Episode 1 Part 2: Delta! Delta! Delta!

Recorded 9/22/2023

NEWS

Later Delta will cut the Sky Club lines (again)

            Non-rev access

Travel boom not enough to drive profits at US budget airlines Frontier, Spirit https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/travel-boom-not-enough-drive-profits-us-budget-airlines-frontier-spirit-2023-09-21/

WHERE I'VE BEEN/I'M GOING

            Celebrity cruise, summer to the ABC islands

            Raleigh

            Cabin weekend in Ellijay

            Cruise/all inclusive for Christmas        

Ireland August 2024

UPGRADE FUND

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Episode 1 Part 1: Delta! Delta! Delta!

Recorded 9/22/2023

NEWS

Delta hires Tom Brady to help cull the medallions!

            "Why give your 'best' product away for free?"

            "AMEX and Delta created a 3 headed monster"

            "Is Delta a Premium airline"

                  What exactly to do prioritize out of an airline?

                  Inconsistent experience on board, entertainment, wifi, service

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Stephen Owens from the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute https://gbpi.org joins me to talk about school vouchers: what Georgia currently has and what some elected officials want to do with them.

I think you will be surprised what we discuss, especially if you are a parent or grandparent.

We also touch on tax breaks to the film industry and other recent large tax incentives while another tax rebate may be in the works.

Get involved, share this, and use tools like https://resist.bot to make your thoughts known: especially as the bills discussed in this episode are being debated.

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The Visibility Club brings Gwinnett Pride back to Thrasher Park June 10, 2023 at noon

Rolando Guzman joins Robert to share more stories about the history of Gwinnett Pride and what to expect this year.

Confirmed talent

Debra Lynn Rodriguez

Allan Garcia

E-Jay Mills

Robin Shakedown

For more information, check out www.gwinnettpride.org and www.visibilityclub.org

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Stephen Owens from the Georgia Budget & Policy Institute https://gbpi.org joins me to talk about school vouchers: what Georgia currently has and what some elected officials want to do with them.

I think you will be surprised what we discuss, especially if you are a parent or grandparent.

We also touch on tax breaks to the film industry and other recent large tax incentives while another tax rebate may be in the works.

Get involved, share this, and use tools like https://resist.bot to make your thoughts known: especially as the bills discussed in this episode are being debated.

Listener supported https://www.peach.deals/sponsors

New author Peter Leahy is on to discuss his recent move and book project.  Of course we'll mix some politics in as well.

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Kyle Roedler from the Parent Safety Alliance joins Robert to share some of his group's ideas, some of which were very new to me.  For example

Social media screening for minors and possible offenders

Home schooling is not an option for those afraid of school violence

How to engage with elected officials in the current political climate

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Ethan Chorin is a former US diplomat, political analyst, author, and environmental entrepreneur. From 2004 to 2006, he was one of a handful of US diplomats posted to Libya. Six years later, as codirector of an NGO, he became a witness to the Benghazi attack and its aftermath.

We talk about the lead up to the conditions of the Benghazi attack ten years ago from a diplomat's point of view.

A widely respected expert on Libya, Chorin is the author of Benghazi! A New History of the Fiasco that Pushed America and its World to the Brink along with others about the region.  He has appeared in the New York Times, the Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Prospect, Forbes, Newsweek, and others. He has been a regular commentator on Libya for the BBC, and has also appeared on CNBC, CNN, CBS, and C-SPAN.

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Jason wrote the non-fiction book, WISDOM: A VERY VALUABLE VIRTUE THAT CANNOT BE BOUGHT and joins Robert to discuss a number of topics like ResistBot (letters to elected officials), politics in psycho therapy, the January 6th Commission and more.

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Bob Gatty from his Lean to the Left Podcast is based in South Carolina, moving there from Maryland a few years ago, and has since been involved in local Democratic politics – an uphill battle, if ever there was one.

Joining us on in this episode is Arthur Hill, from North Carolina. I guess you could call us the "Dixie Dems", except that two of the three of us are NOT native southerners. 

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Arthur Hill is communications chair of the Brunswick County, North Carolina, Democratic party, who recently wrote a book on the history of St. James, his hometown since 2014. Before he moved to the Tarheel State, he was a public relations professional and freelance writer in Washington, DC. Back in the day, Arthur also worked on Capitol Hill.

So, while it’s crazy in South Carolina with a Republican Congressman having to defend his vote to impeach Donald Trump against several rightwing candidates, one of whom was endorsed by Trump, it’s even wackier in Georgia and North Carolina. At least SC doesn't have a Madison Cawthorn or a Marjorie Taylor Green! Now, with this apparent Roe v Wade decision that’s been reported, it’s probably going to get even worse.

The discussion unwraps the draft abortion ruling and the political implications, ranges into the argument over what can and cannot be taught in schools, Republican candidate misadventures, Trump's influence, and much more. There's lots of insight, but plenty of laughs along the way, as well.

As Hill says in the episode, "The Republicans sit on a hill with a flintlock rifle and say 'no,' but they have no new ideas." So that's just a sample of the tenor and tone of this conversation.