A Rush of Schadenfreude
This was completely spontaneous. I got off work early and thought it would be interesting to catch up with El Rushbo's world on the way home. He was predictably unhinged.As I later settled on the...
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Asheville meetup: life lessons, shirt preview, and a Real Good Time
This is my promised follow up diary on the Asheville meetup and what's next for the commemorative shirts. First, a few life lessons learned along the way.Lesson one: Never attempt a road trip involving...
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DKos Asheville Open Thread 5/18/13: Frogs and tomatoes and snakes, oh my!
Ozzy and special photobomb guest Buddha welcome you to this week's DKos Asheville Open Thread.The late great Ozzy, enforcing zero-tolerance rodent policy in the spring veggies. 2008.JULY 20 UPDATE We...
View ArticleNC Gov. McCrory dons invisibility cloak, mingles with the great unwashed
Who knew? Turns out NC's brandy-new (R) chief executive, Pat McCrory, is listening to our protests, y'all! He said so himself this week in an interview with reporter Janet Conner-Knox of the Wilson...
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WYFP: Life with puppy
WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think...
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Are you ready for some ...
No, not football, silly, it's only July. Are you ready for some TIE DYE?The Asheville meetup is less than a week away, and this time we're going to tie dye, dammit! In my diary following the 4/20...
View ArticleCharlotte Moral Monday 8/19. Anyone in?
Quick diary since I haven't seen it covered yet, but it's official and being reported by the Charlotte Observer. Moral Monday is headed to Charlotte, NC on Aug. 19.Moral Monday is coming to Charlotte....
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Charlotte Moral Monday 8/19: Fighting for the soul of NC
In just two days, Charlotte will host Moral Monday to protest the policies of Gov. Pat McCrory and NC's Republican-controlled General Assembly.“We are not going to let the so-called religious right...
View ArticleCharlotte's blue roots: the WPA, the airport, and professional lacrosse
In the process of getting a few Kossacks together for Moral Monday in Charlotte, I came across a wealth of information around the history of Charlotte and the namesake of Marshall Park, the official...
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Charlotte Moral Monday photo diary
The rain stopped and the sun came out just in time for the 5:00pm start of Moral Monday in Charlotte. I guesstimated the crowd at about 2000, and apparently the CMPD agrees.One of the city’s largest...
View ArticleWYFP: Like talking to a wall
Have you ever found yourself in a conversation with someone with normal auditory acuity, who speaks the same language as you, in a space free from distraction, who cannot hear a word you're saying?WYFP...
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Charlotte Pride Parade 2013 (Photo & video heavy)
It was too nice to stay in Sunday, so SteelerDude and I put on some tie dye and headed uptown with the dogs to check out Charlotte's first LGBT Pride Parade in 19 years. A large time was had by all,...
View ArticleCharlotte, NC: officer-involved shooting leads to voluntary manslaughter charge
This developing story doesn't seem to have been diaried yet, but it's already hitting the national news media and is on the front page of Reddit.Police in North Carolina shot and killed a man running...
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Investigators: CMPD officer fired 12 shots at unarmed accident victim
More information has come to light surrounding the fatal shooting of Jonathan Ferrell, an unarmed accident victim seeking help after a car accident in Charlotte, NC. This is an update to my diary...
View ArticleSweet Home Schuylkill County: The PA Anthracite coal region 1790-1917
Unless you're a truck driver, have family there, or happen to be a guest of the Commonwealth, you'd probably never heard of Schuylkill County, PA until recently. Then this guy, Mark Kessler, came...
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"I, I, my, me, me": Meet the next Jim Bakker (UPDATED)
Charlotte, my fair city, when will you learn?His name is Steven Furtick, and he's thirty-three years old. He's the senior pastor of Elevation Church, which he literally founded in his Shelby, NC living...
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Calling all I-77 Kossacks: Charlotte meetup 10/30
Yes, this is last-minute, but edrie is in town, and Fineena and I are organizing a dinner meetup on Wednesday..DATE: Wednesday, Oct, 30, 2013 LOCATION: Sir Edmund Halley's Restaurant and Freehouse 4151...
View ArticleLetter to the Editor nails authentic Christianity in two paragraphs
On Sunday, Oct. 27, several churches in the Charlotte area announced they would cut ties with the Boy Scouts of America. A pastor of the largest, nondenominational Calvary Church, said:“The ministries...
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I-77 Kossacks mini-meetup 10/30, updated with better photo
Many thanks to Fineena for getting the ball rolling on Wednesday night's mini-meetup in Charlotte! Edrie was in town for the week, and we conspired to get some Kossacks together for dinner.The result...
View ArticleJonathan Ferrell autopsy: Legal BAC, no illegal drugs
In the early hours of September 14, 2013, an unarmed Black man named Jonathan Ferrell was shot ten times and killed by a Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer. Ferrell was seeking assistance after being...
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