January 26, 2016 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, January 26, 2016
Good morning, and happy Australia Day!
- Self-taught artist Thornton Dial died yesterday.
- Why voters are so anxious this election.
- Brookhaven’s city manager is stepping down, collecting $225,000 in severance pay.
- Savannah’s public safety employees are waiting for their pay increases.
- The Effingham Parkway is getting $44 million from the state.
- UGA professors don’t like their new grading system.
- Georgia Power is no longer pumping coal ash into Lake Sinclair.
- You spin Bibb right round baby right round.
- (Yes, I know that’s the second time I’ve quoted Flo-Rida, but it’s the first time on this site.)
- [ETA this link that I omitted earlier] Kansas state Senator proposes a dress code for the ladies in order to mitigate the “distraction” of short skirts and low-cut tops; per the article, he feels that men “don’t need guidance” on what to wear to a hearing.
- Clearly he’s never been at a restaurant where a man is eating in a sleeveless shirt, which might be one of the most disgusting sights around; and,
- Well, Kansas, you’re distracted now!
- Perhaps I sometimes roll my eyes at Jane Brody’s column, but she’s spot on with yesterday’s post on the health benefits of knitting.
- This Week in Hamilton! Valentine’s Day is just a few weeks away – why not woo your heart’s desire with a Hamil-tine?
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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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We need to start more cities around here that compete to get all in admin into six figures, then the residents can feel their city value. The enemy is us.
NASA’s Opportunity rover celebrated it’s 12 year on Mars on Sunday. It was initially rated to last 90 days.
http://www.sgvtribune.com/science/20160124/nasas-opportunity-rover-was-supposed-to-last-90-days-on-mars-today-is-its-12th-anniversary
I thought Matt Damon destroyed it to make a radio when he was stranded on Mars.
You think that’s impressive? Both Voyagers are still spitting out a tiny signal almost 40 years later! NASA is the greatest example of govt spending in history!
i think a reasonable argument could be made that you were quoting dead or alive this time…
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjB79bGxcfKAhVCkh4KHWbLAfUQ3ywIHTAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DPGNiXGX2nLU&usg=AFQjCNH78exI-yNtWk_TPEhNK1omfbhGBQ&sig2=fW4t8xPFB7FGhpLT6dS4rQ&bvm=bv.112454388,d.dmo
Odd trivia:
There were 112 deaths associated with the construction of [Hoover] dam. The first was J. G. Tierney, a surveyor who drowned on December 20, 1922, while looking for an ideal spot for the dam. His son, Patrick W. Tierney, was the last man to die working on the dam, 13 years to the day later.
(Wikipedia)
Now I’m singing this song (which I will now brag about having seen performed live by the Highwaymen at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo in 1990 – thanks, Dad!) (And please watch that video because the floating heads are fantastically trippy.) (And I know the song is talking about Boulder Dam but it’s still what I think of every time I think of the Hoover Dam.)
(Because they’re the same damn dam.)
That’s what prompted me to look it up. That song came up on my Pandora.
Here is a good idea. No conviction equals no forfeiture of your property. Lets see if it passes.
http://politics.blog.ajc.com/2016/01/26/scot-turners-idea-no-conviction-no-forfeiture
+1. Asset forfeiture without FIRST obtaining a conviction is obscene! Ain’t no way in hell it’s constitutional! Don’t give a s**t what the sorry a$$ed Supreme Court has ruled! It simply does not pass the common sense test…
Well you might as well forget about seizing anything then, because the assets would be long gone by the time a conviction rolls around, don’t you think?
“An analysis by Sarah Stillman in The New Yorker suggested that states that place seized funds in neutral accounts, such as Maine, Missouri (which puts seized funds in accounts for public education), North Dakota, and Vermont, have been much less likely to have major scandals involving forfeiture abuse.[6] States like Texas and Virginia and Georgia which have few restrictions on how police use the seized funds have had more scandals”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States#States
I agree, we should forget about seizing anything until we can stop the abuse of civil forfeiture by the people we pay to protect us. The temptation for easy money has proven too great and this harms innocent people who are only going about their legal business. Here is another article by Ms. Stillman for the New Yorker. There is no excuse for the abuse she outlines other than the real criminals are doing the seizing.
http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/08/12/taken
How bout innocent until PROVEN guilty, B?
So we should let murder suspects roam free until they are convicted?
Ummm, B, you ever heard of bail? LMAO! Jeeeeeez!
So isn’t that a seizure? If you have to pay to be free you’re not exactly innocent.
It will not see the light of day in this session. We have too many election year bills attempting to give more 1st amendment rights unnecessarily to majorities. Josh McKoon has yet to cite a case where his RFRA would have protected a Georgian’s 1st amendment rights. We certainly don’t have time to address abuses to the 4th amendment that occur several times every day in our state and have done so for decades.
BTW, someone send a memo to Superintendent Woods as these confiscations are one category where we have Georgia exceptionalism. We’re Number 1! We’re Number 1! We’re…
You Spin Me Around is by Dead or Alive. Please do not give FloRida (i just cant with his name) any credit for that!
I am not irrationally perturbed.
You’re right, of course, but when hear the song in my head it’s the Flo-Rida version. (And sometimes then, in my head, I pronounce it “Flor-EYE-da,” like it rhymes with the brand of frozen potato products.)
Amen, sister. Knitting calms the mind and spirit.
It is the ONLY thing that has kept me sane this last year.
For me, knitting ends up with unraveling knots, missed stiches and sweater sleeves in different lengths… it has the opposite effect of calm on my sanity. Although my mother says it’s highly entertaining to watch me attempt to knit.