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Bill Hobbs

• Get There Sooner Than Later

  The New York Times makes Oklahoma City sound like Denver without the Rocky Mountains - and credits oil with fueling the city's recent economic resurgence. I haven't been to or through OKC in more than a decade, but it sure sounds like it's made a lot of progress [...]

  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 4:12pm EDT

Six Meat Buffet

• Sometimes a Monument Is Just a Monument

  Poor Bob Herbert. First he draws the most tenuous link between racism and the provocative flashing of the Washington Monument in a McCain ad and now this: click to embiggen [...]
  
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  Fetched: August 08, 2008, 3:59pm EDT

tcask :: on the road (to abolition)

• Tennessee Does Not Preserve DNA Evidence

  In the ABA's 2007 report on Tennessee's death penalty system, Tennessee fully complied with only 7 of 93 guidelines for a fair and accurate system. The lack of preservation of DNA evidence was one of the failures of Tennessee's system.
  
  An article in yesterday's Tennessean highlights issues such as [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 3:21pm EDT by Stacy Rector

Tennessee Guerilla Women

• John Edwards Lied to Media About His Private Sex Life! Horrors!

  
  Another politico has been caught lying to the media about his private sex life. Oh my Victorian Goddess. Lying to the media about your private sex life! What a grievous sin.
  
  John Edwards admitted today that he had an extramarital affair with Rielle [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 3:20pm EDT

Left Turn with Cecily Friday

• McCain's new ad touts "renewable energy," but his energy plan offers little to support it.

  Factcheck.org:
  A McCain ad shows pictures of wind-driven turbines while the narrator says: "Renewable energy to transform our economy, create jobs and energy independence, that's John McCain." But, in fact, his energy plan doesn't specify any new federal spending for renewable energy and says only that he'd "rationalize" existing [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 3:07pm EDT

Welcome To My World

• The One?

  I'm not saying he is the Antichrist, but I thought this ad was pretty funny...and scary.
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:52pm EDT

Boston Dreams and Michelin Stars

• Let Us Now Praise: Limones' Churros

  The Trauma Whisperer and I celebrated lucky number 13 years of marriage last month with dinner at Limones. Limones is a downtown classic, an intimate, packed-on-Tuesday-night establishment where Chef Hugo Ramirez applies French technique to traditional Mexican dishes by way of contemporary California cuisine. There is much, much to [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:51pm EDT

Bill's TN Paradise

• It's that time again

  
  
  Tomatoes tomatoes tomatoes!!!
  
  
  Well, you know what I'll be eating for the next few months. I have a dozen tomato plants over 6' tall. Love 'em!!!
  
  
  Tomatoes and and humus, tomato sauce, tomato salsa over roasted [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:36pm EDT

Southern Beale

• Gotcha

  They finally beat it out of him.
  
  Am I disappointed? Yes, a little--as with Bill Clinton and Gary Hart, I just want to ask: What the hell were you thinking? When you're in the media spotlight, it might be a good idea to at least try to make [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:32pm EDT

Midnight Cheese

• NOAA Weather Alert Time Lapse

  Once every hour since March I’ve been saving a snapshot of the NOAA map that shows all the current weather alerts across the country. Last night I finally compiled all the images from March 4th through July 23rd, 2008. Each frame of video is one of these maps. At [...]

  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:29pm EDT by Cale

iHajj

• No More Shackles on His Feet

  From 1973 until he died a couple of weeks ago, my father had to wear braces on his legs. He actually invented these braces himself, and they helped him to sort-of-walk (along with canes).
  
  In cleaning out all my dad's possessions, I was tasked with disposing of his [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:27pm EDT

iHajj

• No More Shackles on His Feet

  From 1973 until he died a couple of weeks ago, my father had to wear braces on his legs. He actually invented these braces himself, and they helped him to sort-of-walk (along with canes).
  
  In cleaning out all my dad's possessions, I was tasked with disposing of his [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:27pm EDT

The Fun Times Guide to Living Green

• To Inflate OR to Drill, That is the Question

  Obama says Americans should inflate our tires to the proper level.

  McCain says Americans should drill offshore.

  Which plan is more beneficial?

  Well, that depends on what you think is beneficial. If you think spending billions of dollars setting up offshore drilling that will further foster our dependence on fossil [...]

  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:25pm EDT

Nashville for the 21st Century

• How To Knock Yourself Out of Veep Contention In One Easy Step

  Announce on ABC that you cheated on your wife who is dying of cancer.
  
  What Edwards did is between he, his family, and his mistress; and I can't really pretend to be indignant that he lied about this affair, or went into the race knowing this could surface, [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:13pm EDT by Sean Braisted

Kay Brooks

• Homeschool IS legal in California

  Homeschoolers across the nation are celebrating the latest judicial decision which affirms their right to teach their children at home.
  
  To recap a homeschooling family in California, which has had issues with their children and social services for decades, was finally pulled into court after one of their then [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:07pm EDT

Kay Brooks

• Homeschool IS legal in California

  Homeschoolers across the nation are celebrating the latest judicial decision which affirms their right to teach their children at home.
  
  To recap a homeschooling family in California, which has had issues with their children and social services for decades, was finally pulled into court after one of their then [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 2:07pm EDT

Lean Left

• Send a Message in a Language They Understand

  Glenn Greenwald, along with Jane Hamsher of firedoglake and a variety of other pro-democracy bloggers and activists, is helping establish a new organization dedicated to targeting vulnerable Democratic candidates who work against progressive interests and civil liberties. As he puts it: [W]hat is the best course for those who want to [...]
  
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  Fetched: August 08, 2008, 2:01pm EDT

My Beautiful Wickedness

• I’m posting this mostly so you can see it too.

  I played this song this morning and what should pop up but a bunch of Oreo ads — “Only Oreo inspires moments like this!” Somehow, Old Crow Medicine Show’s “Cocaine Habit” really is the last thing I’d want my chocolate sammich cookies associated with, but that’s just me. So tell [...]
  
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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 1:38pm EDT by bridgett

katie allison granju

• A modest proposal to ban breastfeeding

  Heh heh

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  A modest proposal to ban breastfeeding

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  Posted: August 08, 2008, 1:31pm EDT by katie allison granju

Bill Hobbs

• Campfield

  The Knoxville News Sentinel thoroughly misrepresents one of state Rep. Stacey Campfield's legislative proposals in its story on his Republican Primary win:

  Campfield passed no bills during the General Assembly's last session but has earned a reputation over the years for stirring up controversy with some of his proposals for [...]

  
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