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Tennessee Gun Report
Too much gun news to keep track of these days. We’ve had a couple of accidental shootings — one in a park, go figure! — and the usual craziness. Enjoy. • April 23, 2015: 1- A Kentucky man walking in a...
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Maybe David Fowler Should Just Shut Up Already
Here’s an interesting admission from David Fowler, the far-right religious nut who heads the Family Action Council Tennessee: It happened on a family rafting trip in North Carolina. David Fowler’s...
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This Is Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Someone check the campaign donations to Marsha Blackburn and Lamar Alexander and see if there are any ceiling fan manufacturers on that list: I can’t pass this up: Tennessee must have quite the ceiling...
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Tennessee: Where Conservatism Has Come To Die
National conservative groups are focusing their activities (and money) on Tennessee, and I find that very odd: Most prominent in enhanced spending are three national organizations that have...
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Tennessee Out-Crazies Texas With Wingnutty Homeland Security Group
So, who is this weird “Tennessee Task Force on National and Homeland Security” claiming it has a “mandate” from the Tennessee legislature in its fundraising letters and on its website? The group in...
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Oh Lookie, Tennessee Grew A Terrorist & He’s Been Arrested
Oddly, I haven’t heard anything about this in our Tennessee news media, and a part of me wondered if it weren’t some weird hoax. But then, it’s Tennessee, and nobody does crazy like we do: An American...
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What $46,000 Can Buy
Apparently, a super crappy logo: Seriously, our state government just paid $46,000 for that? Excuse me, I got so bored looking at it that I fell asleep. Someone wake me uuu… oh wow, I did it again....
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Tennessee Gun Report
Haven’t done one of these in a while but two accidental shootings in one day reminded me it’s time … • June 11, 2015: Country singer Randy Howard went out in a blaze of glory: “He said he wasn’t going...
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Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha
Remember the kerfuffle a few weeks ago about Tennessee’s hideous new $46,000 logo? Gov. Haslam said we needed it for “uniformity of messaging” or some such BS. Well, our new logo was rejected by the...
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Top 5 Ways The State Of Tennessee Welcomes Racists
Betsy at Pith has a post up about how communities provide cover for racists. She writes: It’s not too much to ask that we look around our communities and ask ourselves if there are ways we’re...
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Summer In Tennessee: An Abbreviated Gun Report
I’m sorry I don’t have time to keep the gun report going but we did have two accidental shootings (at least) reported this week. First, I want to call everyone’s attention to the excellent HBO...
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TN Legislature Grandstanding Over Nonexistent Threat
Apparently Tennessee legislators are unfamiliar with the First Amendment of our Constitution because they have been crafting a “Pastor Protection Act” to make sure no pastors are forced to perform gay...
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Sign of the Times
Sign in front of what I affectionately call the Wingnut Bible Church located near my house: The Wingnut Bible Church appears in this space about once a year. Last year they were (illegally) advertising...
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Tennessee Terrorism Update
Here’s an update on Tennessee’s own home-grown anti-Muslim terrorist, Robert R. Doggart. I wrote about him back in May. He’s a failed Congressional candidate who plotted to “utterly destroy” the...
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How Americans Celebrate
[UPDATE]: Apparently there were not one but two “celebratory gunfire” injuries in downtown Nashville. Slow clap. ————————————————————— Happy Birthday, Murica! How did you celebrate our national...
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Tennessee Gun Report
It’s baaaaack! Three accidental shootings in this week’s gun report. Enjoy! • July 10, 2015: A Nashville couple kept a loaded gun under their child’s mattress. • July 8, 2015: 1- Nothing screams...
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Rep. Rick Womick Is Certifiably Crazy
Every state has their lunatic legislator (or three): Texas has Louie Gohmert, Minnesota had Michelle Bachmann. Here in Tennessee we’re blessed with an abundance of wackaloons, and our state legislature...
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Support The Troops
[see update below} Across Tennessee (and, indeed, around the country) “armed volunteers” have taken it upon themselves to stand guard over military recruiting stations. People, there are no two words...
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Tennessee Gun Report
I promised I’d get back on board with this …. still trying! Enjoy the parade of gunfail and lunacy. • September 18, 2015: A drunken 21-year-old fired shots at an ETSU fraternity house. Kids today. •...
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Ordinary, Everyday Gun Negligence
This is the kind of thing we warned about when the Tennessee Legislature forced guns-in-cars on us: Several guns stolen from cars in Bartlett over weekend BARTLETT, Tenn. — Four more guns are in the...
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