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JVL on Schumer's capitulation..using wildfires as an analogy for the Musk/Trump/Project 25 Administration https://www.thebulwark.com/p/chuck-schumer-and-the-wildfire-a

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/jfks-body-moved-to-permanent-gravesite

We lived about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh until I was 12. I still have a couple of relatives in the area. My wife had a conference in downtown Pittsburgh this past fall, it was the beginning of a vacation trip in the NE. The several days in Pittsburgh allowed me to visit a part of my childhood. The left field wall at Forbes Field (now part of Pitt), Carnegie Museum of Natural History, Point State Park (I'd never been to the Fort before) as well as driving by Kennywood Amusement Park (site of many school "picnics" for locals). I also had a chance to revisit graves of my great grandparents. Very rewarding time I did see a Pirates game. The Bucs won, the same Sunday the Lions lost. Mixed emotions that day

The city of Pittsburgh has done a decent job recreating itself into a banking, healthcare and educational community. Downtown Pittsburgh is good, it's the surrounding areas like McKeesport, Duquesne, Aliquippa and so forth in Allegheny. and even Westmoreland Counties that never fully recovered from US Steel and other companies leaving for the Midwest

It's almost as if we need 4 parties. Right, Left and two in between. Then let the four factions form coalitions. The original drafters really didn't foresee parties and tried to avoid them until Jefferson and Hamilton ruined it

The natives are getting very restless. Hopefully they remember this in '26. If we're allowed to hold elections

Congressman Steve Cohen on Bsky

I posted this in the golf thread but since his work encompassed several sports it deserves a second mention https://bsky.app/profile/danielpaisner.bsky.social/post/3lkbwl6curk2i

John Feinstein, the man who wrote the book has passed. He was 69. Too young https://golfweek.usatoday.com/story/sports/golf/pga/2025/03/13/john-feinstein-dead-68-wrote-numerous-golf-books/82372340007/

Barron has inherited his bone spurs.

He don't know much about history, even less geography.

My early years were outside Pittsburgh. I remember the polution.

His replacement scares me more. Then there's still the South African guy. And Congress...The whole party has been Putinized

Using his logic, maybe the US should become a Province. I'm starting to doubt he makes it to 2026, he's going downhill fast

We need more "Donnie did that" stickers

Buttigieg's statement https://substack.com/home/post/p-158991933

Is Vlad freezing out Trump? What gives?

Always the victim. But hey Donnie, you reap what you sow

A day is not a day. Lies are alternative facts. Greed is good

And he's been doing it with news organizations as well. Reporters who ask tough questions get banned from the press briefings

My wife spent some time dealing with the Tigers front office during the end of his time there. (She managed the radio broadcast network, that was a small part of her job). Let's just say he was an interesting person

Or reenlistment rates. Living in a large military populated area it will be interesting to watch building and home selling rates in the near future.

We are possibly watching the next epidemic slowly roll in with Measles.