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@ Brutal attack in London blamed on radical Islam Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:23

shawn706: @Ben Had: They view us as infidels deserving of death. If we had zero presents in the middle east they would continue to attack. They want to kill all unbelievers. Keep the fight over there or we'll...
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@ Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012 Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:21

cyou299: @fishin4u: if you looked, I think you would find your repeated script to be quite faulty - it's not that people are 'envious' of extreme wealth...it is that we feel it is wrong at its very nature. I...
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@ Ga. Rep. Brooks pleads not guilty to fraud charges Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:11

shawn706: I notice the article failed to mention his political affiliation. Had he been Republican I'm sure it would have been in the headline.
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@ What Others Say: Big banks holding America hostage (... Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:09

monkey_of_shame: I have no doubt that their conservative corporate sycophants will block any bill that might inconvenience these TBTF banks.
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@ Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:05

cyou299: I can't grasp how an organization that requires openly gay uniforms has a ban on openly gay youth wearing them. Makes no sense. and how does allowing gays 'undermine' the scouting traditions? Seems...
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@ Johnston: Ask former 'customers' how... Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:03

marshalld: Why do you think teachers, students and parents would know anything about the classroom? If we ask them what is needed in the classroom you will eliminate the "experts"...people far removed from the...
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@ Cornish: Standards-based school reform works Thu, 05/23/2013 - 07:00

marshalld: Standards are just another word for curriculum...a minimum curriculum at best. What hurt standards so much in Georgia have been the budget cuts to education that our legislature starting enacting...
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@ UGA names interim finance VP Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:58

PaleRider: Oh no, another "national search". That means the job is posted on the internet. Just give the man the job. He is proven qualified. Why the "interim" game? Just wait, after a couple months and...
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@ Gay Georgia lawmaker to be honored by White House Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:54

McCarthy: No it's...
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@ Classic Center employee eyed in theft Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:53

bb80: If it's off limits who gets access? Is it marked "private" or "limited access"? Perhaps a key would be needed? Oh, well. They have'm on video - guess that don't point out where hidden cameras are...
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@ Median CEO pay rises to $9.7 million in 2012 Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:53

marshalld: If they earn it, pay them.
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@ Student reports sexual misconduct Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:51

pumpkie: Had the school done something, anything in the first place, it doesn't sound like it needed to turn into this big of deal. It sounds to me that the parents just wanted some kind of reassurance that...
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@ Fox show brings messy workplaces to television Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:51

marshalld: Stupid...stupid...stupid!
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@ Johnston: Ask former 'customers' how... Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:50

Curls: ACC schools are not interested in why people leave their school district for another.
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@ Weiner launches comeback bid to become NYC mayor Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:48

McCarthy: Them democrats are something else, ain't they.
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@ Boy Scout leaders to vote on lifting gay ban Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:46

McCarthy: @THX1138: [quote][b]THX1138[/b] - @McCarthy: What's it like living in your own little world where nothing changes for the better? I bet its a lot like the 1950's. I assume you are a male. Do you...
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@ Police find car heavily vandalized Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:45

pumpkie: Sounds to me like someone was ticked at this woman! I doubt it was random.
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@ Woods: Garcia's comments hurtful; time to... Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:45

SIGNOFF: Why do losers resort to hitting below the belt?
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@ State psychiatric hospital in Thomasville to close Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:35

bb80: Thomasville, - 600. Athens "metro" - + 700.
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@ Athens to outpace state's economic growth,... Thu, 05/23/2013 - 06:33

bb80: @Walter: List the counties that are considered in the Athens metro area and break down the new 700 jobs in each of those counties, please.
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    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

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    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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