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The Blogland of Earl Capps: CU-ICAR to graduate first PhD in Automotive Engineering this week

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:02:00 -0500

Nearly twenty years ago, when BMW made its committment to South Carolina, some visionaries predicted it would be just the first of many changes that the automotive industry would make in the Upstate.

On Thursday, another milestone in that transformative process will be reached when [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Local labor leader reaches out for help with port

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 20:48:00 -0500

Dear Elected leaders of Georgetown County:

The time has come for all good men and women to come to the aid of their Country and the Georgetown Port. I have sent an email to Senator Lindsey Graham, Senator Jim Demint, and US Congressman Henry Brown requesting their [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Now we get mashup slurs

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:41:00 -0500

Wolfe Reports has an interesting story about how Howard Rich, the Yankee pirate who thinks he can buy South Carolina the way American evangelicals have bought Uganda, has an across-the board assault on SC Senator Lindsey Graham that includes- this is the clever bit- turning an ancient anti-black slur [...]

FITSNews For Now: Roy Williams Needs A Man-Douche

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:29:00 -0500

Lowly Presbyterian College (from Clinton, S.C.) paid a visit to the sacred Dean Dome in Chapel Hill, N.C. on Saturday, where the Blue Hose of course got their stockings handed to them by the No. 11 Tar Heels, 103-64.

What’s even remotely [...]

FITSNews For Now: Darla Moore Resigns From SC Bank Board

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:31:53 -0500

Liberal Lake City, S.C. financier Darla Moore has resigned from the board of directors of The South Financial Group (TSFG), a bank which has received nearly $350 million in taxpayer-funded bailout money from the federal government.

“As you know, I’ve been considering this matter [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Could 22 million e-mails mean disaster for Bush?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:29:00 -0500

Disaster. For George W. Bush?

Maybe, if the 22 million e-mails found by White House computer techs prove to be more than e-mail cards.

Computer technicians have found 22 million missing White House e-mails from the administration of President George W. Bush and the Obama administration is [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Sloppy vetting alleged in new DeMint acolyte pick

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:22:00 -0500

His PAC site says its poll overwhelmingly called for supporting Illinois Senate candidate Patrick Hughes, but another candidate in the Illinois race says Senator DeMint has gotten ensnared with a typical Illinois pol with a string of failed ventures behind him. [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Another testimonial to the world-class workforce of South Carolina

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:15:00 -0500

The Post & Courier:

COLUMBIA -- By answering 10 questions, South Carolina residents can bring money and influence to the state.If more South Carolinians respond to the 2010 census, the state could gain an additional seat in the U.S. House and at least $60 million more a year [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: The prodigal email files return

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 17:10:00 -0500

Remember all those potentially compromising emails the Bush administration said got "lost"?
They've been found.

' [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: More on Joe the Jackass

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:56:00 -0500

A voice from back when even Republicans knew how to behave in public office:
What advice would Bush give to leaders today? "Politics can be civil and not personal. It doesn't have to be shouting and questioning the other guy's motives. Try to see the other person's view. That'" [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Full moon tonight, Teabaggers' delight

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:38:00 -0500

"'The secret ballot bothered me the most,' said Bill Hay, a Tea Party organizer from Greene County."

-reaction to the VA 5th District GOP decision to have a primary to choose its congressional nominee.

[...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: Holleman, McLeod events for December

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:24:00 -0500

Frank Holleman - Candidate for Superintendent of Education
There will be a campaign kickoff reception for Frank Holleman from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, December 16 at the home of Governor Dick Riley, 46 Club Forest Lane, in Greenville. Tickets begin at $100. For more information or to RSVP, [...]

Snead 303: Unfinished Business

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:22:00 -0500

Regular blogging will resume at some point. I promise.

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Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Just call him a monkey and have done with it-

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:21:00 -0500

TPM and Politico's Ben Smith wonder if this joke hasn't passed its tell-by date already:

That's nothing. "Christianist" hate blogger Sunlit Uplands had that up December 3.' [...]

