May 16, 2018 8:06 AM
Morning Reads with a Gardening Reflection
I say it every year around this time but it does always surprise me just how quickly flowers take off and veggies start producing fruit. And most important–it will disappear even quicker.
“Kiss an Angel Good Mornin” by Charley Pride is one of the five finest country music songs.
- Georgia State, Leading U.S. in Black Graduates, Is Engine of Social Mobility
- Opinion: Can LGBTQ voters trust Stacey Abrams?
- John Lewis will give Boston University’s commencement address.
- Jimmy Carter top aide correcting the record on his presidency.
- In vain attempt to prove he’s a regular guy, Sen. Perdue makes first trip to the Varsity.
- The Five Stripes’ success, could it be attributed to being run like a start up?
- Sam Nunn on Bloomberg talks withdrawing from Iran deal
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Sam Nunn?
I don’t know what’s worse, clickbait titles or low editorial effort morning reads….
Wrong link. I blame others.
He didn’t even greet the cashier with a common courtesy, and there was not one “regular” person in the restaurant. Totally devoid of social interaction.
As Varsity meals go, that one was pretty minimalist. Nothing like watching a politician playing the role of ordinary citizen.
A Glorified, a chili cheese dog, rings, and an F.O.
Two chili steaks, rings, FO, and Mylanta.
Ok. A little help. What’s a Glorified? And an FO? Two chili steaks, rings and a Big Orange is my meal. Mid 60’s, Mom took me to Varsity the to zoo. True story. A monkey was out of its cage, came up and TOOK my Big Orange. I was five. Scared me shi-less!!
You never ventured over from Emory for a grease ration? Glorified=steak (hamburger) with lettuce, tomato, and mayo. FO is a frosted orange (combo of orange soda and vanilla ice cream).
Could be! LOL!
I have a fond memory from the Varsity.
A few years ago I was moving across town. We had made a couple of trips back and forth and the Varsity was conveniently in between so we stopped in for lunch, at the car-hop side. Back at the new house later I realized I didn’t have my wallet, so we went back to the Varsity. They let us look through the closest trash can (to no avail) (I know how to show a girl a good time) in case it had gotten thrown out with the tray trash. (P.S. we were able to pretty conclusively identify our trash because Mrs. B ate her slaw dog but not the bun!. Sacrilege!) Then they let us look at the security cam tape to see if we could get any clues from that, which we weren’t but it was very nice of them to allow that!
We finally got back to the new house again and there my wallet was in the driveway. It had just fallen out when I got out before and I didn’t notice.
That was a good day. Sort of.
Meanwhile in Effingham
http://www.wtoc.com/story/38204901/effingham-health-system-paying-largest-settlement-ever-for-thousands-of-unaccounted-oxycodone-tablets
It’s easy to forget how verdant our state is—I’m reminded when I travel outside the southeast. Greater extremes with respect to water, heat and cold due to global warming won’t be kind.
Businessweek had a story on how Amazon’s HQ2 could be opportunity to increase diversity within its ranks. The story focused on women. Toronto, Chicago and Washington are leading candidates based on diversity. A chart in the story placed Atlanta at about the 35 percentile. Austin was at the bottom.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-05-10/amazon-has-rare-chance-in-hq2-to-hire-more-women-and-minorities
The Morning Reads open thread isn’t complete without at least one comment on the lyin’ grifter President.
Remember Trump’s 12 Dec 2016 tweet “No new deals will be done during my term(s) in office”?
“The Chinese government is extending a $500 million loan to a state-owned construction company to build an Indonesian theme park that will feature a Trump-branded golf course and hotels.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/china-contributing-500-million-trump-linked-project-indonesia/
I recollect reading the Chinese made their decision to invest last week. So it’s only natural that Trump on Sunday tweeted, “President Xi of China, and I, are working together to give massive Chinese phone company, ZTE, a way to get back into business, fast. Too many jobs in China lost. Commerce Department has been instructed to get it done!”.
Trump in his excitement forgot to pander to the deplorables, so he had to follow up Monday with: “ZTE, the large Chinese phone company, buys a big percentage of individual parts from U.S. companies. This is also reflective of the larger trade deal we are negotiating with China and my personal relationship with President Xi.”
Personal relationship indeed. Punishing ZTE for having sold to Iran and North Korea in violation of sanctions intended to limit the development of nuclear weapons doesn’t mean squat relative to a new Trump golf course and hotels.
Pay to play will MAGA, and doing the GOP proud!
Cus I like maps…
https://www.axios.com/americans-who-cant-afford-middle-class-basics-united-way-5da1e2e6-046b-4a53-9a11-1106a77564ef.html
Disappointed that AJC’s comparison of the candidate’s stances on major issues didn’t include anything on Transportation/Infrastructure or Transit.
https://www.ajc.com/news/state–regional-govt–politics/georgia-2018-where-the-candidates-for-governor-stand-the-issues/N1YoGuvGdkQKEgrjFYxiCI/
It’s only been a week ago….
“Days after the US president walked away from a three-year-old deal that mandated rigorous inspections, senior administration officials said monitoring should continue regardless. Known officially as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), the deal between Tehran and major world powers forces Iran to open any site to inspectors within 24 days and introduced 24-hour remote surveillance at some sites. […] Making his withdrawal announcement on Tuesday, Trump pilloried the accord for lacking mechanisms to “prevent, detect, and punish cheating” or provide immediate access to suspicious military sites. Still, the White House is demanding those inspections, however imperfect, continue under the aegis of the International Atomic Energy Agency, the UN nuclear watchdog. “We expect Iran will continue to implement the Additional Protocol and cooperate with the IAEA whether or not the JCPOA remains in place,” one senior administration official said.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/us-says-iran-nuclear-inspections-must-continue-officials-181314952.html
Why inspect in accordance with the terms an agreement that’s been discarded because its inspections can’t detect cheating? Rex Tillerson couldn’t help but call Trump a moron.
Any news article that references a Barbara Tuchman book is worth reading.
https://www.axios.com/the-wage-crisis-1526498871-50bc7c6f-123f-412c-b54d-aad695cf3912.html
Heard from two neighbor kids who work at an Amazon fulfillment center: “A robot can definitely do our job, but they would have to pay the robot more.”