Morning Reads for Tuesday, July 12
212 years ago yesterday, Vice President Aaron Burr shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel. They say Angelica and Eliza were both by his side when he died; death doesn’t discriminate between the sinners and the saints*. Too late, Burr realized, “The world was wide enough for both Hamilton and me.”*
Wait for it – it’s time for Morning Reads:
- Britain is on the fast track to a new Prime Minister. What do you know about Theresa May (Besides her correctly-spelled forename)?
- I’d like to think that, somewhere, the ghost of Ann Richards is giving Texas Governor Greg Abbott a slow clap of respect.
- They’ve said it once (NSFW), and they’re saying it again: Mexico is not going to pay for any wall.
- Amazon moves away from list prices.
- The former head of Chatham Area Transit was sentenced to seven years in prison for his CAT scam.
- Burrell Ellis had 40 minutes of freedom yesterday when he was permitted to sit in on the appeal of his case before the Georgia Supreme Court.
- The president of the Atlanta branch of the NAACP calls the Atlanta Police Department’s behavior during recent protests “exemplary.”
- Laurens County, represent!
- Here’s what happens when you cheat and use the toll lanes without a Peach Pass.
- The case for vocational training in American high schools.
- There’s a new Aaron Burr in town. Also, a conversation with #Javilton.
*Lyrics from Hamilton.
**Burr actually said this.
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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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As long as we’re talking about yesterday, it was also the 35th anniversary of the release of Def Leppard’s second album (produced by Mutt Lange), High’N’Dry.
#highndry35
Regarding Mutt, I have to tell you dumping Shania Twain remains a mystery to me.
She had an affair with Rick Rubin.
Kidding.
Mutt Lange produced some of the best rock albums of our time. So has Rick Rubin.
I’m not familiar with Rubin, but you’re right, Mutt was The Man.
Rubin has produced albums by artists as diverse as Johnny Cash, Slayer, and the Beastie Boys.
I’m guessing you’re familiar with him, you just don’t know it.
Dunwoody cops arrested and shackled the poster of the Alton Sterling video… for traffic tickets. Of course, they claimed it was A&B so they could get to him on the base where he worked. Intimidation, maybe?
https://photographyisnotacrime.com/2016/07/10/man-who-posted-alton-sterling-shooting-video-arrested-24-hours-later-on-fabricated-charges/
“The case for vocational training in American high schools.” Bring back Home Ec, too. The boys took shop, the girls, Home Economics. Old Miss Anderson taught them to sew, cook and other necessities. I’m telling you the girls these days are woefully unprepared to run a household!
LOL! Took that bait like a starving bass. It was either gonna be you or Ellynn who came with that answer!
Oh I’m going to reply, just not as you think I will. Home Ec still exists in school curriculums. I’s called Family & Consumer Sciences. It is taught at 5-8 and 9-12 levels. It also is a ‘skill level’ curriculum class under a Humans Services in the CTAE program.
http://www.gadoe.org/Curriculum-Instruction-and-Assessment/CTAE/Pages/default.aspx
There are related ‘Home Ec’ classes that fall under CTAE, such as Culinary Arts, Fashion Marketing, and Early Childhood and Education.
Tradition ‘Shop’ programs still exist, but have also changed. Woods, Metals, Electronics and Automotive have become Carpentry, Construction, Masonry, Transportation, Manufacturing, Aviation, Logistics, IT, Networking, Architecture, and Engineering. (You should Google Georgia Career Academies to see how the programs work.) The CTAE programs also overlap STEM and STEAM programs.
I spent most of my time vocational time in high school in drafting and woods. I combined it with art, physics, and advance math. It lead to what I do today.
As to Home Ec and running a household – the only thing my tradition 1981 -82 seventh grade Home Ec class taught me that I hasn’t already learned from my parents, the great aunt who was our babysitter, and my two grandmothers, was to confirm how much I hated parts of running a household. It inspired me to make sure that whatever I did when I grew up I could afford someone to clean my house for me. My bi -weekly cleaning ‘guy’ is worth ever penny.
You’re right – not what I expected – it was better! LOL! You are an absolute hoot and treasure!
I still cook (I’m very good at it), do laundry (I actually iron pleated skirts – that’s a lost skill), sew stuff, and do all the planning and budgeting stuff (because my furry four legged roommates suck at it). I am truly bad at cleaning. Plus, I HATE it!
Didja hear? Ryan is giving a speech at the GOP convention. Ryan says “ I want to talk about our ideas, our solutions and how our party should unite….”
It’s to be a “major” 10 minute speech. Any more than 10 minutes and he’d run out of material given the dearth of GOP ideas and solutions, and the absence of GOP unity.
http://www.politico.com/tipsheets/playbook/2016/07/exclusive-ryan-to-speak-at-gop-convention-bernie-rallying-with-clinton-tuesday-trump-expands-communication-team-krones-retirement-gift-for-reid-bday-garrett-graff-corey-boles-215239
But tonight we have a whole hour of Ryan…
http://www.cnn.com/2016/07/12/politics/how-to-watch-paul-ryan-town-hall/index.html
Jim Barksdale is obviously the Democrats’ “sacrificial lamb” against Isakson. Reminds me of old saying of legendary UGA professor Chuck Bullock, words something to this effect: “When you see a novice running against an incumbent, it usually means more experienced hands saw it as an unwinnable race.” As for the Democratic bench being shallow, well it is no wonder—the combination of the miscues of Roy Barnes 15 years ago and Democratic incumbents abandoning their seats (like Lt Governor Mark Taylor and Sec of State Cathy Cox) paved the way for the GOP holding every statewide office. And as long as the Democratic brand is “road kill” in rural Georgia, at least in the short run, it will be very difficult for a Democrat to win statewide here…just ask Roy Barnes about the impact of the rural vote on November 5, 2002….