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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...
View ArticleNC Attorney General to seek indictment in Jonathan Ferrell case
Just a quick followup diary on a new development in the Jonathan Ferrell case. Today, we learned the North Carolina Attorney General will seek an indictment against Randall Kerrick, the...
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World Nut: Devil Baby alive and well in NYC
So I took a quick spin around webnuttia this evening. Half the fun of one of my favorites, World Nut Daily, is the headlines it deems front page feature-worthy. Tucked in with the usual collection of...
View ArticleGrand jury fails to indict officer in Jonathan Ferrell shooting, DA to...
Yesterday, 1/22/2014, the NC Attorney General took the voluntary manslaughter case against CMPD officer Randall Kerrick before a grand jury. Since then, it's been a wild ride. In an extraordinarily...
View ArticleJonathan Ferrell case: Defense attorneys move to block second Grand Jury hearing
News is developing quickly in the Jonathan Ferrell shooting case. Here's what's happening.To recap, last Tuesday, Jan. 21, a Mecklenburg County (NC) grand jury declined to indict Charlotte-Mecklenburg...
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Officer indicted on voluntary manslaughter charge in Jonathan Ferrell shooting
Today, a Mecklenburg (NC) County grand jury indicted a former Charlotte Mecklenburg police officer on a charge on voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of Jonathan Ferrell.Jonathan FerrellA...
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One every 52 seconds: Is this justice?
Last week, civil rights activists in Charlotte, NC, were outraged when a Mecklenburg County grand jury declined to indict CMPD officer Randall Kerrick on a voluntary manslaughter charge in the shooting...
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Nye vs Ham: "A clash of world views"
The question posed in Tuesday night's showdown between Bill Nye and Ken Ham was, “Is creation a viable model of origins in today’s modern scientific era?” But what if only one of the two was debating...
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