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Wire: Fair Tax, Nikki’s Butt, Liberal Women

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We get lots of tips, comments and questions about stuff we write … and stuff people want us to write.

Wanna share a link? Suggestion? Criticism? Question? Submit it (anonymously or otherwise) via our tip wire … and remember, in addition to confidentially investigating your leads we also publish letters to the editor and guest editorials (even anonymous ones) if you’ve got more to say on a subject.

Also feel free to reach out to our founding editor directly at w@fitsnews.com.

To the wire!

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ASSESSING THE “FAIR TAX”

What is your opinion of the SC Fair Tax?

I see the negative being that more goods and services will be taxed. And, if South Carolina taxes some goods and services that North Carolina and Georgia do not, then those South Carolina counties that border Georgia and North Carolina might lose business from cross border shopping.

Jim Kappler
Anderson, SC

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

Jim, Thanks for asking – and your concern is well-placed. This website has never endorsed the Fair Tax – nor will it. Personally, I view it as a tax swap, not a tax cut. For more editorial thoughts on it, click here. Also it’s worth noting that each year the “Fair Tax” is unveiled with dozens of legislative sponsors – yet never goes anywhere. That should tell you something about its support.

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WHERE IN THE WORLD IS “HEAD”

ballentine

S.C. Rep. Nathan “Head” Ballentine is on a vacation this week. Next week he will be on a trip for Wells Fargo (the bank he works at) and won’t be back until June 7. Didn’t he have excessive absences from the House a year ago? Do his constituents know about his chronic lack of attendance?

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

Good question … he did miss a lot of votes last year. Who knows … maybe the new doors installed in the legislative entrance in the basement of the S.C. State House prevent that massive knoggin’ of his from squeezing through?

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BIG GIRLS NEED LOVE, TOO

RE: “Behold, The Fatkini

Recently the plus size community is getting lots of attention, Gabi Fresh (fatkini), Abercrombie and fitch debacle, and active wear for plus size women. How about doing a story on fashionable active wear for the plus size girl? Healthy and fit comes in all sizes. Check out Lola Getts active, www.lolagetts.com.

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

Hmmmm …. I’ll take that under advisement.

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GUBERNATORIAL FANNY REVIEW

haley rear

Will … I admire your entrepreneurial spirit with the launch of this site, and I admire your doggedness in sniffing out a good story. But most of all, I admire you for having seen … in the flesh mind you … the lovely backside of our good governor.

For fans of female fannies, can you give us details?!

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

I can only speak for Nikki Haley’s rear end as it appeared in the early part of 2007. Like state government under her watch, it has expanded considerably since then. Six years ago, however, it was extremely well-shaped, perfectly proportioned and immaculately toned.

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THERE’S NOT AN “APP” FOR FITS?

app store

Hey Sic,

I recently tried to find Fitsnews iphone app through Apple app store and it did not show. Does Fits still have an app? 

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

We don’t. I’m working on that with my new business partner, Mr. Karl. He is on top of our technical evolution, which will be taking a big step forward later this year.

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LIBERAL WOMEN TAKING OVER FITS

radical feminism

Since when did the most sexist web site in South Carolina start re-posting Feminonsense from radical liberal women like Amy Lazenby and Morgan Allison? You are NEVER going to get into Karen Floyd’s pants, Wilbur. Stop trying. She is done with you. And so am I! FITS is a disgrace to women and sprinkling these liberal rants from Lazenby and Allison is a pathetic sign of desperation.

SIC SEZ

sic speaking

“C’mon Tina. Ike didn’t mean it.” Seriously, though. Lazenby and Allison are good writers. We’re happy to share our microphone with them (double entendre intended).

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WORTH READING

tablet

No Reason to Overreact to Clemson Commitment Deshaun Watson Visiting Auburn (Bleacher Report)
Yeah, it’s probably not at all like that Robert Nkemdiche thing …

Woman Allegedly Lived With 80 Dead Animals in South Carolina (Huffington Post)

Rock Hill, S.C. Borrowing $9.2 Million to pay for Projects (Charlotte Observer)
A local government borrowing cash to pay for non-core functions like more parks? Color us shocked (not) …

Beware the ‘Beach House Bailout’ (Sun-Herald)

Democrat seeks to topple Nikki Haley without sounding too much like a Democrat (Yahoo)

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“QUOTED”

reporters

“It really has been a terrible, no-good, very-bad week for Nikki Haley. But sadly for South Carolinians who continue to struggle with one of the highest unemployment rates in the country, some of the worst public schools in the nation, and roads and bridges on the verge of crumbling, Governor Haley’s failure to lead is no surprise.”

-Kristin Sosanie
S.C. Democratic Party

“We are all divine sparks, here to shine and shimmer in brilliance. And when we go off track, we’re sent conversations from the universe, and they show up as numbers and birds and insects. They show up as words on billboards or on a greeting card that you receive. They show up as animals. Most importantly, they show up as other people.”

-Simran Singh
Mystic (and sister of S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley)

TUNEAGE

“Ahhh yes, ain’t that fresh? Everybody wants to get down like that …”

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BIRTHDAYS

Happy birthday to S.C. Rep. Gary Simrill (R-York), whose gravity-defying hair has earned him the nickname “poof in the roof.” Or “poof” to his friends. Also happy birthday to former congressional candidate Teddy Turner.

