Are the GOP members of the lower house so noxious that the Dems are slowly fleeing? One left a state position for something county level, for Pete’s sake
County exec has much more power and grafting opportunities. Also, often, a step toward a run for governor. Harry Truman's last job before going to Senate.
DA Willis writes, "Lin Wood, Coreco Ja'Quan Perason, Vikki Townsend Consiglio, Gloria Kay Godwin, James Kenneth Carroll, and Carolyn Hall Fisher are witnesses for the State in the present case." See more below.
I hope Fani isn't barking up the wrong tree. Wood has deep roots in many branches of the conspiracy. Are we sure he's turned over a new leaf? But if this sticks, it gives me a woody.
It's a victim of natural gerrymandering. Pittsburgh and Philly are 90% blue, balanced by a lot of 60% red / 40% blue areas. Hard to draw districts where a lot of Democratic votes aren't "wasted" in the cities.
PA was un-gerrymandered for US Rep districts in 2018, and state Senate and House seats were un-gerrymandered in 2021. It's why the PA House went from GOP control to the Dem's 1-seat majority in 2023.
Because PA is really several states tied together, there's the east coast part around Philadelphia, a similar area on the west around Pittsburgh, and then that area in the center, which many call "Pennsyltucky" because it is largely rural, though with some blue-purple areas around Harrisburg, Camp HIll, and Lancaster.
It turns out there was some sort of cabbage or something else on my The Internet that was stopping the thing from working properly but I've cleaned it out so now when I open a new tab it actually shows something and the cursor doesn't just freeze but only on The Internet and on nothing else I am using.
Once I checked in a hotel in Harrisburg. I asked the teen girl at the desk where could I buy beer and bring back to watch tee vee. She told me of a beer store not too far. It was actually a
distributor. Guy said he didn't want to bust a case. So I took the case. I try to be helpful when I travel.
Nowadays all the 7-11s, Wawa's, Rutter's all sell beer (and wine) by the sixpack and by the each. And it probably wasn't that the "guy didn't want to bust a case"; state laws until they were changed prohibited distributors from selling less than a case. Back then your only chance to buy a six-pack was in a tavern or bar. PA's draconian liquor laws date precisely to
the end of prohibition. The governor at that time was fellow named Gifford Pinchot who was a rabid prohibitionist. He recognized that there was no stopping alcohol from coming back but he did everything he could to hobble it. That's why we always had the several steps to buying a beer - the brewery sold to a distributor, the distributor sold to taverns (and to civilians but only in case quantities) and the taverns sold to individuals. We never had Sunday sales in bars until 1970. We still have to buy hard liquor in "State Stores."
The funny thing about Pinchot is that he was fabulous as a conservationist, established so many State Parks that there was one within 25 miles of any Pennsylvanian, restored forests that had been destroyed in the "Gilded Age" and many of his forestry and conservation efforts served as models or FDR's New Deal programs like the CCC and the WPA.
What is this record player of which you speak?
Just think of it as a Big CD, but it uses a needle instead of a laser. Kooky, right? Oh, the olden times were so backward and silly.
Musical chairs?
Get off my lawn, you young whippersnapper, you. Go listen to your hippity-hoppity music on your "pod" somewhere else. It's time for my nap.
Round and round they go, but it looks slightly "really good"? PA has an excellent governor.
Well done, home town.
Now, let's rescue our fucking state senate from the clutches of the Reeps...
Are the GOP members of the lower house so noxious that the Dems are slowly fleeing? One left a state position for something county level, for Pete’s sake
County exec has much more power and grafting opportunities. Also, often, a step toward a run for governor. Harry Truman's last job before going to Senate.
Well, at least we are winning the elections...
"it pains us to admit that Yr Wonkette completely missed 2023’s second Pennsylvania power vacuum and special election"
I live in PA and I missed it (not my district though)
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DA Willis writes, "Lin Wood, Coreco Ja'Quan Perason, Vikki Townsend Consiglio, Gloria Kay Godwin, James Kenneth Carroll, and Carolyn Hall Fisher are witnesses for the State in the present case." See more below.
