Morning Reads – Thursday, October 8, 2020

Gooood morning! We have survived yet another debate!
Today is the 54th anniversary of the US government declaring LSD ‘illegal,’ which means that last night’s debate 54 years ago would have been more tolerable. Allegedly. It’s also National Fluffernutter Day! Govern yourselves accordingly.

Now for some news:

Peaches

• Georgia school district wants to name new facility after Michelle Obama
• No-fly zone for Birds in Athens.
• Hall County falls victim to ransomware attack
• Jury trials to resume across the state of Georgia
• Georgia’s setting records for political spending in 2020
• With time short, judge mulls Georgia voting system changes
• Removal of Georgia shipwreck delayed again over anchor issue
• Spaceport Camden=massive tourism
• “Reporting, editorial writing not personal”
• Prosecutors submit “racial animus” evidence in Arbery case
• National poll highlights perils of COVID-19 in rural Georgia

Jimmy Carter

• The two couldn’t anwer a question directly if it meant COVID-19 would be eliminated
• Billionaire wealth reaches new high during COVID-19 pandemic
• 56% expect violence after Election Day…
• Kentucky AGl files motion to keep Breonna Taylor grand juror from speaking publicly about proceedings
• Fed leaders call for new focus on race in the economy
• Tides Center Funnels $170 Million in Taxpayer Money to Left-Wing Groups
• The battleground states that might count election results the slowest
• New England Journal of Medicine just issued its first editorial about an election in its 208-year history.

Sweet Tea

• Before plants or animals existed, this 250,000-ton rock fell in the mud.
• Risks were obvious, but the NFL went ahead anyway.