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Congratulations to Pam Strickland
KnoxViews - September 1 2010 07:40:00 AM

Pam Strickland will be writing the Friday "liberal" column for the Knoxville News Sentinel. Congratulations, Pam! ... read more......

Nobody Could Have .... Awww, Screw It
Southern Beale - September 1 2010 07:30:00 AM

Tennessee anti-mosque activist Laurie Cardoza-Moore, who got pwned by The Daily Show last week, now claims she’s getting death threats:Laurie...

Thanks again to Ken Jobe, Ernie Freeman and Lang Wiseman, here's the video from Fox13
Left Wing Cracker - September 1 2010 12:07:26 AM

It was a lot of fun, but mighty quick: ...

Things, Things, and More Things
Aunt B - August 31 2010 11:05:43 PM

–The website exists and looks awesome, thanks to Yeargin Marketing and Creative and Beth and Chris. –The bookpage at the printer now has a snazzy banner, ag...

Woof! Da Big Dog! Clinton will be in Nashville, Thursday September 9th
Southern Liberal Living - August 31 2010 07:34:10 PM

and it is free! Be there at 5pm Nashville Time at the Hilton downtown for a night of it, Democrats!! We all love President Bill Clinton and Gov. Ned Ray McWherter, well they are coming out to help the next Governor of Tennessee, Mike McWhorter. ...

YO! I'm going to be on TV again tonight, FOX 13 News at 10!
Left Wing Cracker - August 31 2010 04:49:31 PM

I am on for a short segment of FOX 13 News at 10 with anchor Ernie Freeman and Shelby GOP chair Lang Wiseman regarding partisan County primaries; Lang suggests we get rid of them, I make a case for keeping...

Teach Those Sluts A Lesson
Southern Beale - August 31 2010 03:50:00 PM

We don’t need no stinkin’ Stupak Amendment when doctors are inexplicably refusing to treat women who have had previous abortions all on their own:I want to focus, however, on o...

Beyond the Myth: Pit Bulls and Breed Discrimination (Bonus: chance to win a free pair of VIP tickets!)
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 03:38:17 PM

What: Beyond the Myth: Pit Bulls and Breed Discrimination (Bonus: chance to win a free pair of VIP tickets!) When: Friday, Septembe... read more......

Here is your FINAL MMHF Schedule for this weekend!
Left Wing Cracker - August 31 2010 02:38:53 PM

Saturday, Sept...

Aunt B has a new book out!!!
Left Wing Cracker - August 31 2010 02:03:57 PM

We've always known Aunt B to be a terrific writer about anything she chooses to write about, whether at Tiny Cat Pants or at Pith In The Wind. However, s...

Aunt B. gives birth...
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 01:34:12 PM

...to a new book. "A City of Ghosts" is a collection of ghost stories about Nashville. Available now at Amazon (soon to be available on Kind... read more......

I am up on Amazon.com!!!!!
Aunt B - August 31 2010 01:22:50 PM

It’s really happening! It’s up on Amazon.com. Yes, there will be a Kindle edition in the next little bit.  Oh, god, I am s...

No New Orleans Charter School Miracle
Lean Left - August 31 2010 12:18:13 PM

The charter school miracle is apparently not such a miracle. New Orleans schools improved more before Katrina than afterward: Between 2002 and 2005 (based on numbers from the Times-Pi...

Emmy Highlights (Video)
TN Guerilla Women - August 31 2010 12:12:00 PM

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Crooks and Liars looks at our mishandled election
Left Wing Cracker - August 31 2010 11:48:01 AM

Amazing stuff they have, there is growing support for trashing the election and starting over with NEW MACHINES THAT PROVIDE A PAPER TRAIL.  That the GOP-dominated EC does not want it lends credence to the idea that our election...

Goofy pet video of the day
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 11:43:54 AM

Guaranteed to put a smile on your face... ... read more......

