Steve Lessman

B.A.N.K.E.R.S.

Yes, on "average". However you still have neighborhoods like Anacostia, Congress Hts., Shaw and Columbia Hts. among others, that still have violent crime rates at historically high levels.

Somewhere along the Buckeye Trail, deep in the Wayne National Forest in southeast ohio

Good... Now they need to refund the half billion they did collect since it was all based on illegal bribes.

The grain mill falls.
Boardman, Ohio.

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Thanks, mate!

Isn't this what the United Nations is actually for? To act as peace keepers?

If it's not, then maybe it should be disbanded and their headquarters turned into affordable housing.

The sweet spot in fall when a blend of greens, yellows, reds and orange magically paints the forest.

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The whitened trunks of a hillside of beech trees reflect off the water of a former sediment pond deep in the reclaimed 94sq mi AEP strip mine in southeast Ohio.

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He loves to spout that shite using "averages"... Missing the point that the net worth of most is down or flat, but the net worth of the top 15% is soaring so high it affects the "average".

Numbers never lie, but liars use numbers.

Two... It's always choice no. 2

And if that takes gerrymandering blue states? So be it. Lord knows the GQP has been at it for decades.

If the Dems really want to win, they would be running "Bernie's" in every district and in senate races in all 50 states. You and I both know it takes a 2/3 majority to really pass legislation and override a veto.

Amen... He was right, and that's why I said we need another FDR.

In 16 I voted in a democratic party for the first time in my life... For Bernie. Because I saw an FDR in him. Too bad the establishment didn't. Sadly, we all saw it wasn't "her turn"

Stancil and others love their charts and graphs to try and make their points, but they NEVER go back beyond 1980.

The truth becomes clear when you compare post WWII to 1980 vs 1980 till today. We have to go back to what worked and forget neo-liberalism and identity politics.

I voted for Kamala in 24, for Joe in 20 and reluctantly for Clinton in 16... Not because they had better policies to fix root cause issues, but just because they were the lesser of two evils.

I keep waiting for a return to FDR policies, but I keep being disappointed.

Oh, I see it. I'm an independent and between seeing the Stancils and the flat out communists on bluesky, I'm wondering if I will even bother voting.

What I see and read here actually does give credence to what the GQP has been saying about the democrats for decades.

Stancil is a liberal talking to other liberals about how kitchen table issues are losing issues in an election.

But... Stancil is a trust fund liberal living in a blue city in a blue county in a blue state...

Yep... Everyone is hallucinating except spoon fed liberal elites like Stancil...

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Cottage Garden - Kangaroo Fern

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Cottage Garden -
Broad Leafed Sword Fern

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Cottage Garden - Marigold

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Dark reflection
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A long dead, barkless tree in the wetlands at the edge of the lake. It's whitened limbs still reaching for the clouds.

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You're more than welcome.

Cottage Garden - Periwinkle

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The lights, shadows and textures of ornamental grass seed heads in the early morning light.

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Sometimes, the varying textures of nature can only be described in terms of the shades of grey between black and white.

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Where the road and the sky collide.