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Don Perryman oral history interview, 2018-10-09
Ex-Atlanta Falcons star Jamal Anderson arrested in dispute over $50, police say
Truman Capote Narrates “A Christmas Memory,” a 1966 TV Adaptation of His Story
Ten Beautiful Christmas Poems ~ Kmart In-Store Music: Christmas 1974
Why people are calling ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’ bigoted and ‘seriously problematic’
Which 2020 Candidates Won 2018?
The Story of The Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York”
Patreon Bars Anti-Feminist for Racist Speech, Inciting Revolt
The Bourbon Industry And The Secrets Behind Its Growth
Teen working at Walmart quits job over intercom with huge rant over how they treated him
Shines Complain about Stores Racial Profiling. Then Steal from Walmart at self check out
‘Wow, I’m racist’: In time of viral encounters, ‘white spaces’ are used to confront biases
Ga. cuts food stamps for thousands with new system tracking recipients
@Tom4CongressNY6 You can’t write about race than demand that more than half the world’s population not be allowed to comment on your opinions. Commenting on your opinions is not always “telling black people how to feel about racism.”
Ten things you never knew about Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol
Atlanta Mayor Bottoms’ mac and cheese becomes the talk of Twitter
Blake’s makes Lyft’s top 10 bar destinations of 2018 in Atlanta
Reading Into Albert Einstein’s God Letter
The Serendipitous Nature of Life – Finding Life Lessons When You Need Them
When you make a mistake you have to own it
Malcolm Gladwell’s 12 Rules for Life
Memorial service planned for beloved Atlanta DJ Speakerfoxxx
ATL DJ & Producer SPEAKERFOXXX has passed away
‘A rose with a thousand petals’ … what makes an aphorism – and is this a golden age?
10 Amazing Places To Stay Overnight In Georgia Without Breaking The Bank
The word God is the product of human weakness
‘The Doors at The Whisky A Go Go’ ~ seven fundamental tenets of satanism.
Watch Atlanta LGBTQ history captured in rare video footage
Why the Bernie Movement Must Crush Beto O’Rourke
Georgia’s Deandre Baker won’t play in Sugar Bowl
The Virtue Signalers Won’t Change the World
If You’re Over 50, Chances Are the Decision to Leave a Job Won’t be Yours
This gay penguin couple stole a chick from its bad straight parents
On Little White Oak Mountain, A Would-Be Neighborhood is Now a Public Park
@chamblee54 .@GlennLoury .@JohnHMcWhorter used the magic word one two three four times. I have the sense, when I hear a POC say n$$$$$ that they do not like me
The Other Side Of Paradise: How I Left A Buddhist Retreat In Handcuffs
Michelle Obama and Stacey Abrams, Models of Power for Black Women
@rickyy_____ I really walked into a Twitter video irl today…
The white vs. off-white election ~ This is how bogus quotes are born
War is about $$$. What the leaders say it is about is a lie. ~ There was a scandal a few years ago. Someone wanted to make bulldog pinatas. Georgia people will understand this. Pinatas are paper mache, with scraps of paper used for stuffing. The paper they used was scrap from somebody making porno magazines. ~ I check to make sure I am not wearing the clothes I put in the washer. If I am not wearing them when they go in the washer, ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. ~ this is the poem for last night at seven stages :
twerk like you just had a hip replacement
piss like you don’t know russians are filming
argue like others need entertainment ~ dance just like a republican listening
flirt like a german unitarian ~ shut down the joint like you are the owner
belch like you’re the last vegetarian ~ polka down like you don’t have a boner
float like a cannonball tied to your butt ~ eat spicy food like you’ve got an iron gut
eat spinach like popeye and olive oyl ~ google like a blushing gushing gargoyle
defecate like it’s not your back yard ~ cook like you’re feeding a saint bernard ~ selah

Russian efforts to manipulate African Americans show sophistication
Brian Kemp’s November surprise: Show us the facts — and make it quick
There is another pre-existing conditions problem — for seniors
Atlanta Storytellers Podcast Episode 8 Nicholas Tecosky, Maddie Fay, Charles Parrott
Atlanta Storytellers Podcast Episode 2 David Russell, Christina Schmitt, and Maddie Fay
Karamo is tired of ‘pretty white boys’ representing LGBTI community in film
It’s high time for media to enter the No Kellyanne Zone — and stay there
The Greatest Trick the Devil Ever Pulled Was Convincing the World He Didn’t Exist
2018 statistic of the year: Plastic waste fact tops list ~ Why You Should Be a Nationalist
Statistics of the Year 2018: Winners announced $1.3 billion: the amount wiped off Snapchat’s value within a day of one Kylie Jenner tweet
@KylieJenner sooo does anyone else not open Snapchat anymore? Or is it just me… ugh this is so sad.
With 1 Tweet, Kylie Jenner Cut $1.3 Billion From Snapchat.
@DougExeter disgusting. was in line behind colin kaepernick to buy my nonfat triple whip soy decaf latte and he kneeled for baby its cold outside
Russians Targeted Black Americans in Social Media Campaigns to Disrupt 2016 Election
Report Russians Targeted Black Americans in Social Media Campaigns for the 2016 Election
CPAP or Surveillance Device? You snooze, you lose personal information to insurers
@cmclymer Last night, I was at a Christmas party, and this nice gentleman struck up a conversation with me. Asked what I do. I told him. He said he works in the Trump administration. He then says: “I vote Republican, but I’m socially liberal.” Let’s discuss this for a second. ~ rant was ok until you threw in race Demoze have exploited this issue for their selfish benefit. They further alienated black people. They drove many white people to republican party demoze are little better on race, if they are better at all you should have quit sooner
Meet Megan Bobonick: Richard Spencer’s New Girlfriend
Stars of ‘Intellectual Dark Web’ Scramble to Save Their Cash Cows
Carl Benjamin Drops The N-Word While Ranting About The Alt-Right
Cleveland man alleges racial profiling after bank refuses to cash check, calls 911
The Plan That Would End NFL Kickoffs Forever and Make Football Way More Fun
Georgia Governor-Elect Brian Kemp Might Be Even More Corrupt Than You Thought
Is That a Gun in Your Pocket, or Are You Just Glad to See Me?
What kind of year did Florida Man have? Let’s just say he’s on the naughty list
It’s time for the 2018 Top 10 Most Ridiculous Lawsuits
Joe Rogan Experience #1217 – Nimesh Patel
Nimesh Patel told a joke that melted the snowflakes
@RaceBaitr This was confirmation that presumably well-meaning, progressive, anti-racist, feminist “allies” will only reinscribe anti-Blackness, while cashing in on the benefits of Blackness.
Time to panic as Atlanta Super Bowl faces halftime celebrity shortage
amyschumer Friday thought. I wonder why more white players aren’t kneeling.
