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BlountViews
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BREAKING NEWS: No criminal charges for KNS reporter at this time #
No criminal charges have been filed in relation to Knoxville News Sentinel reporting on a local election in Blount County. At this time there does not appear to be an investigation underway or any plans for criminal prosecution. The statute of limitations would, however, extend beyond the date of the ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 11 a.m.
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BREAKING NEWS: Mayor Jerry Cunningham says something I can agree with #
Maryville Daily Times, quoting Cunningham: "I hope they're better at this than they have been at phone service." [..] "I'm skeptical. Their whole history is to create a monopoly," he said. Still waiting for DSL in my neighborhood. Five years and counting...
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 12 p.m.
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Cunningham to micromanage school construction #
Maryville Daily Times Board OKs committee oversight of new school construction; advisory committee includes county mayor
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 8 a.m.
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HUGE: Foothills Fall Festival announces lineup! #
Big news from the Foothills Fall Festival (Oct. 10-12): They have booked Willie Nelson as the headliner! Oh, yeah. And Foreigner. And Billy Ray Cyrus. Among others. Mayor Joe Swann said, "This year's entertainment line up is sure to be a winner with everyone. Where can you get so many ...
Posted: July 1, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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Tennessee Court of the Judiciary looking in to problems with Blount Co. courts #
According to the Maryville Daily Times, the Tennessee Court of the Judiciary is looking in to questions about recordkeeping, the disposition of cases and issues related to local court rules. The questions were raised by Judge Mike Meares after another judge wrote a letter to the editor with confusing information ...
Posted: July 1, 2008 at 9:06 a.m.
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Brian Hornback
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Johnny Hunt - SBC President #
I missed reporting it last month so better late than never. Last month, Pastor Johnny Hunt of First Baptist Church Woodstock, GA became the President of the Southern Baptist Convention. Pastor Johnny has been a guest evangelist at my home church of First Baptist Concord at least twice the past ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 5:01 p.m.
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City Councilman Steve Hall Needs Our Prayers #
Thanks to State Rep. Stacey Campfield for this tip. Rep. Campfield reported late yesterday evening that Councilman Hall suffered a motorcycle accident in Oak Ridge on July 4, 2008. Our thoughts and prayers are needed for Councilman Hall, his wife Janet and their children.According to The Rep, Hall has been ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 8:01 a.m.
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Surrounded by Idiots #
I have just finished reading Mike Gallagher's first book, Surrounded by Idiots. It was published in 2005. It is a great book that exposes the liberal lunatics that are the trademarks of the Deaniac Democrats. It finishes with an interesting twist.Mike was married to Denise, a Democrat. She has recently ...
Posted: July 4, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.
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God Bless Jesse Helms! Rest In Peace, Senator #
Former United States Senator Jesse Helms, of North Carolina passed away early this morning. The Conservative of any and all Conservatives. God Bless Jesse Helms and my he rest in peace.I have his book, Here I Stand. With his passing, it will advance up on the reading order.
Posted: July 4, 2008 at 6:01 p.m.
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Happy July 4th, 2008 #
Posted: July 4, 2008 at 7:30 a.m.
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Can Farragut Change?
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People make the community they live in #
For a long time I have written about the importance of being a good neighbor and understanding that how you drive in your neighborhood has a huge contribution to the safety of your neighborhood and the quality of life.A Fox Den resident expresses this better than I can. I hope ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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From our school board correspondent Karen Carson #
Good afternoon everyone,Just wanted to update you on the results of the school Board meeting on Wed. March 1st. As you are probably aware, the Board of Ed. did approve the capital plan (it wasn't pretty!) Now this proposed plan will be presented to the County Commission for approval. If ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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From our school board correspondent Karen Carson #
School Board NotesAs you are all probably aware, the Board of Education has begun discussion on next year's capital and operating budgets for Knox County Schools. Throughout these discussions you will hear about potential cuts to student services—driver's education and foreign language at the Middle School were recently in the ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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Teens facing severe driving penalties #
Too many teenage traffic accidents and deaths have moved the State of Tennessee to change the state’s graduated license program. Associated with this will be changes in insurance rates for those teenagers who have traffic accidents.What can you as a parent do? First, require your child to turn off the ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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High drama on Turkey Creek Road #
I received a phone call last night about some high drama on Turkey Creek Road on Tuesday. Around 3:15 PM my friend was traveling west on Turkey Creek Road approaching the sharp turn at the end of Turkey Creek. He could see two Sheriff’s cars over at the railroad bridge ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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Irish Trojan in Tennessee
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This blog has moved! #
If you're seeing this post, it means you're in the wrong place! You may need to clear your browser's cache in order to properly reflect the new domain and subdomain information. Anyway, my new blog is located at weekly.brendanloy.com. Thanks!
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 11:31 p.m.
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Signing off #
G'nite, all. See you on the other side.
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 9:01 p.m.
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The end #
Guestblogging is turned off, and I'll be shutting down comments in a few minutes, and redirecting this URL to the new blog shortly thereafter. Thanks for the memories, everybody. Oh, and don't be deceived by the title of this post....
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 8:31 p.m.
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Apropos of nothing #
Somehow, I've had this blog for over six years without ever posting this clip. Well, time to fix that omission while there's still time:
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 8:01 p.m.
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Homosexual eases into 100 final at Olympic trials #
So the far right group American Family Association is one of apparently many right wing groups that use auto-correct to replace potentially offensive (to them atleast) words in articles posted to their news streams. I don't even know if its...
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 6:31 p.m.
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Knoxnews: Politics
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Anderson teen makes impression with blog #
CLINTON - Daniel Myers knew he had arrived as a political blogger when he received a call from former U.S. Sen. Mike Gravel of Alaska.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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Session's end draws rush of amendments, long hours #
NASHVILLE - As the 2008 legislative session drew to a close, Sen. Jamie Woodson pushed passage of a "Christmas tree bill" for constituents with noisy neighbors, while Sen. Tim Burchett voted against lobbying legislation he'd once sponsored.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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Retiring Dems dissuade divide #
NASHVILLE - Former Lt. Gov. John Wilder and Rep. Frank Buck say they're disappointed in the increased partisanship that has developed in the Legislature over the years.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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POLITICAL HAPPENINGS #
POLITICAL HAPPENINGSn Don Sproles, independent Knox County Commission candidate in the 5th District: 11 a.m.-2 p.m. today, rally at the Lunchbox Market & Cafe, 9050 Cross Park Drive. There will be live music, and children eat free.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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Reid to Alexander: Tennessean's stubborness is stunning #
WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander is striking back at Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for blocking two appointees to the TVA board of directors.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1 p.m.
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Knoxpatch
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Record set for gap in missing a record #
Daniel Lasris attempted to break the Guiness Word Record for body painting today, and set a completely different record. The goal was to bring in 950 people to be painted to make an American Flag. Participation, however, provided less than 50 bodies, not even enough to represent the stars in ...
Posted: July 4, 2008 at 8:31 p.m.
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Pat Boone blasts organizers of Bonnaroo #
Those who attended Bonnaroo surely noticed that famed artist Pat Boone was not on stage this year. Boone, who had intended to play hits from his religious albums as well as some metal, mixed in with some motivational speaking, was apparently bumped at the last minute to make room for ...
Posted: June 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m.
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Knoxville to lose DIARY farm? #
In this case we’re not even making up the news…just linking to it. And so I quote, “Why else would otherwise competent administrators and educators want to destroy the states most productive diary farm and most prominent symbol of Tennessee Agricultural education during the worst farming crisis since the dust ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 6:31 p.m.
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Petition to form petition underway #
Concerned citizens have started a petition to encourage others to start a petition to make changes in Knox County government. With a theme of “Ragsdale simply sucks,” 100 volunteers worked Market Square this weekend to gain signatures encouraging a petition that would be utilized to scold Mayor Ragsdale and other ...
Posted: June 22, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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President Bush declares man’s backyard as disaster area #
Johnny Balls has a backyard that is suffering greatly from the severe dought affecting East Tennessee. He has been hit so hard by a lack of rain that his grass is turning brown. “My grass was doing so well earlier this year, all my neighbors was complimenting me,” explained Balls, ...
Posted: June 20, 2008 at 5:19 p.m.
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KnoxViews
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City of Knoxville proposing Homeless Housing in South Knoxville #
The City of Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam, along with Knox County Mayor Mike Ragsdale, have a plan to end chronic homelessness. Part of this plan is to make the old Flenniken School in SoKno (on Flenniken Ave., near the Martin Mill Pike and Chapman Hwy intersection close to town) a ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 12:30 p.m.
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Why does the downtown theater show such crappy movies? #
I woke up this mornng with a hankering to get dressed up and go downtown to see a movie tonight, so I look at the paper to see what's playing. Blech! I have a choice between: Hancock or Wanted or Wall-E or Get Smart or Love Guru or Incredible Hulk ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 11:30 a.m.
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Edwards v. Rove: Sept. 26 at University at Buffalo #
This should be interesting. Why is John Edwards willing to get on the same stage as Karl Rove? read moreKnoxViews
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
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BREAKING NEWS: City turns down a TIF #
KNS: Business park scrapped Lyons said the proposal was a good one and was located in a blighted area, but said it didn't necessarily have blighted structures on it "so there's not quite the immediacy in dealing with it that there would otherwise be." KnoxViews
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
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KNS suddenly remembers there's a local election coming up #
They have a profile on the sheriff's race between J.J. Jones and Randy Tyree. This time could be even more interesting than last time, when Tyree almost beat Hutchison. read moreKnoxViews
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 10 a.m.
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Political Knoxville
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City Councilman seriously injured in motorcycle accident #
A City of Knoxville Councilman is listed in fair condition following a Fourth of July motorcycle accident in Anderson County.
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 12:01 p.m.
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Second round scores wins for two Democrats, one Republican #
The second round of straw poll voting concluded on July 1, and saw one Democrat score a start-to-finish win, another Democrat pull away near the end, and the polls’ first Full story...
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 9:31 p.m.
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Three Sides on: County debt #
This month, Three Sides takes a look at the Knox County government's growing debt - how bad is it, and what should be done to bring it under control? Full story...
Posted: July 1, 2008 at 8:43 a.m.
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Candidate on hot seat as Campaign Kickoff continues #
One local candidate felt the heat on June 29 as he fielded a barrage of calls on the Hubert Smith Radio Show.
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 12:32 p.m.
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New features coming to Political Knoxville #
Political Knoxville is introducing new features as we approach the end of our first year in business.
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 3:31 p.m.
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Resonance
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Monday Gloomy Economic Outlook Blogging #
Getting the week going with some optimistic forecasts. "Global economy faces deep slowdown and deflation threat, BIS warns":The global economy may be heading for a far deeper crisis than is expected and a bout of deflation in the world's biggest...
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 12:32 p.m.
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Now On Twitter #
For reasons that are not entirely clear to me, I've opened an account at Twitter. Apparently, I have an inner need to try to keep up with the cool techno widgets. You can catch the tweeting action at http://twitter.com/barner....
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1:01 p.m.
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CIBC Analyst: U.S. Gasoline To Hit $7/Gallon By 2010 #
Yesterday CIBC released a sober energy report. CBS News did a brief segment on it: A few highlights:Gas prices will soon hit $7 per gallon and that will make driving a car too expensive for millions of Americans, taking an...
Posted: June 27, 2008 at 4:01 p.m.
