Our politics in NC

ocdavis31

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Now related to tax cuts. Drastic cuts will result in budget cuts, and local governments will have to help pick up the slack by raising property rates.

I support a 0 income tax and a higher sales tax with some special taxes, but that makes too much sense.
Thunder, the problem I see with that is the disproportionate effect it has on low income, especially fixed income individuals. Unless basics, such as food, were not taxed or taxed much less. It could be done, but would have to be nuanced.
 
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Appvol

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Rogan could be a good voice of reason. He's entertaining but he has chosen to fan the flames for ratings.

We need more Jon Stewart's in the world. Who would have ever thought he'd be at the front of reason 20 years ago?
You are just proving that you only want left wing media talking points. Even Bill Maher has been questioning stuff on his show
 

BlackKnightNut

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A couple of years ago High School OT wrote a piece where they pointed out that a higher percentage of kids from NC go on to play D1 hoops than any other state.
Not surprised. When Duke and UNC and NC State have all won titles, when Wake and Charlotte have been to Final Fours, when Davidson has been to Elite Eights and the UNCA and G and W schools have had so many Tourney appearances you have a recipe for the greatest basketball state EVER
 
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Thunder_struck8712

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The fact that some folks sit and listen to talking heads discuss 1 sided politics and the news throughout the day says alot.
 

Appvol

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The fact that some folks sit and listen to talking heads discuss 1 sided politics and the news throughout the day says alot.
Lets see here. I listen to Tyler Childers station on Amazon till 12pm.12pm to 3pm I listen to 99.1 the sports animal app Josh and Swain show talking about Tennessee. Great show!!! After 3pm I listen to to Volquest Podcast on Tuesday and Thursday. Then back to my station on Amazon music. Makes for a good day while working
 

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Lets see here. I listen to Tyler Childers station on Amazon till 12pm.12pm to 3pm I listen to 99.1 the sports animal app Josh and Swain show talking about Tennessee. Great show!!! After 3pm I listen to to Volquest Podcast on Tuesday and Thursday. Then back to my station on Amazon music. Makes for a good day while working
Much better than politics. Great music taste!
 

Sportsnut17

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Lets see here. I listen to Tyler Childers station on Amazon till 12pm.12pm to 3pm I listen to 99.1 the sports animal app Josh and Swain show talking about Tennessee. Great show!!! After 3pm I listen to to Volquest Podcast on Tuesday and Thursday. Then back to my station on Amazon music. Makes for a good day while working
I am paying for Sirius XM, tell me a little about Amazon music, I’m guessing it’s available with prime.
 

Appvol

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I am paying for Sirius XM, tell me a little about Amazon music, I’m guessing it’s available with prime.
I really like it. We pay a little more for so you can have more than one device. Also have Sirius XM so I can switch it up. Listening to the Morgan Wallen station right now.
 

Sportsnut17

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I really like it. We pay a little more for so you can have more than one device. Also have Sirius XM so I can switch it up. Listening to the Morgan Wallen station right now.
I am assuming I can CarPlay through my phone in car.
 

Sportsnut17

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I really like it. We pay a little more for so you can have more than one device. Also have Sirius XM so I can switch it up. Listening to the Morgan Wallen station right now.
14 year old granddaughter got Morgan Wallen tickets for Christmas, she was so devastated when show in Atlanta was rescheduled.
 

Appvol

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14 year old granddaughter got Morgan Wallen tickets for Christmas, she was so devastated when show in Atlanta was rescheduled.
That stinks. My daughter is dying to go see Taylor Swift. To bad you got to take out a 2nd mortgage for her tickets after the whole Ticketmaster stuff when they released.
 
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Appvol

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Any card collectors out there. My son and I collect Football cards. Crazy the value of cards these days. A Druw Jones 1 of 1 was just pulled. It already has a $250,000 bounty on it. If the owner holds it and he makes the MLB Hall of Fame they will pay $1,000,000 for it. Do you hold or sell now.
 
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Mr. Rutledge

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A lot of conspiracy theories proven right over the past year.
A small percentage of this world is crazy. What about the woman who attacked the flight attendant in front of everyone on the airplane just before takeoff? Erroneously reflecting her culture.
 

heelzfor2

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Fox, Newsmax, Infowars and probably many others I am not familiar with are really doing a disservice to our Country all under the guise of free speech. Being allowed to broadcast known, and easily proven lies all in the name of promoting their own agenda is IMHO creating millions of Americans that believe all this crazy ****. How people still watch this, and believe it is beyond me. Fox has lost, or settled numerous lawsuits due to the harm its misinformation has caused people. I mean in one a few years ago the attorney argued that no reasonable person should believe what is aired on Tuckers show. Fox does broadcast some actual news from time to time, but most of the air time is spent degrading the Dems, and childishly calling anyone that disagrees with them names, and its grown *** adults doing this, for money. Tuckers text after this election prove all they cared about were ratings, not broadcasting the actual truth.
 
