September 12, 2019 6:30 AM
Morning Reads – Thursday, September 12, 2019
Some interesting tidbits of history from September 12ths before this one:
The Episcopal Church removed the word “Obey” from the bride’s section of wedding vow on this date in 1922 and in 1964, the carving of Stone Mountain began again. For the 3rd time.
Peaches
- Let’s give citizen drawings of legislative districts a try.
- Jon Ossoff didn’t buy JonOssoff.com so someone else did.
- Poverty declined more steeply in Georgia than nationally.
- The special exception treatment from Kemp’s budget cuts.
- Amico’s email lists compiled unscrupulously?
- They’re optimistic about open enrollment, but that doesn’t mean rural Georgia will have access.
- Ga PDs now partnering with citizens who have security cameras.
Jimmy Carter
- Too many people are OK with facial recognition.
- There was pressure to change the weather forecasts to match Trump.
- White House keeps government in suspense over guns.
- The Supreme Court’s next big 4th amendment case.
- A tough time for the judge in Brock Turner’s case.
- The NCAA gets crafty with ‘fair pay’ opposition.
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“Honeyland” is an excellent movie about beekeeping in Macedonia. If you get a chance, watch it. A world is shown that blew my mind.
“The U.S. government concluded within the last two years that Israel was most likely behind the placement of cell-phone surveillance devices that were found near the White House and other sensitive locations around Washington, D.C., according to three former senior U.S. officials with knowledge of the matter.
But unlike most other occasions when flagrant incidents of foreign spying have been discovered on American soil, the Trump administration did not rebuke the Israeli government, and there were no consequences for Israel’s behavior, one of the former officials said.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/12/israel-white-house-spying-devices-1491351
It’s OK if friends like Israel or Russia do it.
How can the 51st state be guilty of spying?
Clean water will placed on the endangered list pretty soon. Thank goodness I have a nice drilled well out in the boondocks. I had my water tested by UGA Extension and it is pure – only some dissolved limestone was found.
“WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Thursday is expected to complete the legal repeal of a major Obama-era clean water regulation, which had placed limits on polluting chemicals that could be used near streams, wetlands and water bodies.
The rollback of the 2015 measure, known as the Waters of the United States rule, has been widely expected since the early days of the Trump administration, when President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to begin the work of repealing and replacing it.
Weakening the Obama-era water rule had been a central campaign pledge for Mr. Trump, who characterized it as a federal land-grab that impinged on the rights of farmers, rural landowners and real estate developers to use their property as they see fit.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/climate/trump-administration-to-finalize-rollback-of-clean-water-protections.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
I was of the opinion 20 years ago that tap water in many places wouldn’t be fit to drink before I was dead.