Thu
May 2 2024
10:28 pm
By: michael kaplan
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Discussing:
- Any thing wrong with U.S Sec. Health and Human Services? (1 reply)
- Alcoa Electric raising rates too much? (1 reply)
- Natural gas cost nearly double from a year ago (3 replies)
- Many in Nashville still without power (2 replies)
- Snow! Again. Maybe. (1 reply)
- President & Mrs. Obama: a wake-up call to every American (3 replies)
- Are you snow ready? (2 replies)
- Geographic Clarification (1 reply)
- Small dam in Walland to be removed (2 replies)
- Embarrassed? (1 reply)
- Feds looking for West Knox detention location? (6 replies)
- Search for Mike Johnson's Spine (2 replies)
TN Progressive
- Alcoa Safe Streets Plan Survey (BlountViews)
- WATCH THIS SPACE. (Left Wing Cracker)
- Report on Blount County, TN, No Kings event (BlountViews)
- America As It Is Right Now (RoaneViews)
- A friend sent this: From Captain McElwee's Tall Tales of Roane County (RoaneViews)
- The Meidas Touch (RoaneViews)
- Massive Security Breach Analysis (RoaneViews)
- (Whitescreek Journal)
- Lee's Fried Chicken in Alcoa closed (BlountViews)
- Alcoa, Hall Rd. Corridor Study meeting, July 30, 2024 (BlountViews)
- My choices in the August election (Left Wing Cracker)
- July 4, 2024 - aka The Twilight Zone (Joe Powell)
TN Politics
- Tennessee House panels expedite immigration bills (TN Lookout)
- Ford changed direction on plans for its West Tennessee plant. What happens now? (TN Lookout)
- Federal judge rules ICE can’t take Kilmar Abrego Garcia back into custody (TN Lookout)
- Immigration and Customs Enforcement reverses course, says it hasn’t purchased facility in Lebanon (TN Lookout)
- Federal judge denies injunction, leaving TN blocking up-close recording of police activity in place (TN Lookout)
- Communities fight ICE detention centers, but have few tools to stop them (TN Lookout)
Knox TN Today
- Alice Gerrard: A Life in Song (Knox TN Today)
- The Book Whisperer recommends ‘The Correspondent’ (Knox TN Today)
- Ads visit ETCH + Powell update + Ball Camp Valentine’s Day + In Memoriam ++ (Knox TN Today)
- Bella Mason celebrated as Hero Kid (Knox TN Today)
- James Agee Conference is ahead on Saturday (Knox TN Today)
- HEADLINES: News and events from the World, the USA, Tennessee, Knox & Historic Notes (Knox TN Today)
- Young Reader’s Shelf: ‘Sarah, Plain and Tall’ (Knox TN Today)
- Knoxville Choral Society to present Together We Sing: Young Artists Concert (Knox TN Today)
- Clinton Dragons basketball teams take 1-seeds and momentum into postseason (Knox TN Today)
- Aja Grimes credits journey to her faith (Knox TN Today)
- TSWA/USA Today High School Basketball State rankings (Knox TN Today)
- More advance to Smart Sixteen in TN Scholars’ Bowl (Knox TN Today)
Local TV News
- Lawsuit accused US Fish & Wildlife Service of failing to protect giant salamander found in TN (WATE)
- Program preserving historic structures in the Smokies fully funded after $750,000 donation (WATE)
- Oak Ridge man arrested in Madisonville statutory rape investigation (WATE)
- Knoxville man convicted of sexual battery against 4-year-old sentenced to 30 years (WATE)
- Knoxville WWII hero who saved 200 Jewish-Americans to receive Medal of Honor (WATE)
- Knoxville city council approves $6.4 million for bridges, sidewalks, resurfacing (WATE)
News Sentinel
State News
- Kandy Boleman Obituary - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Phyllis Johnson - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- Chattanooga Convention Center director departs after less than a year - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
- The Champ - Chattanooga Times Free Press (Times Free Press)
Wire Reports
- Stocks rise ahead of Fed minutes as Nvidia shares gain: Live updates - CNBC (Business)
- Colbert's Unaired Talarico Interview Brought $2.5 Million In Campaign Donations - Forbes (US News)
- Apple Decouples From Nasdaq as AI ‘Whack-a-Mole’ Grips Market - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- F.D.A. Reverses Decision and Agrees to Review Moderna’s Flu Vaccine - The New York Times (Business)
- Latest Updates: Investigators Look Into Genetic Genealogy in Nancy Guthrie Case - The New York Times (US News)
- Republicans, Braced for Losses, Push More Voting Restrictions in Congress - The New York Times (US News)
- Epstein files suggest acts that may amount to crimes against humanity, say UN experts - The Guardian (US News)
- Rescuers search for nine missing skiers after California avalanche - BBC (US News)
- Epstein files show years of FBI interest in Les Wexner, Epstein’s mysterious benefactor - CNN (Business)
- Unprecedented ‘Jobless Boom’ Tests Limits of US Economic Expansion - Bloomberg.com (Business)
- What to Know About How Redistricting Is Different in the U.S. - The New York Times (US News)
- ‘He’s jumping in all the way’: A Trump financial regulator backs prediction markets in their clash against states - Politico (Business)
- Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to face jury in landmark social media addiction trial - NPR (Business)
- RI trans shooter Robert Dorgan's daughter says killer dad's rampage fueled by vendetta against family - New York Post (US News)
- Bernie Sanders and Gavin Newsom become adversaries over push to tax California billionaires - AP News (US News)
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To date, the failure to expand Medicaid/TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding. (Source)
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Why are the protesters
Why are the protesters wearing masks? Not really a question.
surveillance
(in reply to bizgrrl)
camera drones fly around the camps documenting participants.
Masks
(in reply to bizgrrl)
I follow several epidemiologists and have heard them all say that this masking is a good development. What am I missing about this mask issue?
I agree with the
(in reply to fischbobber)
I agree with the epidemiologists. Do you think health issues is why the protesters are wearing masks ?
The masks have become part of
(in reply to bizgrrl)
The masks have become part of the protest 'uniform,' partly for health reasons when there are large crowds, partly in response to surveillance, and partly because gas has been used by counter-protesters. During the anti-Iraq war protests at West Town, police and army helicopters routinely flew over the crowd, photographing the protesters as a tool of intimidation. Big brother is watching y'all, right?
I also remember that, during the Vietnam war, protesters were handed masks as a precaution against police using gas.
BTW, local progressive citizens are welcome to join these peaceful and friendly protests. Tonight, young Jewish anti-war protesters held a sabbath service, wearing "Not in Our Name" shirts.
Thanks. Some of that is what
(in reply to michael kaplan)
Thanks.
Some of that is what I thought, other I didn't realize. I'm not sure it is believable that they wear masks for health reasons when masks are not worn anywhere else, but, heh, who knows.
Michael, please be careful out there. Don't want to see you on TV getting dragged away like we have seen happen to a few other responsible protesters.
Thanks for expounding.
(in reply to bizgrrl)
One of the problems with focusing on single issues is that issues can overlap. These days it's hard to keep up with everything. Good luck and may peace come to the Middle East.