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SteveM
Member since Mar 24, 2012
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- Two black-owned bakeries open kiosks at the Charleston airport, Cuban restaurant next2 comments
- Starting Monday you'll need to feed Charleston parking meters until 10 p.m.2 comments
- Kick off "rosé season" at Edmund's Oast Exchange with free tastings and discounted goods1 comment
- Outside interests are trashing South Carolina1 comment
- Southern Charm Newbie: There's a baby in the cake5 comments
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The Washout restaurant
Love it .. you will too .. I promise . Great food .. beer … -janej77
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Hungry Monk Music
Outstanding place to listen to great local music. -rhayes73
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Geno's Place
Awesome lunch cooked on fridays and great service...awesome atmosphere -Shannon Cason
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Hallie Hill Animal Sanctuary
We've worked with numerous animal rescue groups over the past 20 plus years but Hallie… -Allan Schildknecht
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Dockery's
This is hands down the best beer in Charleston. The Controversy IPA is my personal… -Colleen Wilson
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PURE Theatre's performance of Straight White Men takes on the pros and cons of privilege
The Not-So-Straight Story
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Blotter: On the lam toward the Big Mac
Two white dudes and a case of Bud Light
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Freeloaders: April showers rain down free stuff
Events for the week of April 23-29
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Shovels & Rope rolled out a rockin' red carpet for High Water artists
Ballin' Backstage
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With landlords using the courts as de facto bill collectors, North Charleston's eviction rate is the highest in the country
Home Sick
Re: “Why get involved in politics when nothing ever seems to change?”
If the problem was solely military spending, European countries would be in fine fettle. The overriding problem in modern governance is that democratic elections are believed to be the sole and entire definition of legitimacy, and that therefore a democratically elected government can do whatever the hell it wants. This gives rise to a gamut of different problems, from massive corruption, to pointless wars, to idiotic legislation, to ridiculous financial manipulation. We need to humble our democratically elected representatives. But we won't, as we cannot conceive of any means of social pressure that doesn't involve elections, and doesn't therefore get co-opted by the usual political machinery.