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The loss of Fuzzy’s Place last year was a blow to Atlanta’s music scene, and to the regulars who frequented the North Druid Hills Road for drinks and Cajun food. But after the death of Fuzzy Cawthon in 2006, majority ownership in the bar was turned over to his brother who elected to shut the doors after 30 years of business.

But there’s good news: The staff of Fuzzy’s Place have opened their own place. Fuzzy’s Place, meet Zuffy’s Place. It opens today at a new location at 1860 Corporate Blvd., right around the corner from where Fuzzy’s used to be.

“We’re all excited,” Keirsten Alexander, a co-owner of Zuffy’s said last week when I visited during the bar’s soft opening. “When Fuzzy’s closed, we looked at everything within two miles. And this was the perfect location.” (more…)

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— A year ago, Amy Morton was in Iowa campaigning for John Edwards. On Georgia Women Vote,  she recounts her trip and a tender moment with Elizabeth Edwards.

— Speaking of disgraced political types, who gave Ralph Reed a ticket back into the party? ATLmalcontent looks at John McCain’s association with Reed and smells a “sell-out.”

— The Atlanta PD plans to use undercover officers in the ever-continuing quest to get rid of panhandling downtown. At Terminal Station, B King wonders if that is the wisest use of manpower although he agrees something has to be done about the situation.

— Dave gives his Sunday AJC  a final read at Rather Than Working and shares the email he sent to Julia Wallace, the paper’s editor. In short, he’s disappointed with the cutbacks and isn’t renewing subscription.

— Over at Reporter-Cub, there’s a break from the usual snarkiness for an essay on how our inner-child helps define us as adults.

— And finally, Ashley at Random Atlanta has discovered just how rough times are: God is selling real estate. Ouch.

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— Sad news from Decatur. Andy Peters at the Deal Watch blog reports that the company that owns the Crescent Moon diner filed for bankruptcy protection. Although the diner, which has two other locations, has remained open, Peters reports the diner’s Decatur landlord wants to start eviction proceedings.

— The United States is on the verge of becoming majority minority, and Reporter Cub celebrates our diversity.

— Over at Politits, Dcup strays from politics to discuss some real-life adventures in parenting three kids.

— But politic junkies, fear not. At Tondee’s Tavern, Mcantone looks at Karen Handel’s quest to have Jim Powell disqualified from the Public Service Commission election.

— Doug Richards at Live Apartment Fire has dug up a 15-year-old “inside the newsroom” video produced by WAGA-TV. For those who have been in Atlanta that long, it’s a fun trek back in time to really bad haircuts, including Amanda Davis doing her best Sheila E.

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 — Most often, Live Apartment Fire looks at the state of local television news with a somewhat cynical eye. But today, he gives major props to WXIA-TV’s Brenda Wood for the job she’s doing over in China for the Olympic Games.

— At the Daly Briefing, our intrepid correspondent from the war zone shares a meal (standing up, because that’s how they do it over there) with some Iraqi friends.

— The Shelbinator makes the case for Joe Biden as Obama’s vice-presidential running mate.

— There’s a dust-up on the blogosphere that makes you think the world is coming to an end. Gray over at Left On Lanier sums it up beautifully … and hilariously.

—  Sara rediscovers her inner chef at Going Through The Motions. But why didn’t she invite us to the meal?

— And finally, Mostly Muppet puts everything into perspective: It’s all about good beer.

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— As Clayton County tries to rebound from four years of chaos, B. King over at Terminal Station writes a thoughtful analysis on how Eldrin Bell borrowed from his experience in Atlanta politics to put together a successful coalition of candidates.

— After a long absence, DriftGrift offers up yet another “Morning Wooten”. Fortunately, he saved up all those lost Morning Wootens and combines them all into one.

— Over at Going Through The Motions, Sara treats us to a few of her random thoughts. Most notably, she’s not happy with John Edwards. Especially because he was cheating on his wife as she battled cancer. Sort of like a former Georgia politician of note handed his wife divorce papers while she was in the hospital being treated for cancer. Call us, John; we’ll put you in touch with Mr. Gingrich so the two of you can commiserate.

— Mingaling is getting married in a DIY ceremony, and she’s sharing with us. Today’s topic: How to make a Boutonnière for the boys.