Why Sylvester Is Still ‘Mighty Real’ 30 Years Later
Election recount confirms Georgia lawmaker lost by 2 votes
It’s Time to Drop the ‘LGBT’ From ‘LGBTQ’ ~ Episode One: Murder at Taco Bell
@chamblee54 Does anyone ever listen to the lyrics of GRYMG? The religion is intense. ” … Christ our Savior, Was born on Christmas Day, To save us all from Satan’s pow’r, When we were gone astray”
AROUND TOWN: Bits and pieces from Cobb’s legislator listening sessions
@THECheetahATL Don’t forget–our annual Ugly Sweater Holiday Party is coming up! Stop by The Cheetah on December 20, 2018 in your ugliest holiday sweater and gain free entry all day.
A Friendly Conversation Between Matt Forney and Jim Goad
State Rep. Dan Gasaway again sues to overturn election defeat
Watch Sharon Van Etten Rate Van Halen, 7-Eleven, and Edibles
Bill Burr GOES OFF on Outrage Culture | Joe Rogan
50 Interesting Facts About the 2018 Election
As staffing crisis continues for Berkeley police, officers who left reveal why “People say, ‘Fuck the police,’ and that’s fine,” said Shannon. “But over a period of months and years, it does wear on you. It’s not a reason to retire in and of itself, but it has an effect. Even on something innocuous, like a traffic stop, citizens walk up not knowing anything about what’s going on and they start making accusations. You would never walk into some accounting firm and go up to someone at their cubicle and tell them they’re not doing their job right. But there’s this weird sense among residents they know police work and can tell you how to do your job. It becomes a thorn in the side.”
Early voting and a super Super Tuesday to change 2020 primary campaign
FAKE OUTRAGE AND WOKENESS ARE CANCELLED IN 2018 I enjoyed this video Outage for the sake of outrage is a problem I get tired of having my chain pulled, etc etc The motives of people pushing commodified anger are often suspect This is especially bad during an election
The Epistemological Problem of White Fragility Theory
Why the Coming Shutdown May Be a Long One
JOHN CALE His late 70’s wild years by Ben Dyment (October 2017)
Just 25 Really Funny Memes About White People
Why Mattis Had to Go ~ The 2018 Wypipo Awards
@vicenews This is what it’s like to take a vacation away from white people.
Vice News Promotes Open Hatred of White People (THE SAAD TRUTH_808)
Grinches at HuffPost say ‘Rudolph’ is racist, sexist and anti-gay
Popular Moe’s restaurant fails health inspection with score of 63
#satirethatdoesnotwork Bubba the redneck reindeer had a very shiny neck
and if you ever saw it you might say what the heck
There Is No One to Cheer for in the Potential Battle Between Jordan Peterson and Slavoj Žižek
Remembering Lance Loud. America’s First OUT Gay Man On Television
A LOVE SUPREME: HOW JOHN COLTRANE CHANGED THE WORLD
@DavijuanDean_This why you can’t buy black people nothing
@babyitsmb Jerry Seinfeld said the most intelligent thing in this clip. “You found the humor in saying that word. I haven’t found it. Nor do I seek it”.
@chamblee54 “I’m a person of a certain cynicism” are you sure?
CNN ‘Journalist of the Year’ peddles fake story about Trump’s America, resigns
Absentee voting pitfalls tripped thousands of Ga. voters
Black Florida State Representative Proposes Law to Prevent the Erasure of Confederate Monuments
LEVY: It’s ‘wait and see’ on new free speech policy
29 People Reveal the Darkest Family Secrets They Ever Discovered
Is Facebook Going to Make All Posts Public?
Fox News’ Chris Wallace confronts Mick Mulvaney with his own words
Speakerfoxxx:1983-2018 The DJ and ‘Queen of ATL’ has died
Randy Taylor oral history interview, 2015-03-08
PewDiePie’s Battle for the Soul of the Internet
Unfurling ‘Sweet Home Alabama,’ A Tapestry Of Southern Discomfort
Washington DC 1938 ~ It is an old cliche… in a war, the first casualty is the truth. This would also apply to this election. ~ when you argue online you choose the side of the oppressor ~ Judy Roasting On An Open Fire ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. Russell Lee took the pictures in Missouri, in August 1938 ~ selah

How the Georgia race for governor came down to the wire The fishwrapper had yet another election post mortem. It featured the quote below. This quote does not support the voter suppression narrative. “Roughly 1.14 million African-American voters cast ballots in the election, and exit polls show the overwhelming majority backed Abrams. In 2014, Michelle Nunn’s U.S. Senate campaign earned a total of 1.16 million votes. That means the number of black voters who went to the polls for Abrams in November was nearly equal to the number of all Democratic votes cast four years earlier.”
Democrats … Stacey Abrams Don’t Owe You Jack …
Robert Wright on Marshall McLuhan, Joe Rogan, and Jordan Peterson (MRN outtakes)
“I Don’t Want to Shoot You, Brother”
Be aggressive about your ambition: Stacey Abrams speaks at TEDWomen 2018
McDonald’s Drops Rights to “You Deserve a Break”
6 Famous Jingles by Barry Manilow ~ Milo Yiannopoulos Is In BIG TROUBLE
A better, more positive Tumblr tumblr community standards
Woman killed after giving money to panhandler in Baltimore was engineer
Researchers have found strong evidence that racism helps the GOP win
8 arrested in prostitution, undercover sex sting at metro Atlanta hotel
‘Just unconditional love’ – Barbara Bush’s 1989 DC AIDS-hospice visit changed the HIV conversation There is a big ole hate party going on right now for the late George HW Bush. People are talking about the AIDS pandemic, and Bush response to it. This link is a part of the story that is being forgotten now. Yes, this was the President’s wife, and not the man himself. However, it is unlikely that Mrs. Bush would have done this if her husband disapproved.
Jordan Peterson’s Fatal Weakness? Marxism. (TMBS 66 ft. Richard Wolff)
Who Are France’s Yellow Vest Protesters, And What Do They Want?
I Wanna See You Out That Door — Three Atlanta Beer Bars Stop Pouring Scofflaw
Critical Drinking with Matt Shirah and Travis Herman of Scofflaw Brewing Co.
The Jamie Brickhouse story reminds me of an urban legend. A bartender of that era thought this story was hilarious, and told it repeatedly. ~ A man is talking to a woman in a bar. He starts to talk about kinky sex. Every sentence has kinky sex in it. The lady starts to get interested. Finally, the man asks the lady the question? Would you like to come up to my apartment, and have kinky sex? ~ They get to his place. The man takes the ladies coat, and purse, and puts them away. The man comes back with cocktails. The man, and the lady, sip their cocktails, and chit chat. Finally, the lady says, What about the kinky sex we were supposed to have? Oh, thats already over. I took a shit in your purse.