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58 comments

Bubbas Brother May 29, 2013 at 1:25 pm

New business partner?!? Mr Karl?!? What are you opening, a beauty parlor?

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Smirks May 29, 2013 at 1:37 pm

Nope, a lawnmower repair shop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:35 pm

haw! haw! — thanks for reminding me…

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Will Folks aka Sic May 29, 2013 at 1:49 pm

You’ll have to talk to Mr. Karl about that …

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? May 29, 2013 at 2:25 pm

The only person I can remember having spelled their name “Carl” with a “K” is Mr. Marx.

You’re not becoming Commie are you?

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Bubbas Brother May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Some “fashionable men” use the K…

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Bubbas Brother May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

? May 29, 2013 at 3:19 pm

lol….you don’t have to sweat the PC bullshit with me bro.

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 3:21 pm

Kris Kringle, King Kong,…

The Colonel May 29, 2013 at 8:39 pm

Kubla Kahn, Kevin Kline, Kris Kristopherson, Kiera Knightley and that “tramp about town” Kim Kardasian…

TontoBubbaGoldstein May 29, 2013 at 9:22 pm

Krispy Kreme. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 9:36 pm

(chuckle) — this has been a nutty day, haw-haw………..

Will Folks aka Sic May 29, 2013 at 6:01 pm

Karl is Prussian. Like Katrina (a.k.a. Mrs. Sic)

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 6:42 pm

… are they twins?

The Colonel May 29, 2013 at 8:42 pm

Not buying it Will, the most manly Prussian man of all, Carl Von Clausewitz spells his name with a “C”. It think maybe you have a “partner” in the “PC” sense of the word – but hey, there’s nothing wrong with that…

tomstickler May 29, 2013 at 6:21 pm

Never heard of Mr. Rove?

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? May 29, 2013 at 9:03 pm

Good point, obviously my memory failed me. If ham loaf with wire rim glasses(tip of the hat to Colbert) is Will’s new partner then I suppose we are all really screwed.

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 2:43 pm

No first name (like Nancy Mace) ? — or is his first name really MASTER KARL?

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? May 29, 2013 at 3:18 pm

I get imagery of Will tied up with gimp ball in his mouth; being punished by your “Master Karl” in Zed fashion from Pulp Fiction.

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:33 pm

You folks are cracking me up today !!! Another thing I get a kick out of is that some of the responses appear out of order and seem to be responding to a different comment. For example, before posting this comment, Will’s “You’ll….that” reads as though he’s responding to ?’s comment instead of Bubba’s original comment.

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The Colonel (R) May 29, 2013 at 1:25 pm

New business partner?!? Mr Karl?!? What are you opening, a beauty parlor?

While I’m poking, why’d ya take down the ability to post pics? I have a great one to go with your last article on Ol’Empty Suit Sheheen.

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Smirks May 29, 2013 at 1:37 pm

Nope, a lawnmower repair shop.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-tCIRJH9p0

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:35 pm

haw! haw! — thanks for reminding me…

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Will Folks aka Sic May 29, 2013 at 1:49 pm

You’ll have to talk to Mr. Karl about that …

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? May 29, 2013 at 2:25 pm

The only person I can remember having spelled their name “Carl” with a “K” is Mr. Marx.

You’re not becoming Commie are you?

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The Colonel (R) May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Some “fashionable men” use the K…

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The Colonel (R) May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Not that there’s anything wrong with that…

? May 29, 2013 at 3:19 pm

lol….you don’t have to sweat the PC bullshit with me bro.

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 3:21 pm

Kris Kringle, King Kong,…

The Colonel (R) May 29, 2013 at 8:39 pm

Kubla Kahn, Kevin Kline, Kris Kristopherson, Kiera Knightley and that “tramp about town” Kim Kardasian…

TontoBubbaGoldstein May 29, 2013 at 9:22 pm

Krispy Kreme. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 9:36 pm

(chuckle) — this has been a nutty day, haw-haw………..

Will Folks aka Sic May 29, 2013 at 6:01 pm

Karl is Prussian. Like Katrina (a.k.a. Mrs. Sic)

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 6:42 pm

… are Katrina and Karl twins?

The Colonel (R) May 29, 2013 at 8:42 pm

Not buying it Will, the most manly Prussian man of all, Carl Von Clausewitz spells his name with a “C”. It think maybe you have a “partner” in the “PC” sense of the word – but hey, there’s nothing wrong with that…

tomstickler May 29, 2013 at 6:21 pm

Never heard of Mr. Rove?

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? May 29, 2013 at 9:03 pm

Good point, obviously my memory failed me. If ham loaf with wire rim glasses(tip of the hat to Colbert) is Will’s new partner then I suppose we are all really screwed.

shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 2:43 pm

No first name (like Nancy Mace) ? — or is his first name really MASTER KARL?

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? May 29, 2013 at 3:18 pm

I get imagery of Will tied up with gimp ball in his mouth; being punished by your “Master Karl” in Zed fashion from Pulp Fiction.

