Song of the Day: Buddy Mercury on the Piano

This makes me smile EVERY TIME.  How many videos can you say that about?

"Buddy Mercury Sings! Funny and cute beagle who plays piano!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6nhSDAKRj8

And another one:
"Buddy Mercury Up Close & Personal Singing Beagle Basset Hound Mix!"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XVr6c3g8lxY

Who the hell needs a newspaper anymore?

So maybe you heard about a little bridge collapse here in Atlanta recently.  Ouch, that will NOT help our traffic situation. Anyway, I was browsing around the internet, looking at stories about the incident and I came across this, from the Atlanta Urinal Constitution, online at www.ajc.com:

"I-85 bridge collapse: First-time riders hit MARTA"
http://www.ajc.com/news/bridge-collapse-first-time-riders-hit-marta/VdtM99dIJmR2aXWtDIByfL/

She'd always wanted to ride Marta to her job, about a mile away from the station on the Glenridge Connector. Now, thanks to Thursday night's I-85 bridge collapse, she was going to have to. Unwilling to battle traffic out of the city in the midst of the disaster, she'd dinner a pair of tennis shoes, consulted a Marta map and, after one false start when she got on the wrong train, was ready to walk the rest of the way to he job a little before 8 a.m.  [italics are mine]

You have got to be kidding me.  That's what a professional journalist wrote???  No thank you.  That is pathetic.

Song of the Day: Nana Fofie - Mad Over You Mashup

What a great vibe in this song, just perfect.

"Nana Fofie - Mad Over You Mashup"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iaZ2GOPpMU8

Quote of the Day: e. e. cummings on Courage

"It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are."
e. e. cummings

Song of the Day: Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals

Another new singer, another great vibe.

Smoke Signals, by Phoebe Bridgers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vAKg267JgBE

Song of the Day: Farina - Copas de Vino

New singer.  The "next Shakira"?  Love the vibe in her music.

Copas de Vino - Farina [Video Oficial]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIV3WusvaRw

Government Sucks

Okay, I need to vent today.  Government sucks.  What a bunch of scammers.  Braves stadium deal rammed through, screw the taxpayers.  And now another "Ed-SPLOST" here in Cobb County, Georgia.  Bunch of fake, pretend conservatives.  They make me sick.

I had no idea there was an election coming up, and then I saw one or two signs last week talking about the Education SPLOST, vote yes for our kids or some such crap.
Ed-SPLOST V

Why do we still need SPLOST?
Because  Cobb's  learning  environments  and  infrastructure require ongoing maintenance and to continue providing the most effective instructional resources for Cobb students.
Ed-SPLOST I (1999-2003) and Ed-SPLOST II (2004-2008) were responsive  to  years  of  rapid  population  growth,  providing for construction of 21 new schools, 1,982 new classrooms and funding a myriad of capital improvements.
When  enrollment  trends  flattened  after  2008,  the  District's needs  shifted  toward  revitalization  of  outdated  facilities.  Many  Cobb  schools  are  more  than  40  years  old  and  have inadequate space and resources to best serve students.
Ed-SPLOST  III  (2009-2013)  and  Ed-SPLOST  IV  (2014-2018) focused  on  giving  new  life  to  existing  facilities,  replacing some  of  the  oldest  and  least  efficient  school  buildings  and refreshing     the     District's     technology     resources     and    
infrastructure.
Ed-SPLOST V (2019-2023) will concentrate on construction of new classrooms with the goal of housing approximately 2000 new  students  projected  to  enter  the  District  within  the  next five  years.  Ed-SPLOST  V  will  also  continue  to  focus  on modernizing the District’s older schools and facilities

There is absolutely nothing "special purpose" about this spending.  This is all spending that should be part of a normal operating budget.

Furthermore, how is it "special purpose" funding if it has been going on continuously since 1998?

Worst of all is the timing.  This shows beyond a doubt how dishonest they are.  This SPLOST is supposed to start in 2019.  2 0 1 9!!!  So why pay hundreds of thousands of dollars to hold a special election now, in early 2017???  Why not hold it during an election when there are other races and questions on the ballot, in the Fall?  Why?  Because they don't want anyone to know about it, and they have succeeded.  When I went to vote this morning (advance voting) there was only me and one other person voting.  The place was empty.  Way different from waiting in a line outside the building during the presidential election, and the least people I have ever seen in a voting facility.  This is a disgrace.

More about how they lie to us about SPLOST:
Cobb school board calls for Education-SPLOST vote after tense meeting, by Mary Kate McGowan

Note that they are choosing to spend the extra $40 million above and beyond what they said they "needed" for their "special purpose" tax.  This shows once again that there is nothing special purpose about it.  They are mismanaging their facilities and they expect the taxpayers to pay for it.


I also found out that my blue MARTA cards are expiring.  I was told when I got my first blue card that I'd never need another one, value would never be lost.  What a bunch of fucking liars.