Posted in History, Tar Talk on December 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Residents of the Hertford County community of Como are hoping to stall nature and time from doing further damage to a symbol of their proud–but segregated–past. In the mid-1920s African-Americans in Como raised $200 toward the construction of a two-room school house. With an additional $700 from the Rosenwald Fund and $2745 from Hertford County [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, Tar Heelia, tagged christopher hitchens, jesse helms, kim jong il on December 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »
“…What about the hearings on North Korea in which he made repeated references to ‘Kim Jong the Second’? In order to prevent any repetition of this idiotic gaffe, Helms’ staff propped up a piece of card on which was clearly written the pronunciation ‘Kim Jong ILL.’ The senator from North Carolina duly made the adjustment, [...]
