I was an early Rudy Giuliani supporter in 2008. He is a disappointing RINO, buthe was competing against a lackluster field of candidates against which I felt his liberal social policies could be tolerated in light of his fiscal conservatism and get tough on terror attitude. [...] 
We have reached the season finale of what has been enormous highs and craterous lows, but more of the former than latter. After two season finales of epic battles, the powers that be wisely chose to make a more personal finale. They also decided at the last [...] 
next week, my beloved alma mater the University of South Carolina faces that accursed farmer college across state, Clemson University. We have stumbled in late season, but skinning a tiger would more than make up for it. Whatever happens, win or lose, one thing remains certain--we have [...] 
A judge has thrown out the $ 4 billion--yes, billion--clsss action lawsuit filled by a Los Angeles Asian woan on behalf of all Asians for the inherent offense of this photo:It should come as no surprise the case was tossed. The sum requested was exorbitant, the [...] 
The Pope is to waive his own rules so he can preside in person over the beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman during the papal visit to Britain next year.
In [...]
EDITOR LOOKS EVERYWHERE, CAN’T LOCATE DISTRICT THAT RECEIVED MILLIONS IN STIMULUS CASH
The South Carolina Republican Party asked folks across South Carolina to help them find Congressional District 45. And The Palmetto Scoop answered.
I looked high and low, all over the state, but couldn’t locate it. I even [...]
Gov. Mark Sanford’s getting his neck stretched over the tree stump as legislators will be meeting next week in what’s called an ad-hoc committee to consider impeachment. Local Rep. Jim Harrison will be chairing it, according to Rep. Alan Clemmons and the [...]
Slagging the Bowl Championship Series these days is like being a fan of Nirvana in 1992. Rarely has trying to be a rebel looked so mainstream. Yeah, kid, you want a playoff. Woo. But, really, the bowl system and the BCS is pretty, pretty, pretty [...]
AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURER BREAKS GROUND IN PALMETTO STATE
The world’s largest aircraft manufacturer has officially landed in the Palmetto State.
Boeing broke ground on it’s much-anticipated 787 Dreamliner facility in North Charleston on Friday, a venture that will bring thousands of jobs [...]
FATAL WRECK COMES 1 WEEK BEFORE POP STAR’S ‘GAME CHANGING’ SC SHOW
A tour bus for music star Miley Cyrus overturned in Virginia Friday, killing one person, a week before the 16-year-old pop singer is slated to perform [...]
We’ve been leery of U.S. Senate candidate Marco Rubio, because he seems like, oh, a competent version of Gov. Mark Sanford, but you can put the nail in the coffin of Fla. Gov. Charlie Crist, Rubio’s opponent in the Republican primary. Why might [...]
JOBLESS NUMBER TIES STATE’S ALL-TIME RECORD
South Carolina’s state unemployment rate rose sharply in October, tying the all-time high of 12.1 percent set in May and June of this year.
The State Employment Security Commission (ESC) reported Friday that 262,956 [...]
“The Inner Light” does not need much introduction, does it? It is the most personal episode since TOS’ “The City on the Edge of Forever.” not surprisingly, those are two of only four trek episodes to win Hugo awards for Best Dramatic Presentation. It is such a [...] 
The lawsuit was filed [...]
It looks like Roland Emmerich has completed his diaster trilogy of Independence Day, The Day After Tomorrow, and now 2012 with the same motif: overwhelming special effects that bring audience in droves the first few nights until word of mouth spreads there is no substance to any [...] 
She has been dubbed a one woman stimulus package. I think she is a stimulus in quite a few ways, but if she can boost the economy, too, so much the better.
Whether It's True or a Lie, It's Still an Interesting Story About Harry Reid's Uncle Remus ......
Yes, apparently Sen. Harry Reid has an Uncle Remus. Or more correctly, a great-great Uncle Remus. I got this story passed onto me by an [...]
A goodly number of college football teams have live mascots. But the line of Ugas take the cake. We’re especially in thrall of the late Uga V, otherwise known as “Magillicuddy II.” He not only appeared on the cover of Sports Illustrated in 1997, [...]
ALABAMA TV STATION LEARNS TWITTER, BILLBOARDS DON’T MIX
A trio of of television anchors in Mobile, Ala. have learned the hard way that Twitter and electronic billboards don’t mix very well.
A reader e-mailed me the unintentionally humorous photo above of a billboard for WPMI-TV.
Next to the image of [...]
