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The Crone Speaks » What Liberal TN Had to Say
Posted 12 minutes ago
The “conventions are over and Obama v. Palin enters the home stretch” edition of the intermittently weekly roundup of what progressive Tennessee blogs are talking about. SPECIAL NOTE: Our condolences to Katie Allison Granju, whose father passed away unexpectedly. • 55-40 Memphis: 55-40 Memphis: Failin’ Palin: Some are betting that McCain’s current VP pick, Sarah “Failin’” Palin, won’t last through ... [Link]

Basegasket » Saucy Courage
Posted 19 minutes ago
I saw the most impressive display of courage this week. The leadership at the fire academy had a bit of a schedule change for us.We were supposed to sit thru a 6 hour lecture on forceable entry, oh how fun, instead we plunged (no pun intended) into the exciting world of rappelling.Not being a big fan of heights in my ... [Link]

Cup Of Joe Powell » Weekly Best of Tennessee Blogs
Posted 30 minutes ago
A roundup of bloggers in Tennessee has several perspectives on the "unavailable to the press for interviews" candidate and Queen of the Culture Wars, Sarah Louise Heath Palin. (via TennViews)SPECIAL NOTE: Our condolences to Katie Allison Granju, whose father passed away unexpectedly. • 55-40 Memphis: 55-40 Memphis: Failin' Palin: Some are betting that McCain's current VP pick, Sarah "Failin'" Palin, ... [Link]

Reality Me » Can’t say NO to juggling
Posted 33 minutes ago
One thing I do to give back to the community is juggling shows. I usually do 3 or 4 a year for organizations like churches, the mental association, or the homeless shelters, and Rocky Hill Elementary’s Clown Day of course! My standard policy has been first come first serve as long as I don’t do more than one show a ... [Link]

patrickbeeson.com | The blog of Patrick Beeson » How to upgrade to Django Comments 1.0
Posted 38 minutes ago
The release of Django 1.0 held many new developments for the Python-based framework that I've used to build several projects during the past few months. But one feature I was really looking forward to exploring was the new, refactored comments application. Unfortunately, Django Comments 1.0 also comes with the scary prospect of database updates, data migrations, markup changes, CSS changes ... [Link]

Pull up a chair... » Loving women
Posted 47 minutes ago
My (mis)adventures with members of the opposite sex could probably make for an amusing sitcom. Somebody once told me they think I've loved every girl I've ever been close to, and I guess to a certain extent that's true. "You loved all the women," they said. I laughed, knowing all too well what they meant. But, getting serious, I guess ... [Link]

BlountViews » Weekly progressive blog roundup
Posted 58 minutes ago
At TennViews... [Link]

KnoxViews » Weekly progressive blog roundup
Posted 60 minutes ago
At TennViews... KnoxViews [Link]

Frank Murphy dot com » next year's goal
Posted 69 minutes ago
In hindsight, another six laps (or lengths if you want to nitpick) might have been possible. I jumped in the pool at the UT Student Aquatic Center this morning during the first Swim For Life event despite my dislike for going shirtless in public. There were many other swimmers, most of whom were under 18.The lanes were designated from slow ... [Link]

Camp4u » Joke of the week (Fishing edition)
Posted 71 minutes ago
Barak Obama was out jogging one morning along the parkway when he tripped, fell over the bridge railing and landed in the creek below. Before the Secret Service guys could get to him, 3 kids who were fishing pulled him out of the water. He was so grateful he offered the kids whatever they wanted.The first kid said, 'I want ... [Link]

Deliverance » PRO FOOTBALL--WEEK ONE
Posted 73 minutes ago
I went a very respectable 48-22 last season but I want to improve that. I've changed my spreadsheet formulas some to reflect schedule strength and quality of wins. Then I put in a formula for intangibles. Of course I expect none of that to work so I sometimes revert to wild-ass guesses. In any event, here's my picks for week ... [Link]

The Crone Speaks » Paving Paradise to “Save” People Kill’s God’s Beasts
Posted 79 minutes ago
Via CNN’s national news page, this caught my eye, a church’s expansion plans will kill dozens of their gods beasts. A Littleton church’s plans to expand could mean the death of dozens of prairie dogs. Last week, mounds of dirt were dumped in the field behind the Rock of the Southwest Church in preparation for plans to build a temporary ... [Link]

View From The Porch » Rain, rain, go away...
Posted 82 minutes ago
Yeah, the garden and the lawn needed the water, but this kinda puts a dent in my lawn-mowing plans for the day. On the other hand, there are guns that need cleaning. [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 94 minutes ago
DAVE KOPEL WRITES that the media's fixation on Palin has been a boon for McCAin. What's the Tolkien phrase? "Oft evil will shall evil mar." [Link]

Suffering the Benz » If Steve Jobs built kayaks ...
Posted 101 minutes ago
new day - new boat Originally uploaded by j_rheinlander I finally got my new kayak, a QCC Q500X, and it was love at first sight. After my first paddle, I knew I'd made the right decision. You can't tell in this photo that Joanne shot while we were out for an early morning paddle, but the boat is Steeler black ... [Link]

Dr Jim West » The Seventh Anniversary of 9/11
Posted 110 minutes ago
With that date hovering and about to dawn, we would do well to ask ourselves what we (and I mean Christians and Muslims) have learned since September 11, 2001.  The answer is simple and consists of one word: nothing. We haven’t learned to settle our disputes with words instead of weapons. We haven’t learned to show respect to others of ... [Link]

KnoxViews » Conservatives trying to sell a "new" kind of feminism?
Posted 114 minutes ago
In this interview, commentator Donny Duetsch of CNBC hypes Sarah Palin as the perfect product to sell the "new" feminism, a product that is now being manufactured in Conservative think tanks. The statement that "most women want to be like her, and most men want to mate with her" is very telling. Duetsch who is obviously only capable of seeing ... [Link]

Russ McBee » The TennViews roundup for Sept 7, 2008
Posted 115 minutes ago
This week's roundup of Tennessee progressive bloggers is here. In addition to the roundup, R. Neal includes this note: SPECIAL NOTE: Our condolences to Katie Allison Granju, whose father passed away unexpectedly. You should go pay Katie a visit and read what she wrote about her father. Share this post: Email | del.icio.us | Digg | Reddit [Link]

No Silence Here » My thoughts and prayers go out to Katie and her family
Posted 2 hours ago
Katie's dad suddenly died this morning in Nashville, cause unknown. More here. From Katie: Hank Allison was a proud Vietnam vet who disagreed with that war. He was a union man, an outspoken progressive, and an award winning journalist with a truly distinguished career. He was a lawyer with a bone-deep belief in advocating for the voiceless, [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 2 hours ago
IT'S THE Google Navy? [Link]