Month: August 2017

Morning Reads for Friday, August 4, 2017

The First 48 to film in Gwinnett, featuring the GCPD. World’s most popular Airbnb is in some Atlanta guy’s backyard. Really. Fayette County plays well with others. At least, where water is concerned. It’s a trap! Fire-sale 747’s to become the next Air Force Ones. But we wanted to know the grandchildren’s names! WH press

Mayor Reed Shows President Trump How to Fight the Media

Top tips: Don’t just tweet Be coherent  Hit three targets with one shot Come at your enemies correct Those are the big takeaways from Mayor Reed’s masterclass in elected official whining fighting with the media, following Maria Saporta’s latest column. Unwilling to be content with hating on Saporta, Reed had to ensure Cathy Woolard and

R. Kelly, Pariah In Concert

Kenyette Barnes and I were talking across my dinner table about the enduring, evolving icky horror of R. Kelly a couple of weeks ago, as her young son wrestled with a video game in the next room. She was wondering if she could raise the necessary bail money to stage a barn-burning protest of his upcoming

Morning Reads- Thursday, August 3, 2017

On this date in 1958, Billboard Magazine introduced its “Hot 100” chart, which was part popularity and a barometer of the movement of potential hits. The first number one song was Ricky Nelson’s “Poor Little Fool.” Peaches  When the charges exceed the crime Medicaid waivers for the peach state Elections watchdog group bothered over voters kicked

Georgia Holds Fate Of Future US Nuclear Power

On Monday, the two utilities building nuclear reactors at the Virgil C Summer nuclear site decided to pull the plug on the project, scuttling two of the four nuclear reactors currently under construction in the United States. The remaining two nuclear reactors are on the other side of the Savannah River, in Burke County Georgia.

Sen. Perdue Introducing Legislation to Reform Immigration

From a press release from Sen. David Perdue (R, GA): U.S. Senators David Perdue (R-GA) and Tom Cotton (R-AR) today will introduce the Reforming American Immigration for a Strong Economy (RAISE) Act, a bill that would spur economic growth and raise working Americans’ wages by giving priority to the best-skilled immigrants from around the world and reducing overall

Morning Reads for Aug. 2, 2017

The Mooch was supposed to officially start his job on Aug 15. Which begs the question: if you work somewhere for -16 days do you have to pay the erstwhile employer? “Here’s to the Losers” by Frank Sinatra.  Isakson talks Trump turmoil, why he won’t endorse in gubernatorial race and more.  MLK (statue) will replace