May 23, 2017 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Tuesday, May 23
Good morning! Here is the latest on last night’s bombing at Manchester Arena.
- The Gwinnett Braves want a new name. Basey McBaseface? The Button-Gs? Whatever they pick, please, for the love of all that is holy, hope that we learn from what happened in New Orleans, where they replaced the perfectly good Zephyrs with (trigger warning: horrifying man-baby) this.
- There are 5,500 new voters in CD6.
- Delta will launch facial recognition technology at the self-serve baggage drop at the Minneapolis-St. Paul airport.
- Georgia’s gnat line in the sand(y soil).
- More on that non-Satanic orb.
- Tips for world leaders meeting with Trump, beyond just reading that old Playboy article (no, that’s not a link to Playboy).
- Summer is nearly here – and you should know how much P is in that P-O-O-L.
- “Love, Actually” is a terrible movie, so of course its brief sequel is also terrible – but at least it raised money for a good cause.
- Here’s what you need to listen to this week. I submit without hesitation that what American needs right now is a musical based on “a complicated Russian novel.”
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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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My team name idea of the Gwinnett Funicellos isn’t gaining much traction. Yet.
Wait til they face the Gwinnett Paltrows.
Best sports team name ever is still the Macon Whoopies.
If they really wanted to honor their modern founding father they would call themselves the Scott Hudgens. Or perhaps the Gwinnett Over Developers.
Gwinnett Sewer Moratoriums?
The “Gwinnett Tax Burden”
http://www.myajc.com/news/local-govt–politics/gwinnett-hook-for-struggling-ballpark/EBBmymL74kL3lEeAihsnxN/
“The company they hired is the same one responsible for the New Orleans Baby Cakes…”
MAY GOD HELP US ALL
The “Gwinnett Greats” or #MGGA?
i always liked the simplicity of the braves naming their minor league teams “braves” without having to deal with any silly sand gnats or mud cats or any of the other stupid stuff minor league teams often get named…
Those days are gone. Witness their high A team the Florida Fire Frogs.
One of my favorite once and hopefully future Braves, Kris Medlen, is now a Fire Frog.
The thing is, the New Orleans Zephyrs absolutely fit within these guidelines. The Zephyr was the old-school wooden roller coaster at Pontchartrain Beach, an amusement park that operated from 1928-1983. It was the perfect throwback name for the farm team. I 100% blame millennials for the rotten, awful, horrifying Baby Cakes mascot. It’s dumb, and it’s meaningless. AT LEAST they should have done, IDK, something like the “Sno Balls.”
Actually seen those Isotopes. Fun AAA team!
also…what’s everyone’s take on the survey usa poll showing ossoff with a 6 point lead and over 50% now…
Haven’t seen the poll, plus I lack expertise. I’ll make a prediction until shortly before the election, but at this point I’d unscientifically say Ossoff’s margin is less than 2%.
I wonder if Handel would be agreeing to debates if the poll showed her up 7.
Tips for world leaders meeting Trump? Pander to or enrich him or his family, or stay clear.
Trump reassured Israel by unsolicitedly blurting out to reporters yesterday “Just so you understand, I never mentioned the word or the name Israel” while discussing his blabbing top secret intelligence to the Russians in the White House.
Whew! Trump was so clever Israel can rest easy that the Russians will never know the source for sure. Unfortunately for democracy, Putin won’t hesitate to have a battle of wits with an unarmed man.
I saw people talking about the budget cuts, over on the chicken production post. For your review… cause I like bubbles.
https://www.axios.com/trump-budget-deep-spending-cuts-2418091087.html
It should be noted, a lot of this will not make it through congress.
Thanks. My comment on that thread was bordering non-germane.
From the link: “The budget balances in 10 years, but relies on some very sketchy assumptions.”
Trump said he’d eliminate the national debt in 8 years, and he’ll not even balance it while he’s in office. What a hack.
Buchanan’s column this week is more brilliant than usual. He recommends that Trump order Justice to appoint another special prosecutor. For all of the felonious leaks that have occurred since he took office and before. Trump has every right to do so. Go after The Unmaskers and everybody else who’s leaking classified! This would be a dream come true! Pat outdoes himself this week!
It ain’t his staff. It’s Obama holdovers! Should I dare to dream?!
Those little dribbles coming from the WH are small fry. I’m hoping for big time Unmaskers!
Speaking of dribbles and small fries… every day I wake up and wonder if it’s pee pee tape day.
The person who publicly leaked the unmasked names. Felony for whoever leaked it. Don’t care who did it. Trump official or Obama official.
And Fox News concedes…
https://www.axios.com/fox-news-pulls-baseless-seth-rich-story-2419408345.html
Unfortunately, they left little Easter Egg for the faithful: ““We will continue to investigate this story and will provide updates as warranted. ”
Too bad the Daily Caller beat ’em to it.