Servers Are Tweeting The Dumbest Things Customers Have Ever Done, And Good God
Episode 17: Black, Queer and Free
‘She Had Climbed Into My Story and Worn My Skin’
A Puschart Prize-Nominated Poet Has Been Accused Of Plagiarism By Numerous Poets
Every Moment Is a Poem: A Conversation with with Ailey O’Toole
Uber Is Headed for a Crash ~ My New Vagina Won’t Make Me Happy
I normally don’t comment on poetry stuff anymore
Neighbors watched as gay couple stabbed & beaten in yard. No one would help.
Hemingway Didn’t Say That: The Truth Behind Familiar Quotations
Theresa May’s government found in contempt of Parliament
Lost N Found ousts executive director in restructuring
Why We Miss the WASPs ~ I Wouldn’t Be a Writer Without Rookie
In Whitest Tweet Ever, PETA Compares ‘Anti-Animal’ Language to Racism
Here is a piece I wrote about this. I prefer WBTS, because it is a more accurate description of the conflict. When the colonies declared independence, there was no thought given to an all powerful federal government. The conflict of what powers go to the federal government, and which powers go to the state, is one of the defining controversies of our history. When the southern states seceded, the concept of the federal union was not nearly as strong as it it today. Today we take for granted the concept of the strong federal government, with the states being regional governing districts. IMO, we are better off as a federal union. If the south had won the war, we would have wound up like 18th century Europe… a collection of small nations that were constantly at war with one another.
He sang at the White House but still died homeless
A visit to ‘holy hell,’ aka south downtown Atlanta
It’s time to solve the Mystery of the 100,000 Missing Votes
Never say this to an atheist! Many ex-xtians leave the substance of their religion behind, but retain the style. It is poignant that you finish this talk about your former life by asking for money.
Why Does America Spend So Much on Israel?
JRE MMA Show #50 with Yves Edwards
‘A kind of dark realism’: Why the climate change problem is starting to look too big to solve
Words matter, and as our understanding of social justice evolves, our language evolves along with it.
Henry County police officer shot in face, suspect killed at dentist office
Tribalism Decided Our Elections, Not Candidates
Restaurant worker shoots customer who ran out on bill, police say
Slam poetry in Atlanta ~ America’s New Religions
William Shatner’s got news for folks whining that ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ is ‘misogynistic’
Who decides what words mean
Witty-Ass Quotes From The Master Of Words, Oscar Wilde
UNC Teaching Assistants Strike Over Confederate Monument Several dozen teaching assistants at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill started a strike Friday, saying that they will withhold student grades as long as the university moves ahead with the idea of constructing a building to house the Confederate monument known as Silent Sam.
Silent Sam and UNC: A misunderstanding between preserving history and venerating ideology
Julian Carr and Silent Sam
LGBTQ lawmaker boycotting ‘hateful’ Brian Kemp’s speech
Manafort lied to prosecutors, Cohen should get jail time
Ernest Hemingway Writes of His Friend Ezra Pound: “He Deserves Punishment and Disgrace”
shelby foote Gettysburg Address Fort Pillow Massacre
The Best Podcasts of 2018
“Everything That Rises Must Converge”
15 Things We Wish Guys Knew About Blowjobs
The Strange History of Smooth Jazz: The Music We All Know and Love … to Hate
It’s All Fun And Games Until You Break Your Arm On A Bird
forgive me if you have heard this before. I vote at the elementary school i attended as a child. There is an old saying, hold your nose and vote. This is not the first time I have held my nose in that cafetorium. ~ The first time I voted for a candidate with whom he fully agreed was when I voted for myself the first time he ran. By the second time I had begun to have my doubts. ~ I am so amazed by people who criticize someone for voting for a “racist” as if that was the only thing that matters. If a person is good on other issues, and someone told you that he was a “racist” for whatever reason, why should you go against your best interests on the other issues and vote against someone who is allegedly a “racist”? You could substitute liberal, or any number of labels, for “racist” and have the same effect. ~ Someone asked a fbf what POTUS he DID like? Before I could post this reply, the comment was taken down…. William McKinley did pretty good in his first term. Unfortunately, he chose the ambitious Teddy Roosevelt for his second term vice president. ~ “It only makes you look like an ass.” This comment is not about Tumblr. It is about the general business of feeling obligated to say something about a situation, good or bad You are not required to have an opinion about everything. You just might make things worse for all concerned by expressing it. ~ The greatest trick that G-d ever played was to convince people that she does not exist. ~ There was a story in RFD once. There was a backwoods restaurant, that served as a defacto gay bar for the region. The owner said, If you have a hundred gay men, they will get drunk and have a good time. If you have a dozen lesbians, they will have a fight within the hour. ~ Lt. James S. Matthews Co. A 4th Illinois Cavalry Rgt. ~ How many lightbulbs does it take to change a person? ~ Mr. Foote is one of the stars of the show. He tells the story of the Union soldier, who asks the Confederate why he is fighting. “Because you are here.” After the bullets start to fly, the causes of a war are often forgotten. It becomes us against them. ~ I am amazed by the facebook desecration of GHWB. I don’t remember him being that hated while he was alive. And what are you going to accomplish by trashing a man who was POTUS 26 years ago? ~ pictures are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah

Exactly what do you mean by “overseeing”? As I understand it, the counties register voters, set up the polls, count the votes, and send the results to the SOS. What does the SOS do? In all probability, the county is responsible for sending drop cords to the polling place, not the state. It would be helpful if you have a source from a government website to detail this. So many people become instant experts when discussing this issue. Another confusing issue is deletion of inactive voters. Is this done by the county, the state, or a combination of the two? If it is a combination, how do we tell who does what? If you look at the various county websites, you will see that the county clearly does registration and counting. This is what Fulton County says. This is one of the counties where voting machines were sequestered in a warehouse, resulting in long lines. ~ Department of Registration and Elections The Registration and Elections Department is responsible for conducting elections in Fulton County and registering voters who reside within Fulton County. ~ Israel’s Netanyahu survives early poll threat ~ election was not stolen ~ Signature mismatches, missing birthdays and errant spouses: Why thousands of absentee ballots were tossed out in Georgia ~ absentee ballots in georgia ~ What You’re Saying When You Say “I Don’t Need a Mic” ~ Hollywood stars