May 2012
38 posts
If you are elderly and poor, prison is better than... →
This is the most depressing thing I’ve read in a long time.
A few years ago a photographer asked if he could take my picture at a conference...
– Annoying Autobiographical Pause – On Why I Hate Having My Picture Taken | Newscoma
“Cynicism is a self-imposed blindness, a rejection of the world because we...
Success doesn’t scale very well. And it’s like the internet itself....
– Jonathan Coulton, talking to John Scalzi. (via neil-gaiman)
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Cable news shows continue to lampoon Tennessee’s new law banning the promotion...
– Haslam Says Media Misinterpreting “Gateway Sex” Law - Nashville Public Radio
Nope. No one misinterpreted this at all.
(via tennesseegatewaysexualactivity)
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If marijuana is the gateway drug, are kissing and handholding the gateway to...
– Tennessee Governor Passes Controversial ‘Gateway Sexual Behavior’ Law in Schools - ABC News (via tennesseegatewaysexualactivity)
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Shelby County Commission candidate Steve Ross has entered the commission’s...
– County Commission candidate Steve Ross joins redistrict feud » The Commercial Appeal (via votesteveross)
She was unabashedly liberal but was quiet about it. From a different era, her...
– The Last Mother’s Day | Newscoma
Hard as it is to believe, monitoring this silly debate 24/7 is low on my list of...
– About This Endless Schools Debate … | The BruceV Blog
There are a bunch of reasons I adore Bruce. This is one of them when he tells folks to grow up.
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Capri Sun. You must take the sharp end of the straw and penetrate the small bag...
– Ideas On Banning Gateway Sexual Activity | Newscoma
I made a list. I am here to help.
The GQ Tumblr: Wash Post on Young Mitt Romney At... →
gq:
Today’s other big politics story, from the excellent (and occasional GQ contributor) Jason Horowitz at The Washington Post. The dumb crap you do in high school doesn’t, and almost always shouldn’t, matter in a presidential election. Especially when it was a half century ago. All the same… Wow.
We are failing. We are fragmented in some ways and we need more urgency. We need...
– A Sense Of Urgency | Newscoma
If I have failed as a blogger in one, substantial way, it is in this area....
– d r i f t g l a s s: Clarence Budington Kelland
Cwabs!: I'm not interested in defending the south.... →
fancycwabs:
Mosty in re: this, but also because it needs to be said generally (and not a reblog because people favoriting opposing viewpoints in a reblogged post gets really confusing.)
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As a Southerner, I fight everyday against the stereotype of Southerners as ignorant rednecks.
But…
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In our local taverns, the owners have gotten to know her. She only goes out...
– Fighting The Shadows Of War | Newscoma
I asked him what he thought of the latest legislation that has been passed...
– Talking To A Tennessee Science Teacher | Newscoma
So decisions have to be made and they have to be made immediately. And the...
– Annoying Autobiographical Pause – The Weight | Newscoma This week has been a bitch.
EXCLUSIVE: Richard Grenell hounded from Romney... →
This didn’t take long.
Get ready folks.
This session should have been about job growth. This session should have been...
– The Path That Will Be Left Behind The 107th General SexAssemby | Newscoma
April 2012
23 posts
Cwabs!: On getting things wrong. →
jamiek:
fancycwabs:
Recently I’ve noticed that news organizations and folks who are striving for media prominence have been taking fewer steps to insure journalistic reliability. I’m not talking about FOX News, here, I’m talking about folks who’ve got a stake in some debate either…
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Earlier this week, I was offered a $3 advertising offer from a company that...
– On Being A Progressive Blogger | Newscoma
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Yet I never thought that I would have to pay my dues for just being a woman. You...
– Tired Of Paying My Dues And Tired Of ALEC | Newscoma
I don’t write about this garbage because I believe Hillary Clinton needs my...
– (via hillbillyplease)
I believe that we also tend to complicate certain issues when we don’t have to....
– Get On The Horse | Newscoma
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Legislation giving the governor broad new power over the hiring and firing of...
– Legislators grant governor new power over hiring, firing » Knoxville News Sentinel
If this doesn’t scare the shit out of you, nothing ever will because this is just the beginning.