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  • Go carLESS

    This afternoon, I was in my office working on this week's issue when my phone rang. When I answered, I was met by the panicky voice of JFP reporter Adam Lynch. "The camera! There's no battery!" he said, as the cheers of protesters drowned out his voice. Adam managed to [...]
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    Posted: November 21, 2009, 3:37am EST

  • JxnPro Benefit for Stewpot @ F. Jones Corner THURSDAY 7PM

    Jackson Progressives will be holding it annual Benefit for Stewpot THURSDAY NOVEMBER 19 at 7pm. This years event will be held at F. Jones Corner, one of Jackson's newest, hottest spots. ADMISSION IS A CANNED GOOD(S), CLOTHING, OR DONATION! Last year, JxnPro collected hundreds of canned goods, clothing, and cash for [...]
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    Posted: November 16, 2009, 4:44pm EST

  • Radio Show of Shows: Part II

    Transcript from this morning's show: (musical stylings of Happy Mondays fades) FJ:Good morning and good grief, this is Fearless Jackson and you are listening to your favorite morning radio show in the entire neighborhood. How is the morning pizza? Short broadcast today since the mailman keeps forgetting to collect the mail around' [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 9:19pm EST

  • NAMIWalks is tomorrow!

    There's still time to give if you wish to do so. You can donate online at http://www.nami.org/namiwalks09/MIS/lwillis or send a check to: NAMI Mississippi 411 Briarwood Dr, Ste 401 Jackson, MS 39206 Please be sure to indicate that the donation is for The Church Triumphant NAMIWalks team. If you want to come to the walk [...]
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    Posted: November 06, 2009, 12:25pm EST

  • Response to an Irrelevant Blogger

    This week, John Yargo writes in the JFP about The Ole Miss Rebels and their Irregular Season. You can follow him at The Irregular Season Blog. As you can see, this "prolific writer" has all of two (2) followers. Irrelevant Blogger, The misconceptions presented in this article are frankly astounding. You [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 9:57pm EDT

  • Response to an Irrelevant Blogger

    This week, John Yargo writes in the JFP about The Ole Miss Rebels and their Irregular Season. You can follow him at The Irregular Season Blog. As you can see, this "prolific writer" has all of two (2) followers. Irrelevant Blogger, The misconceptions presented in this article are frankly astounding. You [...]
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    Posted: October 29, 2009, 8:57pm EDT

  • 2009 New Orleans Saints = Real Deal?

    Seven weeks into the season and the New Orleans Saints remain undefeated at 6-0, having pulled themselves out of the cellar on Sunday in a challenging contest against Miami. The Dolphins spent the first half of the game throwing all sorts of defensive schemes at Saints quarterback Drew Brees and [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 4:59pm EDT

  • 2009 New Orleans Saints = Real Deal?

    Seven weeks into the season and the New Orleans Saints remain undefeated at 6-0, having pulled themselves out of the cellar on Sunday in a challenging contest against Miami. The Dolphins spent the first half of the game throwing all sorts of defensive schemes at Saints quarterback Drew Brees and [...]
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    Posted: October 26, 2009, 3:59pm EDT

  • Gene Taylor to Nancy Pelosi: Repeal Insurance Company Anti-Trust Exemption

    It seems that every since the AHIP (American Health Insurance Providers) went rogue with their "report" on the costs of healthcare reform and their push to get GOP lawmakers to oppose any form of health insurance, the notion of revoking their anti-trust exemption (passed in the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945) [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 9:01pm EDT

  • Gene Taylor to Nancy Pelosi: Repeal Insurance Company Anti-Trust Exemption

    It seems that every since the AHIP (American Health Insurance Providers) went rogue with their "report" on the costs of healthcare reform and their push to get GOP lawmakers to oppose any form of health insurance, the notion of revoking their anti-trust exemption (passed in the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945) [...]
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    Posted: October 23, 2009, 8:01pm EDT

  • Fearless Jackson Goes to the Fair

    Jackson Breland filed this video report from the last weekend of the Mississippi State Fair. Enjoy: [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:44pm EDT

  • The Public Option…It’s Baaaack

    Things are starting to get interesting in the healthcare legislation. From ABC's the Note, Jonathan Karl is reporting that word is now that Harry Reid may well include the "public option" in the bill that he presents to the floor of the Senate, suggesting that the whip count might allow [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 9:13pm EDT