revolt after Brian Kemp’s election; Georgia leaders fight back ~ Stacey Abrams calls Kemp Georgia’s ‘legal’ governor, won’t say he’s legitimate ~ Federal judge blocks Georgia ‘exact match’ voter ID law ~ Airbnb drops Israeli settlements from listings ~ 5 things to know about who runs Georgia’s elections ~ In Defense of Puns ~ How to Talk to People, According to Terry Gross ~ Why Airbnb Will Have a Hard Time Enforcing Its Israeli Settlement Ban ~ Stacey Abrams Says She Was Almost Blocked From Voting In Georgia Election ~ stacey last year ~ Voter registration fraud alleged at Democratic-backed group ~ The new New Georgia Project: Stacey Abrams’s $10 million plan to double down on voter registration William Perry, founder of Georgia Ethics Watchdog, believes the lawmaker should make her financial records from her voter registration work public … “It gives cause to worry when there’s someone stirring so many pots … In a perfect world, anything you’re doing that would influence a campaign or an election should be disclosed. It’s a glaring example of what makes people sick about politics.” ~ The New Georgia Problem ~ Stacey Abrams, the New Georgia Project, and Winning Elections ~ Who Said This? ~ abrams bio ~ Kasim Reed: Georgia needs ‘professional organizations’ to be competitive, not the New Georgia Project ~ A high-profile Democratic voting group faces new scrutiny ~ chapo trap house contra points ~ ContraPoints Goes on Chapo | Chapo Trap House | Episode 264 FULL ~ jm fire ~ the moth ~ salute to abortion ~ What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia & Something Extraordinary ~ Et Tu, Greg Palast? ~ eorgia Voter Purge List ~ You’re Morally Obligated to Call Out Your Racist Relatives at Thanksgiving ~ Georgia’s Kemp Purged 340,134 Voters, Falsely Asserting They Had Moved ~ Moroccan woman in UAE ‘killed lover and cooked him’ ~ Trump Dares Congress to Do What He Won’t on Saudi Arabia ~ aa ~ The Most Compelling Police Interrogations pt. 7 ~ f Stacey Abrams’ sour grapes ~ Why Drag Is the Ultimate Retort to Trump ~ GOP candidate improperly purged 340,000 from Georgia voter rolls, investigation claims ~ oswald video ~ what is hate speech ~ A Brand New Interview with David Foster Wallace EL: Do you consider yourself an accessible writer, and do you know what kind of people read your books? DFW: That’s a very good question. ~ joni talk ~ Souleymane Diallo ~ Antiracism, Our Flawed New Religion ~ dance like you … ~ What We Must Do Now: Abrams, Georgia & Something Extraordinary ~ Ryan J – “The People Vs Food Network” ~ The Truth About Georgia’s Voter-Registration Kerfuffle ~ Insurance companies gouge on CPAP machines and consumables, use wireless modems to spy on your usage ~ These Are the Cliches I Can’t Stand ~ Op-Ed: The Tree of Life and the Roots of Antisemitism ~ 25+ Illustrations That Only People With Dark Humor Can Understand ~ The Grateful Dead & Duane Allman – Dark Star – Fillmore East on February 11, 1970. ~ Abrams plans suit to seek cure to problems in Georgia’s voting process ~ Nobody is saying that the defense department does not waste money. ~ Coalition for Good Governance and 3 Voters Challenge Lieutenant Governor Election ~ diversity as a second job ~ grilling a rat ~ largest employer in every state ~ palast affadavit ~ What does “overseeing” entail? The counties conduct elections, count votes, and register voters. The only thing I can see the SOS doing is maintaining the voter rolls, and totaling the votes from the counties. And, in this election, taking the blame for anything that goes wrong. I have googled this. The only thing I have not found is exactly who is responsible for maintaining the voter rolls. ~ I think they should have a longer grace period, than the current 3 years. However, if you don’t vote, eventually you should be taken off the rolls. ~ Mr. Kemp, are you removing black voters from the voter rolls just so you can win this election? … And these lists are violently racially prejudiced. … He has closed stations in neighborhoods of voters of color, in Atlanta, for example, in the 6th Georgia Congressional District. He will be the one—when people go to the polling stations and find they’ve been purged, and they fill out those provisional ballots, it will be Brian Kemp who decides whether they get counted. Absentee ballots—you just heard how panicked he was about the massive number of absentee ballots coming in from voters of color, from Democrats. And he’s going to be able to decide which of those ballots get counted. ~ This is the story of the mass exodus from Georgia that never happened, and the mass purge of voters by Kemp, GOP candidate for governor, through methods guaranteed to disproportionately take away the vote from the young, the poor and voters of color…. Another expert on our team, Mark Swedlund, is not surprised the postcard trick captures Black and poor voters disproportionately. “It doesn’t shock me at all. Response rates are lower among people of color, in particular among African-American renters,” he said. ~ Because that’s the signal that this heartbreaking story will become the hammer to smash the Kemp-created Jim Crow machine…. More revolutionary is that she is the first Democratic candidate to demand an end to racist ethnic cleansing of the voter rolls. ~ Crashes of Convenience: Michael Hastings ~ Kemp didn’t even bother to hide any of his actions. He used his office to commit voter suppression through propaganda, loopholes and outright lies. He put on a disgraceful masterclass in voter suppression and his legacy as governor should be forever tainted by the well-worn, white supremacist tactics he employed. ~ State officials appear to have singled out black voters in targeted purges. Kemp also canceled or suspended 35,000 voter registrations using Exact Match, a version of Kris Kobach’s notorious Crosscheck program that compares registrants’ information with motor vehicle and Social Security databases. If a single letter, space, or hyphen did not match the database information, the voter application was rejected. Black voters were eight times more likely than whites to have their registrations halted due to Exact Match. ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah

Gwinnett County high school band spells racial slur during halftime show ~ voters guide ~ brian and stacey ~ The Georgia Democratic Party Tried to Hack the Voter Registration System ~ Brookwood investigating racial slur spelled out during marching band halftime show ~ High school halftime show included racially insensitive term A concerned resident sent a photo and a copy of the letter The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. ~ @AlexaLiackoFOX5 “I want them expelled.” We spoke with the mother of a band member at Brookwood High School who says her son loves band but is uncomfortable after several band members created a racial slur using the school’s mascot letters. @FOX5Atlanta ~ @GoHomeRyan A Black police officer killing unarmed black ppl is still a symptom of systemic racism. A Latinx person calling ICE on an undoc. immigrant is still a symptom of xenophobia. A Black Brookwood band student spelling “COON” during halftime is still a symptom of white supremacy ~ A Racial Shakedown in Portland ~ Five Lies In Trump’s Favorite Campaign Ad ~ coon ~ Alfred Hitchcock Explains the Plot Device He Called