— Most have applauded the city’s recent crackdown and people hanging out in Barbara Asher Square at Five Points. But Arc of Time has a different perspective, arguing that it gives the city character and diversity.

— And, finally, it turns out we’re not the only ones confused by this Russian invasion of Georgia. On the Georgia (that’s state, not nation) feed for Lefty Blogs, are such headlines as: “Cheney: Russian aggression must not go unanswered” and “Russia versus Georgia; the reality of Obama’s candidacy” and, our fav, “Is Georgia the last Iraq casualty?” Time to get the hell out of here, ya know?

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BULLDOGGED: Did an Athens site for a federal research facility get left off the finalist list because of politics? It’s suspicious that a site in Mississippi that scored lower than Athens on the Department of Homeland Security’s checklist made the pool of finalists, and Athens didn’t.

ADULT SWIM: Squirty the loggerhead sea turtle makes its first foray into the ocean, and 1,000 people gather at Tybee Island to watch.

STEEP HILL: Clayton County is so exasperated with Sheriff Victor Hill that it has filed papers in federal court asking that a special monitor be appointed to run the sheriff’s department until Hill’s term expires.

SKIPPING A BEAT: The Braves are back in Atlanta for the first time since Skip Caray died. And Pete Van Wieren dreads a press box that doesn’t have Skip holding court.

JUDGMENT DAY: The former judge in the Brian Nichols trial joins the chorus of those who say the reason the trial is so costly is because Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard has turned a simple, one-week trial into a tangled mess of hundreds of witnesses and a dozen crime scenes.

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Beloved Braves announcer Skip Caray will be honored at a 10 a.m. memorial service Tuesday at Turner Field.

Caray’s long-time broadcast partner Joe Simpson will lead the event, which will include tributes from Pete Van Wieren, Chip Caray, Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin and Braves CEO Terry McGuirk. Fans who wish to attend can park in the Green lot and enter through the Plaza gates. Gates will open at 9 a.m.

There will be more tributes at Tuesday night’s game (ironically against the Chicago Cubs, where Caray’s father, Harry, was a broadcast icon), with a pre-game ceremony that will include the Caray family.

To read CL’s tribute to Skip, click here.

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— It’s no secret the state’s facing a budget crunch. But Travis Fain at Lucid Idiocy reports that Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle says it could be worse than originally predicted. Cagle now says it could force the state to trim 10 percent from its budget, which would mean lay-offs and hiring freezes.

— That’s one of the reasons that Amy over at Georgia Women Vote is so rip-roaring angry at Gov. Sonny “Let’s go fish” Perdue for his little jaunt over to China for the Olympics.

— Over at Cracker Squire, Sid links to a Wall Street Journal story that says the Republicans are losing their grip on the South. Maybe it’s because they’re all traveling to China for the Olympics instead of trying to do something to fix the economy.

— There’s a short My Morning Wooten posted by Driftgrift before he headed south in his super cool Mustang.

— Mike Barnicle, the former Boston Globe columnist who once had a showdown with the Red Sox because he refused to stop smoking a cigar in the stands at Fenway Park, was on  MSNBC and referred to bloggers  as ” these nitwits with their computers.” First up to respond: Dcup at Politits.

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— As the fall campaign season goes into full swing, Travis over at Lucid Idiocy notes that one reason voters are so cynical is because of all the lies, lies, lies that candidates expect us to swallow. When Paris Hilton becomes a political voice of reason, we know something’s drastically wrong.

— For most of us, the Olympic Games have devolved into another made-for-television event that is very easy to ignore. Juliana at Blog For Democracy reminds us of one of the reasons the 2008 Summer Olympics still matter. Hankies not provided.

— Another heartwarming moment comes from the Daly Briefing, where our intrepid correspondent in Iraq gets a care package from home, and it’s all about the Orange Monkeys.

— And yet another tug on the heart string from Live Apartment Fire, which discovered a video deep on the WGCL-TV website. It’s “The Evan Thomason Show,” a spoof on TV news that runs nearly 15 minutes and features a kid who is too adorably cute. Turns out the Make-A-Wish Foundation sent him to do a newscast at the station. The video is funny, it has a Dagmar Midcap sighting and hats off to the News 46 staff for being such good sports. In Evan, a new television star is born.

