We've had New York Magazine and New Republic, both bastions of mainstream leftist thought, assail President George H. W. Bush's record, character, and courage. But leave it to Slate, already known for its idiotic "Slate takes," to take it to a new level. Their writer, Ruth Graham, decided to attack President Bush's service dog, Sully, and those who are fawning over the dog.
Google Maps out Plan to Drive away Right
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- By Tony Perkins
Google doesn't want to search the web's content -- it wants to control it. That's not news to conservatives, who've been the company's favorite target of political bias since before President Trump. We were told it was all in our imaginations, that Google would never manipulate its programs to promote one political view over another. Well, that'll be a lot harder for the company to say with a straight face now that its emails are public.
South Carolina Is 2018’s State with the Worst Elder-Abuse Protections – WalletHub Study
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- By Diana Polk
With the share of U.S. adults aged 65 and older expected to be 1 in 5 by the year 2030 and more than 95 percent of elder-abuse cases going unreported every year, the personal-finance website WalletHub released its report on 2018’s States with the Best Elder-Abuse Protections as well as accompanying videos.
To determine which states fight the hardest against elder abuse, WalletHub compared the 50 states and the District of Columbia across 14 key metrics. The data set ranges from share of elder-abuse, gross-neglect and exploitation complaints to presence of financial elder-abuse laws.
Will Paris Riots Scuttle Climate Accord?
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- By Pat Buchanan
In Katowice, Poland, all the signers of the 2015 Paris climate accord are gathered to assess how the world's nations are meeting their goals to cut carbon emissions.
Certainly, the communications strategy in the run-up was impressive.
In October came that apocalyptic U.N. report warning that the world is warming faster than we thought and the disasters coming sooner than we thought.
GCRWC Christmas Luncheon
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Republican Senator Tanks Trump’s Nominee After THIS Surfaces
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Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.) tanked a judicial appointment from President Donald Trump after a controversial report was published about his past with voter intimidation efforts.
Scott’s vote will doom the nomination of Thomas Farr, the subject of a Washington Post expose that detailed a Department of Justice memo linking him to voter intimidation.
BJU Presents A Very Merry Christmas Concert
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Bob Jones University will present “A Very Merry Christmas” by the BJU Symphony Orchestra and Choirs, Thursday, Dec. 6, at 8 p.m. in BJU’s Founder’s Memorial Amphitorium.
Secrecy Surrounds Incentives Info for Amazon HQ2 search, Other S.C. Projects
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- By Rick Brundrett - The Nerve
The S.C. Department of Commerce says it didn’t formally offer any taxpayer-backed incentives to lure Amazon’s second national headquarters to the Palmetto State, but instead provided general incentives information to counties if any of them wanted to compete for the project.
Commerce spokeswoman Adrienne Fairwell told The Nerve on Tuesday she didn’t know if any counties directly pitched Seattle-based Amazon for its second headquarters. And she declined to release the “general summary of state and local incentives” provided by Commerce to counties for the project, contending the record is exempt under the S.C. Freedom of Information Act.
Greenville County Schools Is Now Able To Text Parents For Emergency Messages
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As the season for winter weather approaches and due to changes in telecommunications laws Greenville County Schools (GCS) is now able to text emergency messages to parents through the school messenger system if the listed home phone number is text capable. We have heard from parents that they prefer direct communication instead of social media or waiting for media announcements/scrolls. GCS does not send phone messages to families late at night or early in the morning, so a last-minute closing decision, especially one made early in the morning is sometimes missed. Texting parents provides a less intrusive way to send emergency messages during these hours.
Planned Parenthood Latest Actions Reveal They are Just an Abortion Vendor and Business
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- By Christian Newswire
Planned Parenthood's affiliate in Boise, Idaho, has announced it is ending its primary healthcare services but will continue to perform abortions.
BOISE, Idaho -- Kara Cadwallader, vice president of medical affairs and senior medical director for Planned Parenthood of the Great Northwest and the Hawaiian Islands, said basic healthcare services would be discontinued because of the lack of patients asking for these services, reported Boise State Public Radio.
Cadwallader said people had access to basic healthcare services elsewhere.
South Carolina Ranks 10th For Most Opioid Sales As U.S. Life Expectancy Declines
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Big news broke that U.S. life expectancy is in decline because of opioids. Did you know that South Carolina ranks No. 10 in the country in terms of most opioid sales per capita by state?
While the epidemic is now widely known, it is important to know what steps are being taken in our state to avoid more senseless deaths.
