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  I've never seen this issue (and this ballot question especially) as an either or proposal.  People can be against abortion on principal, but not wanting it to be decided by anybody except the person in that situation and lest of all by legislative decree.       Sort of...5019(c)(19) is the IRS designation for a Veteran's Organization that applies or gets tax exempt status.  This would just add them to the list of who can apply to the TN General Assembly and hope for a 2/3'rds vote allowing an annual event for their benefit.  This one is really just bookkeeping that has to be done by ballot vote since it involves changing a section of the TN Constitution.  If it was in the TCA, it would be a simple legislative vote and we would never have to be bothered with it.   I'll be voting for it.

  My average time at a theater gateway was about three days during redeployment, so I hope they add at least a few weeks to that, but then you have the risk of mass infection with group facilities, communal living, ect...  Not sure where they are establishing the gateway for this deployment, but for political reasons, I wouldn't imagine any of our allied nations would be excited about us holding troops in that may have been exposed to Ebola on their soil.   The emergency leave scenario is what has me worried the most as well.  I could imagine there will be a few troops who try to abuse that privilege just like any other deployment.

  The bigger worry is if those Soldiers don't have an observation period before going on leave after the deployment.  After Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army standard was 7 days of reintegration before signing out on leave.  They need to have some kind of longer period for observation in this case.    You mention anywhere in the state within six hours, but there are a lot of out of state metro areas they can get to on a short drive from Fort Campbell/Clarksville as well; St. Louis is 4 hours away Atlanta is 5 hours away Louisville is 3 hours away Cincinnati 4.5 hours away Indianapolis 4.5-5 hours away   I honestly think the only thing containing Ebola in Africa are a lack of roads combined with available air and ground transportation for the majority of the population.  Those limitations won't exist if this virus gets loose in America.

  Plenty of people working full time, paying taxes, contributing to the system and living within their means aren't able to save enough to last them through a period of unemployment.  That's just the way things are these days.  I'm fine with helping them out during a downtime so they can keep being productive members of society when they get back on their feet.   I don't see this as a sucking at the tit of government type of thing.  RC3 doesn't seem like the type to be sitting on the couch until the benefits run out, and his situation is what unemployment benefits/insurance were designed for.  We have these social programs to help out people in a bad situation and prevent macroeconomic turbulence across the board.  We can probably come to a consensus about reforms that could take place to prevent abuse, but the programs are here to stay unless you live in counterfactual theory.   By your logic, people who take Social Security benefits are leaches because they didn't prepare for retirement on their own.

  Another job lined up doesn't mean he's at work somewhere else yet.  I know plenty of people who had a job lined up only to find it wasn't as sure a thing as they thought.  Putting in for unemployment is a prudent step until you actually start a new job.

  Glad you have a backup plan.  A lot of people would be in trouble in the same situation.  The most sage advice I ever received was "the best time to look for a job is when you have one," and it seems like you had that in mind.   Just be careful with what you try to walk out with.  A lot of places have it built into the employee agreement that whatever you do/develop/invent for the company or on the job is no longer your stuff but their property. 

Weather is weather.  Common sense goes a long way with making sure you are safe.

We had ice cream sales used instead of Nicholas Cage films to explain it in Applied Statics class, but that one works too.

  That's the official line right now.  But mission creep happens with every deployment the military has ever gone on in my lifetime.  Once someone sees how military is more equipped and more capable than any other government org or NGO, they tasking orders will follow.  I can't see this deployment being any different from any other where Soldiers are forced to pick up the slack others can't or won't carry themselves.   This guy has a good point about how we have no idea how many Ebola infected Liberians are out of the quarantine zone. http://www.mediaite.com/tv/abc-medical-expert-very-real-possibility-u-s-soldier-contracts-ebola/   I only hope they don't contract locals to run logistics on the camps that will be set up for laundry, chow hall, ect...

