VIETNAM the 50th Anniversary: Home for Christmas 1969
We tend to think of soldiers as big, tough, fighting men who can prevail against anything. The reality in Vietnam was most of us were scared 18 and 19 year old kids who were away from home for the first time. At the height of the Vietnam War the United States was losing about 200 men a week killed...
Aztec Earth Deity Moving into America with Invaders
There have been long standing accounts that the Virgin de Guadalupe, appeared to a Nahua Mexican peasant by the name of Juan Diego in Mexico on December the year of 1531. Tepeyac Hill is north of Mexico City, where a shrine was dedicated to the female Aztec earth deity, Tonantzin. The same deity...
Pro-China Communists Claim Credit in Virginia Vote Flip
It’s official. The once deep-red Commonwealth of Virginia is now a blue state. As a result of the Nov. 5 election, Democrats now hold all three of the statewide constitutional offices, both U.S. Senate seats, the majority of its Congress members, and both chambers of the State House. Laura...
SC Education Oversight Committee Adds New Member
For the many in SC who do not know, The Education Oversight Committee (EOC) is a committee formed in 1984 whose purpose was to administer the federal funds of the Education Improvement Act. It also makes recommendations to the General Assembly and state agencies on education improvements. The...
Is Drinking Soda Hazardous to Your Health?
Soda's, or soft drinks, have become part of a continually growing lifestyle in America. The consumption of soft drinks is a major concern for those seeking good health. The term "soda" or "soft drink" refers to a beverage that usually includes ingredients such as sugar or high-fructose corn syrup...
Knowledge is Power!
Knowledge means you can make better decisions based on facts, good opinion and knowledge to go forward. Without that good information you may turn to the left when it would be best for you to turn right. In other words, you could go in the opposite direction than what would be in your best...
Political Correctness or Global Sickness?
The ideology of political correctness that is toppling Confederate memorials is not peculiar to America. It is a global sickness that is forcing the historic peoples of Europe to ask the unnerving question: “Who are We?” In 1980, it was still cool to be Southern. The “Dukes of Hazard” were popular...
Washington & Lee Students Petition to Remove Namesakes
Around 200 law students and faculty members of Washington & Lee University Law School (W&L) have signed a petition addressed to W&L University president William Dudley. The petition requests that W&L diplomas don't feature the University namesakes on their diploma. The Washington...
82 Year Old Woman Beats Intruder
Couch potatoes, procrastinators and the rest of us no longer have an excuse for not working out. That is, not after an 82 year old woman beat up an intruder who broke into her home recently. Willie Murphy was recently awakened after a man beating on her door beckoned her to open the door. "He was...
What’s deep and wide, and found all over S.C.?
Can you say, "Potholes!" Now, can you say, "lot's of potholes!" It seems potholes are everywhere and getting worse daily as State legislators ignore the cries of citizens to fix or repair the roads with the money they've already collected from increased gas taxes. Gas taxes that were promised to...
State Ethics Violations, State Elected Officials and Privilege
The following report is authored by The Nerve news director Rick Bundrett this past summer. It is republished here in its entirety so dates and times will not be current, bear that in mind when reading. This article is reprinted here to reveal an attitude of elected officials, violations of ethics...
Bill Would Block Unconstitutional National Guard Deployments
COLUMBIA, S.C. – A bill pre-filed in the South Carolina House would prohibit unconstitutional foreign deployments of the state’s National Guard troops. Passage into law would effectively restore the founders’ framework for a state-federal balance with the state militia. Rep. Stewart Jones...
JFK Witness Deaths and the London Times Actuary
The 1973 film Executive Action depicted a conspiracy to assassinate JFK. It was based on a book by Mark Lane, who in 1966 was the first JFK investigator to debunk the Warren Commission in his book “Rush to Judgment”. Burt Lancaster and Robert Ryan played CIA operatives involved in the plot. They...
Who Killed Kennedy?
In 1980, there were several candidates seeking the Republican nomination for President of the United States. I was a delegate to the Texas State Republican Convention. It was held in Dallas that year. As usual, leading candidates were there speaking to several thousand delegates, alternates,...
JFK: Unanswered Questions After 56 years
Fifty six years ago, November 22, 1963, the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was assassinated in Dallas, Texas. The official story is that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone. It is still unclear whether or not a single or multiple gunmen were involved. What is known is that until...
Are the Liberties of Our Country Worth Defending?
It seems as if every institution that has been forever settled in our minds in America today is floundering and flailing around gasping for air and survival. At the same time there is a crackdown on the very freedoms that we have so often taken for granted in this country simply because they were...
Why Chick-Fil-A’s Surrender Matters
Sometimes a delicious chicken sandwich is just a delicious chicken sandwich. But in the case of Chick-fil-A’s capitulation to the progressive left, it matters precisely because whether it wanted to be or not, the fast-food giant became a massive culture war symbol. I can well imagine that...
