo. Like, not with anything. JUST the mayo: 5. People who are not aware of their surroundings: 6. The aftermath of whatever happened right before this picture was taken: 8. Someone preparing a meal: 11. A shirtless man crying with his two […]
I’m not Catholic, but I read some Catholic blogs. I heard about Malachi Martin through one of these, and then , reading ghost/alien/whatever sites today (as I mentioned in my last post) I came across him again. Checking him out, I came across this series of audios on youtube and found this one interesting enough […]
Bored of the news and watching a Monster Quest episode on the Vampire Beast of Bladenboro, I started looking at NC ghost stories online. Now, ghost sites, UFO sites and tin foil hat sites are very closely related, so its no surprise that crossover happens. I found this on the Shadowlands.net site. No, of course […]
H/T Arctic Pilgrim Its been said that arms are the mark of the free man, apparently William the Conqueror agreed. “But if he, who wishes to make his serf free, hand him over to the sheriff by his right hand in full assembly, he must proclaim him quit of the yoke of his servitude by […]
What kind of government do we have? Some would say socialist, while others would say we are ruled by an oligarchy. I have recently discovered a new form that I think describes our government for the last five decades or so. Kakistocracy- Government under the control of a nation’s worst or least-qualified citizens. Here’s an […]
Via NC Renegade From YouTube: On Thursday January 25th, New Jersey police officers entered the apartment of Keith Pantaleon without permission, warning, warrant or explanation. After entering the apartment, they apparently had suspicion of him having a weapon, though none were visible. The police then searched his home and found multiple firearms. Keith is a […]
Millions of rounds, thousands of rifles, armored vehicles, civilian “no hesitation” targets,patriot/constitutionalist groups and returning vets labelled as possible domestic terrorists, gov supporting al qaeda/muslim brotherhood in the Middle East and North Africa – all in the middle of a push to disarm citizens. I’m no genius, but I think the time for constitution abiding […]
The Blaze Appearing on Fox News Tuesday night, Democratic Strategist Zerlina Maxwell argued that preventing rape should start by simply “telling men not to rape women.” She was arguing against women using guns as a means of self-defense when she made the questionable remarks. —–snip—– “I don’t think that we should be telling women anything,” […]
I have added a new link category on the left sidebar: firearms training. Included are: SFMedic SC Gun School Larry Vickers TigerSwan Aesir Defensive Concepts Academi Range 37 Frontline Defense
An Alabama resident has reeled in a 70-pound striped bass that shattered a 54-year-old state record and could land the angler in the book of world records for the heaviest striper ever caught in a landlocked fishery. James R. Bramlett, 65, reeled in the behemoth on the Black Warrior River on Feb. 28.
