Papers please. Thanks Tom.
Category: Touchy Subjects
The things that should never be discussed much less published by non-professionals.
American Red Cross Tornado Blog
The American Red Cross (ARC) has set up a website in response to the Tennessee tornadoes. I learned this because I follow @Redcross on Twitter as you should.
This site is for public information about the American Red Cross response to the Tennessee tornadoes of February 2008. [Source, Tennessee Tornadoes, American Red Cross] [more info]
They had a similar site for Northwest Flooding 2007. If you are looking for loved ones or have been displaced by a disaster, please use the Safe and Well List to help inform family and friends. Safe and Well is easily accessible through your phone using Twitter.
Jerry Would Approve!
Rocky Hill polling packed
I was pressed for time on that post. Didn’t want to cross the 100′ barrier and sound like I was reporting something.
At the time I made that post (4:30pm), the staff reported that roughly 800 people had been through those polls.
Go Vote! Today is important!
Today is Election Day! Make the time to vote please! We have all seen that everybody’s vote counts. Voting is a civic duty and is important to the democratic process. (For the asinine Stacey Campfields out there, "democratic" is not to be confused with the Democratic political party. Until fear mongering, constitution shredding, AT&Tism, and Homeland Security improprieties in the name of protecting your freedoms, completely erode it, you live under a democratic form of government. Specifically, the United States of America is a Representative Liberal Democracy.)
I also encourage you to print your sample ballot and, at the bare minimum, do an Internet search on the candidates you will be choosing. To go the polls and vote on someone because their name rings a bell, or one name sounds better than another is not helping anyone’s cause. Your wild guess may knock a potentially good candidate out of office. If you are in Knox County, your sample ballot is online. Print it, spend a few minutes researching your candidates, and vote knowledgeably! Remember, your employer is obliged to give you time off to go to the polls.
Update: See also: Video of me encouraging voting and far better video of Todd Jordan encouraging voting.
Today’s Tinfoil Hat
3 critical cables mysteriously break and are blamed on ships. Video proves no ships were in the area. Iran loses 100% connectivity to the Internet. Does this sound right?
To me it sounds like AT&T is installing a secret room in the depths of the Mediterranean Sea!
Now for some US/Iran studies: If Iran Were America (And We Were Iran): A Timeline by J.L. Byran.
Update: Now the report says 5 cables have been cut.
Update: The secret room might look like NOAA’s Aquarius Undersea Lab.
Yes we can
Whether or are an Obama fan or not, the dipdive video is a must watch!
Voting for Stacey Campfield would be asinine
People of Tennessee, particularly District 18, quit voting Stacey Campfield into office. It’s embarrassing!
Related: The pernicious effects of banning words, by By Christopher Hitchens, slate.com
Do not legislate morals to me
Dear Sen. Doug Jackson, Please quit wasting time and money trying to legislate morals. Allowing people the free will to turn off their televisions is far cheaper and more in line with the basic principles of freedom on which this nation prides itself. These commercials are shown late at night when children should be in bed. Our legislature should be far more concerned with important issues such as education and health care. Please keep your eye on the ball!
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A proposal that would ban late-night TV ads showing half-naked young women is stalling its second time through the Legislature.
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The legislation sponsored by Sen. Doug Jackson, D-Dickson, would fine cable and satellite companies up to $50,000 for airing ads for obscene products. [Source, Michael Silence, Knoxnews No Silence Here]
What is obscene? Much of Europe finds America’s prudishness laughable.
Life mimics Hollywood – Bibleland!
Wasn’t this a Simpon’s episode?
MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Rutherford County Commissioners have been meeting privately with the developers of a controversial Bible-themed park. [Source, Knoxnews]
Looking to return to the womb?
Then a $600 Vagina Couch may be your next purchase! The listing does note some "stains."
Police emerge with “Battering Ram” during live report
Oh! Such good timing! Can’t you just see the cops inside egging their buddy on? "Go out now! They’re on the air!" Keep your eye on the door.
The New Tax-free Country Within The United States
Here’s what the Lakota Nation looks like:
United States Loses Territory in the Mid-West
“We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us,” long-time Indian rights activist Russell Means told a handful of reporters and a delegation from the Bolivian embassy
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A delegation of Lakota leaders delivered a message to the State Department on Monday, announcing they were unilaterally withdrawing from treaties they signed with the federal government of the United States, some of them more than 150 years old.
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Lakota country includes parts of the states of Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
[Source, AFP]
Is the South next?
Happy Holidays You Bigots
Update: I’ve had it explained that this is just one of those fluff things that The House does.