Death of the Middle Class
I have been fortunate enough to travel to 31 other countries from Vietnam to Africa. In the process, I have at various times worked for the US government, major oil companies, or myself. In the process, I have seen some of the worst and most unsanitary, slums in the world. On other occasions, I...
Two Lieutenant Colonels and Media Bias
With the public impeachment inquiry heating up, the dominant media has gone into overdrive with biased reporting to harm the President. Many examples come to mine, but a particularly egregious example is with comparison between the way two Army Lieutenant Colonels, one perceived Liberal and one...
Illegal “Gateway” to the West
Border State U.S. Congressional Candidates have some of the most unique challenges running a political race than maybe any East coast U.S. Congressional Candidate. I understand each State brings its own unique challenges, but when invading Nations rush and jeopardize the lives of our citizens our...
Chick-Fil-A CEO Capitulates to Same Sex Movement
NEWS with OPINION For years Chick-Fil-A has been a role model of virtue and Christian character in their role as a Christian business. That all appears to have changed on Monday with the announcement from Chick-fil-A President and Chief Operating Officer Tim Tassopoulos that the Christian business...
Mayor Seeks to Radically Change City
The citizenry of Montgomery, Alabama, elected Steven Reed as Mayor in October. He defeated former Congressional candidate David Woods, a media operator who owns three TV stations, including Fox Network affiliate WCOV. Reed's prior claim to fame was being the first probate judge in the state of...
Muslim Community Patrol growing trend
Last year The Standard reported that there is a Muslim Community Patrol (MCP) operating in the New York City area. The MCP have their own patrol cars and are dressed as police, in fact, they are trained by the New York Police Department. The MCP appears to be gaining respectability and power....
Laura Ingalls name removed from Book Award
Millions of children and adults have read with excitement and interest her books, now the Board of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) voted unanimously to rename the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award as the Children’s Literature Legacy Award. The ALSC, a division of the American...
Lessons From a Daughter of Sharecroppers
Southerners sometimes get a bad rap from all the South bashers around the country. Actually, we're mostly a pretty good bunch of folk who work hard and have made lasting contributions to our family, state, society and nation. Today, I'm remembering a daughter of the South, my own Mother on what...
Trout, Bellinger win MVP in MLB
The Baseball Writers Association announced the Most Valuable Players of the 2019 season tonight as Mike Trout of the Los Angeles Angels and Cody Bellinger of the Los Angeles Dodgers. Bellinger's performance this year garnered him 47 home runs and led the league with 351 total bases. The 24 year...
CDC Admits Vaccines Contain ‘Aborted Human Fetus Cells’
Vaccines currently in use in the United States contain ingredients including “human fetus cells lines” and “African Green Monkey kidney pus cells” harvested from diseased primates, according to a bombshell document published by the CDC. The report also shows that other substances are used in...
CIU Dean Offers Solutions at National Conference on Prison Reform
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Columbia International University professor Dr. Scott R. Adams was recently a panelist on prison reform at the American Conservative Union’s Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Philadelphia Nov. 7th. The conference focused on contemporary issues in the Prison and...
A Day of Celebration at the Bladensburg Peace Cross
The Bladensburg Peace Cross stands tall for Veterans Day 2019 as veterans gather to commemorate those who gave the ultimate sacrifice during WWI. The Peace Cross was under challenge for its existence on property it has rested upon since 1925 when the American Humanist Association sued for its...
Muslim Candidates Win 39 Elections in Local and Statewide Races Across America in 2019
Islamic Center of America — in Dearborn, Michigan, features the Islamic symbol of a crescent moon on the roof. WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and Jetpac, a nonprofit organization dedicated to increasing American Muslim representation in politics and the...
Ten At the Top Addresses Teacher Shortage Problem In SC
On November 4th 2019 from 2pm till 4pm at the Executive Center in Greenville, SC, I attended the Ten At The Top ( TATT) UPSTATE EDUCATION SPECTRUM FALL FORUM. Executive Director of TATT Dean Hybl welcomed the attendees to the forum and explained the meeting objectives were to, “Develop a shared...
41st Annual Veterans Day Parade Held in Columbia
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Weather was in the mid-60's with clear skies and perfect for the 41st Veterans Day parade was held in Columbia Monday, November 11th, 2019. Thousands of Midlands area residents were on hand to cheer, clap and congratulate veterans from every branch of the military. The parade...
Bill to remove Confederate Monuments and Memorials Filed
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congressman Adriano Espaillat (NY-13) and Congressman Dwight Evans (PA-3) reintroduced bill H. R. 4179, the "No Funding for Confederate Symbols Act" August 13, 2019. The bill requires "legislation that would prohibit Federal funds from being used to create, maintain, or display,...
All Treats, No Tricks at Sheriff’s Annual Halloween Party
Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott and approximately 150-175 deputies and employees of the Richland County Sheriff’s Dept. (RCSD) celebrated Halloween with a barbeque lunch, lots of sweets, cookies, cakes, pastries, other treats and no tricks at the RCSD Training Center – Denny Terrace, Oct. 31....
