Tag Archives: North Carolina

The Gates Coup Of Education

Posted on June 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Over the weekend, the Washington Post featured an article on Bill Gates and his foundation, which supplied nearly 3 billion in funding to develop, promote and push Common Core. Gates couldn’t do it alone, he needed the Department of Education on board and dangle a carrot in front of the states. He got it with the Race To The Top grant. What resulted was an education coup.
What opponents have been saying from the start is true: Common Core is not state-led. It’s Gates-led.

The follow-up article today in the Washington Post calls it just that, an education coup. The opening of this article lays bare the key spots of how this happened, with little or no vetting by the states.

KEEP READING…. Continue reading →

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Action Alert: AFP Educational Freedom Rally In Raleigh

Posted on May 5, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

In my inbox this morning from Americans For Prosperity, notice of an education rally being held in Raleigh. This is a great chance for those looking for school choice, concerned about educational freedom and for Common Core fighters to connect. Details are below, pass it on!

Details and RSVP link:

Tuesday, May 20, 2014 from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM (EDT)

Raleigh, NC – RSVP HERE Continue reading →

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New Fundraising Tactic: Cursing For Clay

Posted on April 21, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

Want to attend a Clay Aiken fundraising event? You need to meet certain criteria.

Bring money
Be a Democrat or Liberal
Have a tolerance for F-bombs

Also, stick around to see Aiken’s interview with the News and Observer Continue reading →

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#DM7 Article: #Obamacare Coverage: “Play the game” (aka lie)

Posted on March 16, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

This is a reposting of my most recent Magnificent 7 article at Da Tech Guy Blog:

#Obamacare Coverage: “Play the game” (aka lie)

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By A.P. Dillon

My fellow Magnificent 7 writer, Linda Szugyi, started the week at Da Tech Guy with an article called Peas in a pod which briefly talked about how spam filters have saved all of our inboxes from blowing up and then moved into one that didn’t get caught in the spam filter: An Obamacare advertisement.

The Peas in a pod article goes on to talk about how the ad is a scam and well, so is Obamacare. This is the perfect segue for my article today, which is about yet another Obamacare scam problem. That problem is job changes, tax implications and how Obamacare and the IRS handle that. Or rather, how the IRS and Obamacare don’t handle it. Continue reading →

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Huge Hog In Bertie County

Posted on March 13, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

I don’t know how many of you remember a story I wrote last October about the pig population exploding? Large hog sightings? If not, it’s pretty short and you can catch up on it here: Holy Oink, Batman: The Wild Pig Epidemic

Well, via Carolina Plott Hound I saw this story about a man named Jeff Webb who was hunting in Bertie county and who took down a MONSTER pig.
Keep reading to see the image…. Continue reading →

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CCSSO President Atkinson Starts Campaigning Early

Posted on March 9, 2014 by A.P. Dillon

NC State Superintendent and President of the CCSSO Dr. June Atkinson recently spent time speaking to the Carteret County Democrat party. Atkinson assaulted the current legislature for teacher pay while conveniently leaving out the role both she and former Governor Perdue played in freezing teacher pay in the first place.

Despite having the highest graduation rate in the history of the state, North Carolina’s public education system needs support to survive the recent wave of changes enacted by the General Assembly, State Superintendent of Public Instruction June Atkinson said on Saturday to county Democrats. Continue reading →

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