April 11, 2019 6:00 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, April 11, 2019
Hello & good morning. My calendar tells me today is ‘National Barbershop Quartet Day.’ Not sure how I’ll celebrate, but I’ll see what I can do.
Peaches
- Congresswoman Lucy McBath has some ‘splainin to do.
- ACLU says Georgia sheriff illegally banning books from jail.
- ” A board to oversee Georgia journalists sounds like Orwellian fiction “
- Congressional leaders take Corps to task over plan for Savannah River pool.
- City of Hinesville backing indicted city manager.
- Georgia Southern University budget constraints could temper growth plans.
- Drag Queen Snubbed From Alpharetta Library Storytime Fights Back
Jimmy Carter
- Treasury misses congressional deadline for turning over Trump’s tax returns.
- Ohio passes heartbeat bill more strict than Georgia…meanwhile, Texas goes for the gold by pushing for death penalty for abortion.
- The lone candidate who wants felons voting while in prison.
- The downside of creative transit.
- Zippy Duval: EPA’s water rules are finally starting to make sense for farmers
- Who is extorting WikiLeaks?
Sweet Tea
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I wonder how Anthony Kennedy feels nowadays. His retirement was the proximate cause of this spate of anti-choice legislation. Something tells me this will tarnish his legacy.
Tarnishing began with the character of the successor he picked.
I think his long standing ties to organized crime (his dad was a mob lawyer), the Trump family, and his son’s work at Deutsch Bank (where he loaned Trump $1 billion) have already tarnished his legacy. The fix was in from the moment Trump took office.
John Lewis’ tax legislation including a provision to ban the IRS creating and furnishing free tax preparation software not appreciated: https://www.businessinsider.com/house-bans-free-government-tax-preparation-software-turbotax-hr-block-2019-4
So, it looks like the Free File program is not the issue, but the actual tax prep software. As much as I would like the IRS to kind of do my taxes, I also see a bit of a conflict of interest in the IRS creating the tax prep software. It could also possibly deplete the artistic aspect of accounting.
It also appears, oddly, that you might be supporting big government freebies?
Or are you saying John Lewis isn’t as appreciated as he should be?
I don’t think nominal general government support with respect to income taxes is a freebie. It’s unnecessary inclusion was a preventive action paid for one way or another by special interests. Lewis may not have been a recipient in any way—maybe it was a concession to others that were paid for support necessary to enactment—but he was co-sponsor so that’s why he was singled out.
The IRS providing free software and electronic filing doesn’t prevent one from filing taxes on paper, or engaging an accountant. It’s clear after decades of talking about simplifying income taxes that the opposite is occurring and taxes are becoming more complicated.
Good read.
https://www.axios.com/china-economy-global-financial-order-currency-7a0f9f5b-3470-4e59-a804-3390d5cdca94.html
https://www.ajc.com/blog/politics/gop-attack-lucy-mcbath-fizzles-over-signature/OwuzhZhXoGoZpGOrtt4DwI/
It was not Lucy McBath that signed for the package. It was Margaret McBath, mother in law of Lucy McBath. Fox News is the one that needs to be ‘splaining.
Did Karen Handel have anything to do with this story?
An obvious ‘M’ (matching the written ‘M’ in MacBath) is said to be an ‘L’ as proof Lucy signed for the package. They lie and even post the evidence of the lie. But it doesn’t matter to their audience. How many fingers am I holding up?
I wonder how many of the foxtrotters, who heard the original story, will hear part two.
But at least Fox isn’t fake news.