the ‘MacGuffin’ ~ Khalid Sings and I Wonder Where Home Is in the First Place ~ gulch ~ Half-naked woman crashes through restaurant ceiling in Tennessee ~ EP6 On The Vietnam War with Sir Max ~ In Journalism About Race, A Tinge Of Denial ~ ww1 show ~ Man caught on surveillance video stabbing another in the chest ~ Is More Democracy Always Better Democracy? ~ ga sos ~ behavior ~ Why did some voting machines sit unused on busy Georgia Election Day? ~ Karen Handel admits defeat, but doesn’t want to talk about it ~ waugh ~ Talk to Me: HP Lovecraft ~ Georgia’s elections system desperately needs an update—but how? ~ Georgia Officials Kept Hundreds of Voting Machines Locked in Warehouses on Election Day ~ Thousand Oaks Bar Shooting Suspect Posted on Instagram During Massacre ~ tay k ~ Midterms 2018: In Predominantly Black Atlanta Neighborhoods, Voters Say There Aren’t Enough Machines ~ Restaurant owner paints over Buford Highway mural after concerns over immigration politics ~ 5 Tactics Used By Passive-Aggressive Arguers (And The Best Forms of Defense) ~ stacey’s dress ~ : Here’s how Brian Kemp is stealing the Georgia election Kemp or his chosen successor gets to decide whether to count my ballot! The suppressor-in-chief working for the racist-in-chief, Donald Trump.” ~ gwinnett shooting ~ Don’t let Brian Kemp steal Georgia’s gubernatorial election ~ Did Democrats Elect Four Horrible People? ~ Requiem for American Exceptionalism ~ Deaths From Gun Violence: How The U.S. Compares With The Rest Of The World ~ Brian Kemp Caught on Tape Warning His Donors About Black People Voting … Again ~ In Leaked Audio, Brian Kemp Expresses Concern Over Georgians Exercising Their Right to Vote ~ Brian Kemp’s Lead in Georgia Needs an Asterisk Days before the deadline to register for the November election, the Associated Press reported that Kemp had put 53,000 applicants on hold due to exact-match problems. An analysis of Kemp’s records found that 70 percent of those applicants were black. (Georgia is roughly 32 percent black.) Separately, the Georgia chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union found that some 700 absentee-ballot applications and almost 200 absentee ballots were rejected by county officials due to a law mandating that the signatures on absentee applications and ballots visually match the signatures on file. ~ Democrats file lawsuit over Dougherty County absentee ballots ~ Georgia effort to clean up state’s voter rolls underway ~ Georgia cancels registration of more than 591,500 voters ~ why ww1 lasted so long ~ studio 54 ~ poddies ~ Naropa Poetics Audio Archives ~ LENNY BRUCE ON THE STEVE ALLEN SHOW APRIL 5, 1959 ~ Florida, Georgia testing strength of new Dem coalition ~ A Gated Community Tried to Form a New, Whiter Town to Land a Cheesecake Factory ~ Rapper T.I. arrested in Henry County ~ What Is ‘White Privilege’? ~ Dr. Phil’s “White Privilege” Video Goes Wrong ~ Voting a write in candidate is fun. When you click on the write in box, a keyboard appears on the screen. You type in “Carlton Heston” in the GA06 race. Then name then appears on a screen, with a check mark next to it. ~ Justin Flanagan This is a scam link. When clicked it takes me to a virus website. Also please don’t write in stupid crap, the race is close enough as it is. Happy election day! ~ Unfortunately, the website does have issues. As for calling Carlton Heston stupid crap, that is not kind. The GA06 race is sort of a mess. Karen Handel is a sponsor of FOSTA/SESTA. Lucy McBath has sent me telephone surveys, which are in reality campaign calls. I would like to perform the electoral hygiene of voting out Rep. Handel. However, Mrs. McBath uses shady campaign tactics. In addition to that. Mr. Heston has better hair than either Rep. Handel or Mrs. McBath. ~ There is a saying, hold your nose and vote. I vote in the cafeteria of the elementary school i attended as a child. It is not the first time I have held my nose in there. ~ Sorry, we can’t find what you are looking for. Take a deep breath. Everything’s going to be okay. ~ To say that this is Gingrich’s seat is a bit misleading. The district lines change every ten years. My neighborhood is in a different district every ten years. Some parts of GA06 were represented by Mr. Gingrich, but not all. I was never represented by him, which I appreciate. FWIW, Mr. Gingrich originally represented a district based in Carollton, in West Georgia. His constituents were getting tired of him. Mr. Gingrich won an election by less than 1000 votes. Then, new districts were created, and Mr. Gingrich moved to Cobb County, and a newly created district. ~ The phrase “affordable housing” is somewhat of a buzz word. I hear it a lot, and very few specifics. God is in the details. Lets focus on “…Invest Atlanta voted to help fund over 400 units of affordable housing” How is this going to work? Are they rental units, or owner occupied housing? Assuming that they are rental, what can we expect the rent to be? Who is it going to be affordable to? How long will the rent be capped at this level? When the controls come off, what will happen? Will these units be maintained properly? Where is this 400unit_AH going to be built? Affordable housing is a great idea, and it is needed. It needs to be carefully planned if it is going to work. ~ Actually, Mr. Davis was shot after a heated argument. Going off on an armed man is not a good idea. His killer is in prison. Lucy McBath is to be praised for defeating Karen Handel. Her campaign was careful in the way they described the death of Mr. Davis. Tom Robinson should do the same. ~ I am hearing that it is the counties, not the state, that count the votes. I don’t know who processes voter registration, and maintains the voter lists, but I strongly suspect it is the counties. The decision to sequester voting machines was made by Fulton, Dekalb, and Cobb counties. This has been a good issue for the Democrats. They almost won the election because of it. If Mr. Kemp had the political sense to resign after the primary, the Democrats would not have had this issue. ~ Oops! You blew up the Internet. The page you are looking for is no longer here, or never existed in the first place (bummer). You can try searching for what you are looking for using the form below. If that still doesn’t provide the results you are looking for, you can always start over from the home page. ~ First World War : 22nd of August 1914 the bloodiest day ~ This Day in History, September 26, 1918: The Meuse-Argonne Campaign Begins ~ last man to die ~ ww1 show ~ @USNatArchives One hundred years ago on November 11, 1918, the First World War came to an end. For Pvt. Henry Gunther, it was too late. He was shot and killed at 10:58 am, just two minutes before the Armistice was declared at 11 am and the fighting stopped. ~ pictures are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah

