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Jon Kimball
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Cohost of Election Profit Makers with David Rees. Politics, domain names, skylines, and fish weirs.

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Carowinds is actually located in a small corner of what was Catawba Nation near modern “Nations Ford Rd” close to where Cornwallis would have been
Map showing diamond shaped Nation on border of NC/SC near Charlotte
November 28, 2025 at 9:56 PM
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November 28, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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The News & Observer was able to confirm that Velasquez-Antonio was in federal custody Wednesday only because a New Hanover County sheriff's department member confirmed that she was one of nine people federal agents brought to the county jail there to be held one night. A U.S. Immigration and Customs Service's detainee locator on Thursday indicates Velasquez-Antonio was since moved and was held at the Stewart Detention Center in Lumpkin, a small town near Columbus, Ga. From Honduras to Wendell Velasquez-Antonio came to the United States from Honduras when she was 14 after her father was killed by a gang, said a family member who asked not to be identified. Her mother had previously died from cancer. She settled in the Triangle and graduated from Corinth Holder High School in Johnston County, her family member said. Since then, she has been working and recently bought a home in Wendell where she and her boyfriend were planning to start a family, the relative said. Gene Smith, the boyfriend of the relative, said Velasquez-Antonio has been seeking asylum for years. Federal officials have said the sweeps are helping them deport criminals. Court records show that Velasquez-Antonio has only had two traffic violations.
November 21, 2025 at 2:54 AM
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Charlottean talks about Border Patrol in the city who smashed his car window. “These guys are acting like b****s”
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 AM
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Dan Orner FTW
November 17, 2025 at 10:15 PM
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Favorite FG celebration is obviously this youtu.be/Hy-D-K6a0yc
UNC players punch inflatable Duke helmet after walk off FG to win at Wallace Wade in 2002.
November 17, 2025 at 10:07 PM
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😢
November 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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Screenshot of iPhone on hold with Walgreens Customer Service for 6,7 hours. (I had plenty of time to create this joke on account of the 6,7 hours on hold)
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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One of my most cherished tshirts simply for the cities around the logo
Navy blue faded t-shirt with a white Piedmont Airlines logo with the word PIEDMONT inside a tan circular border with cities listed: Winston-Salem, Charlotte, Greensboro, Asheville, New Bern, Raleigh, Rocky Mount, Wilmington, Cincinnati, Nashville, Atlanta, Baltimore, New York
October 27, 2025 at 8:40 PM
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The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com NOT IN THEIR BACK YARD: IN WASHINGTON, THAT LETDOWN... Nov 2, 1998 - "He came in here and he trashed the place, ," says Washington Post columnist David Broder, "and it's not his place.
October 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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Discover Charlotte: A City In Motion (1968) archive.org/details/Disc...
October 16, 2025 at 7:28 PM
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Give me a call cartels
DHS PRESS RELEASE MEXICAN CARTELS OFFERING BOUNTIES ON ICE AND CBP "$2,000 for gathering intelligence or doxxing
October 15, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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Mebane (mebben)
Zoe Roth (Disaster Girl) looks back at her father’s camera as a house burns in the background in Mebane, North Carolina
October 9, 2025 at 11:46 PM
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Weird Al in Richmond, Virginia tonight
September 23, 2025 at 3:36 AM
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I see McCaysville GA is located near the tri-point border of NC/GA/TN so I assume TN got this bullshit too
McCaysville GA near NC/GA/TN border
September 13, 2025 at 9:42 PM
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This alert was received by everyone with a smart phone in the state of North Carolina as well statewide emergency broadcast system. An aggravated assault of a cop in GEORGIA deserves an “extreme” alert to 11 million people two states away???? 🇺🇸🥒
Emergency alert: Extreme Sep 13, 04:05 PM BLUE ALERT: TIMOTHY CRAIG RAMSEY 26 yoa wm 5'11, 185 Ibs is WANTED for AGGRIVATED ASSAULT of a law enforcement officer. Last seen on foot in area of MCCAYSVILLE, GA wearing GREEN TOP, DARK PANTS, DARK MOTORCYCLE HELMET. Subject considered ARMED and DANGEROUS, DO NOT APPROACH. If seen, CALL 911. CHECK local media and social media for updates.
September 13, 2025 at 9:39 PM
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US cities with greatest percentage departure from normal rainfall YTD
PRECIP (inches) YTD DEPART DEPART % Tulsa, OK 43.53 14.43 49.58% Chapel Hill, NC 49.82 16.11 47.78% Mayfield, KY 52.55 15.53 41.95% Gainesville, AL 55.86 16.2 40.84% Shreveport, LA 49.01 14.15 40.30% Graham, NC 45.3 12.99 40.20% Clarksville, TN 52.53 15.03 40.08% Calhoun, KY 43.5 12.3 39.43% Jackson, KY 51.56 13.87 36.80% Lebanon, VA 44.6 11.93 36.51%
September 7, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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Cursed necklace from Brady Bunch trip to Hawaii
September 7, 2025 at 5:00 AM
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Juggernaut
Greg Barnes: Fewest points that UNC has allowed against an FBS opponent since the 38-3 win at Clemson on Oct. 20, 2001.
September 7, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Hmm they should have it. It’s what LT wore
LT
September 7, 2025 at 12:47 AM
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Chapel Hill received its first rainfall in 20 days yesterday, remains one of wettest US cities to date.
Chapel Hill, NC with 49.45 inches rainfall YTD. Ranked 16th wettest among continental US cities, 16.75 inches (51.6%) above normal
September 5, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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I think about her line about the trees “a disorienting spectrum of sun soaked green” all the time now when I look out my window
“[A] disorienting spectrum of sun soaked green” in Chapel Hill, Notth Carolina — Paige Williams
August 31, 2025 at 7:27 PM
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The football stadium
Kenan Stadium aka The Jungle
August 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
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It’s a little different tbf
LA area Chapel Hill area
August 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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No lies detected. www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
Thad Dixon, a new Carolina defensive back and a Los Angeles native, referenced the "culture shock" of moving to Chapel Hill by saying, "There's a lot of trees out here, bro."
August 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM