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When Being Anti-Union Is More Important Than Being Pro-Job
Welcome to your modern Tennessee Republican Party, folks. They talk a good game about getting the government out of the way of business but when that business wants to work with the UAW, all of that...
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Compassionate Conservatism Is Dead, If It Ever Lived
Yesterday Gov. Bill Haslam decided not to veto a bill that criminalizes women who use drugs while pregnant, over the strenuous objections of women’s rights and healthcare professionals. Opponents said...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Forgot about this today. One accidental shooting this week. • April 29, 2014: Worst campaign volunteer ever, in Memphis: (Memphis) A case of road rage landed a man in a Bartlett jail. He’s accused of...
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Open Primaries Are An Awful Idea And They Suck
If you’ve been to Nashville lately you know we have an election next week, because every house and business seems to have sprouted a garden of campaign signs. Judging by the yard signs and amount of...
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Tennessee Gun Report
I’ve been super busy this week so this edition of the Gun Report isn’t as well-sourced as usual. Still, no accidental shootings! Yay! Just the usual gun cray. Enjoy. • May 5, 2014: 1- A responsible gun...
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Why Laws Are Born
This is an incredibly tragic story, and like all such stories, it has prompted a call for action. The form this action will take will be of the legislative variety: a new law, tougher penalties, more...
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Today In Tennessee Hate
Hey everyone, remember this story? Ha ha, well, funny thing, it seems the accused party has sued both Red Lobster and the waitress who posted the offending receipt on Facebook: He said he was running...
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Tennessee Gun Report
At least one, possibly two accidental shootings this week. Enjoy (said with sarcasm). May 28, 2014: • A 70-year-old man has been arrested for animal cruelty after shooting at two Hendersonville dogs,...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Sorry, been busy, haven’t had time to pay a lot of attention to our gun loons in Tennessee this week. However, it appears we have at least one, possibly two accidental shootings. Enjoy. June 2, 2014:...
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Tennessee Gun Report
One accidental shooting this week by a concealed-carry holder who was driving with his loaded gun because Freedom and Protect The Family and Constitution etc. etc. He died. Most responsible ever, etc....
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Enduring Myths
Oh, how people love, love, love their fantasy narratives. Like this one: “This is something you do not see in rural southern Tennessee. You just don’t see armed hostages,” said Weigel. Bullshit. I read...
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Tennessee Gun Report
I thought we might make it a week without an accidental shooting but, alas, no. Also, I haven’t really checked the reports this week, so there may be others I haven’t heard about which will have to...
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Today In Church And State
Just saw this on my way home from the grocery store this morning: Nice Tax-Exempt Status You’ve Got There. Shame If Anything Happened To It Amendment One is an anti-abortion measure. I had to Google...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Down in Georgia, gun loons celebrated their new “guns everywhere” law going into effect by almost shooting each other. Huzzah! Here in Tennessee we have some new gun laws that went into effect July 1,...
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Checking In With NASH
It was almost a year ago that the country’s first “city-centric” investment fund, an ETF comprised entirely of Nashville-based companies, made its debut. At the time I called it “the stupidest...
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Tennessee Gun Report
Two accidental shootings reported this week. Freedom. • July 8, 2014: Donate $10 to Robert Dalton’s campaign for Lewisburg public defender, and you have a chance to win a pistol. Needless to say, the...
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Your State Under Republican Rule
Hey, Gov. Bill Haslam: you might want to rethink that whole “we can’t afford the virtually free Medicaid expansion” deal the Feds are offering: Crews were called to the Advance Auto Parts on...
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Two Americas, Addict/New Mom Edition
Two Americas. In one America, we arrest new mothers whose newborns test positive for drugs and charge them with assault (even though in this case, the drug our new mother used is not covered under the...
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Take That, Bob Corker: VW Chattanooga Has UAW AND SUV
Oh, my! Major Tennessee Republican FAIL: On Friday, the United Auto Workers established a local union to represent workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga. Today Volkswagen announced the...
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Today In Corporate Personhood
What’s that line from the last presidential election? I’ll believe corporations are people when Texas executes one? Yeah, that: NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – The truck-stop company owned by Cleveland Browns...
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