Midtown Facts
Although Midtown is a rather vague term for an area in Memphis, it basically entails Central Gardens, Overton Park, Hein Park near Rhodes College, Cooper Young, Annesdale Snowden, Little Hanoi and the Parkway.
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- February 21, 2012 - Chi Town Gets Gas Break - The Chicago area, which usually leads the nation's highest gas prices, is getting a break at the pump. - Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, says Chicago's apparent discounted gas prices are partly due to local refineries clearing out the winter blend gas to make room for cleaner-burning summer blend. - "Prices across Chicago continue to buck the national trend and have gone down in the last week," said DeHaan. "The national average has gone up 5 cents last week and Chicago dropped about 9 cents a gallon last... More →
- February 19, 2012 - Michelle on Vacation - Again - Michelle Obama has embarked on a skiing vacation with her daughters in Aspen, Colorado, according to the Aspen Daily News. The first lady, who just returned last month from 17 days of relaxation in Hawaii, is skiing in Colorado on Presidents' Day Weekend for the second year in a row. Last year she went to... More →
- February 19, 2012 - Muslim Warned Us - As reported at Gatewaypundit: On May 10, 2008, Sheik Muhammad ABu Al Qat said on TV, "let me bring good tidings to the Muslims: Allah willing, the American empire will very soon collapse...This won’t happen as a result of war. Not at all. Allah will send to America an American Gorbachev, from within. Gorbachev, who brought about the USSR collapse, was one of them. Everybody knows this story. An American Gorbachev will surface in America, and he will destroy this... More →
- February 18, 2012 - For It, But They Don't Want to Pay It - As orthodox Catholic author Steve Kellmeyer points out (in americanthinker.com): - On the one hand, the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) is attacking Obama for forcing them (the bishops) to pay for contraception. On the other hand, the USCCB is pushing forward the idea that taxpayers should pay to extend unemployment insurance (again). - And that's just the beginning of the rich irony. You see, almost none of the parishes in the United States pay unemployment insurance. They get dispensed from the mandate to do so because they are religious organizations. So, if you are employed by a Catholic parish and you get laid off, so long, sucker. You can't collect unemployment because your bishop hasn't paid into unemployment for you.... - Read more:... More →
- February 17, 2012 - Uh Oh - This note from Zerohedge blog: - while we know that total debt to GDP is already over 100% and unlikely to ever decline back to double digits, thus putting into question the marginal utility of debt to generate further economic growth, another just as important question is what is the incremental utility of tax revenue relative to debt issuance, i.e., is America now issuing more debt than it is collecting from tax revenues: a step which would further cement its status as a banana debt... More →
- February 15, 2012 - Not Prepped for This - Sipsey Street Irregulars blog has this item: - "Just days after appearing on the National Geographic TV Show Doomsday Prepper, a prepper from Tennessee has been declared Mentally Defective and his guns have been seized by the government." His first mistake? -- Going on TV and expecting anything different than what he got. Not that this isn't an outrage, just... More →
By Georgeann King, on February 21st, 2012 The Chicago area, which usually leads the nation’s highest gas prices, is getting a break at the pump.
Patrick DeHaan, a senior petroleum analyst for GasBuddy.com, says Chicago’s apparent discounted gas prices are partly due to local refineries clearing out the winter blend gas to make room for cleaner-burning summer blend.
“Prices across Chicago continue to buck the national trend and have gone down in the last week,” said DeHaan. “The national average has gone up 5 cents last week and Chicago dropped about 9 cents a gallon last week.”
By Georgeann King, on February 19th, 2012 Michelle Obama has embarked on a skiing vacation with her daughters in Aspen, Colorado, according to the Aspen Daily News. The first lady, who just returned last month from 17 days of relaxation in Hawaii, is skiing in Colorado on Presidents’ Day Weekend for the second year in a row. Last year she went to Vail.
By Georgeann King, on February 19th, 2012 As reported at Gatewaypundit: On May 10, 2008, Sheik Muhammad ABu Al Qat said on TV, “let me bring good tidings to the Muslims: Allah willing, the American empire will very soon collapse…This won’t happen as a result of war. Not at all. Allah will send to America an American Gorbachev, from within. Gorbachev, who brought about the USSR collapse, was one of them. Everybody knows this story. An American Gorbachev will surface in America, and he will destroy this empire.”
By Georgeann King, on February 18th, 2012 As orthodox Catholic author Steve Kellmeyer points out (in americanthinker.com):
On the one hand, the USCCB (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops) is attacking Obama for forcing them (the bishops) to pay for contraception. On the other hand, the USCCB is pushing forward the idea that taxpayers should pay to extend unemployment insurance (again).
And that’s just the beginning of the rich irony. You see, almost none of the parishes in the United States pay unemployment insurance. They get dispensed from the mandate to do so because they are religious organizations. So, if you are employed by a Catholic parish and you get laid off, so long, sucker. You can’t collect unemployment because your bishop hasn’t paid into unemployment for you….
Read more: www.americanthinker.com/blog/2012/02/the_us_bishops_pushed_unemployment_benefits_extension_which_theyre_exempt_from.html#ixzz1mjdR8s00
By Georgeann King, on February 17th, 2012 This note from Zerohedge blog:
while we know that total debt to GDP is already over 100% and unlikely to ever decline back to double digits, thus putting into question the marginal utility of debt to generate further economic growth, another just as important question is what is the incremental utility of tax revenue relative to debt issuance, i.e., is America now issuing more debt than it is collecting from tax revenues: a step which would further cement its status as a banana debt republic.
By Georgeann King, on February 15th, 2012 Sipsey Street Irregulars blog has this item:
“Just days after appearing on the National Geographic TV Show Doomsday Prepper, a prepper from Tennessee has been declared Mentally Defective and his guns have been seized by the government.” His first mistake? — Going on TV and expecting anything different than what he got. Not that this isn’t an outrage, just sayin’.
By Georgeann King, on February 15th, 2012 Filmmaker Oliver Stone’s son, Sean, has converted to Islam. He chose to do it in Iran.
By Georgeann King, on February 13th, 2012 From news reports: Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today expressed his support of a brief filed with the U.S. Supreme Court by the Republican Governor Public Policy Committee (RGPPC) arguing against the constitutionality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. The amicus brief, filed by the RGPPC of which Haslam is a member, is the first ever submitted to the Supreme Court by the committee. “The Obama administration’s approach is an unaffordable healthcare mandate that is a significant overstep of the federal government’s authority,” Haslam said.
By Georgeann King, on February 9th, 2012 Gateway Pundit reports that Colonel Martha McSally, a pilot in the United States Air Force and the first American woman to fly in combat since the 1991 lifting of the prohibition of women in combat, will announce today that she is running for the Congressional District 8 race in Arizona. That is the seat held by Gabby Giffords. McSally is also the first woman to command a USAF fighter squadron, the 354th Fighter Squadron (354 FS) based at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base. In 2001 McSally successfully challenged the military policy that required US and UK servicewomen stationed in Saudi Arabia to wear the body-covering abaya when traveling off base in the country.
By Georgeann King, on February 8th, 2012 Congratulations to Geoff Diaz, new president of the Midtown Republican Club.
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