FITSNews For Now: Duh, Really?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:17:55 -0500

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It’s generally accepted that a public shift to online news formats is what’s driving the gradual extinction of the American newspaper, although there’s something to be said for newspapers being stupid, too.

Or maybe just small-brained, like the dinosaurs they’ve become.

Take the Gannett-owned Greenville (S.C.) News, for [...]

The Politics of Jamie Sanderson: People, Jim DeMint cares nothing about you - wake up!

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 16:00:00 -0500

Further proof that Jim DeMint doesn't get it... (Thanks, ThinkProgress.org)

DeMint considers Social Security a “socialistic” measure and blasts the American Association of Retired Persons for promulgating “socialist solutions”…In the interview, he talks of reviving President George W. Bush’s failed plan to partially' [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Defining rightness as purity often obscures wrongness when there is no acceptable messenger

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:46:00 -0500

Conor Friedersdorf on another of the GOP's regrettable intellectual blind spots:

Awhile back, I published an open letter to Jonah Goldberg asking him why he believes that if the right returns to power things will turn out better than last time. Contra the conservative base, I argued, the ills [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: The Argentina bill

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:42:42 -0500

LEGISLATION GIVES POWER TO LT. GOV. DURING ABSENCE OF GOV.

When Gov. Mark Sanford disappeared for five days in June to visit his Argentinian mistress, he left South Carolina in a state of utter confusion.

State law provides for the transfer of power if a governor is dead, declared [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Adultery is between a man and a woman, too

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:34:00 -0500

Joe.My.God:
DeMint on the possibility of a gay or lesbian president: "It would be bothersome to me just personally because I consider it immoral." DeMint has refused to call on SC Gov. Mark Sanford to resign over his highly moral trip down the Appalachian Trail. [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: A miscegenist President must wear their last nerve.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:28:00 -0500

The Abbeville Institute, a South Carolina-based scholarly organization, longs to create a space where it is safe to "to acknowledge the achievements of white people in the South:"

One of Abbeville's most important purposes, according to Mr. Livingston, is to arm the next generation of [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: In a conservative state with a growing knowledge worker population, this'd be a sound strategy if the GOP weren't so invested in playing stupid.

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:15:00 -0500

In the Wall Street Journal, Michael Petrilli argues the Republicans are failing to see a new class of conservative voter emerging that they ignore at their peril:

But with the white working class shrinking and the educated "creative class" growing, playing the populism card looks like a [...]

Patrick's Place: Why Do I Feel Sorry for These Guys?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 15:06:03 -0500

As TV Land left me with absolutely nothing worth watching, choosing to fill their weekend schedule with marathons of Roseanne, Married…With Children, Third Rock From the Sun and The Beverly Hillbillies; and since TruTV decided to leave me stuck with a reality show about some biker bar fighting to stay [...]

S.C. Real Estate News: City of Greenville May Purchase Former Hitachi Plant

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:48:00 -0500

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- GSA Business The city of Greenville has identified a potential relocation site for its Public Works Operations Center and tonight, City Council will consider a resolution at its regular formal...

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FITSNews For Now: Scarborough, Ceips Tie The Knot

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:34:04 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Former S.C. lawmakers Wallace Scarborough and Catherine Ceips were married at a private ceremony at Ceips’ waterfront home in Beaufort, S.C. on Saturday, the Hilton Head Island Packet reported over the weekend.

Both Scarborough, 50, and Ceips, 54, lost their reelection bids a year ago [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Spurrier, Horn get contract extensions

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:27:28 -0500

BOARD GRANTS NEW DEALS TO USC’S TOP 2 COACHES

Christmas came 11 days early for the University of South Carolina’s top two coaches, as the school’s Board of Trustees on Tuesday agreed to give contract extensions to head football coach Steve Spurrier and head basketball coach Darrin Horn.

Spurrier [...]

