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Posted By jake
Greetings!
I’m one of the second-stringers filling holes in the roster while Ms. Granju goes walkabout with the fam. The next week is likely to be slightly geekier and a bit more biting before we return you to your regularly scheduled Knoxville Talks.
Very well. On with it.
Item 1: Somebody in Scott County decided it’d be a good idea to burn a cross on someone’s lawn. Now the FBI and Scott County Sheriff’s Department are conducting a hate crime investigation.
What effective communication is a cross-burner hoping for in 2008? The cross was even upside-down, according the sheriff’s department. With the inverted cross’s typical symbolism as being anti-religious or sometimes religiously associated with St. Peter, the message seems to be lacking both subtlety and clarity. What was the goal?
Item 2: Metallica plays a secret show in Nashville. Secret to whom? Certainly not the neighbors I should think. Anyhow, someone’s posted a brief clip on the Youtube. Given Metallica’s general enthusiasm for others sharing their work online, this should go over like a bout of gas at Sunday services.
Item 3: Our intrepid reporters are imminently bound for Bonnaroo. Internet connections willing and the creek don’t rise, they’ll be sending back video, photos, and plenty of interesting commentary.
In a tangential but otherwise unrelated event, law enforcement have seized $11,000 in LSD they believe was headed for Bonnaroo. While a comprehensive drug census of such a concert event isn’t feasible, I’ve gotta wonder–will $11,000 in now-absent LSD be noticed in the Bonnaroo community? What do you reckon is the quantity of drugs inside the fence? The official guide notes no prohibited substances are allowed inside–it also includes a specific and relatively detailed prohibition against the sale of nitrous oxide–but it’s clear that some stuff has made it through in the past, enough to get the revenuers interested.
Item 4: Congressman Jimmy Duncan called a press conference in Knoxville Friday to talk oil and gas prices. Of greatest interest is that this is actually the first time Duncan has called a press conference during his Congressional career (ever) and from the looks of the release, it was pretty much a “greatest hits” of his party’s take on gas prices and expanded drilling. He was accompanied by Pilot founder Jim Haslam II.
(Worth noting Rep. Duncan’s often interviewed at already-scheduled events and is available to the press–he’s no hermit, but this was apparently the first one he’s personally called.)
Item 5: Cedar Rapids getting soggyMy Grandma and some aunts and uncles have lived in Cedar Rapids for years, and they’ve never seen it quite like this. Grandma’s in a good high spot. The community college at which my aunt works has been converted into a sort of command post for flood response. And my cousin’s family has been run out of their home by the floodwater. The word from Ma Jost is that everybody seems to be in relatively good spirits.
More later in the day–for now, wbir.com has needs.
Regards,
–Jake
Jun 13th, 2008
Welcome, welcome.
I like your round up.