Tenneessee Republican Congressman Kicked Out of College Football Game for Wearing Mexican Wrestler’s Mask

As if the town of Knoxville, Tennessee and the state’s flagship university’s football program haven’t been shamed enough, what with the arrest this morning of three players in a Prius robbing a man in a Hyundai Elantra with a damn pellet gun, it’s now being reported that the local Republican congressman, Stacey Campfield, was kicked out of a recent home football game for wearing a “Luchador’s (Mexican wrestler’s) full head mask” and sneaking into a section closer to the football field he didn’t have a ticket to be in. Read more »

In Tennessee the Heat Will Fucking Nail You

As any northern city slicker knows, it ain’t too swift a move to hightail it through any locale south of the Mason-Dixon line. Sheriff Buford just might make an example of you, pretty boy, and put you on the chain gang for a spell. After watching this spot, I know I won’t be speeding through, or even visiting, Tennessee anytime ever. Apparently, summertime in the Volunteer State is a big ol’ drunk-drive-a-thon, and, well, the local fuzz have had enough. As part of a program called “100 days of summer heat,” the Tennessee Governor’s Highway Safety Office (GHSO) recently started running this here piece of police porn statewide. Read more »

Mother Snitches on Son’s Graffiti For $5K Reward

Just hours after authorities in Crossville, Tennessee posted a $5000 reward to catch the person behind their graffiti problem, a woman called to turn in her depressed and lonely son. If convicted, he faces up to a year in jail while his mother collects the loot. Apparently, blood is not thicker than cash. |USA Today|

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