Newscoma

Ivy alerts us to a Twitterer giving regular updates on the earthquake in Japan.

Once again, I’m amazed.

This has to be one of the most amazing shots from Tuesday night’s tornadoes in Iowa that I’ve seen.

Taken by Lori Mehman from her back porch.

Amazing.

She’s not really a very good farm dog.

She’s probably eating a bug or something equally as nasty.

It’s the Tao of Mabel.

First of all, once again I found breaking news on Twitter.

Tim Russert died today of a heart attack. He was 58 years old.

I’m finding that Twitter breaks news, be it the death of a newsman to political shenanigans quicker than anything I’ve ever seen. With a discussion about how these things impact each of us where people can process it together…

Added: Jack Lail posts this about Wikipedia’s breaking news site breaking the story before the AP could move it.

Typos are the spotlight today over at List of the Day.

Well I could only hope the removal of my eye that I’d pay $4.89 for would be a pleasant experience.

Cary, you crack me up.

Please quit making this fine state look stupid.

Some of us live here, and we like it. And I’m talking to the Republicans and to the Democrats here. You’re taking a buttwhipping from bloggers because of the burning stupids you’ve displayed recently.

Seriously. Knock it off.

Sincerely,

Newscoma

Guys, this is so not safe for work. It was sent to me a couple of months ago by a buddy in Nashville.

I’m warning you, it’s nsfw but it was apparently safe enough for a news broadcast.

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It’s been through the rounds I’m sure but it still tickles me to no end.

This should be fun.

Of all the supporters behind the two presumptive nominees for president this year, none are quite as intriguing as Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, a Republican who has thrown his support behind Senator John McCain, and the governor’s wife, Maria Shriver, a Democrat and vocal backer of Senator Barack Obama.

The lawn of their Brentwood home has dueling campaign signs. The breakfast table has become a casual debating society. Ms. Shriver is even threatening to bring a life-size cutout of her preferred candidate into the house, something the governor has seen her do in other elections. “When one of the candidates screws up,” Mr. Schwarzenegger said of the cutouts, “the kids carry them outside.”

My mother and father canceled out each other’s vote throughout their 30+ years of marriage. So actually seeing it happen on a national level makes me laugh. Many families are like this.

Of course they weren’t the governor of California and a Kennedy either.

H/T Irish Trojan

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I leave this in your able hands as I can’t caption worth a poo.

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Go read his whole post because the numbers are astonishing.

In addition to the 47 million Americans with no health insurance, the ranks of those considered underinsured are growing at an alarming rate.

A new study by the Commonwealth Fund has found that the number of Americans with inadequate health insurance coverage mushroomed from 16 million in 2003 to 25 million in 2007.

That’s a jump of 56 percent in just four years.

Mike Padgett and Kenneth Eaton have been wearing out the shoe leather in northwest Tennessee. Reminds me of days of old when Big Ned was in office. Ahhh, the glory days when we had politicians falling out of the woodwork here in Hoots.

But this post is about Lowe Finney. Finney has endorsed Padgett. And for those of you who don’t know or understand west Tennessee candidates, here’s the dealio.

Endorsements from local candidates who are still enmeshed in their communities are rather important. I have asked democrats here about who they are going to support and they don’t always know the candidates.

Seriously, they don’t or they know them as “that” guy.

You know, “that” guy that worked in the courthouse in Knoxville or “that” guy with the combat boots or “that” guy with the auto business and so on.

So, when Finney says I’m backing Padgett, they know Lowe. And for some folks, if it’s good enough for Lowe, it’s good enough for them. Not everyone is this way, don’t get me wrong and I’m by no means saying that’s always the way it is, but our access is much more limited than let’s say, someone who lives in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville or Chattanooga. I tend to think that Steve Cohen, Left Wing Cracker and Vibinc all hang out all the time talking about political asshattery, drinking beer and snickering at Dick Cheney in Memphis. Okay, that’s how it plays out in my head and gives me a happy. Shut up.

Finney, as a freshman, has unabashedly been doing his own thing quite well and by backing the populist message that Padgett has introduced only makes good political sense. He has political “it” if you will. Kleinheider is absolutely right when he wrote that Padgett is shaking it up around here. It also makes me wonder if Finney is the politician that will fill the void left when Ned McWherter left political office.

I’m watching.

Padgett’s endorsements are pretty impressive. This race may have just got fun.

Elizabeth has a blog documenting the first days of her marriage. She was married in May.

So, I’ve decided that I don’t want to forget a single moment of this marriage. I know that my mind will eventually start to forget, because time has a way of doing that, but hopefully, I can come back to his blog and remember and laugh and smile.

I know about mommy bloggers, but I didn’t know about marriage bloggers.

Probably a good idea.

Young love and all …

I’m a softie.