America’s Socialist Revolution has Officially Begun
On October 31, 1517, an obscure German theology professor put the finishing touches on a paper he had written about the current state of the Catholic Church, and sent it off to Archbishop Albert of Brandenberg for review. The professor’s letter was polite and professional, with a formal tone that...
Pastor Denies Joe Biden Holy Communion: He’s Not At ‘One With God’
Former Vice President Joe Biden was denied Holy Communion at a S.C. Catholic Church because of his ungodly policies and actions, including his new position in favor of abortion. Biden, who earlier this year flip-flopped on his long held stance in favor of the Hyde Amendment, was attending a...
Mexican Drug Cartel Captures City, Controls Political Leaders
On Thursday afternoon, October 17, one of the biggest stories in the ongoing saga of the Mexican Drug War occurred. That day in the city of Culiacan in Sinaloa, police and soldiers from the Mexican government arrested Chapo “El Chapo” Guzman’s son, Ovidio Guzman. And what happened next might as...
Media Bias in Baghdadi’s Death
At this point, most Americans know about the Special Operations raid, spear-pointed by Delta operators, to take out the murderous leader of ISIS, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi. This operation was dangerous and complex, particularly considering the number of groups operating in that part of Syria, and yet...
Hymnals Still Have a Place in Modern Churches
We don’t hear much about the worship wars these days. At their most intense a couple of decades ago, the church was rent asunder by contentious debate about worship style, worship components, worship decorum, and practically everything else that goes on in our Sunday morning get-togethers. Every...
Thousands of state employees in the $100K-plus club
In 2018, University of South Carolina head football coach Will Muschamp received a new six-year deal that paid him $4.2 million in the first year and is worth a total of more than $28 million over the life of the contract. His total compensation includes $1.1 million in state salary – the...
Ancient Disease Making Comeback in America
California has long been known affectionately as the land of 'fruits and nuts.' The recent abandonment of common hygiene and sanitary devolution through human defecation on the city streets at will without chastisement in major cities in California may garner a different moniker. Of recent date...
Man Wins Gold in Women’s Cycling–Again. When Will We Say ‘No More’?
---- For the second year in a row, a biological male has won a women’s cycling championship. Rachel McKinnon, who was born male and identifies as a transgender woman, won the Masters Track Cycling World Championships in the female 35-39 sprint category last weekend in Manchester, England. The...
Why Do Men Run Faster Than Women?
Testosterone plays a major role in why men run faster than women, on average. (Image: © Dima Sidelnikov/Shutterstock) ---- Running is a sport that both men and women enjoy, whether they're racing in a 5K or a marathon, or competing for a team or their country while speeding around a track....
Why It’s Probably Not a Coincidence That the Mother Transing Her 7-Year-Old Isn’t Biologically Related
Children are increasingly becoming the "play objects" of a godless, selfish society who treat actual living human beings like a "Barbie doll" to play with, clothe and manipulate just as they please. In reality, these "play objects" are real people with limbs, minds, hearts, emotions and feelings....
Poll: 7 In 10 Americans Say US Is On the ‘Edge Of a Civil War’
According to a disturbing new survey, seven in 10 Americans say the United States is “on the edge of a civil war” – and, perhaps even worse, they don’t want to compromise on anything to avoid it. Georgetown University’s Institute of Politics and Public Service found 67% believing that the nation...
Are we on the “Edge of Civil War”? New Poll says Yes!
WASHINGTON, DC -- A new poll says that 7 of 10 Americans believe the United States is “on the edge of a civil war.” The downside to that is that those surveyed are not interested in doing anything to change it. The Georgetown Institute of Politics and Public Service (GU Politics) Battleground Poll...
Is a Second Civil War Coming?
Civil wars are horrendous and bloody affairs. That's why we should avoid them. They happen when two sides cannot settle on who runs the country. When they can't reconcile the matter through elections, the country falls apart. When one side does not accept the election results, we have a...
President Trump Speaks at Benedict College Justice Forum
COLUMBIA, S.C. -- President Donald Trump flew in to Columbia for the Bipartisan Justice Center on the Benedict College campus in Columbia Friday afternoon where he spoke to the 2019 Second Step Presidential Justice Forum hosted by Benedict College on criminal justice reform. He was greeted at...
Governor McMaster, Lt. Gov. Evette to address public at Floodwater Commission event
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. – Gov. Henry McMaster and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette will address the public during the S.C. Floodwater Commission’s quarterly meeting and “clean up” day in Horry County, Nov. 8. The HORRY COUNTY SERVICE DAY’s events will also include a number of dignitaries and scores of volunteers...
Are you a true American?
Opinion The other day I was presented with this question; “Bill, do you consider yourself a true American?” Well, to be honest, this question took me by surprise. How could anyone ask me such a question? Not in my wildest dreams would I think someone (anyone) would have grounds to ask me this...
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