April 6, 2017 6:00 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, April 6, 2017
On this date in 1917, Congress approved a declaration of war on Germany and entered World War I on the Allied side.
Peaches
- Georgia: Home to just about every natural disaster
- Ossoff raises $8.3 million
- The John Paul Stevens Corporate Welfare Plan
- Georgia companies that wish to help build The Wall
- Pence adviser eyes run for Georgia Governor
- Albany legislators tout passage of OSD replacement bill
- Atlanta Magazine reviews Georgia’s 2016 execution record
Jimmy Carter
- Mayor says no plan, no diploma for high schoolers need a plan or they can’t graduate
- FDA nominee: Ebola = opioid crisis
- Half of US families live paycheck to paycheck
- Trump supporters say they “keep their heads down” in California
- Homeland Security doesn’t envision a ‘solid wall’
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Braves win their first game, beating the Mets in 12 innings as Colon, Kemp, and the bullpen excel.
O’Reilly is losing advertisers because FOX paid millions to settle sexual harassment cases. The show will stay on the air but O’Reilly’s credibility will continue to go downhill. Trump’s support of O’Reilly only makes things worse.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/advertisers-are-revolting-against-bill-oreilly-but-it-might?utm_term=.uhY4ng51xM#.cgKevQ842D
O’Reilly said allegations and payments are routine for those in his position, what with all the allegations and payouts associated with Bret Baier, Sean Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Brit Hume and everything.
And yet according to the latest numbers his ratings have gotten even bigger! Egad!!
viewers dont really matter when you dont have the advertising dollars. ratings ultimately only matter in terms of advertising (from a business standpoint.)
As someone in TV pointed out long ago: Advertisers are the client, viewers are the product. No clients, no money, no show.
Ummm….no viewers, no advertisers. Why does a Super Bowl spot cost umpteen million bucks? Because of the numbers of viewers tuned in. You’re welcome.
No viewers, no advertisers. But also possible viewers, but no advertisers, because brands don’t want to associate themselves with a broadcast that, while it hits a certain niche viewing population, is toxic with the (purchasing) public at large. It’s what happened to Glen Beck before he went off and made his online media: He was still drawing in at Fox, but no serious advertiser wanted to be associated with his crazy quilt conspiracy nonsense. So no advertisers, no money for the network, no show.
Today’s Making America Great Again achievement: White nationalist Steve Bannon is leaving the principals committee National Security Council since he’s completed “de-operationalizing” of the NSC.
We await the Trump administration’s response to Syria stepping over the line in gassing civilians including children. Who knew Syria was capable of such an atrocity?
What should his ideal response be?
So, you’re basically saying that Trump should act alone. I agree. I wonder why Obama never considered going that route?
did you see where Congressional authorization was sought but denied?
tell me, do you think they would approve this time around? and if so what has changed other than the letter behind the name of the person requesting it?
POTUS does not need congressional approval initially for a no-fly but it would be necessary and advisable to get congressional approval for anything beyond 60 days.
The “Blame Obama” for-everything-wrong message is wearing thin. I don’t think his sycophants and relatives have the courage to point out that in diminishing a former president he is also taking his own positions down a notch. Internal US politics should always take a backseat to foreign relations and to the rest of the world we should present a united front. Threatening to act unilaterally on Syria and North Korea is the antithesis of his “America First” rhetoric.
The blame game always gets old quickly as it did when Obama blamed Bush for everything.
Republicans blamed Obama for everything Bush did wrong. Obama had to defend himself by reminding them of Bush’s actions. Just like Republicans blame Democrats for obstruction now when they obstructed for the last 8 darn years.
The difference with this administration’s blame game is that it is not being done by proxy. The tweets that ostensibly come from the man himself have short circuited the more diplomatic channels utilized in the past. I hope Sean Spicer has a promise of a future role with Trump Properties. I doubt he gets a Stephanopoulos type gig after having to replace so many presidential divots with massive amounts of BS.
Obama liked to say he “inherited” the problem. Trump uses different wording. I am not partisan on this one. They both do it.
We have no business going in there alone. I agree the UN isn’t the mechanism, but a coalition must buy-in. Surely Germany, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, the UK, and others have similar enough values that they would join. And diplomacy with Russia- some arrangement would need to be made, which means our involvement would be something short of taking Assad out of power.
At the same time, we should be talking to S. Korea and Japan and China about N. Korea. Too bad our SoS has zero experience at this sort of thing. He should be very busy right about now.
The single biggest prize in individual sport is now underway. Coverage on ESPN at 3:00.
I generally would say that something you can win once a year (and that competes with 3 other Majors) isn’t the biggest prize in sport, but I’m curious what would be the real answer. Olympic Gold Medal is once every 4 yrs, but there’s a lot of ways to win an Olympic Gold Medal. Maybe a ‘Grand Slam’ in Tennis/Golf, but that’s more a unique feat than a regular contest. I suppose it used to be being Heavyweight Champion of the World, but Boxing’s just fallen off a cliff in popularity. Maybe being the ‘Fastest Man Alive’ by winning the 100m Gold at the Olympics? It’s an interesting question, though.
“there’s a history to Augusta that the US Open or PGA Championship don’t have”
Pardon? I love the Masters but they were playing the US Open before Bobby Jones or Cliff Roberts were born. The Masters is just up the road and I wish every tournament handled crowds and media the way they do, but the Open is harder to win, more prestigious, and will make you richer, which is why golfers want more to win it.
Again, interesting as hell discussion. I’ll debate the prestige part of The (British) Open. If won at St. Andrews, you have a point, but The Masters is…well…The Masters. And if polled, I’d bet more would want the Green Jacket. Anyway, just enjoy the next four days!!
I’m going to self-defib myself! It seems that Drew and I may have actually stumbled onto kind of agreeing on something!!! I’m fixing to stick a knife blade into a socket. if I’m not here to respond to something outrageous that Drew says later in the day, know I’m probably slumped in a heap on my floor from the shock. Just an FYI…
HD 50 will be an open seat in 2018 or before, depending on when Raffensperger resigns.
https://patch.com/georgia/johnscreek/raffensperger-run-georgia-secretary-state