I Told You Smoking Bans Were Dangerous
Brad Warbiany is surprised that smoking bans contribute to drunk driving deaths.
My readers are not, although my reasoning was a little different.
I’ll Bet A Leather Loveseat Memphis Won’t Win It
HT to SayUncle on this one.
It is officially gambling for a furniture store to run a promotion that relieves customers of their obligation to pay for furniture purchased at their store if Memphis wins the NCAA Championship.
First of all, I can’t see how this promotion is actually gambling since the furniture would have the same [...]
Racist Graffiti And A Paper Noose
This not only appears on the KNS, it’s on the AP Wire.
The Sumner County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a possible hate crime after racist graffiti defaming a black school administrator were found with a paper-towel noose.
Graffiti in a restroom? *gasp*
A noose made out of paper towells? *oh no!*
Congratulations news outlets. The juvenile morons who did [...]
Good Lesson From a Newspaper Guy
From Michael Silence:Â
Here’s a rule of thumb: It is not incumbent upon you to prove a document is public. It is incumbent upon a government employee to prove it is not.
*Read the story which prompted that nugget. Interesting:
Ms. Long again stated that they were not public and would not be public until today. After I [...]
My (sort of) Smoke Free Workplace
The company I work for removed all smoking areas upon our return on Wednesday as the second part of their plan to eliminate smoking on our campus completely. The State of Tennessee is eventually going to make us do it anyway, right? As of January 2, employees are only allowed to smoke in their cars.
I [...]
SAFE Bill Makes Me Feel Vulnerable
I’ve read a lot of bellyaching today about the SAFE Act. Mostly people are worried that free WiFi access will disappear from Starbucks, hotels, bars, bike shops, and airports.
But Ars Technica says:
the bill doesn’t require any active surveillance of user behavior, and it won’t affect your local coffee shop’s WiFi, despite what you may have [...]
Isn’t This Rich?
And by rich I mean the lobbies that are successful in getting governors to propose prison time and heavy fines for online gamblers and poker players in the same bill that makes the way for licensing for casinos.
Patrick’s casino legislation, which has been introduced at the State House but is not expected to get a [...]
There Should Be A Law
For those of you who are not yet convinced of the dangers of smoking and have not yet written your state representative a letter of thanks for deciding on your behalf which private businesses can allow smoking, this story should change your mind.
In the vehicle they inhaled fumes from a can of compressed air normally [...]
Loving The New Smoking Ban
[sarcasm]
Today is such a great day. This new smoking ban is absolutely amazing and has enriched my life in ways I never thought possible.
Water tastes sweeter, the air smells cleaner, and my wallet is fat the sun is shining bright, but not so bright that it is causing unnatural warming–that’s coming from somewhere else.
It’s [...]
Cigarette Smuggling Surveillance Starts in Tennessee
From the KNS:
Starting today, state Department of Revenue agents will begin stopping Tennessee motorists spotted buying large quantities of cigarettes in border states, then charging them with a crime and, in some cases, seizing their cars.
I can go so many different directions with this one…
Do I make the comparison to the Dukes of Hazzard with [...]
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