Morning Reads for Veterans Day (November 11)
Good morning! It’s Veterans Day, which honors all who have served in the Armed Forces. This day has been set aside since 1925, via Congressional Resolution, though it didn’t become an official holiday until 1938, when it was designated as a day “dedicated to world peace.”
Thank you to all of our current and former members of the military who are part of the GeorgiaPol.com family. Here’s to hoping your contributions lead us to achieve world peace one day.
Let’s get to the news.
Pat Conroy
- Yesterday morning’s “Jolt” gives a bit of background on why our two Senators are baselessly attacking the Secretary of State. (Alternate link.)
- I don’t usually put strongly-worded opinions into the Morning Reads, but this fiasco warrants an exception: The only “embarrassment” about this for Georgians is the shameful behavior of Senators Perdue and Loeffler.
- Yet, Governor Kemp will not be calling a special session of the General Assembly to change the election rules for the runoff election. (Alternate link.)
- President-elect Biden’s lead has stretched to 14,149 votes over President Trump in Georgia.
- Remington Research Group has an early poll out for both Senate races. (Alternate link.)
- FiveThirtyEight takes a look at how Republicans usually gain ground in our runoff elections.
- State Rep. James Beverly of Macon will be the Democrats’ new caucus chair in the Georgia House.
- U.S. Rep. David Scott has become the new chair of the Agriculture Committee.
- TIME has a piece on how Clinch Memorial Hospital saved itself from closure.
Alice Walker
- The 2020 election was good for Republicans, except President Trump.
- President Trump has fired several senior officials from the Pentagon, installing loyalists in “acting” roles.
- The postal worker in Pennsylvania who claimed to have witnessed widespread ballot tampering has told postal investigators that his claim was a lie. (Alternate link.)
- Here are the six lawsuits President Trump will face when he leaves office in January.
- COVID cases are increasing in the U.S., and El Paso has now resulted to mobile morgues to try to keep up. (Alternate link.)
- Pro-democracy lawmakers resigned en masse after four were disqualified yesterday in Hong Kong.
Flannery O’Connor
- Four Seasons Total Landscaping is cashing in on its new-found fame.
- Philadelphia will now host a “Fraud Street Run,” going from – you guessed it – Four Seasons Total Landscaping to the Four Seasons Hotel.
- Will President-elect Biden’s victory spell the end for Disney’s Hall of Presidents?
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Holly Croft
Holly is an archivist at one of Georgia's institutions of higher learning. In a past life, she was a legislative assistant on Capitol Hill. She cares a lot about records management, open records laws, and privacy laws. Political persuasion? It's complicated. What's not complicated is that she's proudly equal parts Bulldog and Tar Heel.
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lost in the hoopla of the senate runoffs, it appears that one of the psc seats has also fallen below 50% for the incumbent, and looks to also be headed for a runoff…
Which family will visit Georgia more often before the runoffs, Bidens, Obamas, or Trumps?
I’m betting Trumps since there are more of them.
At 10:59 am, Paris Time, on November 11, 1918, U.S. army private Henry Gunther became the last soldier to die in World War I.
I didn’t realize there were 4.7 million US solders involved in the first world war. I always thought it was less than that.
My maternal grandfather served on an ambulance crew in France. He found out he loved France and ended up teaching French and being head of the foreign language department at the University of New Hampshire..
” American losses in World War I were modest compared to those of other belligerents, with 116,516 deaths and approximately 320,000 sick and wounded of the 4.7 million men who served. The USA lost more personnel to disease (63,114) than to combat (53,402), largely due to the influenza epidemic of 1918.
Moreover, by applying knowledge that European physicians had acquired earlier in the war, Americans were able to mitigate losses from chemical weapons, shell shock, and infected gunshot and shrapnel wounds. The American response to war losses forged a new relationship between the government and military personnel and between the nation’s medical system and its military institutions.”
https://encyclopedia.1914-1918-online.net/article/war_losses_usa#:~:text=American%20losses%20in%20World%20War,the%20influenza%20epidemic%20of%201918.