Wiki: Knoxville Tennessee Vs Foreign manufacturing

Found this paragraph in the Wikipeda Knoxville Tennessee page.

Research laboratory at U.T. in the early 1940s

"Knoxville's textile and manufacturing industries largely fell victim to foreign competition in the 1950s and 1960s, and after the establishment of the Interstate Highway system in the 1960s, the railroad—which had been largely responsible for Knoxville's industrial growth—began to decline. The rise of suburban shopping malls in the 1970s drew retail revenues away from Knoxville's Downtown area. While government jobs and economic diversification prevented widespread unemployment in Knoxville, the city sought to recover the massive loss of revenue by..."


I thought this was interesting and found it while researching the Detroit bankruptcy situation.

Prince Gopher

I'm not even sure how I drew these resemblances.

Pedophile Deserves Death Penalty?

This guy is sick and unfixable. And to think this guy had a hand in shaping our sex-ed for Elementary children. Why would there even be sex-ed for elementary schools is beyond me.

Pickled Chutney Blows Door Off Fridge

Wow, that rhubarb chutney packs a punch. Blew the fridge door off its hinges and actually lifted the ceiling in the kitchen!

Russian Spy Plane Studies Canada

There exists a Treaty on Open Skies in which Canada and Russia are a part of. And if you are a State Party in this treaty you may fly over another State Party's air space with a military plane, as long as it is unarmed. And it is allowed to have an array of imagery systems and spy equipment so it can observe any objects or places of interest or concern.

Countries who joined the treaty are:  Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russian Federation, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, and United States

160 Year Telegraph Service Comes to End

I was surprised to hear that Mumbai just stopped sending Telegraphs this past week after more then 160 years. But I guess it was a cheap and efficient method of communication for the poor masses around India and that's why it lasted until 2013.

Facebook Censuring Businesses

It seems no matter what I post on Facebook under our family's restaurant account barely anyone sees it. And after one of my most recent posts I actually txted 50 friends on my cellphone asking them to go to the restaurant page and share the newest post I just added. Of the 50 people I asked I have only been able to see 5 people actual share it. And the weirdest thing? My sister-in-law is one of the five people to share the post, but my brother can't see that she shared it on her timeline at all, and he can't even find the post on our restaurants timeline either!   I guess the reality is that if people don't boost or promote their posts for the suggested $5-$30 it won't reach the possible audience of 12000 people, even if the post is good. In-fact I'm wondering if it would even reach an audience of a dozen people. Anyways, here is a screen grab of what I see when logged in on our restaurant page.

Here is another screen grab. Notice the "paid reach" section?

World Population 8.1 Billion 2025

I love how at the end of the article they group America in with some 2nd/3rd world countries.

Rihanna & Katy Perry Pose

Wow, do these two use the same photographer/publicist or what?

Tattoo Modern Social Mullet?

Saw this article in the local university newspaper, Calgary Journal. This man named Karamazov posts his personal views on the subject of tattoos and their cultural impact and perception, then his posts go viral and from the looks of it he was harassed enough to have to close his account. Here the author of the article points out some of what this guy said in his blog, and then she goes on to defend her stance on the subject. And I don't know why but she seems to fixate on the sexual promiscuous aspect of his post more then anything.

The Straight Dope: Are transsexuals mentally ill?

Tonight a person whom I know in real life came out on Facebook that he is changing from a man to a woman and has created a profile to match. It reminded me of this article I read at the Straight Dope awhile back so I thought I would share it here tonight.


The Straight Dope: Are transsexuals mentally ill?

Almost Radar Note

Literally one number off of a two digit radar note. So close.


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