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Western NC Critical Cold Weather
I am seeing overnight lows tonight in the NC mountains in the single digits, with likely wind-chills below zero. My understanding is that, four months after the hurricane, we still have some people living in tents in western North Carolina. Many others live in campers and the like. There was […]
Inauguration Day…
… has been glorious. The inauguration speech itself was excellent, and left Biden and Kamala squirming. Trump’s signing of executive orders in front of the arena crowd is an unexpected touch. There are supposed to be in excess of 200. All that I have seen reported look very good. I […]
The Greensboro Illegal Immigrant Facility Is No More
There was quite a build-up. The failed Jewish school was going to be used to house illegal minors. Former congresswoman Kathy Manning– a former immigration attorney– was the obvious “broker” for making it happen. There were questions as to when it would open. We were told that leases has been […]
VDH On The California Establishment
He lives in California. He has a unique perspective on the political leadership there and the failures we have seen:
The Republican Legislator Who Was Thrown To the Ground In The Georgia State Capitol
It was the Republican House Speaker’s men who performed the dirty deed. Matt Gaetz has an excellent new show on OANN, and the victim– Georgia State Senator Colton Moore– was interviewed: “100%”: @realColtonMoore tells @MattGaetz that he believes his treatment at the Georgia Legislature Joint Session was political payback for […]
Virginia Foxx To Chair House Rules Committee
Virginia Foxx, who has represented part of the Piedmont Triad in Congress for many years, has been appointed by House Speaker Mike Johnson to chair the all-important House Rules Committee. This is the committee that ultimately decides which bills will be voted upon by the full House. Foxx is probably […]
How Justice Allison Riggs Took The Lead Against Judge Jefferson Griffin
Skip Stam has an article that discusses the ongoing NC Supreme Court race. (HT: Carolina Plott Hound) Stam makes the point that Riggs seized on a decision in a civil court case in which Griffin opined that life begins at conception. With the enormous amounts of campaign fundraising at her […]
Desirability of California
This video was produced before the current wildfires in Los Angeles: (HT: Fred)
“Wake Up Guilford County”: The Next Round Of Property Tax Increases
Scott Yost has an article in the Rhino Times that projects Guilford County will raise our property taxes again with the next round of property revaluations. They do this by refusing to adjust the tax rate downward to compensate for the increases in valuations. Of course, Skip Alston and his […]