June 28, 2016 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, June 28
Good morning! It’s too darn hot.
- New laws about to hit the books here in Georgia address tasers, experimental medical treatments, and the super-sized SCOGA.
- Please don’t tell my children that a Great Wolf Lodge is coming to LaGrange.
- Seventeen refugees now call Savannah home.
- Georgia Tech is expanding their presence at the Lockheed Martin campus in Cobb County.
- Ampersand, a new artist-run space in downtown Macon, opened this weekend.
- The Panama Canal expansion opened this weekend!
- New York is not ready for the new, post-Panamax ships.
- South Carolina is getting there.
- Georgia Ports Authority chairman Jimmy Allgood was there, and Governor Deal called yesterday’s opening a “historic moment” for Georgia.
- Ah, representative democracy. #Brexit
- Maybe, one day, Britain will once again have a bond rating that’s as good as Georgia’s rating.
- 911 is complicated.
- The Library of Congress compiled a list of the 65 most influential American books. How many have you read? (It’s an interesting and broad list; I’ve read 39 so I’d best get cracking.)
- Alexander Hamilton said – and wrote – countless profound and intelligent things, not including, “This is not a moment this is the movement. Foes oppose us we take an honest stand. We roll like Moses claiming our promised land.” It would be awesome if he had. Meanwhile, I’m reminded of this, and remain optimistic that more aspiring politicians will continue to misquote
Lin-Manuel MirandaHamilton.
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Teri
Teri Anulewicz is a Democrat who represents House District 42 in the Georgia General Assembly. She previously spent nearly a decade on the Smyrna City Council. A native New Orleanian and quasi-Texan, Teri graduated from Agnes Scott College in 1998. She's been a front page contributor since 2015, and she compiles each Tuesday's Morning Reads.
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Good grief. I remember reading “The Old Man and The Sea” in school and being thoroughly disgusted with that idiot fisherman. I’m just glad life isn’t as pointless a struggle as that story.
“This recent list is a random sampling from the public, which voted on and suggested books via the internet.” The Old Man and The Sea doesn’t even rate in the top 3 most influential Hemingways to me much less influential US books. I suspect it is on the list due to its frequent presence in modern high school lit courses, most likely due to its brevity and lack of earth moving and such.
Credit ratings as of 6/27, the US is AA+:
28 nation EU: 17 are A or higher, 5 are BBB, 6 are junk rated.
Germany is AAA, UK and France are AA, Italy BBB- and Spain BBB+.
In the EU tranche it was pretty shakey with so many weak players but when it balances on a stool of 3 legs and one leaves, it is scary.
Especially when in recovery from a painful stack of mis-rated debt tranches in 2007. Trying to punish the UK for trying to protect their house might burn down the neighborhood. The US must lead the way in making peace and continued smooth trade with the U.K.
the book list is interesting, i have read several. i counted 16 that i by gosh know i read cover to cover at some point in my life either in school or on my own a couple more than once…thing is another 15 or so i am quite familiar with but i’m not sure if i’ve actually read them, maybe just read the cliff notes and/or saw the movie…or like with huck finn, i remember being 8 or 9 and reading what was essentially a comic book version of it and i would guess that doesn’t really count…
Great Illustrated Classics count!
“If I was on a desert island and could only have one book, I’d choose “Atlas Shrugged.” Because that’s 1,088 pieces of toilet paper.” Stephen Colbert
I remember trying to read that for a $3K essay contest. I “noped” the hell out of that pretty damn quick.
The only downside of the book list is that it reminded me of my absolute distaste for The Giving Tree.
Had an early lunch with a Catholic Priest and a Muslim Imam to better understand relationships. As they knew each other a bit of teasing went on. Father Paul bragged on how Georgia had the best pig BBQ in the world and pushed that even though it was against your religion you really should try the ribs or pulled pork. After just smiles, Father Paul pressed “you just can’t imagine what you are missing, when are you going to try it ?”
The Imam smiled more and said “at your wedding”.
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Small world, I just read that joke yesterday in a Polish crime/mystery novel, except the joke was told by an anti-Semitic character, and instead of an Imam, it was a Rabbi.
Where I lifted the laugh from was far from anti-anything….except negative stuff…
More suicide bombers in Turkey. Any possibility they might have been blonde haired, blue-eyed members of the Swedish Bikini Team?
Funny thing that only readers of GAPol will find funny. I posted a negative review on Amazon raking the author/officer of the new anti-Hillary book over the coals for airing the negative laundry. OK. Many have accused me there of being a pro-Hillary supporter who doesn’t want to hear the truth! My side has almost quit hurting from laughing at that one!
HUH????
U.S.
TSA INVESTIGATION FINDS 73 WORKERS ON U.S.’S TERRORIST WATCHLIST
http://www.newsweek.com/tsa-investigation-finds-73-workers-uss-terrorist-watc-341696?piano_t=1
GDOT saves an endangered species! The giant blue albatross.
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/state-withdraws-threat-to-shut-down-atlanta-street/nrpYm/