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Overtly Trite » fall ball
Posted 30 minutes ago
C had his first baseball game of the fall season yesterday he had base hit, a walk & hit by a ball, it was a good game and his team managed to come from behind & tie it up 10-10 apparently a tie being as good as a win in this league. He has moved up to the Roberto Clemente ... [Link]

TennViews - Liberal views and opinion by Tennessee Volunteers for a progressive America » Tennessee progressive blog roundup
Posted 75 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]

Appalachian Scribe » Would Obama Be The First?
Posted 4 hours ago
The first black president, that is. Steve Gill links to an interesting article in the New York Times Magazine about the racial heritage of 29th President of the United States, Warren G. Harding: Will Americans vote for a black president? If the notorious historian William Estabrook Chancellor was right, we already did. In the early 1920s, Chancellor helped assemble a ... [Link]

KnoxViews » dunced around
Posted 5 hours ago
The United States Congress subpoenaed Josh Bolton, Harriet Miers and Karl Rove last summer, calling them to testify about politically motivated firings of U.S. Attorneys, a saga whose strangest manifestation has been the jailing of former Alabama Governor Don Seligman. President Bush ordered his staffers to ignore the subpoenas. This flagrant violation of Constitutional checks and balances persisted for months ... [Link]

THE SILVERBACKS » STUNNING SENIOR MOMENT
Posted 5 hours ago
A very self-important college freshman attending a recent football game took it upon himself to explain to a senior citizen sitting next to him why it was impossible ... [Link]

THE SILVERBACKS » VETERANS SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR OBAMA
Posted 5 hours ago
It isn't illegal or against military regulations to wear military insignias, but who the hell does this moron think he is? If you didn't earn it, you ... [Link]

SouthEastern Sports Blog » Hello SESB & NFL
Posted 5 hours ago
Hello all. It's currently 12:30 AM and I've had access to this blog for all of 10 minutes but I couldn't wait to begin posting to a blog with real live readers. I'm not entirely sure why Will invited me but I'm thrilled to be allowed an opportunity to blog about spots regularly.Two things before I go to bed with ... [Link]

SouthEastern Sports Blog » Expanding the SESB Family
Posted 6 hours ago
The blog continues to evolve as we're 26 months into existence, and after a busy summer where we've joined the Big Orange Roundtable and in doing so fancied our looks up a bit (thanks to lawvol), as fall unfolds I'm now very excited to announce and introduce the newest piece of the puzzle: a second member of the SESB writing ... [Link]

BooksForKidsBlog » If Winter Comes, Can Spring Be Far Behind?: Old Bear by Kevin Henkes
Posted 6 hours ago
By the time Old Bear fell asleep for the winter, it was snowing hard. Soon he was dreaming. And Old Bear's winter dreams are good. As he hibernates, he falls into a memory of his first spring as a cub, where he naps among flowers which seem as tall as trees. Then his reverie turns to a remembered summer day, ... [Link]

The Screening Log » Review: "Bangkok Dangerous"
Posted 6 hours ago
Seen on: August 5, 2008 The players: Directors: Oxide Pang, Danny Pang, Writer: Jason Richman, Cast: Nicolas Cage, Shaun Delaney, Steve Baldocchi, Charlie Yeung, Shahkrit Yamnarm Facts of interest: Remake of the Pangs' 1999 flick of the same title. The plot: A hit man gets into trouble after he travels to Bangkok and falls in love with a local. Our ... [Link]

The Seeking Pastor » Some Good Preaching
Posted 6 hours ago
Unfortunately, there is plenty of not-so-good preaching to be found on television, on radio, and via the internet these days.  I hesitate somewhat to say it quite like that because I am not one to stand in judgement of these things–only God can do that.  What I mean when I say this is that there seems to be many preachers who care ... [Link]

Random Mumblings » Mainstream media can't call a spade a spade
Posted 7 hours ago
Saturday's been a good day to find great quotes. Here's another."Big companies become risk-averse and are not willing to alienate power structures by calling a spade a spade, hence the lack of criticism that we saw in the run-up to the Iraq war. If that's not the role of the fourth estate, I don't know what is. When people write ... [Link]

Knoxville Trivia Blog » A Knoxville Past Comes Back to Haunt
Posted 7 hours ago
A recent post about a Knoxville Idiot of the Week, sparked a few comments. So, we here at the KTB decided to give the anonymous commenter the benefit of the doubt and withhold judgement. Turns out a friendly KTB reader did a little background check and was kind enough to pass the information along. Seems there may indeed be more ... [Link]

Mommy Moments » LEARNING THE CORRECT WORDS
Posted 7 hours ago
There are times like today when I wish I hadn't taught my son the real body part terminology... As were driving to his friends Birthday Party he says.. "Mom, I have a Pen**"  I reply He goes on to explain to me the correct word for that thing between his legs and the wrong word for that thing between his ... [Link]

Mommy Moments » DROPPED THE CABLE
Posted 7 hours ago
We dropped our cable service because for one it was getting too expensive for even basic service, and for two we rarely turned the TV on... and for three, I just don't like having it... but the real reason is because we were going to switch providers.  A month later, I still haven't called the new provider and we still ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 7 hours ago
A PHONY BOOKBANNING LIST from the Obama campaign? [Link]

katie allison granju » my daddy
Posted 7 hours ago
My father, Henry Roger - Hank - Allison, III died this morning. He was only 64 years old. He collapsed and died at home, very, very unexpectedly. 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 ... [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 7 hours ago
IS THERE A THERE THERE? CNN on Troopergate, or Tasergate, or whatever. [Link]

Shots Across The Bow » The Great Pronunciator
Posted 7 hours ago
You mean to tell me that Barack Oba'ma, the only man in America who can pronounce Pakistan (pockiston) correctly can't handle Wasilla? Wasilly? [Link]

Instapundit » No title
Posted 7 hours ago
HURRICANE IKE IS BACK TO A CATEGORY 4: More news from Brendan Loy. [Link]