Troops from Fort Campbell will be deploying to Libera as part of the DoD force to help with the Ebola fight.  Apparently with just gloves and masks to fight the virus.  Hope they don't bring anything they didn't deploy with back with them sometime next year. http://nashvillepublicradio.org/blog/2014/10/08/fort-campbell-troops-ebola-mission-wont-get-full-protective-gear/

You need to ask yourself...do you really need the Walmart website this bad?  :D

  That's the one my ping and trace route brought up as well.     FWIW, my ping timed out and the trace route timed out after 12 hops.  But I can bring up the URL without an issue.  I'd imagine that Walmart would have servers on multiple ISP's in case of technical/power issues and to spread out the load from web traffic.  I wouldn't put too much stock in which specific IP you try to go to.

  The guerrilla fights a patient war.  Picking and choosing your fights is a lot more efficient than spreading resources thin with an across the board campaign.   When I give my money to a pro2A org or individual, I want to make sure it's being put towards achieving an result both in sight and obtainable.  The government has unlimited resources to wage court battles, our side doesn't.  Targeted action has gotten us some of the recent wins.   I get why this guy is taking on the MG battle, even if I don't think much of his chances for success.  The legal ambiguity this specific case brought is the kind of issue that you can make a case from.  But fighting every battle just to fight it would make me rethink where my money goes.

Google walmart.com and see if you can get to it through the link.   What security setup are you running?  Could that be blocking you from going there?  Avast has done that to me a few times for various websites.

I think he would have a better chance getting the NFA pecked away at with SBR's and suppressors first by challenging with them as specific items.  With the widespread use and sale of those two items, along with states that have no state level precondition to ownership, you could argue that the federal government has no legitimate need to regulate them as an NFA item, that it should be a states issue and the 10th Amendment applies.  The current Supreme Court tends to like those kinds of limited rulings that aren't too overreaching and dramatic.   We're probably a long ways away from having anything automatic being legal, even with this gun friendly Supreme Court.

  That's why he want's one.  He said he has all kinds of game on scurrying about his property.  He has a bow or a .308 for the deer, but wants something for the smaller stuff.   Did they have another?  He's only about 30-45 min from Morristown.

  Where did you get it?  I have a friend about 45 min north of Nashville who is looking for a Savage .17HMR, too.

Good stuff, Runco.  I remember those kind of special days I had with my father where we just had fun doing real activites, not just sitting around.  I'm sure your boys will, too.

  The biggest danger is the local and state government getting dependent on the revenue stream transplants represent.  Even with a pay-as-you-go system, it can get out of control fast, and no politician is interested in cutting public services which have to grow to support the bigger population.   Self licking ice cream cone.

  Plenty of "yankees" are in the military and have fought in wars; past and present.  There may be more southerners per capita enlisting right now, but it's no runaway statistic.    As far as the study, Tennessee, probably Kentucky, and maybe the Carolina's are the only places in the south I could see myself living.  That's just for me though.  I know everybody is different in what they want from an area.   I think a lot of you would like Maine, some parts of Vermont and especially New Hampshire with it's freedom friendly tax and gun policies if you got to know those states.  Massachusetts tends to bring the stereotype of the region out of whack.  If you can stand the cold winters, New England has some beautiful land and a lot to offer.

My memory is fuzzy today for some reason (I blame the weather), but wasn't this brought up a bit ago with nothing happening?  The drumbeat of the scare must be a windfall for NFA item retailers.   For my trust, I only have myself as a trustee, then a beneficiary if I get hit by a bus.  Anyone else is listed on the "authorized to use trust property equipment" paperwork.  I'm ASSuming I would be the only one who still needs to do any extra paperwork under this new rule, should it go into effect.

Better a sign that says "I have guns!" than this sign... Wonder which house a criminal might pass by for a better target.

  Young person, may or may not have much firearms experience, showing off a recently bought gun.  Lesson learned the hard way.  Could have been a lot worse.       This part cracked me up.  What else is a handgun going to be, fully automatic, bolt action?

I think the best I ever saw was a friends neighbor who just taped their range target with the center mass full of holes onto the front door. 

  I still don't see why it's on the purchaser and not the business to pay the tax.  The business recoups it from who issued the coupon, right?    At this point, we're being taxed on hypothethicals instead of the actual transaction.  It would be like paying sales tax on the difference between normal retail and a Labor Day sale price.