USPS TO SHUT DOWN ‘DEAR SANTA’ LETTER DELIVERY
Over the 52 years that he’s been trying to steal Christmas, Dr. Seuss’ “Grinch” has been played by everyone from Boris Karloff to Jim Carrey. But it appears that this year, it may be the U.S. Post Office (USPS) starring [...]
Damn, it seems like everyone and their mom is running for Columbia mayor. The latest entrant is local attorney and Nelson Mullins partner Steve Morrison. It was assumed that he would be battling with front-runner Steve Benjamin for the same votes. That’s now a [...]
LAUREN CAITLIN UPTON CONTINUES TO PLAY OFF PAGEANT MELTDOWN
Just when you thought the 15 minutes of infamy were up for the South Carolina beauty queen who became an international celebrity by melting down during the Miss USA pageant, think again.
Former Miss Teen South Carolina [...]
“The Next phase’ is an ironic entry in the fifth season. It was intended to bea budget saving bottle show--a highly necessary one, considering other episode had gone over budget--but wound up being one of the most expensive of the series because of the phasing special effect [...] 
OBAMA ADMINISTRATION SAYS $40 MILLION IN STIMULUS CASH HAS CREATED 155 JOBS… IN FAKE CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICTS
What began Wednesday as a radio gimmick on Keven Cohen’s WVOC-AM radio show has turned into a full-fledged campaign by the South Carolina Republican Party to expose the federal government’s lies about [...]
We’re not going to say former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is an idiot, but she is the most ignorant dumbass with a serious shot at national elective office since then-Ala. Gov. George Wallace ran in 1968. It was like every time she opened her [...]
The ruling coming out of the State Ethics Commission on Wednesday has as much use as a fish needs a bicycle. Somebody please tell us what the hell point is it when The State’s lede on the story is about the most stupid goddamn [...]
It doesn’t happen that often anymore, thanks to the inclusion of lethal injection among the options, but a man condemned to death for murder got fried by Virginia’s electric chair on Tuesday. Gov. Tim Kaine, who is against the death penalty (he’s also pro-life, [...]
According to the report by the Institute for Family Policies abortion rates in Britain have leaped by [...]
Asked if he would be in favor of a vote on a referendum against same-sex "marriage" [...]
Even a Blind Governor Can See That ..... Uhh ,Wait a Second
For all the partisanship that there seems to be in having the 9/11 Trial in New York, there are small signs - based on common sense - that having the [...]
Mecklenburg County Taxpayers are like a hungry Badger, and Harry Jones is about to jump out of his hole and make a run for it.
PANEL MOSTLY MUM AFTER MARATHON CLOSED-DOOR MEETING
Less than a day after lawmakers introduced a bill to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford, the South Carolina State Ethics Commission says there is “probably cause” for several charges against the disgraced governor.
The [...]
SENATOR: ATTORNEY GENERAL ‘MAKING BAD HISTORY… FUNDAMENTAL MISTAKE’
South Carolina’s top member of Congress Wednesday confronted U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder about his decision to send accused 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and his co-conspirators to New York to be tried in civilian court.
We have great memories of when Five Points was torn up, trees cut down and temporary orange fencing placed all over creation. Mmm, good times. Well, if you didn’t have your fill yet, Harden Street is getting more of a makeover.
Turns out, the Five Points [...]
How do you say “YARRRR!” in Somali? The crew of the MV Maersk Alabama heard it again, when it was attacked by Somali pirates for the second time this year.
The last time, it looked pretty bad for awhile. The captain was taken hostage, [...]
How lame is Auburn? Take Clemson, remove the lake, and put it in an even more remote location. Then add fans who like to toilet-paper the campus after a win (classy!). Obviously, our schadenfreude meter was red-lining this morning after being apprised of not one, but [...]
This time of year always goes by fast. There are holiday parties and fun events in town- not to mention really good food and the excitement of a new year rapidly approaching. I just love it and Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday as well. Anyway- not sure where I am [...]
11 MEMBER BOARD PICKS STERN TO HEAD BOARD OF DIRECTORS
One of the key leaders in the tireless effort to revamp the South Carolina State Ports Authority (SPA) has been elected to a two-year term [...]
RHODES AGAIN DEFEATS MCBRIDE WITH 55% OF VOTE
Former mayor of Myrtle Beach Mark McBride came up nearly 500 votes short of ousting the man who defeated him in 2005.
John Rhodes was re-elected to a second term as mayor Tuesday with [...]
