Progressive Politics from Memphis
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Hobbsian Economic Stimulus
As GoldnI and Kate Granju point out, TNGOP mouthpiece Bill Hobbs has suggested people send 30 pieces of silver to new House Speaker Kent Williams, as a sign of his disloyalty, selling out the TNGOP. Nice, but couldn’t Hobbs have found a company from TN to supply his childish fantasy? The link eventually leads to…
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That Sound You Hear is the Quiet Before the Storm
So yesterday, the state House recessed until February 9th. I hope they enjoy their time on the jungle gym, because I have no doubt that once they reconvene all hell is going to break loose. I have to say, the events of the past week have been pretty amusing to watch, but happy fun time…
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Whereupon I Break My Longtime Self-Censorship and Duck for Cover
I haven’t written anything about what’s going on in Israel for years. Mostly this is because there’s so much emotion, both of my own, and by all parties concerned, that the issue gets muddled and bogged down. Further, I don’t spend a lot of time following Israeli internal politics, so for divorcing myself from that…
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Andy’s Choice
Update: I’ve been having internet problems, and apparently this post didn’t quite make it all the way up earlier. Below is the full version, sorry about that. With all the news from the TN State House yesterday, one story didn’t get the coverage that it might have under different circumstances. Zach Wamp (R-TN03) announced he…
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Shenanigans in the State House
My internet died right about 11:30am yesterday, so I didn’t get to see the streaming coverage of the bloodless coup in the TN State House. The written reports were plenty descriptive for me, and the Republican response was, well, priceless! For those of you living under a rock, or nowhere near a Republican, the TN…
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Ninety-One Thousand Dollars
Over at the CA Marc Perrusquia’s been doing some digging. You’ll have to go read the article yourself for all the gory details, but here’s the gist, from the article’s timeline: April 9, 2002: Greyhound CEO Craig Lentzsch tells Mayor Willie Herenton in a letter that his proposal to move the bus firm’s Downtown Memphis…