January 25, 2019 6:30 AM
Morning Reads for Friday, January 25, 2019
- “I’ll twine with my mingles…” An interview with Rosanne Cash.
- Pothole capital of the South.
- What on earth is going on down at Fort Gordon?
- Need to get out of town for LIII? Here’s a list of small towns to check out.
- Nothing to see here, move along.
- Does it pass the Test of Love?
- My dad used to call this the ‘long red march through the institutions.’
- Oh, look. Another hack.
- The Chuck Norris 5K you have to see.
- The Lego Chevy.
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A couple more small towns to explore:
Clarkesville is cute, and there is an excellent restaurant there called Harvest Habersham:
http://www.harvesthabersham.com/
Andersonville- A big military cemetery (the adjacent park is closed at the moment because of the, ahem, you know what), and the town has basically built it’s identity around it’s Civil War heritage, so that’s interesting. They’ve also built themselves a little “pioneer village” there, which is pretty cool.
Plains is worth the trip.
But whatever you do, don’t go to Tybee Island. There’s enough people there already.
I am posting this as a continuation of bigotry of thought that we have been discussing the last few days. I believe one party is painfully guilty of that. What do they have to gain by doing so?
Has anyone ever hear the term CLIMATE DENIER? Isn’t that term a purposeful reference to HOLOCAUST DENIER? Of course it is. This is another obvious example of trying to silence folks that disagree with them. One party continues to call the other racist and NAZI if you don’t agree with them. On a daily basis. Does anyone a DENIER of that?
We have been bombarded by folks claiming if we don’t do something about ” Climate Change” we will not exist in 12 years!! Yes folks 12 years. Al Gore said we would even have snow as of today’s date with his rabid preachings of doom from years past. Is that accurate? Uh, let me get back to you…no.
I want folks to make up their own minds if this is ABSURD or not. Don’t trust me at all. (like so many do on this blog!) Let me have a thumbs down Andrew! Make up YOUR OWN MIND. These statements of DOOM pass for wisdom in some circles. Is that pure bilge or true?
If the liberals can come up with a red hat symbol for climate denier, wouldn’t that be another way to silence freedom of thought, divide us and spew hatred? Who wants to live in a county where there is a massive group of folks and a corrupt news media encouraging whole heartedly BIGOTRY of THOUGHT. On a daily basis.
This is Freeman Dyson on Global Warming. An actual real scientist. Talking rationally about global warming. Sure there is manmade global warming. What are its repercussions? Is it actually beneficial in many cases. Ask the plants, crop yields and biodiversity. Can we actually model and make predictions based just on C02 or are there too many factors affecting the climate?
Who makes more sense? This Scientists or radical socialist political leaders who I am sure have no ax to grind. They don’t seek political power or would never want to tax us to death and control our lives.
I am for solutions that work. NOT DOGMA! I don’t give a damn about political affiliation. I do like freedom. Freedom of religion, pursuit of freedom and happiness and YES EVEN FREEDOM OF THOUGHT! How about you? I don’t like spewing hate at half the country. My mind doesn’t work that way. I would be exhausted if I had that much hate in me.
He has ZERO POLITIAL AFFILIATION thank God.
Who do you think it being “played” in the world today? What do they have to gain? Power and money maybe? What do you find controversial in his comments? Is he qualified, honest and reasoned. What does he have to gain to have this position?
Before the opponents seize upon this as further evidence of their dislike for anything DTM and go squalling to DD…
There are no bad words in this post. Nothing hate-filled. Just a posting of his opinions that can be discussed. Or not. But not vilified and castigated. Not this time…Either discuss. Or be quiet.
Let me apologize for DTM for his wrong lication..:
They don’t have to “go squalling to DD”. DD is watching and has taken the appropriate action. I gave him two warnings over the last two days. Didn’t phase him. You reap what you sow.
In keeping with the small town discussion, I’ll second Thomasville and Sweet Grass Dairy. Especially the Thomasville Tomme which you can find in Atlanta at Ecco and Savi in midtown. Also, if you can still find it, the bourbon aged beer from Service Brewery in Savannah is excellent, though they’ve run out of it at the Whole Paycheck on Victory. Also, it is restaurant week in Savannah. Visit the Green Truck Pub and I’ve heard the new chef at Pracci in the Kimpton on Bay St. Is worth a visit. (Full disclosure, my family is from outside Thomasville and my friends own the Green Truck)
Also, if Ellyn has any suggestions for restaurant week, I think those of us in Savannah would appreciate them. Since I’m one of the ones on furlough, I’m looking for deals other the bogo at Food Lion on Skidaway
I don’t know if Restaurant Week has any deals for you… I personally can’t afford to eat at Nobel Fare unless some one else is picking up the tab, but I’m intrigued by their options for $30 – mi-just havta try the she crab soup. Vic’s Pan Seared Black Grouper with seafood side theme sounds interesting, and that soup is awesome if your into mushrooms. Rocks looks over priced for what hey have at $40. Corleone’s has a $15 Lunch which includes a Cannoli or tiramisu. And you know, Italian. Baked cheesy bubbly goodness. I need someone to test out the Hummingbird Ice Cream at 700 Drayton and get back to me (never been their, but I have had Chef Blake’s food in the past).
That Greek style burger at Green Truck is awesome!
Oh, the goat milk is great! I usually only get it when my aunt goes by the dairy. Mix in some pecans with it (preferably Elliots or Morelands).
