“Hyman’s was the friendliest, most ecumenical, and most hopping business imaginable, here on a rainy Monday night in Charleston, South Carolina.” Regular readers on THE Ave know that I am very critical of South Carolina for its persistent racism. celebration of the Confederacy and be[...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
March 10th, 2015 - 9:23 am § in America
Jewish Restaurant Serves Trafe to Multiethnics in South Carolina!
March 9th, 2015 - 9:06 am § in Misc.
Citizens Rally Against Immigration
In South Carolina, a protest was organized by William G. Carter of the South Carolina Conservative Action Council, a prolific organizer and foe of amnesty for illegal aliens who has organized multiple protests in Greenville and Columbia, SC over the years. A Confederate Flag Rally in Columbia, SC [...]
March 6th, 2015 - 9:38 am § in Misc.
GOP COMMEMORATES SELMA BY BOYCOTT!
GOP BOYCOTTS. While AMERICANS from across the nation converge on Selma to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday, the GOP leadership is boycotting. John Boehner, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy and Majority Whip Steve Scalise will be absent from the three-day event that commemorates the 19[...]
March 6th, 2015 - 1:38 am § in America
SOUTH CAROLINA: Racism is more than a heritage, it is in our (white) blood.
South Carolina‘s Governor, a Hindustani American, says that Corporations do not care that the cradle of the confederacy still flies the Confederate Flag. She underestimates the extent to which her state remains the cradle of the slave state: Perhaps the real reason no one care is that “[...]
March 1st, 2015 - 10:52 am § in Misc.
South Carolina preserves Southern tradition
This is a tale of two plaques, old and new. The old plaque commemorates Greenwood, South Carolina’s fallen of World War I — segregated under “White” and “Colored” headings. The new plaque, bought with $15,000 raised by the town’s two American Legion posts &#[...]
February 12th, 2015 - 9:15 am § in Uncategorized
Radical Republicans: Fear Mongering
Lindsey Graham Runs for President: OMG! ISIS is Going to Kill Us All! Sam Seder for Sam Seder September 16, 2014 – 2:30pm South Carolina Senator Lindsey Graham says we need to bomb ISIS before they come to America and kill us all. Graham is running for President because the burning pilot in Sy[...]
February 11th, 2015 - 11:54 am § in Misc.
THE Ave Challenge
A. Freedom, Texas B. Olympia, Washington C. Charleston, South Carolina D. Győr, Hungary E. Donetsk, Ukraine[...]
February 8th, 2015 - 10:44 am § in America
Why Would Anyone Choose to Live in South Carolina
NOTE THIS POST HAS BEEN AMENDED TO COMPLY WITH A COMPLAINT FROM ROB GROCE THAT THE ORIGINAL TEXT INCLUDED 83 WORDS TAKEN FROM A POST HE HAD MADE. THOSE WORDS HAVE BEEN REMOVED WITH MY APOLOGIES. MR. GROCE ALSO CLAIMED THAT THE IMAGE OF A GUN CAME FROM ART HE HAD PAID FOR. THE GUN […][...]
January 28th, 2015 - 11:47 am § in Uncategorized
South Carolina judge sets aside 1961 civil rights convictions
A South Carolina judge has righted a historic injustice by clearing the records of 9 black men convicted in 1961 of trespassing and breach of peace for sitting at a “whites only” lunch counter in Rock Hill, South Carolina. The men — a CORE organizer and 8 college students at the ti[...]