I hope Fani isn't barking up the wrong tree. Wood has deep roots in many branches of the conspiracy. Are we sure he's turned over a new leaf? But if this sticks, it gives me a woody.
Musical Legislators always give me a headache...
can someone make a diagram of the storyline, please? I'm dizzy.
https://substack.com/profile/39147576-v4virginia/note/c-40401012
lmao XD
Compared to the largely one-party shitsump in Tallahassee . . .
Shapiro won statewide by a ton. Is PA gerrymandered so that the breakdown of leg seats is so close?
It's a victim of natural gerrymandering. Pittsburgh and Philly are 90% blue, balanced by a lot of 60% red / 40% blue areas. Hard to draw districts where a lot of Democratic votes aren't "wasted" in the cities.
PA was un-gerrymandered for US Rep districts in 2018, and state Senate and House seats were un-gerrymandered in 2021. It's why the PA House went from GOP control to the Dem's 1-seat majority in 2023.
What do you think?
I don't know, thought that some PA people could answer that.
If you have to ask, "is this state gerrymandered," there is only one answer.
as long as it's not deja woowoo, we're good
Because PA is really several states tied together, there's the east coast part around Philadelphia, a similar area on the west around Pittsburgh, and then that area in the center, which many call "Pennsyltucky" because it is largely rural, though with some blue-purple areas around Harrisburg, Camp HIll, and Lancaster.
Lancaster is Amish country, right?
Drove through last month for the for first time in 50 years. Amish presence seems greatly diminished, although the farms are still kept like gardens.
Chicago and downstate. New York and upstate. Miami and Florida and the panhandle. SoCal and NorCal and the desert.
Only states that don't have that divide are states too small to, like Delaware or Rhode Island.
Florida state Capitol is Tallahassee - part of the Deep South 🤮
Massachusetts has entered the chat.
Virginia also too
Most large states are like that, tbf
Yup. Paper towns staffed by professionals and civil servants.
O/T
"So what if they can't find the Stealth Fighter Crash, that's the point of those things".
It works!
This is not actually a joke. The trouble was, precisely, that they didn't have good radar tracking of the plane because, well...
It turns out there was some sort of cabbage or something else on my The Internet that was stopping the thing from working properly but I've cleaned it out so now when I open a new tab it actually shows something and the cursor doesn't just freeze but only on The Internet and on nothing else I am using.
Please don't mistake me for a tech expert, I am just a layman with a casual interest.
The issue is usually some kind of brassica. It is known.
Spent a night in a small town hotel in PA. Since no gym, I asked about a good place to run.
Clerk: "Around here, most people only run when the cops are after them".
Once I checked in a hotel in Harrisburg. I asked the teen girl at the desk where could I buy beer and bring back to watch tee vee. She told me of a beer store not too far. It was actually a
distributor. Guy said he didn't want to bust a case. So I took the case. I try to be helpful when I travel.
Fucking PA blue laws.
Nowadays all the 7-11s, Wawa's, Rutter's all sell beer (and wine) by the sixpack and by the each. And it probably wasn't that the "guy didn't want to bust a case"; state laws until they were changed prohibited distributors from selling less than a case. Back then your only chance to buy a six-pack was in a tavern or bar. PA's draconian liquor laws date precisely to
the end of prohibition. The governor at that time was fellow named Gifford Pinchot who was a rabid prohibitionist. He recognized that there was no stopping alcohol from coming back but he did everything he could to hobble it. That's why we always had the several steps to buying a beer - the brewery sold to a distributor, the distributor sold to taverns (and to civilians but only in case quantities) and the taverns sold to individuals. We never had Sunday sales in bars until 1970. We still have to buy hard liquor in "State Stores."
The funny thing about Pinchot is that he was fabulous as a conservationist, established so many State Parks that there was one within 25 miles of any Pennsylvanian, restored forests that had been destroyed in the "Gilded Age" and many of his forestry and conservation efforts served as models or FDR's New Deal programs like the CCC and the WPA.
As I recall, he was also head of the U.S. Forest Service for a while.
Thanks.
PA state rules.....
I miss the brutal honesty in PA.