  • Fearless Jackson Goes to the Fair

    Jackson Breland filed this video report from the last weekend of the Mississippi State Fair. Enjoy: [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:44pm EDT

  • The Public Option…It’s Baaaack

    Things are starting to get interesting in the healthcare legislation. From ABC's the Note, Jonathan Karl is reporting that word is now that Harry Reid may well include the "public option" in the bill that he presents to the floor of the Senate, suggesting that the whip count might allow [...]
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    Posted: October 22, 2009, 8:13pm EDT

  • Radio Show of Shows

    Transcript from this morning's show: (musical stylings of Squarepusher fades) FJ: Good morning and good grief, this is Fearless Jackson and you are listening to your favorite morning show in the entire neighborhood. News this morning. None. Nothing happened. You thought wrong. You read the paper this morning and thought what you [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 2:43pm EDT

  • Radio Show of Shows

    Transcript from this morning's show: (musical stylings of Squarepusher fades) FJ: Good morning and good grief, this is Fearless Jackson and you are listening to your favorite morning show in the entire neighborhood. News this morning. None. Nothing happened. You thought wrong. You read the paper this morning and thought what you [...]
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    Posted: October 20, 2009, 1:43pm EDT

  • Saint’s Go 5-0, Beat Eli’s Giants

    The New Orleans Saints (5-0) scored on their first drive and never looked back in an offensive effort that gained over 500 yards, with seven different Saints making it into the end zone. The game represented New York Giant Eli Manning's first visit to the New Orleans Superdome as a [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 9:21pm EDT

  • Saint’s Go 5-0, Beat Eli’s Giants

    The New Orleans Saints (5-0) scored on their first drive and never looked back in an offensive effort that gained over 500 yards, with seven different Saints making it into the end zone. The game represented New York Giant Eli Manning's first visit to the New Orleans Superdome as a [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 8:21pm EDT

  • Mississippi’s Own Storage 24 Wins Band of the Year Honors at National Battle of the Bands

    Congrats are in order for Mississippi's own Storage 24. The hometown Rock Band came in 1st Place (out of ten bands from around the country) and was named Band of The Year at Club Le Vela's National Battle of The Bands competition over the weekend. The event took place in [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 6:07pm EDT

  • Mississippi’s Own Storage 24 Wins Band of the Year Honors at National Battle of the Bands

    Congrats are in order for Mississippi's own Storage 24. The hometown Rock Band came in 1st Place (out of ten bands from around the country) and was named Band of The Year at Club Le Vela's National Battle of The Bands competition over the weekend. The event took place in [...]
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    Posted: October 18, 2009, 5:07pm EDT

  • Video: Fearless Jackson’s Big Scoop

    The latest from Jackson...enjoy: [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 5:12pm EDT

  • Video: Fearless Jackson’s Big Scoop

    The latest from Jackson...enjoy: [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 5:12pm EDT

  • Video: Fearless Jackson’s Big Scoop

    The latest from Jackson...enjoy: [...]
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    Posted: October 03, 2009, 4:12pm EDT

  • Asking a Friend About Time Machines and Tweeking Instead of Tweeting

    Yesterday, in a moment of rage, I slammed a borrowed laptop shut and rolled my eyes at the world while I finished a McDade's plate lunch. A man sitting next to me froze as he bit into a drumstick and absorbed my fury. I was in the middle of writing' [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 5:34pm EDT

  • Asking a Friend About Time Machines and Tweeking Instead of Tweeting

    Yesterday, in a moment of rage, I slammed a borrowed laptop shut and rolled my eyes at the world while I finished a McDade's plate lunch. A man sitting next to me froze as he bit into a drumstick and absorbed my fury. I was in the middle of writing [...]
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    Posted: October 01, 2009, 4:34pm EDT

  • Intuit Offers $1000 Local Business Grants

    Intuit, the folks who make QuickBooks and Quicken software, have a fun little contest going on. Called "Love a Local Business," the promotion lets you nominate a small business as a deserving business, and then encourage others to vote and comment on that business. Those with the most support (or [...]
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    Posted: September 28, 2009, 7:15pm EDT

