Breaking: Flight to DC Receives Threat; Lands In Greensboro

Ken AshfordLocal Interest, War on Terrorism/TortureLeave a Comment

AP: GREENSBORO, N.C. – Officials say a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to the Washington area has been diverted to North Carolina after a threatening message was written on a bathroom mirror. The Transportation Security Administration says Continental Flight 3006 was headed for Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Wednesday when it was directed to land at Piedmont Triad International Airport … Read More

Breaking: Flight to DC Gets Bomb Threat; Lands In Greensboro

Ken AshfordLocal Interest, War on Terrorism/TortureLeave a Comment

AP: GREENSBORO, N.C. – Officials say a Continental Airlines flight from Houston to the Washington area has been diverted to North Carolina after a threatening message was written on a bathroom mirror. The Transportation Security Administration says Continental Flight 3006 was headed for Dulles International Airport in Virginia on Wednesday when it was directed to land at Piedmont Triad International … Read More

Happy Earth Day

Ken AshfordDisasters, Environment & Global Warming & EnergyLeave a Comment

PORT FOURCHON, La. – The oil rig that exploded, caught fire and then sank 36 hours later could lead to a major oil spill, officials said Thursday… The well could be spilling up to 8,000 barrels of crude oil a day, the Coast Guard said, and the rig carried 700,000 gallons of diesel fuel. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry … Read More

Back To Business As Usual at Massey Mines

Ken AshfordDisasters, Economy & Jobs & Deficit1 Comment

This is downright Dickensian.  Or if that is too antiquated for you — it's downright Norma raeish. Charleston, W.Va. — Two weeks after the horrific explosion that killed 29 coal miners in southern West Virginia, it’s business as usual for the owner of the project. Massey Energy, the Virginia-based coal giant that runs the Upper Big Branch Mine, has denied … Read More

Third Party Comes To North Carolina

Ken AshfordDemocrats, Health Care, Local Interest1 Comment

It always warms my heart when I read and hear about Tea Partiers rebelling against the Repubican Party and forming their own third party.  Nothing would ensure the future of the Democratic Party more than having conservatives divide their loyalty between the Grand Old Party and the Raging New Party. Which is what makes me concerned about this: North Carolina Democrats' … Read More

Finally, Some Accountability Against Financial Firms

Ken AshfordBreaking News, Economy & Jobs & DeficitLeave a Comment

Breaking News: Washington, D.C., April 16, 2010 — The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors by misstating and omitting key facts about a financial product tied to subprime mortgages as the U.S. housing market was beginning to falter. The SEC alleges that Goldman Sachs structured and marketed … Read More

WS Journal Letter To The Editor Of The Day

Ken AshfordGodstuff, Local InterestLeave a Comment

Uphold Scripture I completely agree with the writer of the letter "YMCA's purpose" (April 2) that the "C" in YMCA stands for Christian and the YMCA must uphold Scripture, which is God's law, and our Christian faith, by denying family memberships to gay and lesbian couples (Leviticus 20:13). But the problems at the YMCA do not stop there. Yesterday I … Read More

RIP Meinhardt Raabe

Ken AshfordIn PassingLeave a Comment

He was the coroner for the Munchkins who sang: As coroner, I must aver I thoroughly examined her And she's not only merely dead She's really, most sincerely dead! Died at the age of 94 last Friday. Yeah, I know.  Dixie Carter, too, but she never said anything as memorable.