Yup nothing gives me that small town feeling like misanthropes getting all up in your business. I'm happy I grew up and live in more of an exurb that's politically moderate.

Meh they were rebuked, that's all. Discussion is about learning and growth.

Good to know, thanks!

Oh wow I never considered that. I went to school for poli Sci and have considered getting my paralegal certification. Also trying to get a job in the court house and it took your comment for me to realize that may make future trips to jury duty a non-starter.

I went once, sat for four hours and wasn't selected. Got my fancy 12 dollar check a couple weeks later. But I enjoyed the experience getting to see the court process in action.

So anyone working in the justice system shouldn't be a juror?

Aww that stinks. I'm someone who'd be excited to get selected for jury duty as well so I could imagine the slight disappointment here. I'm sure you'll get selected again.

This happened in Ohio and he is the governor of PA. What are his options? Not trying to gotcha you or anything, but is there much he has the power to do besides use his mini bully pulpit?

That's why I'm always impressed with folks who admit they were in a cult. It's easier to just pretend it didn't happen and that you weren't conned into giving your time and identity to another person. But those who admit at least have a chance to grow and not repeat the same mistakes. Not so sure about those who try to forget.

Yup my in laws are independents and have to stay home on primary day (unless there is a special vote like a referendum, but there wasn't one last year so expect to not be able to vote some primaries).

Careful bud. If you actually live in PA we are a closed primary state (something I disagree with heavily) and as such once you register as independent you are cutting yourself entirely out of the primary process in this state. My in laws are independents and nothing gets my father in law more annoyed than the reminder he can't vote on primary day unless there's a referendum. I worked the primaries last year and had to refuse over a dozen independents from voting because there was nothing for them to vote for.

Not saying you shouldn't change registration, do you. Just be aware that it's more than a self identity thing here, it comes with consequences.

Lehigh is the diamond in the rough of NEPA. It's where a lot of my friends and family moved to after leaving the Poconos. I just can't leave the beauty of this place for the fields and warehouses, but damn I can't deny the money is better. My wife commutes there as well for work and I have several times with different jobs.

I do think Nazareth is becoming an interesting spot.

Give a man a fish and all. Maybe this helped someone become self sufficient.

Daughter had severe mental issues and the parents likely had something as well.

Suicide will never make sense to me as an agnostic, as such I don't know if I'll ever be able to truly empathize with the mindset. I don't understand it and can't pretend to. As a result I doubt you or I will ever get a proper explanation of why outside of those letters going public.

Five years ago maybe but my tech illiterate mother in law now lives on Facebook. I had to show her how to use Google yesterday to look up an actor, but she gets on and uses Facebook just fine.

The fact that they pulled this off for 2 years is impressive to me, you'd think there'd be more oversight for such a big airport tax service but I guess they saw an opportunity and boy did they run with it. The Russian angle is interesting too, makes me wonder how they initially met and how this started. Maybe not movie interesting but I'd love to hear a podcast about this.

Why not go after both? I'm not a fan of letting crimes go because worse ones are committed.

The jump from scuzzy campaign donations to voter fraud is a huge jump. Mostly because it crosses the line from legal yet unethical to illegal and unethical. Not impossible but extremely unlikely without some actual evidence.

Wow those square earmuffs look intense. Did you ever have a pair? They seem to have a decent following from folks who loved them.

Lol I live in a "burg" town in PA. We just call it the burg. Turns out there's a lot of burgs and we were cocky for thinking ours was the king.