  • Editorial Takes Dim View of Katrina Recovery Fund Diversions

    An editorial in yesterday's New York Times looked askance at the way the federal government has allowed Mississippi to divert funds from disaster aid meant to assist moderate and low-income people on the coast in the wake of Hurricane Katrina more than four years ago. In Mississippi's Failure the Times [...]
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    Posted: September 21, 2009, 9:42pm EDT

  • Finally Doing it

    For the past few weeks I kept saying I was going to ride my bike to work but then each day I found a reason preventing me from doing so. There were so many factors preventing me from just doing it but I am proud to say that this past [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 10:29pm EDT

  • Finally Doing it

    For the past few weeks, I kept saying I was going to ride my bike to work,but then each day I found a reason preventing me from doing so. So many factors prevented me from just doing it, but I am proud to say that this past week I rode [...]
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    Posted: September 20, 2009, 10:29pm EDT

  • “The Relationship Conference” – 2009

    I’m so excited about this! From October 29 through November 1, The Life Support Center will offer its first annual “Relationship Conference” held at The Church Triumphant. This conference is aimed at educating families in the area of healthy, fulfilling, and positive relationships. This event is for families, couples, singles, [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 2:36pm EDT

  • Video: Bill Moyers on Dick Armey’s Personal Healthcare

    Interesting report from Bill Moyers...Dick Armey, the leader of FreedomWorks, (former House Leader and one of that architects of the "Contract With America") is now raking in the cash from lobbying and exciting the masses against healthcare, including a podium moment at the Teaparty March on Washington. Interesting, Armey has [...]
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    Posted: September 19, 2009, 11:55pm EDT

  • Study: MS Second Most Corrupt State

    This study was reported back in December, but I just came across it and thought it was interesting -- according to the story The Corruption Belt by the Institute for Southern Studies, Mississippi ranks as the second most corrupt state in the union based on per capita convictions. Perhaps that's' [...]
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    Posted: September 15, 2009, 9:05pm EDT

  • Northside Sun Praises John McGowan for Outsmarting Environmentalists

    One wonders if Northside Sun publisher Wyatt Emmerich is actually working against John McGowan and this Two Lakes project. This week in his column, Emmerich smugly praises the oilman from Texas for his ability to "outsmart" environmentalists: One final note: Some observers say Two Lakes will never survive the assault of [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 5:06pm EDT

  • Obama To Address Joint Session of Congress

    According to The Hill, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress next Looks like Obama will be working to get the talking stick back after a month of tea parties and town halls. It'll be interesting to see if he's only talking about health insurance reform or if' [...]
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    Posted: September 03, 2009, 12:48am EDT

  • JFP Needs Reader Health-care Stories

    All, we're looking for health-care stories from people in and around Jackson to feature in the next issue of the JFP, which will focus on health-care issues. We would like a variety of people: small business owners, unemployed, self-employed, younger, older, recent parents, etc. You can do it several ways:' [...]
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    Posted: September 02, 2009, 5:06pm EDT

  • NAMIWalks 2009: Help me continue to stomp out the stigma of mental illness!

    I am writing you today to tell you about an upcoming event that I am participating in that is both very important and very exciting to me. It is NAMIWalks for the Mind of America, NAMI’s signature walkathon event that is being held in Jackson, MS at Mayes Lake State [...]
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    Posted: August 26, 2009, 3:40pm EDT

  • WaPo: Attorney General Holder to Appoint ‘Torture’ Special Prosecutor

    The Washington Post is reporting that Attorney General Eric Holder plans to appoint a special prosecutor to look into possibility that CIA personnel "may have broken the law in their dealings with detainees." From the report: Holder's decision could complicate the Justice Department's relationship with the White House, where President Obama [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 9:12pm EDT

  • Quick Video - Underground 119 Opening

    I tossed this together after Donna and I *finally* got out of the office around 9:30pm last Friday (her Palm Desktop had a meltdown and I was trying in vain to recover portions of her calendar) and got down to downtown Jackson's interesting new nightspot, Underground 119. (Trivia: the Underground [...]
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    Posted: August 24, 2009, 6:26pm EDT