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Will "Drill! Drill! Drill!" Pop The Alleged Oil Price Bubble? #
Recently I've heard rightists making some remarkable claims regarding the impact that future American oil exploration/drilling will have on current prices. They are trying to convert Americans' frustration with high gas prices today into support for long-term projects. For example,...
Posted: June 27, 2008 at 12:01 a.m.
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2008 Cherohala Challenge Photo Ride Report #
On 21 June 2008 I made good use of the longest day of the year by completing my longest ride of the year--my fourth Cherohala Challenge. The day started early. I left Knoxville at 5:45 am and arrived at Tellico...
Posted: June 23, 2008 at 2:02 p.m.
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Russ McBee
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Quote of the week (on fireworks) #
Last night, an electrical storm threatened to cancel my family's annual July 4th fireworks extravaganza. We had everything ready to go: the launchers were set on the ground, and six of us sat in two trucks on top of a hill with the fireworks in covered boxes in the truck ...
Posted: July 5, 2008 at 12:30 p.m.
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Quote of the day (on Jonah Goldberg) #
The Anonymous Liberal said this about Jonah Goldberg: For reasons I cannot explain, big publications keep hiring Jonah Goldberg to write columns that make everyone dumber for having read them. That pretty much sums it up. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 10:30 p.m.
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Byron Dorgan, oil speculators, and the supply question #
Senator Byron Dorgan (D-ND) is pushing for tighter regulation on oil speculators: Every day, 20 times more oil is traded than delivered. Because of the way energy trades are regulated (or not regulated), speculators control vast amounts of oil by putting down as little as 5% of the purchase cost. ...
Posted: July 2, 2008 at 12 a.m.
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Three things that don't surprise me #
Three stories showed up today, and none of them should come as a surprise: 1) Today is the 100th anniversary of the Tunguska event; on this day in 1908, something (either a small asteroid or a small comet) exploded in the air over Siberia. Although it never impacted the ground, ...
Posted: June 30, 2008 at 10:31 p.m.
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The sorta weekly roundup #
R. Neal has this week's edition of the intermittent, kinda weekly roundup of Tennessee liberal bloggers. A lot happened this week, so go here to see what everyone's been talking about. (Mr. Neal has also started yet another blog: SmartEnergyViews is dedicated to news and information on energy efficiency, conservation, ...
Posted: June 29, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
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SayUncle
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Dump and Run #
Because it’s fun to stir shit up and get under people’s skin, and because the blogging will be quiet for the holiday weekend, I just had to link this comment by Bruce Baugh at Obsidian Wings: I’ve said this before and will again: the very heart of the “widespread gun ...
Posted: July 3, 2008 at 1:30 p.m.
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No blog for you #
You see, tomorrow is not only the day we celebrate that time when Santa and the baby Jesus joined forces to defeat the Seleucid Empire using candles and divided up a fish to drive the uwole-clad British to the sea, where they saw their shadow which meant six more weeks ...
Posted: July 3, 2008 at 12:30 p.m.
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Gun Porn #
Remington Nylon Body 66. My dad’s got one of those. He used to shoot nickels out of the air with it. And he will attest that one should never take them apart.
Posted: July 3, 2008 at 12 p.m.
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Footnote 27 and Strict Scrutiny #
Uncle links to some Gun Law News analysis of Heller’s footnote 27, which concludes “Any law, to pass a constitutional challenge on Second Amendment grounds, must pass a strict scrutiny test.” There’s no way in hell 2nd Amendment regulations will have to survive strict scrutiny. Sure, gunners will argue for ...
Posted: July 3, 2008 at 11 a.m.
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It starts? #
OpenCarry.org: Senior Norfolk Judge Henry Coke Morgan held in a local federal case the day after Heller was decided that the individual right created by the Second Amendment does not impose any obligations whatsoever on state or local governments: only the federal government.
Posted: July 3, 2008 at 10:30 a.m.
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