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Up next is Smartmatic's lawsuit.....I wish every company and individual defamed by these networks would sue the pants off of them. Fox will settle this one also so most of the info will not become public. I'd bet my house that App believed this as well. Man wake up, these people are lying to you.....look at all the Jan 6th people going to prison. The Oath Keeper guy just got 18 years for believing this ****.

 

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"A newspaper is a device for making the ignorant more ignorant and the crazy crazier." H.L. Mencken, a newspaperman, had all this figured out a century ago.
You tell me Fox News and company are lying, fine. I say expand your list. The New York Times, the "paper of record" employed Jayson Blair who used his byline to lie for years. They still haven't renounced the Pulitzer earned by Walter Duranty for his outright lies about there being no famine in the Soviet Union, which was propaganda in support of Joseph Stalin.
I can remember watching NBC's Dateline and seeing GM trucks explode due to their "side saddle" gas tanks. Little did I know that NBC had rigged explosives to the trucks to get the result they wanted: https://www.motorbiscuit.com/exploding-chevy-pickups-and-nbc-coverup/
Then there's Rolling Stone and how they got taken in by another liar so they could impugn some Frat guys at the University of Virginia-well, I could go on and on.
The bottom line is that the media lies and has for a long time.
 

heelzfor2

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There should be consequences for any outlet who knowingly publishes false, or doctored information to the public. Now with AI and how it can generated voices, pics, videos it concerns me even more about what is the truth and what is just agenda related BS. And just for the record, I am unaffiliated and voted for the GOP in 2016, and the Bushes before that, however todays GOP is not something I ever see myself voting for again unfortunately. With the 1/6 incident and they continue to support it, that was the final straw. You Fox guys probably are not even aware of the fake elector scheme they tried to pull in Georgia, and a few other states to keep Trump in power. Google it, it will come out soon if Georgia prosecutes him.... Guys on tape asking Georgia GOP election officials to find 11,700 votes.....how much more do you need to see he wants to be your dictator???
 

Appvol

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There should be consequences for any outlet who knowingly publishes false, or doctored information to the public. Now with AI and how it can generated voices, pics, videos it concerns me even more about what is the truth and what is just agenda related BS. And just for the record, I am unaffiliated and voted for the GOP in 2016, and the Bushes before that, however todays GOP is not something I ever see myself voting for again unfortunately. With the 1/6 incident and they continue to support it, that was the final straw. You Fox guys probably are not even aware of the fake elector scheme they tried to pull in Georgia, and a few other states to keep Trump in power. Google it, it will come out soon if Georgia prosecutes him.... Guys on tape asking Georgia GOP election officials to find 11,700 votes.....how much more do you need to see he wants to be your dictator???
My turn to post a one sided article

 

heelzfor2

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Yeah, I agree MSN is pretty much the equivalent of Fox, I dont go there for my info either :) If true, like I said before, prosecute her and MSN. No one should be able to publicly broadcast known misinformation. We need reliable information in order to hopefully hold our leaders accountable.
Get this one, a couple of weeks ago a neighbor came over and we were talking, she asked if I voted for Trump, said I did the first time but could not the second time, she proceeded to tell me, and show me this site, and says Trump is the only one in Washington the aliens have not taken out part of their brains, and says they communicate with this Nancy woman who posts info from the aliens on this site. She warned me that in a couple of years 90% of the population would be dead from floods. She is selling her house but plans to stay in the Mtns because she thinks thats the safest place to be. Its amazing what the internet and all the BS info out there have done to people. She honestly believed this ****. I was trying to be respectful and not laugh her off the porch.

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smashmouth5

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My news is right because I believe....no my news is right because I believe it. Both sides better wake up because nobody is watching out for you. They play to their news sources and keep dangling little shiny things for you to look at, all the while both sides get rich off our backs. Nobody should leave an elected position a multimillionaire. It's so simple...just follow the money.
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Thunder_struck8712

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My news is right because I believe....no my news is right because I believe it. Both sides better wake up because nobody is watching out for you. They play to their news sources and keep dangling little shiny things for you to look at, all the while both sides get rich off our backs. Nobody should leave an elected position a multimillionaire. It's so simple...just follow the money.
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btango

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I watch a lot of news show, some European to keep up with and get a different perspective. Just the way a story is presented, video and audio, can sway the viewer to some degree. I think when a news channel puts out something that may be far fetched there is somewhere the story originated and their is normally a basis. The end story presented to the public may be very different.
 
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Yeah, I agree MSN is pretty much the equivalent of Fox, I dont go there for my info either :) If true, like I said before, prosecute her and MSN.

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Hypocrite
You are fast to jump fox news. Then say "if it's true" about msn.
How come you don't know "if" it's true already. It's old news. I'll tell you why. Because you ain't looking. Your to busy looking at Fox news to push your agenda.
Mostly peaceful right🔥🚒
 
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