Morning Reads For Wednesday, April 5th
Apologies for today’s delay. As with official GeorgiaPol editorial policy, we regret the error and blame others. For your continued patience, here’s a picture that symbolizes Wednesday.
PSA: Be careful out there. Today is going to be a wild weather day. Be prepared, know where to shelter for safety, and make a plan for communicating if your family is separated in the event of severe weather.
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The attorney for the man accused for starting the fire that lead to the collapse of the I-85 bridge in Atlanta says her client is being used as a scapegoat.
GDOT hopes to have I-85 reopened by June 15th. We’re hoping for sooner.
Caterpillar’s closing of a plant in Illinois isn’t expected to affect the plant in Athens.
Paula Deen is opening a new vehicle for butter restaurant in Savannah.
There:
Will Senate Republicans hit the nuclear button for Neil Gorsuch?
Getting accepted to an Ivy League school is an accomplishment, but what about being accepted to all eight?
Kim Jong Un sabre-rattles as Chinese President Xi Jinping visits the United States
Nigel Farage compares the EU’s treatment of the UK as they go through Brexit to “behaving like the mafia.”
Yonder:
The Bravos were holding their own against the Mets on Opening Day Monday…until the bullpen took over. Let’s hope it was just a fluke as they take the field tonight at 7:10p.
The Cassini probe that has been orbiting Saturn since 2004 will make a grand finale tour over the next few months including a final flyby of Titan on April 22 before it takes a dive into Saturn in September.
Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, wins the 2016 A.M. Turing Award.
Meet Harry, the driverless, autonomous shuttle that’s being tested in London.
That’s all for this morning. Be weather aware and stay safe.
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We never, ever could have forseen this one…
http://people.com/music/barry-manilow-hid-sexuality-thought-being-gay-would-disappoint-fans/
Nothing says indifference to others that are different and highlights the GOP as a party of old white heterosexual males than mockery. Publicly out in the 70’s and 80’s gay was carte blanche for mockery by an old white heterosexual establishment, while today in Georgia, it’s grounds to be denied housing and employment.
Times are a changing… We will se if this goes to SCOTUS
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-employment-idUSKBN17632G
A few weeks ago, a 3-judge panel of the CA11 ruled in Evans v Georgia Regional Hospital that Title VII doesn’t prohibit employment discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Indications are that an en banc review by the full court is going to be requested.
Why is this “news” today?
Yesterday, an 8-3 opinion (in Hively v Ivy Tech) came from the rather conservative CA7 full court…which includes 8 Reagan/Bush appointees…finding that the CRA does prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. This follows a 2-1 ruling to the contrary by a CA7 panel last fall that the full court reviewed and reversed. Even if CA11 grants an en banc review and upholds the ruling of the earlier panel, the resulting split between the appellate courts would set up a SCOTUS showdown in future.
They’ve suspended play at Augusta National until further notice. I always liked the Par 3 Contest, so I’m kind of bummed the terrible weather hits today.
http://www.wrdw.com/content/news/Augusta-National-gates-to-open-as-expected-Wednesday-418327053.html
So…
https://www.axios.com/steve-bannon-dropped-from-security-council-2346072541.html
Does this mean Bannon’s pet ‘reviewer’ Ezra Cohen-Watnick can finally be fired my McMaster?
Worth a look.
http://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/266197/civil-war-here-daniel-greenfield
This is an interesting read. Good primer on how a twitter bot army works.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/josephbernstein/from-utah-with-love?utm_term=.tieW7GJoo#.va03d8bvv
…and we wonder why we cant have nice things.