Killing Without Due Process
TN Guerilla Women - August 31 2010 11:38:00 AM

Quote of the Day"It was an extreme outrage of the highest order -- a shredding of the Constitution -- when George Bush imprisoned or even just eavesdropped on American citizens without any due process. But it's perfectly acceptable -- even noble --...

This Dog Dances The Merengue
Cup of Joe Powell - August 31 2010 11:32:00 AM

Check out that smile on the dancing dog - the performance is better than 100 seasons of that "Dancing With The Minor Celebrities" show....

Quote of the day
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 10:16:17 AM

Jack Lail: Even with convenient phrases like "Web first" and "continuous news," newspapers remain all too often the final, but authoritative... read more......

Panel Discussion: What the Healthcare Reform bill means to you
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 09:53:30 AM

What: Panel Discussion: What the Healthcare Reform bill means to you When: Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - 6:30pm Where: Baker Center... read more......

Morning Coffee – Neo-Luddite Edition
Speak to Power - August 31 2010 09:51:02 AM

Over the past several days there have been quite a few posts out there on the national blogs about populist movements and uprisings since the beginning of the industrial r...

Hurricane Earl is now a Category 4 storm
KnoxViews - August 31 2010 09:26:07 AM

Click image for bigger... The NOAA National Hurricane Center has upgraded Hurricane Earl to a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds... read more......

Moderates v. Radicals
Aunt B - August 31 2010 09:16:35 AM

Josh Marshall writes: Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf ...

More Unfairness From God
Lean Left - August 31 2010 08:38:09 AM

You know, if you read Genesis, it gets pretty hard pretty quickly to think of God as just or loving. First he sets human beings up to fail and lose immortality. Then He assigns blame in a rather unfair manner: The woman saw that the tree was good for food, pleasing to the eye...

Nobody Could Have Anticipated, v. 1,018
Southern Beale - August 31 2010 08:20:00 AM

[UPDATE] 2: A perfect example of what Ruth and I talk about when it comes to listening to the wrong people. The same Wall Street assholes who caused this problem continue to perpetuate free market fairy tales and now ...

Shocking Republican Extremism: NEWSWEEK POLL - 52% of Republicans believe Obama sympathizes with the goals of Islamic fundamentalists
Loose TN Canon - August 30 2010 11:27:00 PM

Further proof that the right-wing is becoming fearful, paranoid, and delusional.The Princeton survey of 1,0...

Chuck Williams Meet and Greet the Montgomery Village Residents Association
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 10:30:58 PM

What: Chuck Williams Meet and Greet the Montgomery Village Residents Association When: Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 5:00pm Wher... read more......

JulieApple's September First Friday presenting Jacques Gautreau: Knoxville in Light and Color
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 08:57:52 PM

What: JulieApple's September First Friday presenting Jacques Gautreau: Knoxville in Light and Color When: Friday, September 3,... read more......

Heart & Soul to Appear at T D BBQ this Friday
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 06:26:09 PM

My friends Val Owens and Lanny Green will be performing in an outdoor gig at T D BBQ, 5306 Middlebrook Pike, (just east of Wright's Cafeter... read more......

Temple Grandin’s movie won 5 Emmy Awards
Southern Liberal Living - August 30 2010 05:10:55 PM

and was nominated for 15 Emmy Awards. Temple is an autistic woman, who has been able to communicate what it is like to have autism. She has a Doctorate in Animal Science, and has developed humane ways to treat livestock. Her life is interesting and impressive, HBO did the story on her. ...

Roane County Democratic Party Labor Day Picnic with Mike McWherter
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 05:09:33 PM

What: Roane County Democratic Party Labor Day Picnic with Mike McWherter When: Monday, September 6, 2010 - 12:00pm Where: Roane ... read more......

Randy Walker meet and greet at Magnolia Cafe
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 04:50:47 PM

What: Randy Walker meet and greet at Magnolia Cafe When: Thursday, September 2, 2010 - 5:30pm Where: Magnolia Cafe, 2405 E. Magn... read more......

Ned Ray still has the juice
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 04:26:49 PM

Reports are circulating that Bill Clinton is coming to Tennessee to campaign for Mike McWherter. (See here and here. And RoaneViews.) Clinto... read more......