It’s probably because I’m incredibly annoying. Whether chillin’ on a Mexican beach, hanging out a football game, or just doing the married thing, I never shut up about the Internet and the necessity for personal branding.
Finally, it looks like my annoyance is paying off as four of [...]
The draft [...]
It has been a long string of mediocre episodes. Thank goodness we finally get to one. While I enjoy “I, Borg” for the most part, my fondness for it has diminished because of subsequent Trek, notably Star Trek: First: Contact. Many fans do not appear to pay [...] 
ASTRONAUT BRESNIK WILL BECOME FATHER IN OUTER SPACE
When the Space Shuttle Atlantis docks at the International Space Station Wednesday morning, the crew will be bringing with it an indelible symbol of South Carolina’s military school.
That’s because U.S. Marine Corps Lt. Col. Randy Bresnik, who is one of [...]
Here we give you the best of the rest, the bills that were noteworthy, but didn’t have other bills that were interesting enough to pair up with. There’s a little bit of everything in here.
Including snakes. And alligators. And God-knows-what-all that Rep. Herb Kirsh is [...]
On to the transportation bills that don’t involve mobile phones. It’s great, we’ve got it all here: speeding, drugs and government travel. But, be reminded — this isn’t pre-Operation Lost Trust anymore. You can’t get do a gator-tail of blow, get inside a car and [...]
Have a mobile phone? Of course you do. You probably yak on it and text your pals and do whatever you need to do on it, all day, all the time. In the prefiled bills, there are plenty that deal with your ability to use your [...]
Oh, boy. If you didn’t think the back-and-forth in Washington of this exchange: “You think you know better than everyone! Keep your big government hands out of health care,” versus, “Oh, you mean, ‘Keep your socialist hands off my Medicare,’” was not coming to our state [...]
During the extended session, Rep. Greg Delleney attempted to introduce his resolution to impeach Gov. Mark Sanford. After extensive discussion, Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell ruled that the bill was out of order at the time but instead should be put on [...]
Yes, I was tempted to use “going Muslim” instead of “going postal” in the title because I really want that meme to catch on. Help spread it, will you? I am not surprised it has happened, though the veracity is amazing, the left has attacked Sarah Palin [...] 
Take note, Clemson fans. The Bulldogs from Georgia do not like orange. And let’s face it — with last week being the Deep South’s Oldest Rivalry, with Auburn visiting Athens, a group of fraternity brothers probably just thought the kid was from Auburn. After all [...]
OFFICIALS DOWNSIZE STATEHOUSE TREE DUE TO ECONOMIC RECESSION
South Carolinians who pass by the State Capitol this holiday season will be able to relate to poor Charlie Brown and his tiny wooden Christmas tree.
State officials Tuesday announced that this year’s official Statehouse tree [...]
Who knew that an odd-numbered year would give us the sort of political skullduggery that’s usually reserved for the regular cycle? Well, it came down today that consultant Mike Green was arrested in Myrtle Beach because, according to WMBF, he was trying to create [...]
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR RESPONDS TO POSSIBLE ‘PAY TO SAY’ SCAM
A day after The Palmetto Scoop shed light on a Clemson University professor’s possible “pay to say” scheme, the head of the South Carolina Press Association is speaking out.
On Monday, TPS reported that professor Dave Woodard [...]
Alabama running back Mark Ingram is moving even closer to becoming the Crimson Tide’s first Heisman Trophy winner, after his performance against Mississippi State during the past weekend. He had 19 rushes for 149 yards and two touchdowns. Without a doubt, the totals [...]
STATE REP FILES RESOLUTION TO REMOVE DISGRACED GOVERNOR
A South Carolina representative has taken the first step toward impeaching Gov. Mark Sanford.
State Rep. Greg Delleney (R-Chester) introduced a resolution to remove the governor from office on Tuesday, the first day [...]
MIKE GREEN SAYS STARBOARD FIRM ‘PAID HIM TO CAUSE PROBLEMS FOR OPPOSING SIDE’
A 38-year-old advisor to Congressman Gresham Barrett’s gubernatorial campaign has been arrested in Myrtle Beach for engaging in dirty campaign tricks.
Mike Green, who works for the Columbia-based political consulting firm Starboard Communications, was arrested for [...]
Former Landrum mayor Doug Brannon is getting into the primary race against Rep. Joey Millwood today, joining businessman John Moore. Former Rep. Bob Walker, who Millwood beat in one of the closest elections in the state, decided not to make another try at [...]
