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Old 07-21-2016, 04:06 PM
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North Carolina Loses NBA All Star Game
Looks like the NBA is taking the All Star game to New Orleans due to misguided anti-LGBT HB-2 law.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mepage%2Fstory

Kudos to the NBA for standing tall for equal rights, pun intended.
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Old 07-21-2016, 04:15 PM
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The Panthers should move down the road to Greenville-Spartanburg. Maybe BMW could underwrite the stadium.
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Awesome news!


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I no longer use my supplier in Asheville, who wants to do business with the hate state?
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Looks like the NBA is taking the All Star game to New Orleans due to misguided anti-LGBT HB-2 law.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/...mepage%2Fstory

Kudos to the NBA for standing tall for equal rights, pun intended.
Still fond memories of Dennis Rodman in the NBA, apparently.

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There's Trump's foreign affairs secretary nominee, and just as cluelessly ignorant.

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Great news and there may be other NCAA teams under pressure not to play in North Carolina. NBA can and will be very influential and most owners are liberals.
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I'd way rather go to New Orleans for the game than Charlotte. No comparison. It's a win-win, the NBA telling North Carolina to emerge from the Stone Age while moving the game to a much funner city.
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Isn't Charlotte sort of like a genteel New Orleans without the muggers?

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Isn't Charlotte sort of like a genteel New Orleans without the muggers?

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Nope. You're thinking Charleston, SC. Charlotte is much less interesting, more of a regional banking hub with far less character and history.
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