— The very-much-missed Atlanta song siren Kelly Hogan, who’s now living in Chicago, turned me on to Blossom Dearie many years ago. At Cable & Tweed, Rich notes that it’s the 50th anniversary of the jazz singer’s best album. And Kelly, won’t you please come home?

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Gawker has posted an item regarding the sex-capades that have allegedly turned up in the divorce of Andrew Fisher, president of Cox television, and his wife, Robin.

We aren’t going into details — you can click if you want the dirt — other than to note that Fischer is alleged to have had a rendezvous at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. That happens to be the same place former N.Y. Gov. Eliot Spitzer had his infamous meet-and-greet with call girl Ashley Dupre.

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— Yesterday’s run-off primary saw a welcome changing of the guard in Clayton County and the defeat of Vernon Jones in the U.S. Senate race. All of which, writes Prince Tao at Not Your Average Democrat, is cause for serious celebration.

— The election of Burrell Ellis as the new Mr. CEO of DeKalb County has the folks behind the anonymous DeKalb Officers in an optimistic mood. They post an open letter to Davis, urging him to appoint a civilian task force to look into problems at the county police force.

— Despite those victories, it can be a scary thing to be a liberal in a red state, as D-cup relates on Politits. She had an encounter with a co-worker who was shocked that she will vote for Obama because, well, a vote for Obama is a vote for gays and abortion. God help us all.

— The ATLmalcontent notes the irony of a white guy named Toby questioning Obama’s blackness.

— Preston Craig treats us to a couple of YouTube videos at KISS Atlanta, which suspiciously looks like a gathering of D-cup’s co-workers.

— And, finally, Brian over at The Self-Abasement Tapes explains what can happen when a deity gets angry. How else to explain what’s happening to vacuum cleaners in our country?

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Last month, the New York Sun picked up a Bloomberg story that detailed how 40,000 former New Yorkers have settled in Atlanta over the past five years. Good enough.

But they then proceeded to diss Atlanta left and right. We have no culture. Our bagels suck. Our pizza doesn’t hold a candle to New York pizza. Whine, whine, whine.

For this week’s CL story — I Love New York — we turn the tables and ask ex-Atlantans who now live in New York to critique their new city. Almost all of them, by the way, intend to move back to Atlanta at some point.

Yesterday, we posted 10 reasons ex-New Yorkers should love Atlanta.

Today, we have our 10 reasons ex-Atlantans hate living in New York. We’re looking for your ideas also. What’s aggravating about New York … or New Yorkers?

For our list, click on the jump.
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Last month, the New York Sun picked up a Bloomberg story that detailed how 40,000 former New Yorkers have settled in Atlanta over the past five years. Good enough.

But they then proceeded to diss Atlanta left and right. We have no culture. Our bagels suck. Our pizza doesn’t hold a candle to New York pizza. Whine, whine, whine.

For this week’s CL cover story, we turn the tables and ask ex-Atlantans who now live in New York to critique their new city. Almost all of them, by the way, intend to move back to Atlanta at some point.

We also came up with a list of reasons ex-New Yorkers should love Atlanta. And we want your ideas, too. So please add your thoughts. Where can an ex-New Yorker get a good slice of pizza? Or a decent bagel? And where oh where can they find culture in Atlanta?

They need our help, y’all.

To see our list, go to the jump:
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Former U.S. Sen. Sam Nunn is said to be one of the leading candidates to be named as Barrack Obama’s running mate. But he’s also going to be one of the celebrity barkeeps for a Sept. 7 benefit for the March of Dimes at my fav Mexican restaurant in Atlanta, Nuevo Laredo Cantina.

That’s after the Democratic convention, which leads inquiring minds (like colleague Andisheh Nouraee, who’s off for a few weeks to finish a book but passed this tidbit along anyway) to ask:

Reading the tea leaves, is this a sign that he’s not going to be the vice-presidential nominee? After all, he likely wouldn’t be able to take time away from a presidential campaign to be a celebrity bartender at Nuevo Laredo.
Or could this be a head fake to make us think he’s not going to be the Democratic vice-presidential candidate?

Of course, there’s always the possibility he booked the gig in April.

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 — The good news is that the Shelbinator appears to be back from writing some dissertation or another. And what’s he brought back with him? An “Obama Energy Plan” tire pressure checker, courtesy of the McCain campaign. Send in a $25 contribution to his “four more years of Dubya” campaign, and you can get one, too.