Wednesday 'bout Noon.
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 04:01:05 PM

The 3rd & the 7th County Commission district elections are in 2014. Incumbents,Norman in the 3rd & Smith in the 7th,are term limited... read more......

Gov. Bredesen names appointments
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 03:58:59 PM

Gov. Bredesen has appointed Donald M. Bell of Knoxville to the state Board of Nursing, Tanika M. Pinn of Knoxville to the Tennessee Athletic... read more......

Quote of the day
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 03:19:51 PM

Betty Bean on the mayor's race: Padgett is known mostly as Mike Padgett’s kid, which shouldn’t be confused with being Jimmy Duncan’s o... read more......

Departing Knox Co. employees get severance package
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 02:29:45 PM

KNS: Three Knox employees who resigned to collect $112K in severance. County Commissioner R. Larry Smith is not a happy camper. Library dir... read more......

Reminder
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 02:27:52 PM

Tomorrow is the last day of voting in the Pepsi 'Good Idea' contest. The Campbell County Children's Center is vying for $250,000 in funding... read more......

Reality: GOP Plans Lead to Lower Employment, Higher Deficit
Lean Left - August 30 2010 02:26:01 PM

So says the CBO and other non-partisian budget sources: There’s only one problem with Boehner’s message: so far, the things that Republicans have said they want to do won’t actually boost employment or reduce deficits. In fact, much the opposite. By combing th...

Donal Logue Gets Younger and Younger
Aunt B - August 30 2010 01:16:13 PM

I am weary from being anxious. But I had a lovely dream that Donal Logue was getting drunk waiting for me at a bar, while I was getting it on with Sean Bean, after which I would go to the bar and get it on with Donal Logue. Make of that what you will. But I was looking up Donal Logue, to m...

My name is Earl
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 12:38:32 PM

Hurricane Earl has been upgraded to a major Category 3 storm with maximum sustained winds of 120 MPH. A hurricane warning has been issued fo... read more......

Firing Teachers Based on Test Scores Does Not Get You Better Teachers
Lean Left - August 30 2010 12:07:38 PM

Or so says this report: While there are good reasons for concern about the current system of teacher evaluation, there are also good reasons to be concerned about claims that measuring teachers’ effectiv...

BP Wants You To Forget About Their Disasters
Cup of Joe Powell - August 30 2010 11:10:00 AM

BP wants you to sleep and forget all their disasters.BP wants you to forget about their ...

Brian Hornback in talks with Third Parties
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 10:35:43 AM

Former Knox County Republican Chair, Brian Hornback outed himself this weekend in a FB dialog as he posted that he's now in talks with third... read more......

WVLT to carry first televised gubernatorial debate, online questions invited
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 10:08:33 AM

What: WVLT to carry first televised gubernatorial debate, online questions invited When: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 - 8:00pm W... read more......

"Unusual degree of pessimism"
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 09:46:38 AM

As reported in the Wall Street Journal, the Federal Reserve recently held a retreat in Jackson Hole, WY, for bankers from around the world t... read more......

Layoffs report
KnoxViews - August 30 2010 09:46:11 AM

The Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development has received notification that American Book Company of Knoxville is closing and... read more......

Morning Coffee – Sick Boy Edition
Speak to Power - August 30 2010 09:43:41 AM

Honestly, I felt like death warmed overIt started last Thursday. I was on my way to Jonesboro, when I choked on ...

Brief Things
Aunt B - August 30 2010 08:37:41 AM

1. I am refraining from hollering “It’s Matt’s font! It’s Matt’s font!” at the Butcher who is trying to sleep and who has no idea who Radley Balko is. But look! It’s M...

First You Say N*gger, N*gger. Then You Say Muslim, Muslim
Lean Left - August 30 2010 08:20:01 AM

The GOP built its power on the Southern Strategy. After the Democrats finally, a hundred year too late, did the right thing and removed the racists from their party, the GOP welcomed them with open arms. ...

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