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:33 pm

You folks are cracking me up today !!! Another thing I get a kick out of is that some of the responses appear out of order and seem to be responding to a different comment. For example, before posting this comment, Will’s “You’ll….that” reads as though he’s responding to ?’s comment instead of Bubba’s original comment.

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Smirks May 29, 2013 at 1:42 pm

Healthy and fit comes in all sizes.

According to the site that person listed, apparently not if you’re past size 24.

http://www.lolagetts.com/SIZE%20CHART-Lola-Getts-Activewear-ccid_60.aspx

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:27 pm

I peeked at that site to see what the measurements are since I don’t keep up with the size numbers – there are definitely women larger than a size 24.

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Smirks May 29, 2013 at 1:42 pm

Healthy and fit comes in all sizes.

According to the site that person listed, apparently not if you’re past size 24.

http://www.lolagetts.com/SIZE%20CHART-Lola-Getts-Activewear-ccid_60.aspx

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 4:27 pm

I peeked at that site to see what the measurements are since I don’t keep up with the size numbers – there are definitely women larger than a size 24.

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tally ho May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Just got rid of Kim Murphy off school board- not in Richland County, would be happy to get rid of do nothin’ but tweet Nate Ballentine. His absences last year and this year show just how comfortable he feels. Just because he tweets some line of bs he thinks his fat head and ass are covered.

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tally ho May 29, 2013 at 2:28 pm

Just got rid of Kim Murphy off school board- not in Richland County, would be happy to get rid of do nothin’ but tweet Nate Ballentine. His absences last year and this year show just how comfortable he feels. Just because he tweets some line of bs he thinks his fat head and ass are covered.

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PattiAnn May 29, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Thanks Sic for the articles by Morgan Allison & Amy Lazenby. Both are talented writers with interesting ideas. I don’t always agree with them, or anyone I know for that matter, but I do like reading well thought out, erudite points of view from people who do their research and know their stuff, both male and female.

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PattiAnn May 29, 2013 at 3:06 pm

Thanks Sic for the articles by Morgan Allison & Amy Lazenby. Both are talented writers with interesting ideas. I don’t always agree with them, or anyone I know for that matter, but I do like reading well thought out, erudite points of view from people who do their research and know their stuff, both male and female.

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Nikki’s Butt: re description: Sic gets an A+

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jimlewisowb May 29, 2013 at 5:36 pm

Damn Shifty, you banged the Governor and Simmie

Do tell, was it before or after erection

My bad, change the r to l

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 6:40 pm

Did not! –but tell us how YOU know her nickname is Simmie!

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 3:25 pm

Nikki’s Butt: re description: Sic gets an A+…

just wondering out loud, if Sic ever banged Simran and if he did – did he ever call one by the other’s sister’s name? —(cause it’s happened to me – elsewhere)…

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jimlewisowb May 29, 2013 at 5:36 pm

Damn Shifty, you banged the Governor and Simmie

Do tell, was it before or after erection

My bad, change the r to l

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shifty henry May 29, 2013 at 6:40 pm

Did not! –but tell us how YOU know her nickname is Simmie!

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Boz Martin May 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm

Lamest. Wire. Ever.

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Boz Martin May 29, 2013 at 3:52 pm

Lamest. Wire. Ever.

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Centrist View May 29, 2013 at 11:55 pm

SC Fair Tax Summary – by SC Fair Tax advocates
http://www.scfairtax.org/what-is-fairtax/read-the-sc-bill/

And then there is the Prebate check.
http://www.scfairtax.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/SCFairTax-PrebatePlan-2010.pdf
How does the South Carolina FairTax Act prebate work?
All valid Social Security cardholders who are South Carolina residents receive a monthly prebate equivalent to
the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, also known as the poverty level expenditures. The prebate is
paid in advance, in equal installments each month. The size of the prebate is determined by the Department
of Health & Human Services’ poverty level guideline multiplied by the tax rate. This is a well-accepted, long-
used poverty-level calculation that includes food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care, etc. See chart
in Figure 1 below. (based upon 6.00% South Carolina FairTax rate)

I have to wonder about a government program that mails a monthly check to people, whether they need it or not.

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Centrist View May 29, 2013 at 11:55 pm

SC Fair Tax Summary – by SC Fair Tax advocates
http://www.scfairtax.org/what-is-fairtax/read-the-sc-bill/

And then there is the Prebate check.
http://www.scfairtax.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/SCFairTax-PrebatePlan-2010.pdf
How does the South Carolina FairTax Act prebate work?
All valid Social Security cardholders who are South Carolina residents receive a monthly prebate equivalent to
the FairTax paid on essential goods and services, also known as the poverty level expenditures. The prebate is
paid in advance, in equal installments each month. The size of the prebate is determined by the Department
of Health & Human Services’ poverty level guideline multiplied by the tax rate. This is a well-accepted, long-
used poverty-level calculation that includes food, clothing, shelter, transportation, medical care, etc. See chart
in Figure 1 below. (based upon 6.00% South Carolina FairTax rate)

I have to wonder about a government program that mails a monthly check to people, whether they need it or not.

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