According to the Washington Post we are one of the 29 states where tax collections have yet to return to their pre-recession heights. Put another way, we look a lot like South Carolina or Alabama! We also, along with the former Confederacy, rank near the bottom in our support not only for K-12[...]
Posts Tagged ‘South Carolina’
November 11th, 2014 - 11:57 am § in Schools & Colleges, The Ave Scene
Is Washington Joining the Confederacy?
SUNDAY REVELATIONS: Of Porn and Pew .. the connection
A Study of Google searches for porn shows a high correlation between the bible, or at least folks who belong to churches, and porn from websites similar to fucked gay. The Bible Belt is the Porn Belt. Smut in Jesusland: Why Red-State Conservatives Are the Biggest Porn Hounds As usual, South Carolina[...]
October 27th, 2014 - 12:08 am § in Misc.
South Carolina: Another reason to wonder if the entire state needs to be placed back in reconstruction before rejoining the Union?
This guy is pretty typical of South Carolina. My own brother in law lives there and is pretty defensive about the place. Did you know that the fore runner of the KKK was actually in a Jewish synagogue in Charleston? Frankly, the Jews of that horrid culture were nothing for the rest of use t[...]
October 21st, 2014 - 1:03 pm § in Schools & Colleges
South Carolina: Honoring Racists
Winthrop asked to change name of Tillman Building Two former Winthrop University students are asking the school to rename Tillman Hall because it honors a U.S. senator and South Carolina governor who was a white supremacist.[...]
October 17th, 2014 - 9:34 am § in Hypocrisy
SOUTH CAROLINA: Racism is our proud heritage!
SC Governor On Confederate Flag: CEOs Don’t Care Other notable “we elected the first African American Senator” … Really? someone needs to tell Ed Brooke. I am proud to have campaigned for Senator Brooke, an African American and a Republican, when he was elected in 1966. Mr [...]
October 15th, 2014 - 12:49 pm § in Misc.
South Carolina: politics gets worse and worse
Widescale Corruption Scandal Rocks South Carolina’s GOP Statehouse Author: Randa Morris October 12, 2014 11:58 am Just over a month ago, South Carolina’s republican Speaker of the House, Bobby Harrell, was indicted on multiple criminal charges, including misconduct in office, misuse of power,[...]
October 15th, 2014 - 10:18 am § in Politics
South Carolina: Good News .. despite the Palmetto State’s Domination by the Tea Party
Sometimes South Carolina seems as if it lives in a different universe. For example, while South Carolina’s Senator Lindsey Graham is running a political TV ad touting his opt-out of Obamacare legislation – less than 1% are opting out of of Obamacare. Since I know that some of my[...]
October 11th, 2014 - 1:23 am § in America, The Ave Scene
Solving Ebola, South Carolina Style.
The former general counsel and executive director of the South Carolina Republican Party has a novel solutions to the Ebola epidemic . from Twitter Ebola has a strong transmission vector through health care personnel. No effective way to contain while treating. People with Ebola in the US need to be[...]
October 6th, 2014 - 12:55 pm § in Misc.
How Can We Get Airbus to Move Here?
Tim Keating, a Boeing vice president, warned a union leader at the Everett plant not to stir up trouble. A few days earlier, Boeing announced it was moving 2,000 defense jobs out of Washington state. [...]
September 28th, 2014 - 10:19 pm § in America
South Carolina: Cop Shoots Man for Seatbelt Violation
South Carolina state trooper Sean Groubert asked Levar Jones, an unarmed black man, for his license. When Jones reached for the very thing the officer asked for, Groubert opened fire on him.[...]