November 30, 2017 6:15 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, November 30, 2017
On this date in 1894, the Governor of Georgia during the Civil War passed away. Joseph Emerson Brown opposed nearly every Confederate policy.
Peaches
- Georgia plant closing
- The Georgia Dome replacement hotel
- How one local government is blasting off into the space business
- Georgia Power is setting the bar a little higher with utility poles
- Albany plant recognized for clean energy – a big deal for SWGA
- This year’s Certified Chambers of Commerce
- Irma damage now toppling $670 million in Georgia
- Israel a topic in Georgia Governor’s race
Jimmy Carter
- DNC to depose Sean Spicer
- Outrage over White House Christmas
- Dem lawmaker says Pelosi set women back decades
- Address climate change or face Moody’s downgrade
- Ahh, beloved government
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http://www.cnn.com/2017/11/30/politics/al-franken-groping-allegation/index.html
A 5th accuser? Wow! One more and he’ll have his own women’s volleyball team. But he’s still hard at work…
I guess he has almost caught up to Roy Moore in number of accusers. Looks like sleaze has no politics.
I admittedly don’t know a whole lot about credit ratings, but it seems like Moody’s is putting cities and towns between a rock and a hard place. I get taking exposure to certain risks into account, but I am unclear from the article on what is changing. On one hand the article says if a town is building seawalls, that’s a warning sign. On the other it wants risk mitigated. Anybody out there to help explain this to a non-credit dude?
I didn’t look over any detail of their methodology, but it looks like the risk is going to be generally assumed for coastal communities, and scored, specifically, by measures of economic activity, properties, and mitigation/resiliency efforts. I.e., the “hard place”, which is the economic impact of climate changes, is a given.
“On this date in 1894, the Governor of Georgia during the Civil War was born.”
Or died as the case may be.
The writings of Alexander Stephens, Confederate VP that detailed slavery as the cause for the Civil War, years after the war would be amusing were it not for their damage.
The presence of his statute in the nation’s Capitol building is indeed representative of Georgia for all the wrong reasons.
Rex Tillerson out.
Is that real yet, Jack, or speculation of future happening?
Real. Apparently moving Mike Pompeo over from CIA, and replacing Pompeo with Tom Cotton. While I think that fulfills Cotton’s dream, it certainly looks like Trump is going to create another opening in the Senate that not too long ago was held by Democrats. Maybe Blanche Lincoln sees a comeback?
Who knows, Arkansas is tough. But if Alabama is suddenly at risk, anything can happen. Just seems foolish to put another Senate seat at risk.
Where are you seeing this? I saw a NYT article that it was in the works but not now.
Cotton would be a dope to give up his seat…
source?
NYT that Noway was referring to as well. Said to be “within weeks”, and Asa Hutchinson names a replacement until a special election in 2018.
The original rumor was reported in early October by Jonathan Swan at Axios. The link below has the todays NYT rumor and the two Axios pieces relating to the story, including the move of Cotton to CIA.
Swan has a good average of be on target.
https://www.axios.com/tillerson-reportedly-will-be-replaced-by-pompeo-within-weeks-2513799828.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organic
Wow. But, hey it may be because his job is done. The State Department has been decimated with valuable experienced employees having been run off, clearing the way for “really smart and I know a lot of things” Trump and his boy blunders family members to have a free hand, with the aid of “civilian” military and ex-military in the WH.
Rex meanwhile can move on to turnaround something else, or simply cash in early ahead before the other quit..
Tillerson actually proved to be more diplomatic than I expected. But where a ton of diplomacy is needed he answers to a President who doesn’t possess an ounce.
The performance of the leader of a Department should primarily be judged on the performance of it his leadership.
That he personally tried hard doesn’t overcome what’s happened to the Department, particularly that what’s happened overall to the Department reflects the vision he had for it that didn’t come out as expected.
I thought Cotton wanted to be president.
I say we use th borrowed money to award by lottery $1,000,000 tax free to 1,500,000 Americans. There’s more equity and policy in that than in this bill.
“The dude deserves a roundhouse kick to the throat, not appointment to the head of the CIA.”
Don’t forget the letter to Iran.
Everybody get out the popcorn on this….
Drudge: “TODAY staff blast ‘smug’ Megyn…”
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5132803/Today-staff-throw-shade-Megyn-Kelly-Lauer-firing.html
Well, hell…Gomer’s gone. I believe, other than Ron Howard, Thelma Lou is the last surviving adult. This sucks.
http://www.tmz.com/2017/11/30/jim-nabors-dead-dies/
Miss Ellie and Charlene Darling are still kicking.
You mean Miss Ellie from Dallas? I don’t remember one from Andy. You’re right, Charlene is still here. Ohhhhhhhhhhhh, Ellie Walker?! Druggist girl? Eleanor Donahue!!! Still here…
Miss Ellie as in Opie’s teacher/first crush/brief fling with Andy.
Actually seeing your edit you are correct she was a pharmacist but Opie still had a crush on her.
And the GOP just lost more millennials. And Colorado.
https://www.axios.com/sessions-marijuana-crackdown-2513833744.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organicnals.
Damn, Jerry Rivers?? I mean Geraldo!! Say it ain’t so…
http://people.com/movies/bette-midler-accused-geraldo-rivera-of-groping-her-in-1991/
Yep, Jerry Rivers in fiction and the author of that “fiction” and ex-father-in-law Vonnegut described: “My daughter was briefly but regrettably married to Geraldo Rivera, a total and complete degenerate sleaze, but I don’t mean that politely.” He also stated in one of his letters that he was “fierce Democrat and closet Marxist” along with being a serial philanderer.
I kinda thought we could throw him in the Repub column, seeing as how he’s worked at Fox for so long…
Perhaps he had his own Damascus Road or more likely he is willing to spout anything for money like most Murdoch owned “journalists”. Uh, Al Capone’s “vault” anyone?
Keep in mind that the “ex-CIA agent” that appeared on Fox dozens of times as a talking head took advantage of the fact that the agency will never confirm or deny… But of course he was exposed as a complete fraud by some real ex-CIA agents including a former Assistant Director. Fox has hired gun entertainers, not that others don’t as well but please…
You know, go listen to my link regarding Rivera. Midler said he and a producer used two “poppers” on her – then groped her. Poppers?! Last generation’s version of a “date rape drug”?!?!!? Good Lord!! Is anybody but me raising tee-total hell about THAT?!?!
Don’t remember Rivera ever using a CIA angle to boost himself but I’m not surprised.
This don’t look so doom and gloom to me. All the demoncrat fear mongering. http://taxplancalculator.com/
I ran my numbers through the system. The House bill leaves me paying $29 more. The Senate bill. – I pay $314 more. I have a high itemized deductible of medical bills, mostly some expensive drugs and lab work I will lose. They will no longer be covered.
If the Sectary of the Treasury was quoting figures from a report that did not even exist, what would the GOP do?
https://www.axios.com/steve-mnuchin-tax-plan-analysis-doesnt-exist-2513789546.html?utm_medium=linkshare&utm_campaign=organic
Cornyn’s whipping. That’s his job. Hewing to the norms of legislation isn’t the goal. The main task is to get a flag to wave in next year’s campaign.