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• Preparedness event records turnout surge

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:54

  By JOHN NORTHjohn@ashevilledailyplanet.com BLACK MOUNTAIN —  The Second Annual Sensible Mountain Preparedness Seminar on May 4-5 recorded a near doubling of the crowd from its debut last year, perhaps indicating concern about being prepared for em...

• ‘Sustainability’ termed code word for elite’s takeover plan

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:37

  By JOHN NORTHjohn@ashevilledailyplanet.com HENDERSONVILLE — A progresive-liberal elite intends to use Agenda 21 and other measures to create a worldwide government in which it would have complete control over the masses and the planet’s resources, ...

• Drifters, Tams score hit in Asheville

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:32

  By JOHN NORTHjohn@ashevilledailyplanet.com   Benny Anderson’s Drifters and Robert Lee Smith and His Original Tams gave a small-but-enthusiastic crowd its money’s worth with a nearly three-hour concert featuring beach music and other rhythm-and-...

• UNCA celebrates 84th annual commencement

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:30

  A spring downpour couldn’t dampen the spirit of the more than 5,000 family and friends gathered on UNC Asheville’s Quadrangle on the morning of May 5 to celebrate the university’s 2012 graduating class. Some 731 students were honored as the Class o...

• ‘Scariest man in America’ issues warning

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:25

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com   BLACK MOUNTAIN — Dr. William Forstchen, the keynote speaker at the Sensible Montain Preparedness Seminar on May 5 here, appeared to get a charge out of the memorable introduction he received. MrMadM...

• ‘Doomsday Preppers’ casting director aims to be prepared, too

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:22

  By JOHN NORTH john@ashevilledailyplanet.com   BLACK MOUNTAIN — Brooklyn Bagwell was among those operating a booth at the Sensible Mountain Preparedness Seminar on May 4-5 at Ridgecrest Conference Center here. She also is a Marion native who rec...

• Dumbed-down U.S. predicted; small Ice Age could be looming

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:20

  From Staff Reports   HENDERSONVILLE — American society in the future “will be a leisurely one,” as some citizens “will be in various stages of drug-induced experiences” to keep them from being clear-headed enough to criticize and oppose w...

• The Advice Goddess: Girlfriend feels used, abused from breakup story

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:15

  After my girlfriend and I split up, I wrote a creative nonfiction piece about our breakup (changing some identifying details). I published it on a popular blog and linked to it on Facebook. We’re back together, and things are great; however, she saw the...

• Daily Planet’s Opinion

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:10

  Disco, BeeGees, surpass 2012 rap If one ignored his poor taste in music and failure as a cultural critic, freshman U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., appears to be a bright and personable politician on the rise. One day, he may even occup...

• Letters to the Editor: May, 2012

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:07

  Federal government ripped for doing too much The federal government is spending $11,500 per person (every man, woman and child) this year, doing things for — and to you.   Of all the things the federal government doe...

• The Candid Conservative: Winning through intimidation

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:05

  By CARL MUMPOWER Man may be equal, but cultures certainly aren’t.  An often overlooked trait among many Muslim cultures is the credibility given to aggression as a measure of character.  In many countries, the Judeo-Christian model of reaso...

• Praying for bad things to happen

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 19:03

  By D.G. MARTIN CHAPEL HILL — Why are so many people these days praying for bad things to happen to good people? And what does the answer to that question have to do with the Supreme Court’s forthcoming decision on the constitutionality of the Pati...

• 5-4 overturn of Obamacare predicted by Supreme Court

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 18:59

  By LEE BALLARD I hear it said that Chief Justice John Roberts loves the Supreme Court and doesn’t want partisanship to be his legacy.   I hear he’ll work to bring some kind of happy ending to the Obamacare case.   Yeah, sure.  Dig it...

• Amendment One OK? Disappointing

  Created: Monday, 28 May 2012 18:51

  EDITOR’S NOTE: The following was written following the passage of Amendment One by the majority of North Carolina voters on May 8. • By Jeremy Kennedy Tonight’s results were disappointing, not just for gay and lesbian North Carolinians, but for t...

• WCQS declines to respond to challengers Board chair who promised response misses meeting

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:18

  Four members of the Ad-Hoc Committee for Responsive Public Radio — a group which has challenged WCQS-FM’s FCC license renewal — said they left the WCQS Board of Directors meeting March 21 “surprised and disappointed” that the board did not respo...

• ‘Take a Stand’ duo take reins of Asheville station

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:17

  From Staff Reports Radio talk-show host Matt Mittan and his co-host and producer Agness Cheek recently returned to Asheville’s airwaves with their show “Take a Stand’ on 1350 WZGM-AM. The show airs from noon to 3 p.m. Monday through Friday on the ...

• Education termed top Dem priority

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:15

  Democrats need to make education the state’s No. 1 priority, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Bob Etheridge told the Buncombe County Democratic Party on March 31. He called education “the foundation” for the Democrats’ hopes for taking back the...

• Governor ripped by GOP at Lincoln-Reagan soirée

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:13

  Pat McCrory, a Republican who is believed to be leading the state gubernatorial race, accused Gov. Bev Perdue of having an office riddled with corruption during a March 17 address in Asheville. His spoke to more than 250 people who packed a banquet room ...

• UNCA providing free tax preparation help

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:12

  With April 15 approaching, people who make $50,000 or less can get free help preparing their federal and state income returns, thanks to trained UNC Asheville faculty, staff and students volunteering in the IRS VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) progr...

• The Advice Goddess: He’s the lard of the dance, according to his critical wife

  Created: Saturday, 14 April 2012 19:09

  When I got married, I was a slim 6’2”, but I’ve gained a lot of weight. My wife gained about 20 pounds but recently lost that and more. I’ve been as high as 265, but I’m now at 238 and losing about a pound a week, which isn’t fast enough for m...