  • It’s a Great Night in Jackson

    August 20, 2009 - Whether you live or work in Jackson, or you've been looking for an excuse to come to town, take the opportunity tonight to get out, meet new people and enjoy yourself. Here's a sampling of the goings on around town tonight. If you love movies, the Crossroads [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 10:22pm EDT

  • The Good News

    The good news from the Mississippi Animal Rescue League is both Happy and Rosie have found forever homes. Happy and Rosie were both featured in the Jackson Free Press and I for one am hoping that the wonderful Free Press readers were in part responsible for these two great dogs [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 1:14pm EDT

  • The Good News

    The good news from the Mississippi Animal Rescue League is both Happy and Rosie have found forever homes. Happy and Rosie were both featured in the Jackson Free Press and I for one am hoping that the wonderful Free Press readers were in part responsible for these two great dogs [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 1:14pm EDT

  • The Future of Anonymous Tablogging

    Y'all enjoy the wild, wild west while it's still here. Thanks to personal-attack-filled "tablogs" (as I call tabloid-quality blogs), more and more people are suing over unsubstantiated and libelous attack by anonymous flamers. For instance, a judge in New York just ruled that a blog has to reveal the identity' [...]
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    Posted: August 20, 2009, 1:45am EDT

  • A Glimpse of the Future in Midwestern Wind Farms

    I've long lamented the fact that "the future" seems to be such an incremental affair. As we approach the year 2010, we have handheld communicators, swept and angular electric and hybrid automobiles, a world-wide electronic information network -- even books and newspapers can now be delivered over the airwaves to' [...]
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    Posted: August 16, 2009, 11:46pm EDT

  • Movie Reviews, Sort of

    Movie Reviews: "Daria: Is it Fall Yet?" Yeah, I watched something with Daria Morgendorffer in it. The movie starts from where the fourth season ended. The last two episodes of the season are included in the special features section of the DVD to catch you up. In the movie, Daria has fallen [...]
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    Posted: August 14, 2009, 6:55pm EDT

  • Rosie is waiting for a home.

    I was walking this morning in Fondren when it came to me I could spotlight a homeless dog a day for 365 days just like Julie did on her blog with recipes from the Joy of Cooking. The sad part is that there are 365 dogs that need homes in [...]
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    Posted: August 13, 2009, 7:34pm EDT

  • Anti-Semitism at Jackson-Based Right-Wing Blog?

    Over at Ipse blog, attorney Jim Craig is calling out the local right-wing blog run by Alan Lange for anti-Semitism for a rather remarkable video they've cooked up against Travis Childers and sent out into the world. (And one wonders why the world thinks so poorly of MIssissippi?) Craig writes: At' [...]
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    Posted: August 12, 2009, 11:04pm EDT

  • Hey Palin: The ‘Death Panels’ Are Already Here, Darlin’

    Over on Salon, Mike Madden responds to ex-Gov. Sarah Palin's latest idiocy, stating what should be obvious to all of us: The "death panels" are already here: The future of healthcare in America, according to Sarah Palin, might look something like this: A sick 17-year-old girl needs a liver transplant. Doctors [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 10:32pm EDT

  • Happy the Caanan Mix

    I was out at the Mississippi Animal Rescue League the other day and met Happy. Happy is a Canaan mix dog who was brought to Mississippi from Turkey. I had never heard of a Canaan dog so I was excited about meeting her. This dog is a beautiful dog that [...]
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    Posted: August 11, 2009, 4:26pm EDT

  • Goodbye, Bobby DeLaughter

    Ever since the former Judge Bobby DeLaughter's plea deal with the feds was announced last week, with him headed to prison, we've heard the words "Cedric Willis" come out of many people's mouths. It seems we're not the only ones thrilled to see justice, of a fashion, coming to the [...]
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    Posted: August 07, 2009, 2:09am EDT

  • Want a $100 Gift Card to Tye’s Restaurant? Post a ‘Local List’ on Jackpedia.com!

    Inspired by The Clarion-Ledger's owners' bizarre and Orwellian attempt to redefine "local business," we've decided to launch a LocalList contest on Jackpedia.com. Just head to this Jackpedia 'Local Jackson' page and post a list of local stuff you love about Jackson. That's it! Do it by 5 p.m. Friday, and [...]
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    Posted: August 05, 2009, 7:02pm EDT
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