— Speaking of petroleum, Tondee’s Tavern has some ideas on how the Dems can turn the off-shore drilling debate to their favor.

– The Daly Briefing lets fly with some inadvertent military humor in his dispatch from Iraq. Watch out for Foxx, the little kitten who thinks the world is his toy.

— The underground supper club Rogue Apron threw a dinner bash with a Mediterranean theme, and Disposable Income was there to give us a pictorial account. Yum. I want an invite to the next one.

— Delta has announced it will add in-flight WiFi on its entire fleet of planes by 2009, which makes Clayton over at Peach Pundit cry with joy.  Me, too. Nothing like a coffee shop with wings; one more place I can work.

— Over at Pecanne Log, Christa has extracted the Netflix list of favorite Atlanta movies. And even though Atlanta is the gay Mecca of the South, judging from the list it would seem straight people here no longer use Netflix.

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There’s the great story where Ted Turner, not long after he purchased the Atlanta Braves, told Skip Caray to lay off criticizing the team from the television booth. Skip’s response to Turner was something like, “Have you looked at the standings lately?” To which Turner said, “Good point.” And he never tried to temper Skip again.

Like any long-time Braves fan of a certain age, I grew up listening to Skip Caray. First, through the crackle of AM radio and then on TBS. Skip was often a curmudgeon in the booth, but he did it with wit and a basic honesty that was endearing. During the Pistol Pete Maravich era, he called the Atlanta Hawks games and was always especially cynical. But, as with the Braves, Skip’s call of the game was often the only reason to stay tuned in.

When I started covering the Braves for Atlanta magazine 10 years ago, I got to see Skip around the press box and in the dugout, where he’d often hold court. He wasn’t the friendliest person to strangers (remember how he’d go off on people who called his pre-game radio show with inane questions), but I did get the chance to talk baseball with him a few times.

One night I was at a game and my father called. He was listening to the game, and Skip had just spent air-time talking about one of my stories and recommending it to his listeners. It wasn’t even a sports story.

I’ll always believe that was the moment I’d “arrived” in my father’s eyes, because Skip Carey had given me his blessing.
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— A somewhat sobering post at Atlanta Water Shortage. They chart out Lake Lanier’s levels over the last three years. Right now, the lake is down to 1,055 feet above sea level. That’s nearly 10 inches feet lower than this time last year, and equal to the level last November.

— At The Daily Whim, Reid Stott says House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s idea to dip into our Strategical Oil Reserve to lower gas prices is foolish and amounts to little more than pandering.

— At the Daily Kos, there’s a tantalizing call for Obama to name Max Cleland as his vice-presidential running mate.

— Duane Moody’s birthday is coming up and to pre-celebrate, he shares five songs he’s certain we’ll all love.

— It’s going to be a long August because Live Apartment Fire is going on a break, although Doug Richards assures his loyal readers that he’s pre-packaged some timeless posts that will go up throughout the month. Today, there’s rules for a local TV shot game that could have you toasted in minutes. And if you’re a Tom Waits fan, you’ve got to see the press conference clip Richards has posted.

— And speaking of amazing video, A.man.I at My Urban Report went down to Orlando for the World Yo-Yo Contest (who knew?). A true how’d-they-do-THAT? pleasure to watch.

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TMZ.com is reporting that a gun shot rang out at an after-party thrown at Jermaine Dupri’s Club Dream early this morning. According to photos posted on the site, Diddy — still cradling a bottle of champagne — was pushed out of the club by a body guard.

Also in the crowd were Usher, Gabrielle Union and Larenz Tate and they all made quick exits. According to TMZ, police reported one minor injury.

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— Andre Walker at Georgia Politics Unfiltered gives a rather tepid apology for failing to disclose he was working for the campaign of U.S. Rep David Scott, D-Atlanta, even as he was blogging about Scott’s race. Should he have made that disclosure from the beginning? Probably so, says Walker. But “probably” isn’t good enough. Isn’t his blog called Georgia Politics Unfiltered? Taking money under the table from a candidate you’re covering means the news is being filtered. And tainted.

— Uh-oh, he’s doing it again. Amy Morton at Georgia Women Vote says U.S. Senate candidate Vernon Jones has sent out another flier picturing him with Barack Obama. This one also includes photos of  former U.S. Senator Carol Moseley Braun and U.S. Sen. Edward Brooke III, D-Mass., who happens to be the former paramour of Barbara Walters. Obama wasn’t very happy the last time Jones tried to grab on to his coat-tails; this flier probably doesn’t remind voters of that.

