The Sociology of Art in Reverse

Recently, Yale University art student Aliza Shvarts duped the student newspaper with a story about inducing repeated abortions on herself and using the blood for her senior art project. Shvarts told the student paper that she planned to display a work that consisted of a cube lined with plastic sheets with a blood and petroleum [...]

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Grainger Sheriff faces Fuel Crisis

WATE reported last week that high gas prices were forcing cutbacks at the Grainger County Sheriff’s Department. Sheriff James Harville told reporter Kristyn Hentschell his fuel budget for the department is $80,000 a year and there’s only $10,000 left. It needs to last for three more months.  The problem is, $10,000 is what it’s costing [...]

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Fmr Teacher Enters Guilty Plea on Child Pornography Charges

The Rogersville Review reports Michael Eugene Noel, former teacher and head basketball coach at Clinch School in Hawkins County,entered into a plea agreement on a federal child pornography charge and a charge of attempting to destroy evidence. A hearing was scheduled by U. S. District Court Judge Ronnie Greer earlier this morning to consider the [...]

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Censorship or Heat Stroke?

Dear State of Arizona: I read about this DANGEROUS OR OBSCENE MATERIAL LIABILITY bill which passed your House and flopped in your Senate. The bill, which was introduced by Representative Warde V. Nichols (and dammit wouldn’t you know he’d be a Republican) would have allowed damage claims in lawsuits related to books, films or other [...]

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Eww.

An estimated quarter-million gallons of untreated sewage — more than enough to fill an Olympic-size pool to a depth of two feet — spilled into Cherokee Lake from the Morristown wastewater treatment plant last week, city officials say. More here @ Tribune.

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12 Random Things

1.) A sex offender, who failed to register his change of address in a timely manner, was recently busted by the local Topix users. 2.) Hawkins County has never been in short supply of dumb drug dealers and stupid criminals – but getting high with a 70 year-old stoner is a new fad, I think. [...]

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Naked Fly Fishing with Dick

Fox News: An undated photo of the vice president on the White House Web site has caused a stir on the Internet, causing some people to wonder if he’s in eyeshot of an unclad female. The White House says it’s just someone holding an innocuous fishing rod. My question is: what kind of twit goes [...]

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Political Showdown – The Sequel

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush proposed on Wednesday expanding a program to help homeowners meet mortgage payments while Democratic lawmakers pressed ahead with a broader plan, setting the stage for a political showdown over how best to aid the housing market. Don’t these political showdowns usually end the same way?  One side shoots [...]

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Ditchin’ the GOP

I ditched the Hawkins County Lincoln Day dinner, where Republican Phil Roe really kicked off his campaign by taking aim at incumbent David Davis‘ shins. As it turns out, I was more eager to attend an event with their Rock-Star opponent Democrat Rob Russell. Little oops or a subconscious political preference? Anyway, the candidates for [...]

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Ditchin' the GOP

I ditched the Hawkins County Lincoln Day dinner, where Republican Phil Roe really kicked off his campaign by taking aim at incumbent David Davis‘ shins. As it turns out, I was more eager to attend an event with their Rock-Star opponent Democrat Rob Russell. Little oops or a subconscious political preference? Anyway, the candidates for [...]

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