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wolfereports.com - 2 days ago
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Sometimes, journalists have to write bullshit process stories
when they already know the outcome. We’d be surprised...
if Associated Press writer Jim Davenport didn’t break out in a massive yawn while penning, “ AG not close to decision on SC gov ethics case .” The ...
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McMaster holding off on Sanford ruling, obvs
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wolfereports.com - 3 days ago
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Today, the ad-hoc House committee on the impeachment
of Gov. Mark Sanford had its first meeting to...
discuss the resolution put forward by Rep. Greg Delleney and set the plan for which the committee will discuss the issue and formulate a report. Speaker of the House Bobby Harrell led off the ...
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Impeachment committee gets underway
As our uncle would say, “Oh, law.”
The Bowl Championship Series , which we just defended , didn’t exactly wow the nation when it retained former Bush administration spokesman Ari Fleischer’s firm to run its public relations operation. The move has no doubt been driven ...
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Ari Fleischer
wolfereports.com - 4 days ago
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The State Ethics Commission report on Gov. Mark
Sanford ’s indiscretions regarding use of state money and...
campaign dollars was released today, but we’re not sure if this thing is really worth a damn or not. A few of these charges, here or there, might lead to a fine or a stern rebuke from the ...
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Laundry list of charges fall on Sanford
Alabama running back Mark Ingram shot to the top of the Heisman Trophy watch lists after his 249-yard performance against Carolina , but until now, the university has laid off promoting him. Coach Nick Saban really doesn’t want to deal with that distraction, and pulled Ingram halfway ...
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Youtube
wolfereports.com - 4 days ago
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It’s Impeachment Meeting Eve. Fired up and ready
to go? They’re getting the logistics nailed down, and...
it’s looking like it’s going to be a crowded affair. Rep. Jim Harrison will be chairing the committee, and will be joined by Reps. Greg Delleney , Walt McLeod , James ...
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Impeachment meeting ready to go
Hey, look — mainframes! It’s hard not to think of these behemoths, and their sleeker ’90s counterparts, when thinking of the bank of computer polls being used as a third of the BCS formula. This week, for whatever reason, the computers were near-unanimous in picking Alabama ...
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Gallup Poll
wolfereports.com - 5 days ago
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This past week was considered a boring one
at the outset, but a few games created new...
story lines and teams that will be slotted into the SEC bowl tie-ins got a little of a shake. With Tennessee’s win, the conference now has 10 bowl eligible teams, and barring a strange turn, will be ...
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SEC bowl picture undergoes some changes
We’re participating in Southeastern Conference sports site SECRivals ‘ weekly SEC power poll this season. Let’s see what’s happening.
Week 11
No. 1. Alabama
No. 2. Florida
No. 3. Ole Miss
No. 4. LSU
No. 5. Georgia
No. 6. Auburn
No. 7. Arkansas
No. 8. Tennessee
No. 9. Kentucky ...
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Gallup Poll
Georgia
Going into Notre Dame Stadium on Saturday, UConn was a middling Big East team with a 4-5 record. Notre Dame was 6-4 with a chance to salvage the season with a Gator Bowl bid versus Miami. Irish head coach Charlie Weis needed a win to save his job. Sixty playing minutes later , the Huskies are ...
Congress
Charlie Crist
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 Associated Press .
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Congress
Mark Sanford
Lamar Smith
James Inhofe
Appropriations Committee
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 good for major college football.
Hey, we ...
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wolfereports.com - 7 days ago
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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 that be? Crist just allied himself ...
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Crist supports FSU keeping Bowden
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, but jumped up to bite Auburn ...
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Georgia
wolfereports.com - 8 days ago
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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 for-sure assumption. Per ...
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Morrison announces for Columbia mayor
wolfereports.com - 8 days ago
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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 mouth, U.S. Sen. John McCain ’s shot at ...
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‘I would rather kill myself than read that’
wolfereports.com - 8 days ago
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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 thing we’ve read from the paper yet. A state ...
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Ethics Commission ruling is useless
wolfereports.com - 8 days ago
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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, for what ...
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Virginia turns up the juice
wolfereports.com - 9 days ago
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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 renovation project was only ...
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More Harden Street construction coming
wolfereports.com - 9 days ago
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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, but a cracker-jack U.S. Navy sniper team ...
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Pirates strike twice on Maersk ship
