Morning Reads for Wednesday, 4/20
Because I can’t responsibly post the video for Love Again, here’s an entirely random Ray Charles song. You kids enjoy yourselves.
Georgia
– In one of the toughest districts in Georgia, State Rep. Gerald Greene’s only opponent was disqualified for living out of the district
– Jesup won’t be a landfill any longer. Read why in The Bitter Southerner
– A campaign event for Majority Leader Burns with the Speaker in attendance drew protests against campus carry. Sorry, y’all, that’s the price of the RFRA veto
– Kyle Korver fell asleep and woke up to see the Hawks win a second playoff game
– The Powers That Be hope to re-shape Georgia’s economy as an export-driven state. (Has anyone coined “Dixie Deutschland” yet?)
– Leonard Floyd does everything well, but can he do anything exceptionally?
– The scariest moment in the life of a politician is delivering the first pitch; there is the possibility of life-long shame, as fans of House of Cards will attest. Blogger emeritus Buzz Brockway handled it with grace
There Be Dragons
– Why do Americans these days scare so easy?
– Demonstrating both the blistering rage of the white working class and the timid incrementalism of minority voters, Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton won another Deep South primary in New York
– Trump won everywhere except, uh, his home, drawing only 23 votes from Trump Tower to Kasich’s 13, indicating his personal ability to politically organize is inferior to most fraternity presidents
– The 4th Circuit overturned a school board bathroom policy that discriminated against trasngender students, as dozens of sweaty, politically-ambitious Republicans woke up screaming “NO COMMENT”
– Jamelle Bouie: Republicans aren’t racist, we’re equally indifferent to the sufferings of all people.
– Kevin Williamson is his usual delightful, deranged self
I’ll leave you with this:
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Now if you want Fed money for education, gender equipment will not be the determining factor for the bathroom you use. So hit the showers if you don’t like it…..
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I’ll identify my tribe by their reaction to this musical summary of Reefer Madness. (If you have Hulu, here’s the entire film.)
The family of a Braves fan sues the Braves because he fell over the railing at Turner Field. In other words the family sues for the fan’s carelessness.
http://www.bizjournals.com/atlanta/morning_call/2016/04/family-of-braves-fan-who-fell-to-his-death-at.html?ana=e_atl_rdup&s=newsletter&ed=2016-04-20&u=jG6E4YjWaInuldsPN1cGkFF5Wth&t=1461155543&j=72512672
If Donald Trump were president, that railing would’ve been ten feet high. And the Nationals would’ve paid for it. #MakeSittingInTheUpperDeckSafeAgain
Seriously though. Besides a settlement, what were the Braves supposed to do? Lawyer claims railing should’ve been higher? TLTR (Too lazy to read)
Yes, the lawyer says the railing should have been higher. The Braves response should be if the railing was the problem, why were there not more such falls and injuries? The only other recent incident was several ago when a guy jumped and it was ruled suicide.
Not one single cent. Zero. You cannot accident-proof all of America.
Agree, however the Braves will likely settle for a few bucks, express condolences and not admit liability just to get rid of the case.
Of course they will. They shouldn’t, but will.
“You cannot accident-proof all of America.”
You can’t even accident-proof presidential campaigns and the nominating process.
meh. that doesn’t read like i meant it to. i meant it like this crazy billionaire ran on a lark and accidentally ended up getting/near getting the nomination. but it just reads like avoiding campaign slip-ups.
I would think that would be pretty cut and dried. I’m sure there are established standards for how high railings are supposed to be. Either the railing met the standard or it didn’t.
It met it for the first row. Not for some doofus standing in the second row losing his balance and falling forward.
As a completely unrelated side note which you can further “rail” against…
http://www.nbcnews.com/business/business-news/harriet-tubman-replace-former-president-andrew-jackson-20-bill-n559251
A woman! A black woman! Who freed slaves! I wonder if the Never Forgetters will boycott $20 bills?
It’s called a “code”. A “standard” is a completely different set of ‘legal requirements’ and related enforcements. Any code, standard, requirement, testing method, etc. of a building falls under the legally implemented edition as stated in the O.C.O.G, in this case Title 25, which gives jurisdiction of egress and occupancy requirements to the State Fire Marshall’s office under legal egress to the Life Safety Code (N.F.P.A. 101). Currently, per the 2012 edition of N.F.P.A. 101, Section 12.2.11.1.1, under ‘Sight Line – Constrained Rail Heights’, in sub section Special Means of Egress Features in New and Existing Assembly Occupancies, and further detailed in Appendix A; Exhibit 12/13.69, any rail directly in front of seats, boxes, galleries, balconies, vomitories, and orchestra pits is allowed to have a rail height of not less then 26″ above the correlating floor level of seats, boxes, etc. As stated in Section 12.2.11.1.4, guards requirements of section 7.2.2.4 of a height of less then 42″ are required to the sides and back of any seating and adjacent to all aisles.
