Cedar Posts is no fan of Michael Jackson, however "Thriller" remains one of the best Music Videos of all time. Beyond Jackson's dancing and John Landis' direction, the short is still rather thrilling due in part to Vincent Price and his voice over "rap" Thriller. What better way to kick of a Friday edition of All Hallows Eve.Darkness falls across the land The midnight hour is close at hand Creatures crawl in search of blood To terrorize y’all’s neighborhood And whosoever shall be found Without the soul for getting down Must stand and face the hounds...
Friday, 31 October 2014
A little Halloween Tale without the macabre horror.There’s a small bay on the Maryland side of the Potomac River, 30 miles south of Washington, D.C., that is an eerie final resting place for hundreds of ships. More than 230 were scuttled here, and most of them were never put into service.In 1917, President Woodrow Wilson rallied the nation to join World War I. Germany’s submarine offensive was fearsome, and the United States was woefully unprepared.To counter the Kaiser’s forces, the nation would have to launch the greatest shipbuilding program...
Thursday, 23 October 2014
A lot of chatter over the Charlotte Observer story concerning the use of Stingray, a super tech spy gadget that LE is using across the nation to track and ease drop on thugs and ghetto rats. Of course the story line is all about constitutional rights and the ever increasing scope of government in the "big brother" age. But the back story is rather interesting: As with much of CMPD the budget and expense approval process is all smoke and mirrors. From the Observer:"Charlotte City Council voted unanimously without debate in 2012 to spend...
Sunday, 19 October 2014
GDid you get one of these bogus bills for The Charlotte Observer last week?Of course it is a scam, but the interesting twist is they got my name from the Business Journal!Seems the CBJ sold this this scammer my name! You see my CBJ subscription has this odd little typo unique only to that once a week bit of USPS Mail! Which prompts me to say WTF ( well that's funn...
Tuesday, 14 October 2014
Later this morning former Mayor Patrick Cannon will be sentenced by Federal Judge Frank Whittney. He'll get probation and here's why.Cannon was targeted by someone in the Obama administration because it was concluded that His-honor was just the tip of the iceberg and that corruption ran deep all the way down to the cellar of the government center. Turns out Cannon was a big mouth talker who believed his own hubris lies, an amateur targeted by...
Friday, 10 October 2014
The Supreme Court's Refusal to review the lower court's ruling and subsequent North Carolina court decision opens the door to same sex marrige in North Carolina. But this is not a win for the LGBT faction any more than proabition was a victory for the Bible Belt crowd.North Carolina was and still is opposed to gay marriage, most of us in the metropolitan areas are just tired of hearing about it, and just as many don't really care. It's a perversion,...
Wearing his dress ASU ribbon rack with at least, bronze star, army commendation medal, plus army combat infantryman badge, air assault badge, parachutist badge and unit commendations.This First Sergeant on a six hour flight from Portland to Charlotte asked a US Airways flight attendant if he could hang his jacket so it wouldn't get wrinkled. The answer was NO First Class passengers ONLY!The story has since become a PR nightmare for the...
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Raney Currie Baynes (1891-1942) owned this country store in Gordonton, Person County, North Carolina, and is seen standing in the doorway. Note that some claim that the store was owned by Ivey Baynes, brother of Raney Currie Baynes.If your are new to the South you might find it odd that a scene like this is still pretty easy to find. Eastern North Carolina, Western South Carolina, Southern Georgia, most of Alabama and damn near all of Mississippi. Screen...
Wednesday, 8 October 2014
Hard to tell what's going on at the former Presbytierian Hospital. The once five star and must for Charlotte's well heeled has apparently fallen behind since Novant took over operations nearly ten years ago.Dozens of rooms in one wing of the hospital are abandoned and posted with the above notice. Apparently theft from the "out of service" wings of the hospital is an increasing problem. The eerrie stillness of finding yourself on the empty fourth...
Saturday, 4 October 2014
John and Andy were the first two officers killed at one time in the history of Charlotte and Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department.The officers patrolled Boulevard Homes - a housing project that was notorious for crime.On October 5, 1993 John and Andy were chasing a suspect who ran into a wooded area near the Boulevard Homes housing project.The suspect shot and killed the two officers.In the 21 years since, Charlotte has erected a memorial...
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