May 15, 2018 9:02 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, May 15
Good morning! If today’s Morning Reads seem a little heavy on the NYT, that’s because, well, they are. The Grey Lady recently covered everything from how Georgia State is an engine for upward economic mobility for minority students, to SCTV, goths at Disney, and since the Tuesday Reads are a reflection of what interests me, well, I hope you like Disney goths!
- The Georgia House’s School Safety Committee had its first meeting.
- Segregated, and mostly for white men who wanted to get a business degree at night, Georgia State University “has awarded more degrees to black students than any other nonprofit college or university in the country.”
- Bad news for bees on Tybee Island.
- The thing about Congress is that they prefer to not be in session.
- “It is a remarkable feature of our political system that members of Congress get to take time off their jobs to persuade people to let them keep their jobs.”
- These folks are really REALLY into their Marriott Points.
- Can you bet on tonight’s game? Maybe.
- There was an SCTV reunion, you hosers!
- Disney Goths.
- If you need a rabbit hole that runs deeper than Disney Goths, and you are kind of an archives nerd (I know I am!), you’ll love this link.
- Here’s the direct link to the NYPL digital collection.
- And here’s an 1875 stereograph image of the state capitol building:
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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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Sorry to hear about the bees.
I’ve heard high pressure steam dispensed from wands injected into an ant mound wipes it out.
At least they are getting rain now which should help the bees. In other news, The Hill has a piece about Michael Williams’s “deportation bus”
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/387722-gop-georgia-governor-candidate-bringing-deportation-bus-tour-to-states
Wonder how well that is going over with S GA farmers who lost over 140 million due to their inability to get people to work in the fields to pick their crops?
I want to go to Goth Disney!!!!
As a researcher, I adore archives. I already have the NYPL bookmarked on my favorites list. Also try the National Archive, The Library of Congress, and if you like newspapers, The Wisconsin Historical Society Archive (part of the UW system) has the largest collection of US newspapers outside of the Liberty of Congress. Also any major museum has it’s collection online, include pieces not displayed.
The OCT17 sitting of SCOTUS heard arguments in 63 merits cases.
29 opinions have been released.
34 to go. As of May 15th. Whoa, Nellie.
By month argued:
Oct 2
Dec 2
Jan 4
Feb 7
Mar 7
Apr 12
I’m curious about whether yesterday’s SCOTUS ruling on PASPA and NJ can be extended beyond allowing states to decide on sports betting.
For example, does the ruling affect a state’s ability to legalize weed or other drugs? How about setting up sanctuary cities? Can a state decide they don’t have to comply with EPA or FDA regs?
Would those be legitimate extensions of the ruling or is thinking so just a Cato Institute dream? If a right isn’t reserved to the feds in the Constitution, what federal laws and regs can a state do away with if they decide they want to?
I doubt it has much effect on anything else, bc to my limited understanding, the ruling was based upon the process of the law, not the substance. In other words, the feds have the power to regulate, but their method of regulation (banning states from passing laws) was what was impermissible. As for 10th Amendment issue, those kinds of conflicts pop up already, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they arose on all those things you mentioned- marijuana, environment, etc. Where there is a direct conflict on specific provisions, federal law seems to supersede state law much more often than not.
For your review…
https://www.axios.com/sports-betting-1526394908-195af57b-1e2b-4a69-9c3f-42b6fe7f8367.html
Thanks all for the info.
Use noun form in statement folks…
https://www.economist.com/science-and-technology/2018/05/03/how-to-change-emotions-with-a-word
Cus I like graphs…
https://www.axios.com/tv-television-ratings-elderly-live-tv-dvr-c61a4a87-f7f4-4e13-ba22-2be5702cdef7.html
So it’s Infrastructure Week again per the White House (seriously)
Too bad the only major design and project info released is not for here (although it is a L.A. based architecture firm).
https://www.archdaily.com/894536/morphosis-releases-details-of-competition-winning-scheme-for-unicorn-island-masterplan-in-china
I just got a robocall from David Belle Isle. Do not vote for this turkey.
An most excellent wordsmith and chronicler of 3 or 4 generations has slipped his moral coil:
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/05/15/obituaries/tom-wolfe-pyrotechnic-nonfiction-writer-and-novelist-dies-at-88.html
Noted locally for A Man In Full though as someone with more local knowledge than his brief research foray into Georgia allowed him, I thought it did strike some false notes along with many that were spot on.
Worth a read. Very compelling…
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/hillary-clinton-presidency-leakers-lawbreakers-rewarded/
Y’all may need to go through some kind of 12 step process, like H.A., Hillary Anon?
Who had May 15, 10-11pm Est on the for the ‘Kim changes his Mind” pool? (AKA “Trump makes me his Equal” Pool, “Dying Nobel Dream” Pool, and “Trump Gets Played” Pool)
https://twitter.com/AP/status/996579621595475973
I actually am in a “Will NK Negotiations Fall Apart or Succeed” bet with some friends on this. We have several political bets, including local GA ones! :-D. Prizes are innocuous. Paying for dinner etc.
I actually had next week for the NK summit falls apart bet. Im still alive though. Because they TECHNICALLY havent officially pulled out of the summit. (At least that’s my argument).