Mon
Apr 20 2009
11:24 am
By: onetahiti
National Volunteer Week (NVW) is a good time to look for more ways you can help those around you. For example, the West Roane County Volunteer Fire Department ((link...)) needs help! To find out more about NVW, see: (link...)
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Eco warriors and politics
- Tennessee passes legislation to reform hospital certificate of need law (TN Lookout)
- Biden cracks jokes about Trump’s hair, acquires another major union endorsement (TN Lookout)
- Corporate capture, the Covenant shooting, and a crippled system we must change (TN Lookout)
- House kills anti-reparations bill despite lawmaker’s effort to save it (TN Lookout)
- Supreme Court justices appear split over whether to protect abortion care during emergencies (TN Lookout)
- Fumbling the ball on the one-yard line (TN Lookout)
- John Cole’s Tennessee: The union will rise again. (TN Lookout)
- Tenn. passes law giving legal rights to anti-LGBTQ parents to foster, adopt LGBTQ kids (TN Lookout)
Science and stuff
- Pelvic exams at hospitals require written consent, new U.S. guidelines say (Science News Daily)
- A new method of making diamonds doesn’t require extreme pressure (Science News Daily)
- A vaccine for bees has an unexpected effect (Science News Daily)
- Glowing octocorals have been around for at least 540 million years (Science News Daily)
- Plant ‘time bombs’ highlight how sneaky invasive species can be (Science News Daily)
- Separating science fact from fiction in Netflix’s ‘3 Body Problem’ (Science News Daily)
- A rapid shift in ocean currents could imperil the world’s largest ice shelf (Science News Daily)
- A new U.S. tool maps where heat will be dangerous for your health (Science News Daily)
- Pluto’s heart-shaped basin might not hide an ocean after all (Science News Daily)
- Language models may miss signs of depression in Black people’s Facebook posts (Science News Daily)
Discussing
- The Constitution Won, Trump Lost in Colorado...Now What? (1 reply)
- Our Very Own George Santos, TN GOP Congressman Ogles is Pretty Much Insane (1 reply)
- Destroying Jim Jordan, All Without Mentioning Jordan's Support For Sexual Abusing Athletes (1 reply)
- Want to See Who Owns Your State Senators and Reps? (1 reply)
- 9-11 Strangest Uninvestigated Fact (2 replies)
- It's Gettin' Real, Now...Gloria Johnson Made Wonkette! (1 reply)
- Does Rep Fritts Want School Shooters to Have Access to AR 15s? (2 replies)
- How many Trees Died Trying Save Us From Global Warming? (1 reply)
- Feel Good Friday,,,From our "If Only" Dept. (1 reply)
- Tennessee Education Worsens Under Bill Lee and GOP (1 reply)
- The Most Important Thing You Will Read Today! (1 reply)
- Friday Toons (1 reply)
Lost Medicaid Funding
To date, the failure to expand Medicaid / TennCare has cost the State of Tennessee ? in lost federal funding.
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- Congressman Charles 'Chuck' J. Fleischmann
- Rep. Kent Calfee
- Rep. Ron Travis
- Roane County
- Roane Schools
- St. Sen. Ken Yager
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