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The only way your proposal could possibly fair, inmo, is if you proportioned out the number of reps according to the statewide vote. Which brings me to the next question, who is in charge of choosing candidates to represent the whole state. Are you doing primaries, convention, a big gladiator style competition? The style of gerrymandering you're objecting to has been going on since the birth of the Republic. TBH there is no perfect way unless we outlaw parties or find a way to have more than two competitive parties. And force our reps to compromise

That was the way I was taught representative democracy works. We effectively have what you want and how’s that working for you

To add on. Issues that affect me in SE Virginia may not be the same as those in say Roanoke or Winchester or Charlottesville. I want a rep in DC who looks after my interests and understands MY DISTRICT

In other words choose the party and not the rep? No way man. I may lean Democratic but I reserve my right to choose the best CANDIDATE not the party. You actually expect the average voter in Texas or California to go into the booth with over 100 candidates on the ballot and make a choice to vote for the best 30 or more people to represent them? Aint gonna happen that’s a worse idea than the current way.

But those “plots of land” have actual people living there. I really don’t know if it’s possible just to take a map and draw squares for proposed districts and actually make them equal in population. Multiple representation districts would be a headache as well. How would you do it in states like California or Texas where you would effectively have to choose among say 50 or more people? The average has little clue on who to vote for when there’s more than two candidates sometimes. It would be easier to break up the states onto several smaller fiefdoms

I for one am very disappointed that the White House has yet to produce a note from Epstein’s mother

August 5 Michigan's first center line was painted on River Road in Trenton in 1911. Lore has it that Wayne County Board Chairman Edward Hines came up with the idea after watching a horse drawn milk wagon leaking a trail of milk in the middle of the roadway. Marquette County also lays claim to the first painted centerline, on route 492 (US 41) between Marquette and Negaunee. The stretch of road was known as Deadman's Curve

It was Bristol, Va. It just depends on which side of the main road whether it’s Va or Tennessee

According to my calculations i should be receiving a $20 thousand a month check from DJT's Drug Rebate Program for my $2,000. a month prescription . What a fantastic businessman

Gallatin is the northern gateway to Yellowstone Nat Park. Gorgeous country but I can imagine winters can be brutal. I wonder how many of those surveyed are tourists

August 3 https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/august-3

The privilege of age

I'm ambivalent about the Bristol Track game. After all the Dodgers played their first couple of years in the LA Coliseum. Left field fence was 250 feet away (with a 40 foot screen) it was about 300 feet.. BTW the Field of Dreams field was not the same location as the movie field. They moved it about 100 yards or so and turned it around a bit to get the house in the camera shots. Now if they played during a race, that would be something...

August 2

Yep. The way they're doing it now allows Colbert to bash Trump a bit longer with no real recriminations. Business sense #1 if you're going to can someone do it right away.

Too easy

I've been lucky the past few years. They have a deal with my cell phone company (T-Mobile) it's free if you pick it up a few days before the season starts.

The MLB is playing a game at the Bristol Speedway this weekend. The first MLB game in Tennessee. Here's a look at the guy who makes these venues work... https://cardinalnews.org/2025/08/01/salems-murray-cook-built-baseballs-field-of-dreams-now-hes-turned-the-bristol-speedway-into-a-diamond/?utm_source=ActiveCampaign&utm_medium=email&utm_content=Salem s Murray Cook built baseball s Field of Dreams Now he s turned the Bristol speedway into a diamond&utm_campaign=Friday%2C Aug 1%2C 2025

The bill includes board and lodging for Adams (30s/week) and his servants (15s/week), and Adams’s portion of the candles (4s/week) and liquor (£13 10s over the entire period, around a third of his total cost) he and his fellow boarders have consumed.