Tag Archives: North Carolina

NC AFL-CIO Beclowns Itself In Video

Paging SooperMexican — the AFL-CIO in NC are ripping off your act, dude.

“Juicy Buns” AKA ‘Champion of the People’

VS

The Scrambler AKA ‘Champion of the Powerful’

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There’s more, this video is a promotion for a tax day protest:

Luchadoras to settle the score between the People, the Powerful on Tax Day

North Carolinians, tired of paying the costs for the lack of tax fairness – the cause of austerity politics in Congress and tax changes on Jones Street – will finally get a chance to settle the score between the people and the powerful when champions for both sides face off at a public showdown on Bicentennial Mall at high noon on Monday, April 15th – Tax Day.

What: #FairFight between the People & the Powerful
When: Monday, April 15th at high noon
Where: Bicentennial Mall, across the street from the legislature (16 W. Jones St, Raleigh, NC 27601)
Why: This Tax Day, it’s time to settle the score!

Reserve your ringside seat on Facebook!

After calling for Congress to repeal the sequester and for state lawmakers to stop shifting the tax burden off of North Carolina’s wealthiest citizens and corporations and onto low- and middle-income families, advocates for workers and for policies in the public interest announced what they are calling a “Fair Fight” at a press conference in Raleigh on Monday.

Just. Wow.

I’ve seen some lame attempts to stir up attendance at a protest before, this one takes the cake. Continue reading

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Common Core Train Wreck (Part II): North Carolina & Beyond

This is part two of what is likely to be a continuing series on the Common Core Standards. This particular post will follow the implementation and related commentary as it applied to my home state, North Carolina. To get up to speed, read Part One: The Common Core Train Wreck: Part One

Common Core Train Wreck (Part II):
North Carolina & Beyond

In 2010, a press release was issued detailing that North Carolina would be participating in adoption of the latest set of education standards – The Common Core Standards (CCS). In the release, mention is made that North Carolina is pleased to be one of the first states to adopt the Common Core, yet the implementation was delayed until the 2012-13 school year, leaving North Carolina as one of the last states to do so. The usual suspects cheered the adoption of the CCS, including Governor at the time, Bev Perdue:

“These new national standards will help make sure our students are ready for college and prepared for successful careers in today’s global economy,” said Perdue. “North Carolina will be able to measure its academic progress against other states and bring some sanity to testing.” Continue reading

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NC Legislature Looks To Make Right To Work Status Permanent

The North Carolina State Legislature is looking to make the state’s Right to Work status a permanent fixture.  The Carolina Journal Reports: RALEIGH — Backing up comments promising North Carolina would remain the “least unionized state in the United States,” Speaker … Continue reading

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NC Legislature Moves To Protect NC Schools

Gun control is all we hear about this days. A lot of lip service being paid at the national level, meanwhile at the state level some legislatures are acting. Case in point, North Carolina’s General Assembly has two bills in … Continue reading

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Project Veritas Outs Non-Citizens and the Dead voting in NC (video)

James O’Keefe and Project Veritas do it again — this time in my home state, North Carolina. It is 10 minutes long and you need to watch it — and share it with everyone you can. Continue reading

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