FITSNews For Now: Grey Goose Throws Classy Parties

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 14:05:51 -0500

Number of comments: 2

This is former Playmate of the Year Victoria Silvstedt modeling a headsail she obviously stole from our dingy, The Flying Wasp.

(Spaulding, get your foot off the boat!)

Anyway, Silvstedt is attending a party for Grey Goose vodka in these pictures (duh), which is funny because [...]

FITSNews For Now: Obama Approval Sinks To Record Low

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:42:59 -0500

Number of comments: 6

President Barack Obama’s job approval rating has slipped to a record low of 44% according to the latest Rasmussen Reports poll, released Monday.

Fifty-five percent of registered voters now disapprove of the job Obama is doing – including 42% who disapprove strongly.

“That’s the lowest level [...]

Patrick's Place: People We’ve Lost (So Far, That Is)

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 13:09:34 -0500

It’s that time of year again. Unfortunately. TV Squad just published its list of notable deaths that occurred in the show business industry in 2009. This is one of my biggest pet peeves, year after year. Not because we should forget that we’ve lost these people we’ve enjoyed and admired, and this year, [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Graham: Appropriations bill ‘a disaster’

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:56:02 -0500

OMNIBUS BILL CREATES 12% SPENDING INCREASE

U.S. Senate Democrats railroaded through trillion dollar omnibus appropriations bill on Sunday that conservatives are calling little more than a continuation of the federal government’s binge spending.

One Republican, Sen. Lindsey Graham, called the bill “a disaster.”

“At a time when most Americans are [...]

FITSNews For Now: Mr. Irrelevent

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:32:14 -0500

Number of comments: 5

Once upon a time, the website SC Hotline was South Carolina’s version of The Drudge Report – a news aggregator that drove the state’s political debate and occasionally broke some real news.

Today, it’s been relegated to the dust-bin of the internet - a [...]

Wolfe Reports: Howard Rich organization slams Graham

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:10:02 -0500

Great googly moogly. Stray a little from the pack, and you get your ass handed to you. That’s what happened today when Howard Rich organization Americans for Limited Government ran a column on its Web site taking the wood to U.S. Sen. [...]

SC6: The Wonder Pets Save the GOP ...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:06:00 -0500

Can Three Furry Animals Get the Republican Party Back on Track ?? Sure .... What's Gonna Work ? TEAMWORK !!!!

I've had this post in my noodle since I OD'd on Nick Jr. two months ago. In case you'e' [...]

S.C. Real Estate News: Net-Leased Health Care Properties Still Strong In Downturn

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:58:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
- GlobeSt.com NorthStar Realty Finance Corp. is looking to spin off Wakefield Capital LLC, which began as a net-leased seniors housing and healthcare-related property investment joint venture...

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The Palmetto Scoop: SC adds photos to disabled placards

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:47:32 -0500

CHANGES ARE GOOD FIRST STEP, STATE NEEDS MORE REFORMS

The South Carolina Department of Motor Vehicles announced last week that, beginning next year, handicapped placards and license tags will look a little different.

The placards will feature a photo of the individual to whom it was issued. The [...]

The Cotton Boll Conspiracy: Financier resigns from TSFG board

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:44:28 -0500

South Financial Group board member Darla Moore has resigned from financial services company’s board of directors, effective at year-end. In a letter to TSFG Chairman C.B. Smith, Moore briefly outlined the reasons for her impending departure: “As you know, I’ve been considering this matter for some time, primarily as a result of the level of [...]

Patrick's Place: What Possesses These Women?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:32:47 -0500

This morning, another alleged “other woman” in the Tiger Woods scandal told her story. Or maybe it was one of the same “other women” who’ve already told their story somewhere else. If I did care, I’d still have a hard time keeping track. The media keeps covering the story because we keep talking [...]

