Zone 6 is where I am and I find it anything but easy to deal with. Winter hammers pretty much everything but grass.

First attempt in PA: https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/260/trump-rushed-off-stage-at-pa-rally?_=1727099819664 The second attempt on the golf course: https://wtf.coffee-room.com/topic/556/ryan-routh

A growing effort backed by Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, to switch Nebraska's electoral process to winner-take-all hit a major snag on Monday after a key state lawmaker said he wouldn't support such a change before the November election. State Sen. Mike McDonnell, one of the key Republicans holdouts GOP Gov. Jim Pillen was looking to for support to break a likely filibuster, said in a statement that he would not vote to change electoral process before then. Instead, McDonnell said he believed the legislature should take up the issue in next year's legislative session, which tentatively starts the first week of January 2025. "In recent weeks, a conversation around whether to change how we allocate our electoral college votes has returned to the forefront," McDonnell said. "I respect the desire of some of my colleagues to have this discussion, and I have taken time to listen carefully to Nebraskans and national leaders on both sides of the issue. After deep consideration, it is clear to me that right now, 43 days from Election Day, is not the moment to make this change." https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/key-nebraska-republican-opposes-trump-effort-change-states/story?id=113937433

Florida never recovered from Bush vs Gore. There's a reason why it had to be stolen. Republicans did nothing but consolidate power since that event. It was a Democratic state when I was in HS. Bob Graham was the governor. It's hard to believe now but it's true.

@Jodi said in David Hicken (piano composer): That balance piece is beautiful. Also, very, very easy. And fun to play! I bought Jacob LaVallee's complete set of PDFs with the intention of using them for sight reading practice, but I have so many things on my practice menu right now that I haven't started that yet. You can see his scores here, he shows the first page as well. https://jacob-lavallee-sheet-music.sellfy.store/

I saw this headline this morning, and full disclosure, I haven't read it yet, but my first reaction was that this seems like an over the top reaction, and that there ought to be other ways to address national security concerns.... Prolly should read about it now...

I haven't read about mandatory voting, so I'm sure there are persuasive arguments on both sides, but my main reaction is, yes, make it mandatory.

Damn. I really wanted them to shut down the government right before the election.

@wtg Ordered.

@wtg said in That was apparently some workout: What could they possibly be doing to sustain that amount of muscle damage? And at what level of intensity. Push ups, pull ups, running? Just too much of it. Or else lifting weights?

The former friend and rotting flesh part cracked me up.

I was baptized into that church. I can tell you from experience they were very homophobic. They were so homophobic they became worthless to me. I don't care what they preach today. I'll never forgive them.

Waiting for the legislature or judicial system to correct a president not bound by laws leaves a lot of time for mayhem...

That one seemed easy.

At the risk of hijacking @wtg 's (very charming) thread, the amount of fake stuff on FB is really out of control. It's so bad.... but even worse are the people who just take it in as complete truth. Ugh.

It has always been one of those deals to privatize public money and leave the taxpayers holding the bill... Charter schools too.