Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old youth organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina and James Ian Dyson also from Charlotte, climbed a flagpole in Columbia early on Saturday morning and removed the Confederate flag flying in front of the capitol building. Sadly, the damned flag was raised again at South Ca[...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
June 27th, 2015 - 7:52 am § in America
Howsit SC said it could not lower the damned flag to half mast?
June 26th, 2015 - 10:29 am § in Uncategorized
Cop fired for Confederate selfie
Despite its racist image, South Carolina is emerging as the toughest state in the country on misbehaving cops. It’s virtually the only state that’s prosecuting killer cops (with the exception of Baltimore’s recently-elected black district attorney). A few days ago, after last week&[...]
June 25th, 2015 - 2:25 pm § in Uncategorized
Black church torched in Charlotte
An arson fire heavily damaged a small black church in Charlotte, SC, early yesterday morning. Two firefighters were injured battling the blaze. A local TV station reported that, “Investigators said there was no indication the fire was racially motivated,” but there’s also no indica[...]
June 25th, 2015 - 6:26 am § in Misc.
An Unrepentant Racist Will Host Obama in Charleston. “That is damn white of you!”
The funeral of Rev. Clementa C. Pinckney is scheduled for 11 a.m. Friday at TD Arena on the College of Charleston campus. College of Charleston President Glenn McConnell is still not ready to speak out about the StarsnBars. McConnell, a former Republican leader of the state legislature and lieu[...]
June 24th, 2015 - 2:41 pm § in America
To The Good Folks of Charleston: NEXT: Erect a Statue of Denmark Vesy!
Denmark Vesey, a founding member of the Emanuel A.M.E. Church, was a former slave who bought his own freedom. In 1822, Vesey plotted a massive rebellion in Charleston, planning to burn the city and kill whites before escaping with thousands of slaves to HaitiThe plot was foiled before it could begi[...]
June 24th, 2015 - 1:10 pm § in Uncategorized
The stars and bars isn’t even a Confederate flag
What the first official Confederate flag looked like: What the second official Confederate flag looked like: What the third official Confederate flag looked like: &nbs[...]
June 24th, 2015 - 8:15 am § in Misc.
Take Down The African American Symbols Too!!!!!!!
CBS46 News[...]
June 23rd, 2015 - 2:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Tips for criminals
Tip #1: If you’ve killed a bunch of people, don’t use a conspicuous vehicle for your getaway. Tip #2: But if you do, give up when the cops swarm you, so they don’t have an excuse to shoot you. At least he got half of it right.[...]
SOUTH CAROLINA: Ending Workman’s Compensation?
The goal seem to be to create a workforce on a par with workers in Vietnam and China. The idea, in the name of the same “freedom” offered by the state’s right to work laws, is to make workers’ compensation optional. This doesn’t seem like a good idea to many who cite th[...]
June 22nd, 2015 - 5:26 pm § in Misc.
UPDATE II to BREAKING NEWS: Live poll of legislators vote on taking the starsnbars down.
‘It Is Time To Move The Flag From The Capitol Grounds’…Nikki Haley… Lindsey Graham… Tim Scott… Click button for current poll data. (link provided by W. Quick) Sadly, Gov. Haley may not have the votes. NY TIMES: Banishing the flag from the Capitol ground[...]