Wolfe Reports: Why is this man smiling?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:21:31 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Why is Gov. Mark Sanford smiling? Maybe because he doesn’t live in New Hampshire. Beside other things that Sanford most likely abhors — hippies, flinty old men out of Pepperidge Farm commercials, teh gheys — the Granite State is also home of an enforceable [...]

S.C. Real Estate News: Tax Incentives for Jasper County, SC Retail Center Questioned

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:19:00 -0500

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- The State New criticism of a proposed $400 million upscale outlet mall in Jasper County has surfaced that says the mall, which is poised to get $100 million in tax breaks, is a...

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Wolfe Reports: Carolina assistant takes over at Youngstown

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:00:42 -0500

Carolina might not be setting the woods on fire during Steve Spurrier’s tenure, but apparently somebody’s doing something right. One of those somebodies is offensive line coach Eric Wolford. According to reports, he’s been selected as the next head coach of Youngstown State. Wolford [...]

FITSNews For Now: The Recession Is Over … Again

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:37:02 -0500

Number of comments: 1

President Barack Obama’s top economic advisor declared that the U.S. recession was “over” on Sunday, following up a prediction that was made three months ago by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

Lawrence Summers, director of Obama’s National Economic Council, made the pronouncement on [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Sanford split could be final by February

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:25:17 -0500

DIVORCE FINAL HEARING SET FOR FEB. 26

After 20 years of marriage, Gov. Mark Sanford and his wife Jenny may be officially divorced in just over two months.

A final hearing date has been set for Feb. 26 after First Lady Jenny [...]

FITSNews For Now: Mark Sanford’s Definition Of Heaven

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:20:24 -0500

Number of comments: 2

We’re not going to speculate on S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford’s eternal destiny (or destination) … but we can speculate as to how the governor might want to spend eternity, if it were up to him.

Our guess is the governor’s ideal “Great Beyond” would [...]

SC6: The SC6 Candidate Music Series Continues With It's First Gubernatorial Candidate Choice !

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:12:00 -0500

State Senator Larry Grooms and Family ...

Today, we finally move onto the Big Boys - and lady! Our first candidate for Governor has chimed in with his favorite song request. Bonneau State Senator Larry Grooms, come on down !!! I chose [...]

FITSNews For Now: For Spratt “Town Hall,” Dial 1-900-Sell-Out

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 10:02:13 -0500

Number of comments: 7

U.S Rep. John Spratt’s office went to great lengths earlier this year to shield the fourteen-term Congressman from growing voter angst over the increasingly leftward bent this nation is taking.

Not to mention the increasingly leftward bent Spratt is taking …

In case you forgot, here’s a [...]

SC6: SC6 Remembers Paul Samuelson ...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:40:00 -0500

Obama Could Learn a Lot From This Guy ......

When it comes to Economics - one of the few things we talk about that we actually studied - we have some very firm beliefs. One of them is that Government cannot get [...]

The Palmetto Scoop: Gamecock OL coach headed to Ohio

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:36:49 -0500

Number of comments: 1

WOLFORD OFFERED JOB AT YOUNGSTOWN STATE

The man who oversaw the University of South Carolina’s offensive line this season is likely on his way to Ohio.

USC offensive line coach Eric Wolford has reportedly been offered the head coaching job at Youngstown State — a post he is expect [...]

SC6: Last Time You Saw Her, She Was a Fetus ...

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:32:00 -0500

Happy 1st birthday to Bobby's daughter, Caitlin Rose. Unfortunately, I couldn't make her party this week, but Bobbo was kind enough to send pictures - and anything this cute is going to make it on the blog! As we can see, she's inherited her' [...]

SC6: Cartoon of the Week - A Day Late !

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 09:21:00 -0500

We apologize for our tardiness. We usually post the cartoon of the week on Sunday, but sometimes even we have stuff to do. Yesterday was a family day, as we went to Joe's mom's for Steak Pizzaiola - YUM! Anyway, this week was definitely [...]

