Even though the saying goes that “without Atlanta, we’d be Alabama,” the Peach State still has some major differences with its western neighbor. We have more teeth, we smell better, we wear shoes, etc. Less obvious is that, like most other states, we have a lottery and, despite Gov. Robert Bentley’s best efforts last week,
Happy Monday, everyone! –insert inspirational story/quote here–. Let’s begin. Jawja #ExploreJawja Mike Pence will unify us…or something. More analysis of Trump’s effect on Isakson. Sea turtles break nesting record! Great work! Excerpts from a new book on the racial cleansing of Forsyth County. Murica False reports of gunfire at LAX. NASA ends its Mars simulation located
The Barrow County Republican Party held their 23rd annual Barbecue Saturday night, and as is their custom, they held a straw poll, this time for the 2018 governor’s race, despite the fact that there are no announced candidates for a vote that is two years away. The straw ballot contained seven names, plus undecided. The
An attorney I know once told me that finding compromise with a zoning issue is often more contentious than reaching an accord in a divorce settlement. I’ve never been divorced – but I have been on the receiving end of zoning-related ire on more than one occasion. It’s… not pleasant. Thankfully, with nearly every zoning
Several members , including Georgia’s 9th District Congressman Doug Collins, of the bipartisan Policing Strategies Working Group will be traveling to Detroit, Michigan to meet with local community leaders and law enforcement to discuss police accountability, aggression towards law enforcement, and public safety concerns related to these issues. Members of the working group plan to
“George Wallace represents the real views of Georgians…. I frankly admired Wallace, not because of his racial views, but because of his willingness to stand up and shake a fist at Washington occasionally. There’s something therapeutic about that in the South.” Click the link, and discover who said that, (via the Daily Jolt from the
Today’s Wall Street Journal takes a look at a study done by Facebook that examines what people who “like” one of the two major presidential candidates also “like” in areas of pop culture. For clarity, the study did not consider users who “liked” both candidates. The results were broken down by state, so it is
Amid a firestorm of allegations attempting to paint Donald Trump as a ‘racist’, the GOP nominee has big plans for a completely new tactic in Republican politics. According to Ashley Bell, national director of African-American outreach for the Republican National Committee, Trump will be holding events in predominantly black areas beginning next month. As Bell
Primary care doctors are always on the forefront of medical care for children, but when it comes to dental health, hundreds of thousands of Georgia children don’t have access. A researcher at Georgia Tech recently reported that Georgia is dropping the ball on dental health. More than 500,000 children in the state don’t have adequate
RIP Ron Anderson. Stop the presses! Freaknik canceled. These debates should be entertaining. Bubba stops by Manuel’s. See, sunshine is a great disinfectant. Emory. Marta. Atlanta. Buh-bye DeKalb? This! Gloom, despair, and agony on me. Violence continues. Words escape me… Today’s YUGE news. Punishing innovation. Or something. Uber for planes? Nope. Oh, goody, goody, goody!
