Jan 18 2013
When Tim Scott was chosen by our illustrious governor, Nikki Haley, to become our newest Senator, replacing Jim DeMint who retired to head the Heritage Foundation, he left the 1st District of South Carolina without a congressman. The 1st District is on the coast of South Carolina, and includes Charleston, the hometown of Stephen Colbert …
Jan 08 2013
Just once, just once I would love for my home state to make the national news for something that wasn’t embarrassing. In West Columbia, on the route to the Columbia Metropolitan Airport, nestled between a nail salon and a bingo joint, there is a tiny taco restaurant called Taco Cid. I’ve never been, but I …
Oct 29 2012
I’ve seen several Obama endorsements over the past few days, all of them acknowledging that Obama is flawed, but then making mostly negative cases. They endorse Obama despite himself because of how much they despise the policies, campaign, and ignorance of the Romney campaign. JT has the most detailed explanation of why you should vote …
Oct 26 2012
About an hour ago, WLTX broke a story about hackers. It seems foreign hackers have broken into the Department of Revenue’s computers in the state of South Carolina and stolen 3.6 million social security numbers — from a state with 4.7 million residents. Essentially, if you’ve paid taxes since 1998, your information has been compromised. …
Jul 26 2012
Today, having dropped the ball massively by spiking the story initially, The State finally released the story about Nikki Haley’s daughter being given a job under her mother’s control. I cannot take full credit for this, not with Will Folks and Logan Smith doing admirable jobs covering the story as well, and not with people on …
Jul 23 2012
The South is the new epicenter of HIV transmission — half of all new infection happen here, though we have less than a third of the American population. South Carolina is 8th in the nation for rates of HIV, but other southern states are doing poorly as well. Louisiana, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas… HIV is not …
Jul 19 2012
Oh, man, here I thought I was going to go a little while without dealing with any hyper local news, but in my fair state, in my fair city, something absolutely, mind-shatteringly, hysterically pathetic is happening. (That many adverbs necessary when talking Harry Potter, just ask Stephen King). My local library is doing a series …
Jul 18 2012
SC Senate votes to override Gov. Haley’s veto of rape crisis center funding. Bright, Bryant vote no If you’d like to contact the two assholes who voted to hurt rape victims, here is their contact information, taken from the senate website: Senator Lee Bright Business Phone (803) 212-6108 Home Phone (864) 576-6742 Business Phone (864) 587-1800 Send message …
Jul 18 2012
29-10 Thank you all for calling, e-mailing, and sharing the post! I seem to have gotten something in my eyes, immensely grateful to all of you. Will update on further arts votes and the rape crisis center votes as well, but I don’t have time to liveblog today. UPDATE: 29-12 Art grant money survives as …
Jul 13 2012
I know, you’re all probably sick of hearing about how horrible my governor is. In defense of my homestate, we didn’t *all* vote for her and her approval rating is not great, though depressingly high all things considered. I wrote about the Arts Commission and many of you wrote on my behalf, for which I …
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