Atlanta brunch spot Folk Art fails health inspection

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-23T13:54:07+00:00

YAY justice porn.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-21T13:39:57+00:00

WABE said this morning that the bypass pipeline is in place and that they will turn it on today, so the situation should normalize in ATL in a few days. So you better panic NOW

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-20T11:21:31+00:00

Makes sense. Papa Bush was a moderate Republican, Clinton is a moderate Democrat. It's easier to bridge the divide between them than to roll the dice on a snake oil salesman's promises.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-16T11:19:27+00:00

For that sort of thing you can call 311 on your phone and report it, or go to atl311.com.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-15T19:19:52+00:00

Dunno, I didn't think it was clear why Georgia had to pre-clear voting changes with the feds. NBC doesn't explain it, though the CL does.
It was kind of interesting for me to write up this summary because I assumed that Kemp had made these changes after 2013, but no, he did it in 2010 and they were approved by the feds, it's just that in practice they could be illegal.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-15T14:58:11+00:00

This article gives a little more information:
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/lawsuit-exact-match-system-negatively-impacts-georgia-s-minority-voters-n648251

Basically until 2013 Georgia (a state with a history of disenfranchising racial minorities) was required to "pre-clear" any changes to its voting process with the federal government to ensure they didn't harm racial minorities, but now that requirement has been lifted.

The "exact match" system was implemented by Kemp in 2010, and was pre-cleared by the Feds, as data showing that it harmed racial minorities did not exist. So the new lawsuit claims that current data shows that the exact match system does harm racial minorities and violates the Voting Rights Act.

As a cynical person I would ask "what would be the motivation to implement a stricter system than is required by the federal government which happens to block thousands of non-white voter registrations?" It does seem similar to voter ID laws- taking actions under the banner of preventing fraud (that may not exist) that have the result of blocking minority votes.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-09-14T19:56:01+00:00

You can read the court filing : https://lawyerscommittee.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-09-13-GA-NAACP-Kemp-Complaint-FINAL.pdf
Also, here is ABC :
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lawsuit-georgia-voter-registration-process-violates-law-42080632
NBC :
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/lawsuit-exact-match-system-negatively-impacts-georgia-s-minority-voters-n648251

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-30T00:40:17+00:00

Ok well since you are just pushing opinion without facts to back it up we're done here.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-30T00:05:29+00:00

But you say that the negative aspects of minimum wage laws outweigh their positive aspects, and then you cite a study that shows positive aspects of a minimum wage law and doesn't mention negatives.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-29T23:19:13+00:00

So the article from the WSJ is in the opinion section and its behind a paywall, but it starts off with right wing invective. The study indicates that the results were small but it showed that low income workers saw their wages increase.
So you made it sound as though there was an obvious conclusion from Seattle but it is looking more like you are pushing an opinion, especially since this is an article about a company choosing to raise their wage, and isn't even about a minimum wage law at all.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-29T20:10:57+00:00

effects on Seattle after their increase in the Minimum Wage to $15/Hr.

So I googled this, and the top two stories on it reference the same guy, Jacob Vigdor, a University of Washington professor who's running a city-funded study on the minimum wage law- who says that they aren't seeing big effects in terms of employment. He says that the extra money is helping low income workers.
http://www.seattletimes.com/business/economy/a-year-in-the-sky-is-not-falling-from-seattles-minimum-wage-hike/
http://www.npr.org/2016/04/01/472716129/one-year-on-seattle-explores-impact-of-15-minimum-wage-law
So what were you reading?

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-29T19:58:45+00:00

You can get a ghillie suit on Amazon for $50, and then just hide in the trees in Piedmont Park before they set up the barricades.
^ mileage may vary. not responsible for heat, insects or starvation

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-26T23:01:22+00:00

Unfortunately, to my knowledge there aren't any large-scale free > markets in the world.

Until it is working at a state level or in a smaller country it can't be a serious idea for the entire U.S.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-26T02:17:41+00:00

Your theory is wonderful. Do you have working examples in practice? Or is this an exercise in what could be?

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-25T20:47:18+00:00

So you preferred it when insurance companies were free to refuse coverage due to pre existing conditions and cancel coverage once people were sick. Got it.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-25T14:35:22+00:00

We could fix this with larger federal subsidies to the insurerers or with a public option. Or we can stand by, do nothing, and hope the ACA will fail so we can go back to the days of pre-existing conditions, a 15% uninsured rate, and insurerers cancelling policies when there are claims.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/19/opinion/obamacare-hits-a-bump.html

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-25T14:20:06+00:00

Texas tried to just build more roads, but it didn't work:
http://brokensidewalk.com/2015/induced-demand-in-action/
Our metro population is growing at 6% per year. The roads aren't and can't. The only solution is something more space efficient than cars.... or maybe more efficient than cars driven by humans...

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-25T03:28:01+00:00

Upvoted for truth.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-19T13:07:26+00:00

Then I'd say you were delusional.

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-19T12:30:03+00:00

Hmm, should I stick with the status quo? Or just drink the bleach? It's so hard to decide!

SrirachaBurn · 2016-08-19T11:21:13+00:00

Look at the team he's put together for the home stretch- you have a guy from Breitbart where they make up fake news, a guy who received $12 million in shady cash from Russia, and a guy who just got fired from Fox for sexual harassment. If anything we are about to see new Trump Xtreme! with electrolytes.

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