April 22, 2019 6:00 AM
Morning Reads for Monday, April 22, 2019
Happy Easter Monday (yes, that’s a real thing)!
- The identities of some victims of the Easter massacres in Sri Lanka emerged Sunday evening — including a British mother and her 11-year-old son, along with a TV chef and her daughter.
- More than a dozen people were hospitalized for an unidentified illness after their Miami-to-Boston flight landed at Logan International Airport on Sunday morning.
- I mean, who knows if it’s true…but, I can see it.
- A 5 year old called 911 because he was craving McDonalds. Honestly…I feel him.
- An outbreak of the measles has been worrying Israelis for months as it spread throughout the country, as well as in the rest of the world. But Israeli media reports on Tuesday night exposed the severity of the situation and the difficulty in solving the crisis.
- Solar Energy isn’t just for Electricity, it can also provide carbon-free heat for a wide variety of industrial processes.
- Y’all, this airport thing just keeps getting bigger.
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Theresa Garcia Robertson
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Interesting stats on State Representatives for the 2019 session. Draw your own conclusions.
https://www.allongeorgia.com/georgia-state-politics/which-georgia-state-representatives-skipped-the-most-votes-during-the-2019-legislative-session/
https://www.allongeorgia.com/georgia-state-politics/which-ga-representatives-voted-no-the-most-during-the-2019-legislative-session/
If you don’t follow Jessica (the author) on FB, you missed some high comedy on her page courtesy of Mr. 98 Skipped Votes. :>)
Apparently, an Alabama bill regarding the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is drawing lots of ink/ether, but after reading the text of the bill I’m wondering why. It really isn’t doing anything substantial to change the existing Alabama law. As with Ga law, all public schools in Alabama are already required to “afford all public K-12 students an opportunity each school day to voluntarily recite the pledge of allegiance to the United States flag”. (Section 16-43-5, Code of Alabama 1975)
The minor edits seem to only require that the schools conduct the Pledge at the beginning of the day. Seems to be much ado about nothing…other than some re-election campaign mailer fodder.
HB 339 Alabama
John, there may be some schools that have not been making the Pledge part of their daily routine, and this is requiring that they do so. I would imagine that there are some schools with a significant number of students who opt out of saying it, and so the schools aren’t making it an issue. This is pure speculation on my part.
I am heartened to see in the era of heartbeat bill attempts to overturn established case law and precedent that at least the Alabama legislature realizes that, while they can force schools to conduct the Pledge, they cannot force anyone to recite it, as this was decided decades ago by the SCOTUS.
What crime would be the basis for impeaching Trump? He was not charged with anything by Mulller or Barr.
Obstruction of justice.
Mueller made a tremendous case for obstruction of justice. He may not have indicted Trump because of the DOJ guidelines, however, reading the report makes clear that Trump tried to influence and intimidate witnesses. He also lied repeatedly and order others to lie. He was smart not to give an interview to the special counsel because he can’t stop lying.
Since when does impeachment require a criminal indictment?
Impeachment is an investigation and prosecution. At which the accused would get the chance to defend themselves.
Today is Confederate Memorial Day. https://chamblee54.wordpress.com/2019/04/22/confederate-memorial-day-7/