August 7, 2017 8:23 AM
Monday Morning Reads — August 7
Happy Monday! Today is Purple Heart Day.
State
- UGA is not pure.
- Meet the rural attorney who is now the Georgia House’s top Democrat.
- Remembering Floyd Hoard.
- Atlanta could get its own Union Station.
- It’s gonna be hot.
National
- The secret to happiness is helping others.
- Trump’s inner circle of people you didn’t know existed.
- Being old in today’s tech savvy world.
- What it’s like to watch democracy die.
- Gaza’s wasted generation.
About Author
Will Kremer
Will is an active member of the Georgia Republican grassroots. He previously served as Chairman of the Georgia Association of College Republicans, 2nd Vice Chairman of the 7th District Republican Party, and Treasurer of the Forsyth County Republican Party. Promise Land = Forsyth County.
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Newsweek story (spoiler alert, fake news, Republicans) on Trump’s work ethic and accomplishments: http://www.newsweek.com/2017/08/11/donald-trump-hillary-clinton-gop-white-house-potus-bannon-643996.html
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This following from me, not Newsweek on Trump. “Working in Bedminster, N.J., as long planned construction is being done at the White House. This is not a vacation – meetings and calls!” – Trump tweet
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Totally not a vacation. Trump has already made important calls—like calling an aide to call the golf course for a tee time. And the meetings! Nothing tougher meeting than meeting golfing buds at the course: pic.twitter.com/8d7JPFzQb9
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And if you don’t think golfing is werking, let Trump show you hisself: pic.twitter.com/W8pkgp37oH
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Yeah, he’s spent 53 days vacationing at tax payer expense in his first six months, but anything that distances him from decisions and policy is money well-spent. Distance isn’t fool-proof though—it’s Trump after all. He did launch cruise missiles while sharing some super delicious chocolate cake while discussing military decision making in front of a couple hundred of his closest $400,000 a seat friends.
Putin’s on vacation too. I talked to some gopers this weekend who were all hot and bothered because Putin’s taking his shirt off again as he romps in the woods, the big stud. What a leader, what a man’s manly man.
Here he is grabbing some rays, fishing, sharing mushrooms with his Defense Minister.
http://www.cnn.com/2017/08/05/politics/putin-vacation-siberia/index.html
Glad to see you linked the dying democracy story even though you pre-empted me.
Instead here’s a story on the Georgia EPD’s plans to store water in underground aquifers despite the failure of two earlier pilot programs and the objections of some politicians.
http://www.myajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/despite-critics-georgia-lays-groundwork-manage-aquifer-storage/ZJaFKa7XN0ol4QGaJiDcRM/
Someday Trump will be gone and things will be better? There’s the possibility that this, like good manufacturing jobs in rural Georgia that left and are never coming back, is the new normal.
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The bar has never been lower, yet politics will be less partisan and bad in the future? The GOP can’t govern the country, but they’ve successfully lowered the bar, and now the abnormal is becoming normal. It’s business as usual. Ask Mitch or 85% of the GOP establishment. Even without Trump there will be Trump-like candidates in elections for the foreseeable future, certainly the Presidency, since success breeds imitation.
For me the jury’s out on aquifer storage. It’s certainly something to be approached with extreme caution, EPD’s record on coastal Georgia waters isn’t the best. At least the concept has NIMBYs.
More on the new normal: Government reports 209,000 new jobs in July. New jobs per month during Trump’s mere six months in office have been no different than occurred during Obama’s last 60 months in office, but hey Trump did create 50,000 coal jobs, and is doing so much better than Obama since he knows the system better than anyone else an only he can fix it..
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As Trump press secretary Spicer said when the jobs numbers were reported the first full month of after Trump’s inauguration: “They may have been phony in the past, but it’s very real now.” https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/arts/television/sean-spicer-donald-trump-melissa-mccarthy.html
Today’s political blast from the past; ‘Warsaw Pact’
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/06/world/europe/russia-america-military-exercise-trump-putin.html
Savannah takes it’s Live Oaks seriously.
http://www.wtoc.com/story/36079127/city-of-savannah-seeking-37000-after-oak-tree-damaged-by-construction-crew
This should be an interesting meeting…
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2017/08/07/trumps-evangelical-advisers-want-a-meeting-with-pope-francis-over-controversial-article/?tid=sm_fb&utm_term=.56babe77f1ba
Just got a warning email from Blue Cross saying they were pulling out of much of Georgia. Called them. They don’t have info as of now what counties will be effected. Any of our insurance posters have any inside scoop? The rep said “rural” counties.
Thanks. My being in Bartow means I’m screwed. Drew, applying to the two other two entities you mentioned would require that I do what, exactly, as far as you know?
Sorry to ask but still being in Colombo dodging monitor lizards leaves me little time to seek these answers until I get back!
Actually am Blue Cross through a former Cobra. That policy wascancelled because it didn’t meet Obama care standards and BC put me on a Silver Pathway plan that was ACA compliant. So, not through emplyer but not actually signed up through healthcare. Com, either. Is that convoluted enough or does it jund if make sense? So, given that blurb of info, you still think my signing up through healthcare. Com is the way to go? Thanks!