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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- May 8, 2012 - Best Seller to Film - Marcus Luttrell, the valiant Navy SEAL who wrote the best selling "Lone Survivor," announced that the book is being made into a movie starring Mark Wahlberg. It's a great read and tells the true story of how he survived an attack on his SEAL team in... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Sponsor a T shirt - Kim Perry, Weirich campaign manager, writes: "We'd like to build name recognition for General Weirich by having our volunteers wear t-shirts with our logo, but t-shirts cost money -- $8.40 each to be exact! We’re getting ready to place our t-shirt order soon, and we’re hoping you will help make it a LARGE order. A great way to support the campaign is to sponsor 20 t-shirts for just $168! Or sponsor 10 t-shirts for $84! Or sponsor 5 t-shirts for $42! Of course, if you're kind enough to sponsor shirts we'll make sure you get one, too! You can donate by clicking http://www.daweirich.com/?page_id=963 and we'll take care of the... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Help Scott Walker - "All the eyes of America for the next five weeks are going to be on the state of Wisconsin. America is going to find out what is more powerful: The people or the money and special interests from Washington, D.C.? Wisconsin will answer that question." - Governor Chris Christie, campaigning for Scott Walker. You can donate to help Walker here: -... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Fundraiser for Fincher - Congressman Stephen Fincher (TN-8), new East Memphis Congressional representative, is holding a dutch treat breakfast to meet and converse with him on Wednesday, May 23 at 8 a.m. at the Racquet Club, 5111 Sanderlin. Please RSVP to Kim Kaegi or Mary Brette Clippard at MaryBrette@KaegiResources.com or call 615-513-9823. Limited seating available. $15 per person cash covers... More →
- May 5, 2012 - Georgetown Strays From the Fold - The Cardinal Newman Society reports: "Georgetown University has announced that "pro-choice" Catholic Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and lead architect of the Obama administration's assault on religious freedom through the HHS contraception mandate, has been invited to speak at one of Georgetown's several commencement ceremonies." Indicative of what is happening in higher... More →
- May 3, 2012 - Uh, Well Maybe a Bad Pick - From algemeiner: "American Jewish artist and Nazi supporter Gertrude Stein was cited yesterday in a White House proclamation in honor of Jewish American Heritage Month 2012 - The official release which praises Jewish contributions to American society includes the following statement, “Their history of unbroken perseverance and their belief in tomorrow’s promise offers a lesson not only to Jewish Americans, but to all Americans. From Aaron Copland to Albert Einstein, Gertrude Stein to Justice Louis Brandeis.” - Stein, who’s exhibition currently on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, was strongly criticized by Harvard Law Professor in an Algemeiner column yesterday, where he wrote, “Gertrude Stein was herself a major collaborator with the Vichy regime and a supporter of its pro-Nazi... More →
By Georgeann King, on April 26th, 2012 According to the Daily Mail, “Egyptian husbands will soon be legally allowed to have sex with their dead wives – for up to six hours after their death. The controversial new law is part of a raft of measures being introduced by the Islamist-dominated parliament. It will also see the minimum age of marriage lowered to 14 and the ridding of women’s rights of getting education and employment.”
By Georgeann King, on April 20th, 2012 Campaign manager Kim Perry announced that District Attorney General Amy Weirich will open her campaign headquarters May 1. It will be at 1203 Ridgeway #201 in Park Place Mall above Jason’s Deli. They will need volunteers to help staff it. Call 237-9435 if interested.
By Georgeann King, on April 20th, 2012 French President Sarkozy is not doing well in the polls. Tyler Durden explains what this switch to the socialistic Hollande will mean for France: “A tax rate on the wealthy at 75%, renegotiate the EU fiscal pact, raise the minimum wage, impose more governmental spending, a decrease in the retirement age and a hostility directed at the banks and other financial institutions that may be described as combative or perhaps virulent and a complete change in attitude and direction from Napoleon’s strutting reincarnation also known as Sarkozy. Furthermore, no one is paying particular attention to the announcement of an upcoming EU meeting to propose reintroduction of border controls between France and Germany but it is a clear sign of Federalism on the wane and of Nationalism coming to the fore.” Looks like Greece, Italy and Spain have some competition coming for Europe’s worst economy.
By Georgeann King, on April 17th, 2012 Jim Geraghty at National Review Online notes that “this year’s National Rifle Association convention was 73,740, a new record.” Did you see any of this information in articles about the conference? Didn’t think so.
By Georgeann King, on April 16th, 2012 “I want to thank President Santos and the people of Colombia for the extraordinary hospitality in the beautiful city of Cartagena,” said Obama during his trip this weekend. “We’re having a wonderful time. And usually when I take these summit trips, part of my job is to scout out where I may want to bring Michelle back later for vacation. So we’ll make sure to come back sometime in the near future.”
By Georgeann King, on April 13th, 2012 A headline at the top of the Business section in today’s CA declares “Signs of Growing Optimism.” At the bottom is the headline “One Thriving Delta Square shopping center sold; Top bid is $550,000; property is likely to be razed.” Later in the section you can read “Weekly claims for jobless benefits up” and “Grocery price gauge up 6.9% in 1st quarter.” Maybe they should have read the rest of the stories before they went all Pollyana. Doesn’t sound like an economy on the upswing to me.
By Georgeann King, on April 7th, 2012 “Scandal” on ABC wastes no time ripping the GOP. Breitbart.com explains: “The debut episode centered on a murder case involving Medal of Honor recipient and Republican party poster boy Lt. Colonel Sullivan St. James. The veteran soldier was a staunch conservative, deacon in his church and vehemently anti-gay. Of course, the alibi proving him innocent of murder was a surveillance tape showing St. James kissing another man… Predictably, by the end of the episode St. James saw the light, and openly and proudly gave up his conservative lifestyle. The last five minutes features a televised press conference, and the once voice of the Republican Party was all too happy to announce he was gay.” Ah, the media never misses a chance do they?
By Georgeann King, on April 5th, 2012 For the past 12 weeks media have crowed about the weekly jobless claims number. Really? It’s manipulation. This is how it’s done, courtesy of ZeroHedge:
Today’s initial claims number printed at 357K, on expectations of 355K, a number which next week will be revised higher once again, likely to 362K. The game here is simple – just show a decline in claims, as what happened to last week’s number, also revised higher, this time from 359K to 363K, just so it can show a 6K decline and allow the idiot media to blow such headline as “Weekly US unemployment benefit applications fall to 357,000, lowest in 4 years” from AP and “Jobless Claims in U.S. Decrease to Lowest Level in Four Years” from Bloomberg. In reality, this is the third consecutive miss of consensus in a row. Give us a break – funny then when one considers that last week’s consensus was 350K, which has since been revised to 363K. Or what about that 348K print the week prior which ended up being a more realistic 364K. In other words, the headlines were 348K, 359K, 357K, and somehow this is indicative of anything more than outright and endless data manipulation. Needless to say, when next week the number is revised to a far greater miss, nobody will care as the embargoed headlines will once again say “Jobless Claims in U.S. Decrease to Lowest Level in Four Years” and the sheep will keep on buying it over and over and over.
By Georgeann King, on March 29th, 2012 According to Gallup, Tennessee ranks 7th in most religious states in the country. Mississippi is No. 1. Least religious is Vermont.
By Georgeann King, on March 28th, 2012 Jos. A. Bank clothier has been as good an economic indicator as all the statistics they throw at us. It has never really shown a vibrant economy, per its ad blitzes. Today’s offers two free suits with the purchase of one. Doesn’t seem like retailers are very confident.
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