FITSNews For Now: Sanford Mocked Again On SNL

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:40:53 -0500

Number of comments: 3

S.C. Gov. Mark Sanford – along with Nevada Sen. Jon Ensign and former N.C. Senator John Edwards – were lampooned on Saturday Night Live as three angry adulterers, jealous that coverage of golfer Tiger Woods had stolen their extramarital thunder.

Sanford – played by actor Jason Sudeikis [...]

Patrick's Place: Monday’s Morals – Episode 26

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 08:07:58 -0500

Last week, I asked a question about marriage vows and whether or not having an affair or in any way breaking one’s marriage vows should be punished as a form of perjury. If you didn’t answer last week, please do, here. But as they say, it takes two to tango. First to play [...]

FITSNews For Now: She’s Miss World

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 07:37:42 -0500

Number of comments: 2

Aside from the glorious convergence of bikinis and high heels, we find little to get excited about when it comes to beauty pageants.

Seriously … there’s too many of them, and the chicks who participate in them are generally either bitchy or stupid … or both.

It’s [...]

Patrick's Place: Thirty-Year Mobile Phone Study Watches for Cancer

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:57:58 -0500

My first mobile phone was a bulky Motorola that was stored in a black bag and had a cigarette lighter plug for power. There was no shoving it into your pocket. That was in 1987 or so. A study out of Scandinavia has been watching people who have used mobile phones, [...]

New Wars: Build as You Fight Pt 1

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 06:00:32 -0500

Number of comments: 10
Afghanistan is not Iraq, to quote General Petraeus. This is true in multiple ways, but no more so than in terms of operations and logistics. The geography and terrain in Afghanistan require what the Marines call “distributed operations,” and with what the Corps calls “expeditionary logistics.” And such logistics require [...]

The Voice for School Choice: How do we attract and retain GREAT teachers?

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 05:00:57 -0500

Do we consider the merits of the message apart from the messenger?

Students attending public schools in South Carolina are in deep trouble.

The dropout rate is 50 percent at rural public high schools and 60 percent at schools [...]

The Blogland of Earl Capps: Looking at Senate pre-filed legislation

Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:44:00 -0500

Last week, pre-filing for the Senate saw over 100 bills get filed. To help our readers get a sense of what is what, the Blogland went through the list of pre-filed bills and picked out some of what we saw as more noteworthy pieces of legislation.

Here’s some of [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: -including Medicare, which they don't want more people to get into because it is so awful, but will protect from change because, for seniors, it is so good.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:25:00 -0500

Today, both South Carolina senators voted against funding the non-defense functions of the US government for the next year. [...]

Eye of Polyphemus: China and Western Progressives Agree: Abort Your Way to a Cooler Planet

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:24:00 -0500

China recently suggested it one child policy should be adopted worldwide as a solution to climate change. The idea has found a fan in more than just progressive, dictator loving Thomas Friedman. A Canadian Green has also embraced the idea.

Note this is a step ahead of [...]

Sacraments Wholesale: Tales From Desolation Row: God bless the child that's got his own health care.

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:23:00 -0500

I get a lot of calls from people who are worried about other people that they know—someone who's lost a job or who's behind in their rent or who needs to get a prescription filled and they don't know where to get help. I have the privilege of working with' [...]

Waldo Lydecker's Journal.: Somewhere, Molly Ivins is laughing

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:19:00 -0500

Pandagon, a recently-expatriated Texas blogger, sums up the Houston mayor's race:

Of course, Parker won only after an election that got really ugly, as you can imagine. Even though her opponent Gene Locke officially distanced himself from attacks on Parker’s sexuality, it was apparently a big issue. [...]

theDiscust: Citibank invited to have intercourse with themselves

Sun, 13 Dec 2009 22:30:39 -0500

Charleston – A local publisher got a heaping helping of holiday cheer courtesy of South Dakota-based bank Citibank, a division of New York-based Citigroup (NYSE: C) on Sunday. The credit card giant shared the holiday spirit this year by decreasing his available credit by almost $5,000 to about $25 and [...]