— Speaking of the U.S. Senate, Blog For Democracy incumbent Saxby Chambliss received $10,000 in campaign contributions from U.S. Ted Stevens, D-AK, who, oops, is under federal indictment for corruption. Will Chambliss return the money?

— Jason Pye discusses Eric Johnson’s decision to end his tenure as the president pro tem of the state Senate so that he can run for lieutenant governor in 2010.

— At Tondee’s Tavern, Adrian posts predictions for Tuesday’s run-off and sees Jim Martin easily defeating Jones. What? You mean those Obama pics aren’t working?

— With Dunwoody creating a new city from scratch, there’s a move afoot to make it as green as possible. Sustainable Dunwoody says there’s already a shortage of public park space.

— Christa, one of the fine ladies at Pecanne Log, pokes some fun at the AJC for its awkward foray into Facebook.

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— The Georgia blogosphere is still trying to sort through the ramifications that blogger Andre Walker’s failure to disclose that he was working for state Rep. David Scott, even as he posted on Scott’s campaign. There’s been a lively discussion here on Fresh Loaf. And besides posting comments here, Driftgrift is spitting tacks here and also here. And Sara discusses it also at Going Through The Motions.

— A WGCL-TV news reporter was duped by a guy who claimed to have invented a way to convert tap water in fuel. Live Apartment Fire says it wasn’t the first time the scam has made its way onto a news broadcast and asks the right question: Why didn’t the reporter contact a scientist at Georgia Tech to see if water can actually be converted to fuel?

— The Daly Briefing follows the adventures of a former Atlanta news photographer in Iraq. Today, he’s off for a trip to Umm Qasr, the lone port in Iraq. He writes about dealing with the heat in the desert and his unfortunate choice of a seat in a ride on a Blackhawk helicopter.

— A transplant from Long Island writes about the joys of homegrown tomatoes in Atlanta on Voted Off The Island.

— Edwin at Chicken Fat riffs on a question that’s always puzzled me as well: Why do we talk to our pets as if they’re going to respond?

— And, finally, Stephen Colbert has issued an apology for using the term “crappy Canton” to describe one of our fair cities. Reporter-cub has the link.

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Don’t miss Andisheh Nouraee’s first-person account of packing heat around Atlanta. A law that took effect on July 1 allows gun permit holders to take their weapons into restaurants (including places such as the Earl and Manuel’s Tavern) and on MARTA.

Our own Andisheh happens to have a gun permit and volunteered to wear his gun on his hip for several excursions around town, including a MARTA train and a trip to Target to buy deodorant. Just to see what would happen. He even went to dinner with about 50 gun supporters, all of whom were openly carrying,

(Photo by Joeff Davis)

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— It’s the end of the world as we know it, and I don’t know how I feel. GriftDrift has posted another installment of “My Morning Wooten” and … he says Wooten makes sense. WTF? Thankfully, by the end he’s poking at Wooten for pulling out the usual canard about the liberal media. There. All’s right with the world again.

— Over at Good Will Hinton, there’s a podcast interview with S.E. Cupp, co-author of the book Why You’re Wrong About The Right: Behind The Myths. The stereotypes Cupp hopes to debunk? “Republicans are racist, we’re humorless, we hate the planet, we’re stupid, we’re religious fanatics, we aren’t cool,” Cupp tells Hinton.

— Do we need to create a code of ethics for the blogosphere? A.man.I at My Urban Reporter discusses the news reports that Atlanta political blogger Andre Walker (Peach Pundit, Georgia Politics Unfiltered) is on the payroll of U.S. Rep. David Scott (D-Atlanta), yet wrote multiple posts about Scott without disclosing their relationship. A.man.I points out, and I second, that’s an ethical no, no. See also CL editor Ken Edelstein’s post on the issue.

— Tondee’s Tavern has a report from Ed, who is in China for the Olympic Games and laments the censorship he’s already faced with Internet access.

—  Amy Smart received an invitation from Gov. Sonny Perdue to attend his annual fish fry and, as she writes on Georgia Women Vote!, she’s not really amused since Sonny’s “Go Fish Georgia” program is fully funded while schools are facing budget cuts.