Here’s what we know so far about Robert Bowers, the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting suspect ~ Issue #48: Oct 21-Oct 27, 2018 ~ the gulch ~ Trump’s Caravan Hysteria Led to This ~ shared against better judgment ~ @teedubya101 No, no, no, Jesus drives a Honda but doesn’t brag about it. “For I did not speak of my own accord” John 12:49 ~ @geofflangdale It was surprisingly spacious, too: later, Acts tells us all the apostles were in one Accord. When God is in a party mood, though, he drives a Plymouth. Isiah 63:6 “I will make them drunk in my Fury” ~ The Library of Congress Lets You Stream Hundreds of Free Films ~ 2nd largest minority ~ national screening room ~ Footage of one of the earliest Gay Pride demonstration marches, the first Christopher Street Liberation Day Parade, held in New York City, New York, on June 28, 1970, to commemorate the first anniversary of the Stonewall Riots ~ The Personality Trait That Is Ripping America (and the World) Apart ~ The Lessons for Western Democracies from the Stunning Victory of Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro ~ nikki gray fundraiser ~ Racist ‘hot’ white woman loses job after harassing two black women in parking lot ~ Netanyahu Congratulates Bolsonaro for Brazil Election Win, Invites Him to Israel ~ The domain BettyBowers.com is for sale. betty spaghetti Suggested uses: America’s Best Christian, Christian Gifts, Betty Boop Sitcker, Betty Spaghetti, Christian News, Christian Advice, Betty Hill ~ 12 Young People on Why They Probably Won’t Vote ~ on the road ~ georgia cities ranked ~ lit and bruised halloween ~ Jerry Seinfeld on Louis C.K., Roseanne and Tense Times in Comedy ~ Recovering the (Lost) Art of Civility ~ morticia dances ~ Security threw 1st punch in brawl outside popular restaurant, family says ~ ten scary episodes of criminal ~ DUDE, WHERE’S MY CAREER? ~ I Went to a Sex Party I Found on the Internet and It Was Hilariously Awkward ~ haunted by halloween ~ After Kemp pulls out of original debate, candidates unable to agree on alternative ~ “After repeated efforts to schedule a debate on the issues that matter most to Georgia voters, radical Stacey Abrams decided she would rather hide behind television ads paid for by San Francisco socialists than face the voters and defend her extreme agenda that will raise taxes by $13,000 a person, give welfare and voting rights to illegal immigrants, and usher in the government takeover of healthcare. While Abrams has decided to duck the electorate, Brian Kemp will continue to travel the state on his Putting Georgians First Bus Tour. He’s proud of his record and confident that his plans for our state will keep Georgia working!” ~ Brian Kemp thinks we are stupid. Even if the Governor had the ability to do so, they are not going to raise taxes $13k per person. The Governor does not have the ability to give voting rights to people who are not citizens of the United States. As for the government takeover of healthcare, that is a federal matter. Barack Obama, with a Democratic majority in both houses of congress, could only pass the flawed and limited ACA. To say that a Governor of Georgia could do more is insane ~ Voters, You’re Being Manipulated Always accuse *the other* of doing what you are also doing. This is something that *both sides* do, and fall for. ~ Stacey Abrams Wants Gun Ban, Dodges Confiscation Question ~ Christian Woman Disrupts Drag Queen Story Time At Private Book Store To Stop “Perverse Lifestyles” ~ How to Punish Voters ~ Willie Horton Revisited ~ From patriarchy to snowflake: five keywords you need to know ~ CNN’s Don Lemon doubles down after saying white men are ‘the biggest terror threat in this country’ ~ Quote Investigator: QI has located no persuasive evidence that Phineas Taylor Barnum who died in 1891 spoke or wrote this saying. Researcher Ralph Keyes presented a skeptical stance with his assertion in “The Quote Verifier” that “No modern historian takes seriously the routine attribution of this slogan to P. T. Barnum.” ~ orwell quote ~ orwell’s theory of language ~ @bitchywaiter This is dedicated to those customers who won’t leave the restaurant even when it is closed. #GTFO ~ lyin’ lucy ~ Atlanta Storytellers Podcast ~ Joe Rogan Experience #1191 – Peter Boghossian & James Lindsay ~ The controversy around hoax studies in critical theory, explained ~ Ilana Glazer ~ this ain’t hollywood ~ fat studies ~ Trump video accused as racist also lacks factual basis ~ Stacey Abrams, Oprah targeted by racist robocall funded by white supremacist group ~ abrams robocall ~ armistice ~ Wait, Have We Really Wiped Out 60 Percent of Animals? ~ What’s so blasphemous about free speech? ~ It might be a shorter list if they ask for people who have heard anything that was true. ~ @nihilist_arbys What do arbys and hardcore alcoholics have in common? We both have serious shakes. ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. ~ this is the poem from last night at java monkey:
#rejectedstripclubnames hallelujah ~ sarah suckabee panders golden squirt
harry twotter sorry charlie tuna ~ mount gushmore vagina diner dessert
thots & prayers ho depot sugar bowl ~ low expectation lorena bobbitt
little dick chicken choker glory hole ~ peel & squeal snatch & grab lickety split
george w’s bush taint misbehaving ~ nacho mama furry biscuit craving
loaded & bloated drug money bedspread ~ slobbering goober beaver & butthead
the three splooges phillip mccavity ~ itty bitty titty depravity ~ selah

gender memo ~ living with dolly parton ~ The Oglethorpe Atlanta Crypt of Civilization Time Capsule ~ changing the flag ~ twitter thread @KevinMKruse No, she burned the old *Georgia* flag, which had been designed specifically by white supremacists as a show of defiance to desegregation in 1956. Let’s dig in. ~ White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism ~ try this ~ state study on 1956 flag ~ Stacey Abrams’s Burning of Georgia Flag With Confederate Symbol Surfaces on Eve of Debate ~ What Stacey Abrams said about burning the Georgia flag in 1992 ~ The Battle Of Fair Street Bottom ~ John Sammons Bell ~ 2000, ~ state flag talk ~ Israel lobby wants Saudis to get away with Khashoggi murder ~ Jamal Khashoggi Body Double Created False Trail in Turkey, Surveillance Images Suggest ~ Khashoggi Case Erodes Saudi Reputation, and Allies Worry ~ Highsmith on Kruse, ‘White Flight: Atlanta and the Making of Modern Conservatism’ ~ @Duranti Yeah, I’m about to follow his lead. Engaging you is a waste of time. I’m going to wait ten minutes to give you time to see this, then I’m blocking you. Goodnight. ~ KimKierkegaardashian @KimKierkegaard I avoid excessive exclamation marks in emails by adding the disclaimer: “my grim tone reflects the eschewing of false and frivolous cheerfulness in favor of profound faith in the potential of the human soul that is not lacking in joy for all its outward solemnity” ~ killed by the United States ~ @DCSharon Hahahaha! That is not what authoritarianism is about at all, Mr. uninformed bag over the head man. I’m following the lead of others and blocking you. Ignorance like this does not deserve a voice. ~ @KirstenPowers Dear white people who are upset that you can’t dress up as another race or culture for Halloween: your feelings don’t matter. The only feelings that matter are of those who feel disrespected/mocked by you appropriating their culture for entertainment. Show some common decency. ~ @CountDankulaTV Dear Kirsten,Why are you promoting an event that was appropriated from my culture? As an American why do you feel like you have the authority to tell people how to celebrate a Celtic festival that was appropriated from my people? ~ Being Creative Can Reduce Stress: Even If You’re Not Artistic ~ Georgia NAACP files complaints alleging voting machines incorrectly registered votes ~ megyn kelley on blackface ~ DOCS: Ga Congressional Candidate Disqualified from Homestead Exemption, Tax Office Investigating ~ When was a word first used in print? ~ My Truth: How I really feel… Kat Blaque ~ How ‘Gardening While Black’ Almost Landed This Detroit Man in Jail ~ Transformation Through the Breath ~ Cesar Sayoc Jr., Alleged Mail Bomber, Threatened Democrats on Twitter ~ cesar ceyok ~ Paul Volcker, at 91, Sees ‘a Hell of a Mess in Every Direction’ ~ How Sears and its catalog helped subvert Jim Crow in the South ~ ga streetcars ~ newspaper search ~ camp gordon ~ Covington shooting ~ where was that place ~ This seems to be a combination of two quotes. “It is quite possible to be both. I look upon myself as a man. Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind.” When asked by Viereck if he considered himself to be a German or a Jew. “What Life Means to Einstein: An Interview by George Sylvester Viereck” The Saturday Evening Post (26 October 1929) “All these motives made me into a passionate pacifist and anti-militarist. I am against any nationalism, even in the guise of mere patriotism. Privileges based on position and property have always seemed to me unjust and pernicious, as did any exaggerated personality cult. From My Credo, 1932 ~ lucy mcbath ~ Black mecca or most unequal US city: will the real Atlanta please stand up? ~ The lost city of Atlanta ~ Nowhere for people to go: who will survive the gentrification of Atlanta? ~ A city cursed by sprawl: can the BeltLine save Atlanta? ~ How the alleged bomber was caught ~ all of bach ~ @postcrunk stages of white acceptance of black slang (AAVE):1. Refusal “That’s ignorant/not real English.” 2. Ironic usage “Me and bae so TURNT UP rn. Lol not really just listening to NPR” 3. Sincere usage “It’s lit” 4. Brand usage McDonalds: #SquadGoals Wendys: this aint it chief ~ Trump’s veiled anti-Semitism comes home to roost in Pittsburgh ~ Classical 1920s building in downtown Atlanta is being razed for hotel ~ Dear client Att Internet Services, congratulations! We would like to thank you for your loyalty to Att Internet Services, and thus we offer you an exclusive chance to get a Walmart $1000 Gift Card today – October 22 (Monday), 2018. All you have to do is choose the correct gift box to get started. Good luck! ~ These voter suppression stories need skeptical review. Take the 53k registration applications on hold. All we ever heard was “AP Study”. How many of those applications did AP review? How does AP know that 70% (a nice round number) were black people? These stories are uncritically accepted by the national media, which love to post Honey Boo Boo stories about Georgia elections. ~ Merriam Webster has a feature, time traveler. You type in a year, and you get a list of words which appeared in print, for the first time, that year. For 1954, the list includes: baby back ribs, bragging rights, cash flow, cha cha, contrarian, dragster. far out, hard copy, New York minute, pasties, rock and roll, sleaze, thorazine, TV dinner, way out ~ I am going to come to this potluck even though I was not invited And I am going to have the scariest costume of all My costume is going to be so bigly scary that you are going to be afraid to go home because I will still be your president ~ In 1971, I was selling encyclopedias door to door. One night, we told this young lady to meet us at the Krystal. She went to the Krystal on Ponce. We were very worried. I stood in front of the Peachtree Krystal, waiting for her to show up. At that time, 645 Peachtree was a bar that showed movies. ~ pictures for this pointless regurgitation that nobody is going to read are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah

post ideas: atlanta doesn’t build roads it paves cow paths, search whiteness on youtube ~ Americans Strongly Dislike PC Culture ~ ‘White Women’ Becomes a Disparaging Term ~ NYPD Looks to Charge 9 Proud Boys With Assault for Manhattan Fight ~ Claudia Rankine, The Art of Poetry No. 102 ~ Claudia Rankine on Citizen: An American Lyric – 2015 L.A. Times Festival of Books ~ abrams wants illegals to vote for her ~ marsy’s law ~ Please Do Not Shoot the Pianist. He Is Doing His Best “I would suggest that the present practice of shooting at the organist during the service be discontinued. It is a ridiculous habit, and annoys the congregation by filling the church with smoke. The poor man has his faults, but he does the best he can. Besides, it chips the new organ.” ~ oedipus ~ Kmart plans to close its last Georgia stores ~ ‘This is live voter suppression’: Black Voters Matter blocked from taking seniors to vote ~ threas on something ~ Jamal Khashoggi’s killing took seven minutes, Turkish source tells MEE ~ On Facing the Possibility of Losing the Civil War ~ Suspect killed after firing gun while handcuffed during traffic stop on I-75 ~ A new study reveals the real reason Obama voters switched to Trump ~ Rihanna Declined Super Bowl LIII Halftime Show Offer in Support of Colin Kaepernick ~ They Didn’t Vote … Now They Can’t ~ Two Princes: Jared Kushner and Mohammed bin Salman ~ You are blocked from following @girlsreallyrule and viewing @girlsreallyrule’s Tweets. ~ #WhyIWrite I don’t know write from wrong ~ @Gaming_agent99 “You can make empires rise from ashes. You can make heroes fall and villains rise. You can bring all your thoughts and ideas to life, what’s more fun than that. #WhyIWrite” ~ You can make anything by writing c.s. lewis ~ @chamblee54 #WhyIWrite I found this in my search “The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed.” The Magician’s Nephew (1955), Ch. 10: The First Joke and Other Matters ~ @chamblee54 the full quote in context is usually better than the meme ~ Was Gary Hart Set Up? ~ What Screwtape Actually Said About Politics ~ facebook lewis ~ TOP 5 Optical Illusions with Natural Hallucinogen Effects (2015) ~ Georgia DA says prostitution ring ran on Fort Valley State campus; 7 charged ~ Republicans Pimp Black Women’s Voices in Racist Radio Political Ad Pandering for Black Votes ~ Officer killed in the line of duty; 4 suspects on the run ~ cory booker ~ Account suspended This account has been suspended. Learn more about why Twitter suspends accounts, or return to your timeline. ~ why is this stuck on all caps in another document? ~ This is slightly off topic. A man meets a sex worker on Ponce De Leon Avenue. He thought he was getting an automatic. He was distressed when he learned it was a stick shift. ~ Hey Zeus sounds very much like a hispanic person saying Jesus. ~ Hrishikesh Hirway @HrishiHirway One good thing about my name: I got a call from a telemarketer who said, “Can I speak to…um…” and then just hung up. ~ #WhyIWrite I don’t know write from wrong ~ @J_D_Landis What did the hairdresser say to their client? It’s time to dye. ~ The trouble about trying to make yourself stupider than you really are is that you very often succeed. CS Lewis The Magician’s Nephew (1955), Ch. 10: The First Joke and Other Matters ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. ~ here is the poem from last night at java monkey:
intoxicated mom took the money ~ refusing to leave super china buffet
body’s been out here for a while honey ~ she was having sex in the alleyway
female refusin’ to leave the motel ~ homeless man set on fire in the hood
