Breaking news: WICHITA, Kan. – A man who says he killed prominent Kansas abortion provider Dr. George Tiller to protect unborn children has been convicted of murdering the doctor. A jury deliberated for 37 minutes Friday before finding Scott Roeder guilty of premeditated, first-degree murder. The 51-year-old Kansas City, Mo., man faces a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment with the … Read More
RIP Howard Zinn
Best known for his classic, A People's History of the United States, Zinn changed the way many think about America. The book, written from an unapologetic liberal stance, decided not to glorigy America and its founders, but noted the struggles of real Americans in making change. Zinn himself would admit that the book has a biased slant — and it … Read More
Storm’s A Brewin’
Yikes, this one isn't kidding. Weather Channel: As you can see in the graphic, plowable snow will also be found in Paducah and Jackson, KY, Roanoke and Norfolk, VA and Winston-Salem and Raleigh, NC. There is no question this is a very sizeable snowstorm for these cities.
Is There No End To Stupid Conservative Spin on Haiti?
Glenn Beck today, speaking of Obama: BECK: I also believe this is dividing the nation…to where the nation sees him react so rapidly on Haiti and yet he couldn’t react rapidly on Afghanistan. He couldn’t react rapidly on Ft. Hood. He couldn’t react rapidly on our own airplanes with an underwear bomber…it doesn’t make sense. […] Three different events and … Read More
STFU, Pat Robertson
After the 9/11 attacks, Robertson said liberal civil liberties groups and homosexuals were at least partly reponsible for the terror strikes that leveled New York's twin towers. After Hurricane Katrina, Robertson again blamed Americans for invoking God's wrath. Now, he's at it again, claiming that the catastrophe in Haiti was brought on by the Haitians themselves for "making a … Read More
Haiti Relief — How You Can Help
The UN has stated that over 3 million people in Haiti are impacted by the devestating earthquake that hit yesterday. This raw uncut footage from CBS highlights how bad it is: UPDATE: According to CNN, the Haiti Prime Minister is saying that the death toll could be "hundreds of thousands". For those interested in helping immediately, simply text "HAITI" to … Read More
It’s True That Dogs Can Detect Earthquakes Before They Hit
Video proof from the 6.5 magnitude off the California coast on Sunday:
RIP Miep Gies
New York Times: Miep Gies, the last survivor among Anne Frank’s protectors and the woman who preserved the diary that endures as a testament to the human spirit in the face of unfathomable evil, died Monday night, the Anne Frank Museum in Amsterdam said. She was 100.
Local Woman Posthumously Wins Darwin Award (Runner Up) [Warning: Gallows Humor]
The Darwin Awards are given every year to "those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it." In other words, the awards are given to those who are too stupid to live… literally. The 2009 Darwin Award winners were announced, and they included a Greensboro (N.C.) woman: (3 June 2009, North Carolina) Greensboro was innundated with four inches … Read More
On The Other Hand….
… a white van parked for two days in Times Square and only now are people wondering about it? Really?
Independent Cinema Coming To Winston-Salem
About time, too. I heard it on the local NPR this morning. A new arts cinema is opening — 2 screens, 160 seats, beer, wine, and a whole bunch of movies you’ve probably never heard of — all in downtown Winston-Salem. It's called Aperture Cinema and as the video shows, it's coming together fast…. Their first showings are scheduled for … Read More
Asheville Seeks To Prevent Atheist From Serving On City Council
Here I was thinking Asheville was one of the more progressive little big towns of North Carolina, but nope. Opponents of a man named Cecil Bothwell are seizing on an obscure law to argue he should not be seated as a City Council member today. The North Carolina Constitution, according to this newspaper report, states that a peson is not … Read More