Boing Boing » tn http://boingboing.net Brain candy for Happy Mutants Sun, 26 May 2013 03:00:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 Cory in Memphis tonight! http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/cory-in-memphis-tonight.html http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/cory-in-memphis-tonight.html#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 13:37:31 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=213709 appearing tonight at The Booksellers at Laurelwood at 6PM! Tomorrow, I'll be in New Orleans, followed by Houston on Thursday. And lots more to come!]]> appearing tonight at The Booksellers at Laurelwood at 6PM! Tomorrow, I'll be in New Orleans, followed by Houston on Thursday. And lots more to come! ]]> http://boingboing.net/2013/02/19/cory-in-memphis-tonight.html/feed 3 Anti-choice Tea Party Congressman pressured pregnant mistress to get an abortion http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/anti-choice-tea-party-congress.html http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/anti-choice-tea-party-congress.html#comments Thu, 11 Oct 2012 16:48:50 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=186630 Tennessee Tea Party Rep Dr. Scott DesJarlais -- a serial philanderer who told a court he'd cheated on his wife four times -- calls himself anti-abortion. His website says, "All life should be cherished and protected. We are pro-life." He has consistently voted for legislation that restricted abortion.

]]> Tennessee Tea Party Rep Dr. Scott DesJarlais -- a serial philanderer who told a court he'd cheated on his wife four times -- calls himself anti-abortion. His website says, "All life should be cherished and protected. We are pro-life." He has consistently voted for legislation that restricted abortion. But when he got his mistress pregnant, he insisted that she get an abortion. Here's a transcript of some of that conversation:

"If we need to go to Atlanta, or whatever, to get this solved and get it over with so we can get on with our lives, then let's do it," Desjarlais says.

“Well, we’ve got to do something soon. And you’ve even got to admit that because the clock is ticking right?” he says at another point.

I guess that this is consistent with an anti-choice position (he doesn't want women to choose, he wants their married boyfriends to choose), but "pro-life"? Not so much.

Anti-choice GOP Congressman pushed mistress to get abortion (Thanks, Winkel!) ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/10/11/anti-choice-tea-party-congress.html/feed 59 R2D2 rain-barrel http://boingboing.net/2012/05/10/r2d2-rain-barrel.html http://boingboing.net/2012/05/10/r2d2-rain-barrel.html#comments Fri, 11 May 2012 05:33:51 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=160037
Reb sez, "The Water Quality Forum in my hometown, Knoxville, TN has an annual contest/auction for custom designed rain barrels. This one really caught my eye!"

“R2D2” by Curtis Glover (Thanks, Reb!)

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Reb sez, "The Water Quality Forum in my hometown, Knoxville, TN has an annual contest/auction for custom designed rain barrels. This one really caught my eye!"

“R2D2” by Curtis Glover (Thanks, Reb!) ]]> http://boingboing.net/2012/05/10/r2d2-rain-barrel.html/feed 3 Hand-knit superhero costumes gallery show in Knoxville http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/hand-knit-superhero-costumes-g.html http://boingboing.net/2012/03/08/hand-knit-superhero-costumes-g.html#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 18:16:07 +0000 Cory Doctorow http://boingboing.net/?p=147722
Mark Newport, whose hand-knit superhero costumes have been mentioned here before, has a gallery show at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville's Ewing Gallery. I really love these pieces -- they'd make great jammies (or, without the legs, hoodies).

IN ACTION: Mark Newport (via Neatorama)

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Mark Newport, whose hand-knit superhero costumes have been mentioned here before, has a gallery show at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville's Ewing Gallery. I really love these pieces -- they'd make great jammies (or, without the legs, hoodies).

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