car with trunk full of items to sell ~ dude says he’s drunk & doesn’t feel good
talkin’ bout the devil shaking his fist ~ threatenin’ to shoot everyone for kicks
democratic man in the bar got kissed ~ fightin’ in the lobby at motel 6
threatenin’ to shoot everyone for kicks ~ lonely bipolar schizophrenic dad
fightin’ in the lobby at motel 6 ~ home depot hot dogs aren’t half bad
lonely bipolar schizophrenic dad ~ democratic man in the bar got kissed
home depot hot dogs aren’t half bad ~ talkin’ bout the devil shaking his fist ~ selah

The 17 Kinds of Hyphens You Must… Wait, Seriously, 17? ~ voter purge list ~ Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story ~ I just came across this video and it seemed germane to this convo I listened to this monologue. I am not impressed. This monologue is challenged in its use of logic. I do not feel that it speaks to my experience. Let’s take a look at the first sentence of the notes. “If you’re not racist, why is racism still America’s biggest problem?” There is an assumption here: that racism is still America’s greatest problem. Looming environmental catastrophe, political corruption, unsustainable national debt, usustainable food supply chain… these, and a host of other problems, are arguably far more damaging than racism. Then there is the either/or dilemma… “If you’re not racist, why is…” Who is the lady speaking to? Who is the person who does not consider themself to be racist, and is thus responsible for racism being “America’s greatest problem.” After a while, I am going to put this video behind me, like I have so, so much talk about racism. On a lighter note, Mani Sheriar has a very powerful story on RISK. It addresses many of these issues, and is a good counterpoint to this story. ~ Why “I’m not racist” is only half the story | Robin DiAngelo ~ 3 chicago poets ~ Toddler, straight-A student fatally shot in separate incidents during bloody weekend in Chicago ~ The Mystery of Tariki ~ Gay Atlanta activist, pioneer Berl Boykin dies at 74 ~ An Interview with Atlanta Gay Rights Pioneer Berl Boykin ~ Vic Mensa Calls Out XXXTentacion Supporters, Rap’s Embrace Of Abusers ~ Sam Harris July 01, 2017 – Common Sense with Dan Carlin Show #293 ~ Amanda Seales Questions White Women Kneeling to Protest Rape Culture ~ Grateful Dead – The Acid Test Reels 1965-1967 ~ Squirrel vs snake ~ I Take Medication For Depression, Hair Loss, And Erectile Dysfunction, And There’s Nothing Shameful About That ~ Voting rights become a flashpoint in Georgia governor’s race ~ What happened to Jamal Khashoggi? The Saudis need to provide the U.S. with answers. ~ John Lennon on violence ~ Joe Rogan Experience #1184 – Roseanne Barr ~ watching the defectives ~ Rick Stein: A Man for All Seasons and My Kind of Guy ~ voter application ballot ~ The Myth of Systemic Racism (Coleman Hughes Pt. 2) ~ Officer-involved shooting shuts down busy Cobb County intersection ~ Mother accidentally smothers baby during fatal meth overdose, sheriff says ~ Man was randomly shooting inside apartment complex before officers killed him ~ Facebook: Hackers got (very) personal data from 29M users. FIND OUT if your info was breached. ~ What the Black Men Who Identify With Brett Kavanaugh Are Missing ~ How I Quit Drinking in a World That Wants Me Drunk ~ holocaust photo That claim about Iran is a bit misleading. Some Iranian leaders say that, although the translations may be questionable. It is not known how much the general population agrees. Right now, some American politicians are spoiling for a war with Iran. If this war happens, there will be a lot of men, women, and children killed in Iran. It is important that the world never forgets. Part of this is preventing the Persian holocaust that so many seem to want today. ~ Is Georgia’s minority population boom fueling political pushback from Republicans? ~ CNN’s Cuomo: Trump Looked Like He Was Thinking Racist Thoughts While Talking To Kanye West ~ Did you know Kanye West’s father was once an AJC photographer? ~ Suspect killed in Cobb County officer-involved shooting identified ~ mindful resistance 46 ~ Why Young Men of Color Are Joining White-Supremacist Groups ~ Man shoots, kills girlfriend in front of her 9-year-old son at apartment complex ~ why the gulch deal matters ~ What exactly do you mean by “affordable housing”? I hear that phrase a lot, but don’t know what the guidelines are. Another concern I have is who is going to live in this AH. It seems like the less expensive the housing, the people who live there will be less, and less, pleasant to be around. If you do choose to live in this mythical AH, will you want to be around your neighbors? ~ I just received another phone call from Lucy McBath. It pretended to be a survey, but was, in fact, a paid political message from Lucy McBath. ~ PLEASE VOTE NO ON AMENDMENT 2 in Georgia. It is a horrible proposal. It seeks to establish “business” courts with appointed, not elected, judges, and is designed to protect corporations from being sued by people they have injured. It is being pushed by Georgians for Lawsuit Reform, which is little more than a front for big business. Please forward this post. Most voters are unfamiliar with proposed constitutional amendments, and most, like this one, are worded in ways that hide their true intentions PLEASE FORWARD THIS.! ~ “Kemp’s office blamed that disparity on the New Georgia Project, a voter registration group founded by Abrams in 2013. Kemp accuses the organization of being sloppy in registering voters, and says they submitted inadequate forms for a batch of applicants that was predominantly black. His office has said the New Georgia Project used primarily paper forms and “did not adequately train canvassers to ensure legible, complete forms ….” Yes, that may be more bs from Mr. Kemp. It may also be the truth. It is entirely possible that the New Georgia Project submitted a bunch of registration forms with serious mistakes. We are getting to the point in this election where everything you hear is suspect. ~I got there a half hour early. I sat outside for 45 minutes, waiting for “someone to be with you” I only had to check out one wardrobe item. I took a bus from the base camp… an old warehouse on white street in west end, in front of the beltline … to the set. It was the West Hunter Street Baptist, formerly pastored by Ralph David Abernathy Sr. We were led into a room on the second floor. We sat in that room for four hours. There was a fan in that room, that was turned off during takes. Turning the fan off and on was the only thing to do for four hours. We went back to base camp for a fabulous lunch. We then went back to the church. After a while, our handler came to the room, and got a few of us to go to a site. We went to a side street off Lee Street, across from the west end marta station. We were set up as homeless people, while a car drove by. I was given a homeless person buggy, and told to walk by showing tremendous effort to walk by. However, I was not to be used in the first shot. They did a few takes of the car going down the street. The crew moved across the street. A decision was made not to use any background performers in the next shot. I was taken back to base camp, turned in my wardrobe shirt, my invoice was signed, and I went home. ~ pictures today are from The Library of Congress. ~ selah