— Things have been a little quiet on the Dora-Blog. But now Bubba Rich laments that the bad times have come back to Doraville, that touch of country in the city.

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— Daily newspapers are struggling to keep readers and to find ways to make money via the Internet. Travis Fain at Lucid Idiocy speaks to all the people who no longer subscribe to the paper and, instead, read it for free on the Net.

— At Tondee’s Tavern,  it’s noted that Vernon Jones has little or no union support. And that must not bother him too much because he didn’t show for the AFL-CIO candidate screening.

— Meanwhile, Georgia Women Vote! talks about the old-fashioned fish fry Jim Martin is going to have in Macon this weekend to garner grassroots support.

— It’s obvious on the blogosphere that we are entering the dog days of summer. For you non-Southerners, that’s the time of year when it’s so hot that even dogs don’t want to be outdoors. That fact must account for all the personal issues that have surfaced this week. At Mingaling, Lori talks about her bouts with anxiety-driven depression, and gives a pep talk to everyone who suffers from it.

— Hopefully she’ll share that pep talk with Maigh, who writes eloquently about the passing of Amber the cat. Rest in peace.

— And ETK has her own pep talk to her friends at I’m Just Sayin, Life Observed.

— Sara never got around to renewing her car registration, and it turned into a long and expensive ordeal that she writes about on Going Through The Motions. Don’t worry, gang, the dog days will be over soon.

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— Ah, GriftDrift’s “Morning Wooten” means all is right with the world. Especially when he gets on a roll. Delicious.

— Vernon Jones and Jim Martin, who are in an increasingly combative run-off in the Democratic run-off for U.S. Senate, had an Internet debate Sunday. Listen to it here.

— Speaking of Mr. CEO, Amy Morton at Tondee’s Tavern reveals that Jones, a Democrat, gave $3,000 in 2004 to the Republican campaign of Mitchell Kaye in his run for a state House seat.

— The fine ladies over at Pecanne Log, find a gem on eBay and evidence that Andre 3000 aspires to be the Michael Stipe of Atlanta.

— Live Apartment Fire takes a break from television news to vent about upcoming changes at the AJC as revealed in the exclusive interview AJC editor Julia Wallace gave to CL editor Ken Edelstein last week.

— On Confessions of a Political Junkie, Eric shares a widely-circulated email that purports to be a report on Barack Obama blowing off regular troops during his trip to Iraq.

— What’s the point of having a blog if you can’t announce your upcoming nuptials? Jason Pye and his significant other are headed to Vegas. But they won’t be married by Elvis, which seems to defeat the purpose. Just sayin’.

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— Maybe someone should remind Vernon Jones that if you live in glass houses, you shouldn’t throw stones. Amy Morton at Georgia Women Vote comes up with the scoop that Jones gave a total of $1,232 to the Georgia Republican Party in 2001. His people say he had, just had, to attend W.’s Inaugural Ball. Oh, get real.

— Jones is trying to become Barack Obama’s new BFF for good reason. At Tondee’s Tavern, Andy lays out his theory on how Obama can carry Georgia in November.

— One of the most harrowing, and angry, blog posts I’ve ever read is at Politits. It’s the story of a big black truck rumbling up I-75 … and running over anything in its way.

— Staff Sgt. Daly is a former Atlanta television news cameraman now serving in Iraq, shooting video for the Army. And when he can get an Internet connection, he discusses his life over there in his Daly Briefing. Last weekend, he discussed a story he did on a hospital and how the Iraqi people have reached the point where they are starting to take care of their own needs.

— Poor Edwin at Chicken Fat. He tried out some genuine James Brown Hot Sauce and didn’t start singing “I feel good!” afterwards.

— From the did-we-really-have-to-know-this? department … Sara from Going Through The Motions reminds us that the little kid swimming on the cover of Nirvana’s Nevermind album is now 17 years old. And that he’s an apparent “disaffected douche.” Thanks, Sara. Now I feel really old.

— The fine ladies at Pecanne Log have now officially crossed the line in their blatant crush on our own young Mr. Wheatley. Today, there’s an entire post devoted to him. They’re even referring to him as a “copper fox.” Enough already! You have no idea of the egotistical monster he’s turning into because of you. The Internet is a powerful tool that should be only used for the forces of good.

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