Oh, and Noway… what DTM did here was a clear threadjack and the fact that you are playing the apologist for something this blatant is just silly.
He posted in the open posting Morning Reads. The fact tha he didn’t make a separate thread of his own is most probably a simple oversite.
It’s not an oversite. He continuously does this, and it is because he doesn’t stop and think before he posts. It’s not something we have to worry about again. I warned him about it. He didn’t heed the warning. Stop apologizing for him, you’re not his mother.
And don’t forget to get a beer or a shot at the Northwestern most bar in Georgia. https://jeffersonsrestaurant.com/trenton-georgia/
https://www.scribd.com/document/398207095/Stone-Indictment-012419
Collusion: secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose.
Every indictment gets us one step closer to Individual 1.
#Edgy
Three airports now being restricted. Can Atlanta, on Super Bowl weekend, be far behind?
What say you David Perdue?
https://www.perdue.senate.gov/connect/email
3280 Peachtree Road NE
Suite 2640
Atlanta, GA 30305
p: (404) 865-0087
f: (404) 816-3435
I’m guessing it is going to be mid February before enough senators remember they took an oath to the constitution not to Trump
Time to hire some private security screeners. https://www.heritage.org/transportation/commentary/it-past-time-privatize-the-tsa
I don’t think they will work without pay though.
Contractor workers outside of the DoD were not only furloughed but will not receive back pay. Explain how that will work for TSA, Customs, Air traffic control, Amtrak, etc. goes private. Reminder Reagan made Air Controller federal employees so they could not strike -stopping air traffic nation wide.
It should be noted , most of park service buildings or major venues have private contracted employees, – security forces (like the Smithsonian) food workers, ect.)
Private security prior to TSA at various US airports was an absolute joke. I’ve actually passed through a metal detector with the “observer” snoring. Then there were the Barney Fife types without a bullet… Gripe about it all you want but the level of professionalism has increased dramatically. If money is the issue then cancel one F35 order.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/01/25/least-unpaid-irs-workers-did-not-show-up-work-broad-shutdown-disruption-hits-tax-agency-according-house-aides/?utm_term=.5a3cbb192649 This is great. Mark them AWOL.
You’re gonna need those guys if you ever want to pay for a wall.
And hire new ones for what… $0.00?
Don’t rehire. Go to a national sales tax.
We warned you…
But Benevolus… Tybee folks are awesome…
http://www.wtoc.com/2019/01/25/tybee-island-raises-more-than-gift-cards-local-coast-guard/
I know! I just don’t want it to change too much.
This goes to show you the government needs to get out of all this charity free stuff. The populous will take care of it.
Not really.
https://www.gafollowers.com/atlanta-ranks-4th-needy-city-ties-1st-homelessness/
When things are going good, and less charity is needed, more is available. When times are tough, the charity dries up too, just when it’s needed most.
You can actually look at it as a cost/benefit situation. It often costs less to address your worst problems than to try to ignore them or sweep them under the rug. I’ve read recently that a couple of different cities (Salt Lake City for one I think) are actually providing housing for all homeless in their cities. It will be interesting to see how that works out.
It’s easy to give charity to people who take care of us, who protect us who’s lives are being upended by the people we (and they) elected. It’s harder to find folks to ‘take care of it’ when they believe their money is going to folks that have been labeled as lazy and useless of said populous -just out to collect ‘free stuff’ – because they are helped by the government.
This looks like a pretty good story about homelessness strategies anyway:
“What we found is that once people’s basic needs are met, their housing needs are met, they’re able to focus on treatment, on employment and the other things,” said James Mathy, the county’s housing director.
Three years later, Milwaukee is on track to the be the nation’s largest county to effectively end chronic homelessness. The Housing First strategy is credited with savings millions of dollars by reducing demand for mental-health and emergency-room care.
https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/homeless/what-can-seattle-learn-from-cities-that-decreased-their-homelessness/
The Senate just agreed by voice vote to fund the government through mid-Feb. With no objections, gopers supported the same bill they voted against yesterday, but we all know what happened since that vote.
The same bill gets to the House tonight and surely will pass overwhelmingly, and then all that’s needed is Trump’s signature for the government to back to its daily operations. After the unneeded mess of the last month, Trump wouldn’t find reason to balk, would he? Would he?
The Senate also named members to a group to head negotiations. There are some good names there as well as some I’m not familiar with: Shelby, Capito, Hoeven, Blunt from the gop, Leahy, Durbin, Tester from the dems. You could call them the Gang of Seven. Good luck, Senators. May you work hard and smart and fast.
And the House just passed it too, so it’s on its way to the White House.
I’m jumping back in, ’cause the water is fine now that DD has calmed down the snark! Thank you.
It’s also good to see that Pelosi has now stopped her childish temper tantrum, thanks to POTUS letting her have her way on the 3-week thing. It’s pretty ridiculous for any Speaker of the House to act like the whole country is her plaything, and that shutting down a portion of the government is just a pawn in her stooopid games. It is absurd that a person who represents only 1/435 of the nation can hold all the rest of the US hostage.
Now that’s an interesting take. Stooopid but interesting.
Hey, xdog! I missed you too.
“I will own the shutdown.”
If you like football, you’ll like the NFL Experience. I went today and it’s worth the price of admission.
https://www.nfl.com/super-bowl/event-info/details/overview/super-bowl-experience-driven-by-genesis/5da4f0da-418a-4da8-8654-8f6c43118344