Have you thought about a hobby? Maybe motorcycling? Archery? 🙂
Thank you for the info.
I get paid for knowing this stuff. It called having a Profession.
Nice try Chet, but here is the actual quote from the article you linked about Trump’s huge win in NY last night:
“The good news for Trump is that he does appear to have won the specific nine-block precinct where Trump Tower is located by a blowout total of 23 votes to Kasich’s 13. The other good news is that it looks like he won 90 of the state’s 95 delegates overall.”
Looks like Trump deniers had a bad night, only going to get worse now that the Trump team is loaded with campaign professionals. GOPers better come together soon, get behind Trump and focus on knocking off Hillary instead of messing around with delegate distribution.
Your Burns and Buzz article linkies appear to be no bueno.
Tres J: Good points all, and good clarification, as well.
If only The Donald would begin to speak in a tone and style befitting POTUS, and toss in some relevant, contextual content. If nominated, Trump faces a far more united Democratic Party than the GOP is showing, right now.
If the stay-at-homers do their thing, which was doing nothing, again, its’ Hilary.
Agreed. Trump raises two important issues: immigration and trade. We have to protect our borders and the wall is the best way to do it. Gotta have it. Coast to coast. And, no one other than Kasich will serve as VP if asked. Trump has alienated and insulted all of his fellow Repubs. And if elected no one in either party is gonna work with him. It’s too bad.
Noway, you really believe that nobody will accept an invitation to be VP because the top dog would be Trump? All the egos in DC and nobody would take the chance? Come on.
I think it will be the other way around with all kinds of potential Veep candidates in the mix after Trump secures the nomination. If for no other reason than the possibility of Trump getting impeached or leaving office early for some other reason, they get to be prez without all the campaign hassle. The political prostitutes will be lined up outside Trump Tower begging for an opportunity to be his Veep.
You may be right. I just don’t see Bush or Marco or Cruz doing it. Too many insults. We’ll see. Christie would…
Start watching Pennsylvania. It has possibly the strangest delegate allocation yet for the Republican party.
Like Illinois, delegates are elected individually by name in each Congressional district – 54 of them. 17 are pledged statewide to the winner of the state.
Unlike Illinois, there’s nothing (!) on the ballot to tell you who that delegate is likely to support.
When the nomination is sewn up before PA, this doesn’t matter. This time, it does.
A few media sources have surveyed delegates to ask who they support. Some delegates have answered, some have not, and some are being cagey about their support. Keep this for a cheat-sheet next Tuesday.
http://triblive.com/politics/politicalheadlines/10253036-74/district-whoever-wins
What a bunch of wussies those Key State delegates are: “Listen to the people in my District.” I mean really, who do they think they are? They are supposed to be infallible!
LOL.
Good share, thank you.
I am guessing that The Donald will NOT hit the magic 1,237 number before June, in which case – This is gonna be one heckuva show.
I see an image of a ventriloquist if The Donald selects a really strong VEEP , if nominated. The phrase, “What the President meant…” might become a daily occurrence.
Then there is this: http://www.mediaite.com/tv/donald-trump-wants-oprah-as-his-vice-presidential-candidate/
Can you un-see The Donald sitting on Oprah’s knee?
It’s getting harder to see him not get enough delegates. There are still 750 available. Trump only needs 392 to reach 1237. So he only needs to win a little more than half of those to come. Trump is leading in California and it’s winner take all, so that’s 172 right there. Even if he doesn’t quite get there by the convention, the Rubio and Kasich delegates are going to have to go somewhere. They’ve got 318 between them right now. Trump may only need 50 or 100 of them.
CA is not strictly WTA. 13 delegates are awarded on the statewide results, but the rest are WTA-by-CD, so 53 little primaries all independent.
Can we talk about the GAGOP email that went out today where they educate everyone on delegate process and timelines then drop the bombshell the nominating committee doesn’t plan to interview the people getting their info in for the 5/1 deadline?