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The Crone Speaks » When Doctors Don’t Want to Work For Insurance Companies
Posted 11 minutes ago
A very interesting survey was conducted, doctors want to leave the medical industry because of insurers red tape. Nearly half the respondents in a survey of U.S. primary care physicians said that they would seriously consider getting out of the medical business within the next three years if they had an alternative. The survey, released this week by the Physicians’ ... [Link]

The Bank Draft » First Horizon taps Wachovia exec for CFO
Posted 26 minutes ago
William "BJ" Losch III has been named the new CFO of First Horizon National Corp. Losch, 38, was previously CFO for the general bank at Wachovia Corp., and will start his new role on Jan. 1. He replaces interim CFO Thomas Adams, who filled the slot after former CFO Bryan Jordan was named president and CEO of the company. "BJ ... [Link]

No Silence Here » A poll on Knox County's 2010 mayor's race
Posted 27 minutes ago
Take the pollFree Poll by Blog Flux Story here. [Link]

View From The Porch » They don't really make distinctions...
Posted 33 minutes ago
(Poster by, of course, Oleg Volk.)With the "Fudd" discussions going on here and there about the gun blogosphere, I was reminded of this poster Oleg did a while back...(Plus it was a good damned excuse to post a picture of a Finnish Mosin, which just makes me all warm and fuzzy inside.)Anyhow, I'm torn on the term "Fudd". Now, I ... [Link]

RobbyEdwards.com » The Road to Cataloochee
Posted 33 minutes ago
The Road to Cataloochee by Robby Edwards April 2005Cataloochee, Great Smoky Mountains National Park Rachelle, her parents and I decided to enjoy the some wonderful springtime weather one afternoon by driving out to Great Smoky Mountains National Park in search of elk. In 2001 and 2002, two separate herds of elk were relocated from Land Between the Lakes National Recreation ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » How much can China step up in this global financial crisis?
Posted 33 minutes ago
BRIEFING: “China’s economy: Reflating the dragon; Can the world’s fastest-growing economy avoid a sharp downturn?” The Economist, 15 November 2008. WORLD NEWS: “China’s Stimulus Will Lift Oil Demand: Rebound in Nation’s Consumption Could Bolster Prices, Though Impact Could Take Months,” by Shai Oster and Neil King, Jr., Wall Street Journal, 11 November 2008. The odd claim now from some experts ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » More upside on the crash: falling commodity prices temper inflation
Posted 33 minutes ago
FINANCE AND ECONOMICS: “Debt and deflation: Depressing times; Are rich economies heading merely for a bout of falling prices, or for a 1930-style deflationary spiral?” The Economist, 15 November 2008. Okay, I’m abusing the logic of the piece here a bit. The spiral in question here is “I can’t sell because prices drop so much and because I can’t sell ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » That excellent Friedman column on Detroit
Posted 33 minutes ago
OP-ED: “How to Fix a Flat,” by Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times, 12 November 2008. This column reminds me of the scene in “Toy Story II” when Mrs. Potato Head tells her husband that she’s going to pack his “angry eyes” for the great adventure ahead—just in case he needs them. Friedman put on his angry eyes for this ... [Link]

Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog » China steps up, India gets scared
Posted 35 minutes ago
ARTICLE: “China Bets Highways Will Drive Its Growth,” by Andrew Batson, Wall Street Journal, 11 November 2008. WORLD NEWS: “India Reins In Ambitioius Building Plans,” by Eric Bellman, Wall Street Journal, 12 November 2008. Much of China’s $600B stimulus will focus on roads and other forms of transportation connectivity (airports and railroads). This is a “tried and true” engine for ... [Link]

No Silence Here » Three new members at Valley of the blogs
Posted 39 minutes ago
Minutes from Nowhere Miranda Greene Right at Home [Link]

No Silence Here » Gay marriage: Yawn
Posted 43 minutes ago
I rarely blog on gay marriage because, well, the topic bores me. If gays want to get married, fine. I have no problem with that. And don't come at me with the whole bogus issue of extending benefits to the gay partner. Scripps has doing that for quite some time. We have friends who are the first gay couple to ... [Link]

SayUncle » Not down with OOP
Posted 44 minutes ago
Via KAG, comes a tale from Nashville: Federal law said many people served with orders of protection cannot possess a gun, and local judges routinely issue orders to these people saying they have to give up their guns. But the orders don’t say where that gun is supposed to go or for how long anyone has to give it up. ... [Link]

SayUncle » Gun buy backs
Posted 48 minutes ago
and string theory. [Link]

SayUncle » Suppressor Smuggling
Posted 49 minutes ago
A couple of guys from London had firearms suppressors in the luggage. They get to the US and are arrested: Hope and Latcham were arrested Friday when they returned to RDU to pick up the bag. They told investigators they had bought the silencers in England and planned to give them to a friend in Roxboro whom they were visiting, ... [Link]

Property Scope » Thursday briefing
Posted 49 minutes ago
Sign up today for free email updates from the Scope and the Bank Draft, a blog about the banking industry in Tennessee and the Southeast. Submit a request to flory@knoxvillebiz.com. Burchett to launch campaign for county mayor. KNS Radioactive cleanup in Vestal almost finished. Atomic City Underground TDOT studying options to extend Pellissippi Parkway. The Daily Times Chattanooga Another chance ... [Link]

SayUncle » Meet the new boss
Posted 55 minutes ago
Seems I recall hearing a little something about Barack Obama running on a platform of change. Increasingly, it seems his short list of political appointees have ties with the Clintons and one of them is a Clinton. That’s change you can . . . err, what? [Link]

KnoxViews » South Waterfront project comes home
Posted 56 minutes ago
I was looking at this Metro Pulse article about a house on Sevier Ave. that the City wants to take by eminent domain to build a roundabout for access to new condos on the river. I thought, that house looks familiar. Sure enough, it's the house I grew up in. My parents bought it around 1956 when I was a ... [Link]

SayUncle » CAA Countdown Magazine
Posted 57 minutes ago
Command Arms Accessories has an AR-15 magazine that has a counter on it so you know how many rounds are left. [Link]

SayUncle » Omen?
Posted 59 minutes ago
Someone at Armalite has a quite the sense of humor. Via SIH. [Link]

WhitesCreek Journal » Baby You can drive my Car (Cliff ahead)
Posted 60 minutes ago
We got problems. If there is one thing that has become starkly evident, it is that republicans are willing to let entire sectors of the economy tank if it hurts unions. This is done on ideological assumptions and has nothing to do with good government or kindness to others. I listened to Congressman Zach Wamp tell an interviewer that he ... [Link]