The team at ConsumerProtect.com issued a report on The States With The Most Opioid Sales using the most recent and complete data available.
Governor McMaster Announces Inaugural Committee Members
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COLUMBIA – Today, Governor Henry McMaster announced the members of South Carolina's 97th Inaugural Committee. The committee, comprised of leaders from all across the state, will work together to create an event that all South Carolinians participate in and enjoy.
Washington Center's Tree at Hyatt Regency Downtown Festival of Trees
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Washington Center used the theme from the book Wonder for the Hyatt Regency Downtown Festival of Trees. NASA selfies turned student photos into astronauts along with handmade stars and planet ornaments for the tree’s décor. Wonder is the school’s annual book study with a schoolwide focus on kindness and acceptance.
SBA Economic Injury Disaster Loans Available in South Carolina Following Secretary of Agriculture Disaster Declaration
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ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration announced today that Economic Injury Disaster Loans are available to small businesses, small agricultural cooperatives, small businesses engaged in aquaculture and private nonprofit organizations located in South Carolina as a result of Hurricane Florence on Sept. 13-17, 2018.
The loans are available in the following counties: Berkeley, Calhoun, Clarendon, Florence, Orangeburg, Sumter and Williamsburg in South Carolina.
Nite Line Guest Line-up for December 10- 14, 2018
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Nite Line broadcasts live Monday through Friday on WGGS-TV from 8 p.m. until 9:30 p.m. The program features local and/or nationally known guests who share their testimonies and talent. Our goal is to be an inspiration to our viewers as well as inform them of Christian and community events in the upstate.
Monday, December 10, 2018: Join us for a special Christmas concert and hear the songs you know and love on Nite Line as Dante Thompson welcomes Joyful Harps, Raydiant, Rush Little, and Michael J. Davis and Lisa Pruitt for a Christmas music special celebrating our Lord and Savior.
The Russian (Soviet) Experience in Afghanistan 1979-1989
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- By Mike Scruggs
Part 1 of a Series
Since the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on the United States, American and Allied troops have been fighting the radical Islamist allies of Al-Qaeda (and the Muslim Brotherhood) with the objective of bringing peace and stability to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan.
Once part of the Persian Empire, Afghanistan is a land-locked country of 35 million people, which is approximately 80 percent Sunni Muslim and 19 percent Shia Muslim.
Tribute to our Veterans
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- By Tony Dunn
To honor all Veterans at recent ceremony held at Greenville County Square a Wreath Placement by Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter #845 Vice CC. Mr. Stephen B. Duerk and Goldstar Mother Mrs. Ruth Massey.
History's Hope
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Those of you who have read my columns in the now “extinct” print copy version of The Times Examiner know how much I love classical music. However, I also enjoy other genres of music, particularly the “Big Band” music of the 1930’s and 1940’s, Dixie Land jazz, the music of George Gershwin, the music of Sigmund Romberg and Rogers and Hammerstein from their great Broadway musicals over many years; and I adore the music of George M. Cohan, that “Yankee Doodle Dandy” who wrote hundreds of great songs for his musicals over the decades that stretched over the first half of the 20th century. And of course I love the music of the Christian Church, which is a musical genre all its own. All of these glorious melodies were written during “the good old days” when music was “musical”. Too bad that it isn’t so in our day and age.
Miseducated or Stupid?
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- By Walter Williams
A recent Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation survey found that 51 percent of American millennials would rather live in a socialist or communist country than in a capitalist country. Only 42 percent prefer the latter (http://tinyurl.com/ybsejy3f). Twenty-five percent of millennials who know who Vladimir Lenin was view him favorably. Lenin was the first premier of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Half of millennials have never heard of Communist Mao Zedong, who ruled China from 1949 to 1959 and was responsible for the deaths of 45 million Chinese people.
O Christmas Tree
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Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523 decorate a patriotic Themed Christmas Tree at the Hyatt Hotel. Vietnam Veterans of America meet the first Wednesday of the month at the Shrine Club.
A Home Education Fable
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- By Ray Sheen
Fables tell us a story with a deeper meaning. Here is a home education fable.
Once upon a time there was a great kingdom. In this kingdom nearly everyone sought the will of God to do what was right. One of the principles followed by parents was to provide for the education and training of their children. In fact, they had a saying that when a parent trained up their children in the ways of the Lord, when the child was older, they would not depart from those ways.
Flag Retirement
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Members of Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 523 perform a proper U.S. Flag retirement at the Vietnam Memorial in Cleveland Park.
