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Bright & Early: High Aspirations Edition

Good morning, Nashville. With 7% of us wandering out jobless these days, the US Census Bureau has some good news for us: Census season means 3,000 new (temporary) jobs in Tennessee. The Bureau will be opening up three new offices this year in Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville, and they need workers who can drive around [...]

Happy Hour: We’re Broke!

We know the economy sucks and all, but what does that mean for Tennessee? Well, it means that we’re quickly approaching being $600M in the hole. Our revenue depends on people buying stuff, except everyone is broke. Including the State of Tennessee. [Commercial Appeal]
Beware of the Vanderbilt boob-grabber! [WSMV]
Tennessee is one of ten states that’s [...]

Bright & Early: Pauly Bear And Snoogums Edition

Good morning, Nashville. In case you’ve been dying to know what ever happened to Mt. Juliet’s most famous non-couple, Pauly Bear and Snoogums, Channel 4 brings us the news that Snoogums is now suing Pauly for publicly humiliating her. If you missed the story a few weeks back, Pauly told the whole town about Snoogums [...]

Bright & Early: Yes He Did Edition

Good morning, Nashville. It was a big night in politics last night, as Barack Obama pretty much clenched the Democratic nomination and became the first black man to ever do that. We say “pretty much” because everyone seems to be acknowledging it except Hillary. Even McCain spoke of her in the past tense which didn’t [...]

Happy Hour: Bushwhacked Edition

John McCain’s visit didn’t go by without protest, as around 30 people (about half of whom were donning those terrifying rubber Bush masks pictured above) stood around outside yelling at the passing cars about some war or something. [WTVF]
Last night, Metro police pulled a guy over for running a stop sign and found out he’d [...]

Let’s Try This Again: “Special Edition” Bush-McCain Challenge

After making the jaunt downtown yesterday to watch the sure-to-be-entertaining Bush-McCain Challenge sponsored by MoveOn.org, our feelings were a little hurt when we got there and realized they’d stood us up. No one seems to know what happened, but after raising some Cain when we got home, it seems they’ve magically rescheduled the event for [...]

The Bush-McCain Challenge: Do YOUTube?

Moveon.org is hosting a Bush-McCain Challenge tomorrow at noon, downtown at the Old Seanachie Pub. The premise seems to be “who dun it” trivia. We’re not sure exactly how the event will be formatted, but you can practice online. It sounds like it will be entertaining, so we’ll be lurking around. They really want volunteers [...]