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In other news, water is still wet.
State Senator Chip Pearson (R – Dawsonville) and the art of self-dealing: Step 1. Get appointed chairman of an Economic Development committee in the legislature. Step 2. Form a company that consults on Economic Development issues and projects. Step 3. Write legislation to create an Economic Development panel, on which you become an automatic member. […]
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Justice Stevens’ Retirement
“There may be no sitting justice who better exemplified the difference between diversity and empathy than Justice Stevens. He grew up white, male, heterosexual, Protestant, and wealthy. At no point in time was he a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay or a frightened teenage girl. And yet, over the decades, his rulings and written opinions repeatedly […]
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Rumors, Moving, Shaking and Fun
O hai guise! Things will never be the same around here. Spoke with a top Democratic elected official the other day about the races that currently have gaping holes where Democrats need to be… Let’s go to the big one… Michael Thurmond is “looking at the Senate last I heard” my source said. So who […]
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Fascinating, Whigs here in Georgia!
Did you know that Georgia has a functioning Whig Party? I did not, that is until today. Please note they call themselves the “Modern” Whig Party, not to be confused with this crowd-I guess. They have “Tenets” They have a blog… They have a website…. HQ in Marietta They appear to have a Chairman….Rob Madayag […]
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Disclosure Open Thread
Barnes has lots, DUH Karen Handel’s gamble seems to have paid off, although still probably not enough to run statewide in a clown car. McBerry reported raising $56,000 this quarter and said he has $28,000 on hand. Which is just enough to buy yard signs for me to see posted to trees. His staff and […]
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Feds are cracking down on unpaid internships!
With job openings scarce for young people, the number of unpaid internships has climbed in recent years, leading federal and state regulators to worry that more employers are illegally using such internships for free labor. Wait, stop the presses, you don’t mean for profit companies are taking advantage of people during tough times! Rick, I’m […]
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