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@ Tea party groups protest IRS at Atlanta rally Wed, 05/22/2013 - 21:13

GaltMeister: "A useful idiot" for the pseudo-patriotic sob...
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@ When Stores Discriminate Wed, 05/22/2013 - 21:11

E.J.: Just branding; trying to create a niche market, something new and different, anything to be different and stand out. It's their call; nothing to make a todo over. The plump woman in the ads has a...
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@ A Taste from Another Place Wed, 05/22/2013 - 21:09

Cody Godwin: It's an system that allows you to buy on-tap beer in a container of two different sizes (the smaller is the equivalent of a 6-pack and the other is larger, possibly an 8 or 10 pack- but I'm not 100%...
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@ Poll: Georgians oppose campus guns Wed, 05/22/2013 - 21:03

barryhollander: Um, no, you're not even close. It was a random telephone poll, not a...
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@ Franklin County escapee caught hiding in mom'... Wed, 05/22/2013 - 21:03

michaelme: @dakiwi13:
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@ how to post pics o abh Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:53

EducateGeorgia: @melmarino: Odd question -appears that you know alot or are very fond of dogs- I have a dog that doesnt like thunderstorms, I understand that most dogs don't, but this is the first dog that I have...
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@ Chicago Board of Ed votes to close 50 schools Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:52

GaltMeister: Only fifty schools need closing? Why not all of them?
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@ Tea party groups protest IRS at Atlanta rally Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:48

OrneryConservative: NO, I don't think he does.
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@ Thief eyes pack of pork chops Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:45

THX1138: Someone stole my pork chops oh yeah while you are here I had a laptop too.
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@ Tea party groups protest IRS at Atlanta rally Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:44

OrneryConservative: [quote][b]thepatrioticsob[/b] - the teabaggers always have and always will care only about thier vision of how america should return to the 17th century ... as for " thier " fellow man ... those...
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@ Tea party groups protest IRS at Atlanta rally Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:42

OrneryConservative: @SarahFlo: Idiot
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@ 'Brothers' graduate at top of class... Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:31

THX1138: @bobbidiboo: Man you are ignorant and racist. Keep it to yourself no one wants to read that BS.
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@ Jodi Arias asks for life term; jury deliberates Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:24

BorisBadEnuff: HEY ROADMUT42.... this POS "lady" kinda reminds me of our resident windbag. Had this occurred in Colorado, I think two & two would have come together
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@ The Editor's Desk: How leaking leakers should... Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:20

EdwardLTant: @keepitsimple: I've heard it's good but I'll be working. I hope to be at the car show at the Varsity in June.
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@ Man dies during training to work in Dekalb jail Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:19

Tewise: My thoughts and prayers to Mr. Ward's family and friends.
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@ Walmart shoplifter fights Athens police during arrest Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:19

retiredandhappy: A oneway ticket to Tennessee would solve the problem for a while
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@ Athens man indicted for binding, strangling woman... Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:17

Curls: Lock up this animal and throw away the key.
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@ Fake "Reform" At B.S.A.! Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:12

E.J.: "How in the world did our culture come to this point?" Fully mature and sophisticated capitalism. All that matters is the bottom line; how companies get there does not matter. They have pushed...
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@ Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 billion Wed, 05/22/2013 - 20:11

Hardscrabble: @grove600: my guess is that the vast majority of Oklahomans were born there. They live there because that is where "home" is and always was. What in the world is so awful about our nation as a...
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  • Nick
    Coltrain

    Rep. Regina Quick pulls no punches on Chamber scorecard

    Rep. Regina Quick, R-Athens, was one of two local delegates to score less than an "A+" in the Chamber of Commerce's annual legislative score card. She and I played phone tag Monday when I was reporting the story and I wasn't able to get her comments in a timely fashion. Instead, she sent over this statement Wednesday morning and she did not mince her words. (Links and italicized portions are my own; otherwise, it's as she wrote it.) Dear Friends: read more

  • Nick
    Coltrain

    UPDATED: Draft language of so-called curfew ordinance

    The committee opted Tuesday night to put off deciding on the ordinance until, at the earliest, its next meeting. Of note: The Athens-Clarke County attorney highlighted that the proposed times are, in essence, placeholders for the commission to change or keep as it pleases.   Full text of the Use of Public Right-of-Ways ordinance draft is below. read more

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