It’s summer! I hope you have air conditioning. Every June, some northern friend of mine will post something on social media about how they don’t need air conditioning where they live, because just open a window and everything is so lovely, and I think, “Oh, honey. Bless your heart, you have no idea.” In Mexico,
Happy Monday, everyone! It’s a beautiful, cool morning. My Jeep’s doors are off to celebrate the relief from Hell’s scorching heat. Hooray! Jawja Jawja State Troopers are lacking qualified candidates. We have a new Miss Jawja! One of many morals of this story: Don’t ever go to Kentucky. We’ve got alligators! 🙁 It wasn’t me. Murica
It lives! For 10 more days, at least. Well, I have been contemplating adding a sundeck to my car. Former regulator turns down ethics appointment. Who else (besides me), saw the word “Terminus” and immediately thought, “No thanks, I don’t want anything off the grill.”? Quite a haul from the Floyd County Schools fraud investigation.
On this date in 1858, in a speech in Springfield, Illinois, Senate candidate Abraham Lincoln said the slavery issue had to be resolved. He declared, “A house divided against itself cannot stand.” Certainly not the first or last instance of campaign rhetoric. Peaches 38th in the nation for education spending. Georgia couldn’t be handling the opioid epidemic
The man, the myth, the hair is in town today, speaking at a no-way-provocative venue in the heart of Midtown. “Song for my Father” by Leon Thomas. (For Father’s Day) Jimmy Carter: “I think there’s going to be a reassessment in America by individual citizens and collectively after this election experience that we’re involved in right
Good morning! I try to find interesting stories from across Georgia for each Tuesday’s morning reads, but I’ll be honest, this week, the pickings are slim. If there’s something fascinating (and somewhat GAPOL-related) from your part of Georgia, please share a link in the comments. Meanwhile, it’s been A Week. GRU, we hardly knew you.
So, yesterday sucked. We’ll get to that later on. Just hug your loved ones. Jawja A huge slip-n-slide is coming to Atlanta! Run. Miss Georgia is beginning. These ladies represent our state so well. Georgia judge, transgender name change, and Hawaii. All in one story! Yikes–Senator Perdue had a moment. Murica Yesterday’s terrorist attack is the
Sunshine/disinfectant meet KSU. I don’t think so. Movin’ on up. If you’re not reading The Bitter Southerner, well, you should. FBI to make a secret filing? Ooooooo. Backing down. Read between the lines all you want. True. But most are too dense to see it. 75 years isn’t too long to wait. Or so they
On this date in 1943, the withholding tax on payrolls was authorized by the U.S. Congress. Peaches The saga of the 48-year fugitive continues… 40% increase in “hate groups” in Georgia. Challenging the Georgia Milestones testing scores. A call to help young entrepreneurs. Death row inmates in Georgia: a slideshow $175 million to study nukes,
The world is still celebrating from ABBA’s first public performance in 30 years. “Does Your Mother Know” is their greatest song. When they ask: What is whiteness? Show them that video. Perhaps whiteness’ Platonic form. Why the 1980 Bulldogs might be the most undeserving national champions ever. You’re really trying to make friends today, aren’t
