Tennessee | October 31, 2021
Twix’s Halloween commercial sends a ghoulish message
Tennessee | October 31, 2021
There is nothing covert about the message, nothing sublime, nothing cryptic. Quite the contrary, the message is clear and in your face. If you have a problem with a little boy wearing a princess dress and believe that people who dress like witches with spiked collars look weird, you will be blown away — meaning, literally blown away. As in, swept away by a gust of wind produced by a dark, angry witch. And this is a Twix commercial for Halloween?
The ad itself is slow moving and hardly compelling, not the kind of commercial that would make you want to eat a candy bar.
It features a boy in a princess dress with his new nanny, dressed all in witchlike black, as they go to a park for the boy to play.
But the pace picks up when another boy says to the boy in the dress, “You look like a girl” (which he does). The boy then asks, “Why are you wearing that?”… (Excerpts from the Christian Post)
Tennessee | October 26, 2021
Preschool park in South Nashville overtaken by homeless: ‘This is a drug-use issue’
Tennessee | October 26, 2021
A beautiful, state-of-the art park for preschoolers in one of the poorest parts of Nashville has been dramatically altered because homeless people and drug users were taking over the park.
Azafrán Park on Nolensville Pike is a case study in how the city of Nashville is struggling with a growing homeless problem.
The park is a public private partnership. $1.5 million in fundraising, another half million from Metro Parks and you had the prettiest little pre-school park in low-income South Nashville.
Then the homeless discovered it and trouble followed.
“Some people were living under the pavilion and they were using the water splash for their own bathroom needs and then we all together took action to see how we could bring the park back to safety. Many people of course felt unsafe,” said Marta Silva, Interim Executive Director of Conexion Americas…. (Excerpts from Fox 17 Nashville)
District of Columbia, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee | October 7, 2021
Lawmakers Introducing Legislation Targeting Enablers of International Corruption After Pandora Papers Findings
District of Columbia, Florida, New Jersey, South Carolina, Tennessee | October 7, 2021
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is set to introduce new legislation aimed at stopping enablers of international corruption in response to the findings highlighted in the Pandora Papers investigation.
The Establishing New Authorities for Business Laundering and Enabling Risks to Security (ENABLERS) Act would make it harder for “kleptocrats” across the globe to launder money in the United States, according to Reps. Tom Malinowski (D-N.J.), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), Steve Cohen (D-Tenn.), and Joe Wilson (R-S.C.).
The bill (pdf) would amend the 51-year-old Bank Secrecy Act by enabling the Treasury Department to impose stronger due diligence requirements on the source of funds for investment advisers, art dealers, attorneys involved in financial activity, company service providers, accountants, PR firms, and third-party payment providers.
Such a due diligence requirement could be something as simple as asking if suspicious funds are the proceeds from a crime…. (Excerpts from the Epoch Times)
District of Columbia, Tennessee | October 3, 2021
Sen. Blackburn Slams Unraveling Biden ‘Build Back Broke’ Agenda
District of Columbia, Tennessee | October 3, 2021
President Joe Biden’s social infrastructure plan is a roadmap to “Build Back Broke,” Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., said Sunday.
In an interview on Fox News’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” Blackburn said the sheer cost of the program would derail the ambitious plan.
“The ‘Build Back Better’ agenda has become the Biden ‘Build Back Broke’ agenda, and the American people have figured out what they’re trying to do is institutionalize socialism,” Blackburn charged.
“They’re trying to do a takeover of the country in one vote. They want government control of your kids, they want to look at your bank account for every transaction over $600, anything that you do on Venmo and PayPal, they want a part of that transaction,” she railed…. (Excerpts from Newsmax)
Tennessee | September 24, 2021
Senator Blackburn says don’t play politics with lifesaving monoclonal antibodies treatment
Tennessee | September 24, 2021
enior Senator Marsha Blackburn, (R) TN, tells FOX 17 News she’s requested a formal briefing from the Health and Human Services Secretary on how monoclonal antibodies are being allocated to states.
The Biden Administration has taken over distribution of the antibody treatment to states, saying 70 percent of the supply so far has been needed in states with the lowest vaccination rates including Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana.
Senator Blackburn says this amounts to playing politics with life and death explaining, “It is astounding to me that this administration would push so far left that they would look at American citizens and say we’re not going to let you have this treatment even though it’s a life saving treatment. We’re not going to let you have this. This is why we have asked for a personal briefing. It’s why we continue to work with our local and state officials, our healthcare providers to address this situation. It is wrong.”… (Excerpts from Fox 17 Nashville)
Tennessee | September 24, 2021
Group of Williamson County parents sue school board, claim mask mandates unconstitutional
Tennessee | September 24, 2021
WILLIAMSON COUNTY, Tenn.–A group of Williamson County school parents have filed a lawsuit against the local school board members over mask mandates even though the board has allowed for parents to opt-out of the mandate.
Williamson County was under the national spotlight recently after protesters attended a board meeting which turned heated in the parking lot afterwards. On Monday, the district voted to extend the mask mandate until January 19, 2022 for students, staff, and visitors while also continuing the opt-out. So far, 34% of students have opted out of the mask mandate in the county…. (Excerpts from Fox 17 Nashville)