What are we? France?

At least McCormick was born and raised in PA and worked here for parts of his career. Oz couldn't claim any more than a rented room in his in-laws house.

I call bullshit on that study. They included everything and it's brother into the bucket of "taxes".

I call bullshit on that study. They included all sorts of fees and local taxes that people may or may not pay.

PA state income tax is not that high. It's lower than virtually every state around us.

They are. Their news focusses primarily on local stories and their presentation of national news is fairly well balanced.

The cops used to ticket. I haven't seen any effort to keep the shoulders clear since air traffic picked back up post-quarantine. I've done dropoffs/pickups at the airport maybe half a dozen times in the last couple of months and the people waiting on the ramps is as bad as it's ever been.

I miss the Arlen Specter Republicans.

This. I had this exact same thing when we moved into our current place. We used milky spore and it cleared by the next season. That lasted for at least ten years before I had to do it again. Works like a champ.

AirBnB is great as long as everything goes smoothly. If things get messy, AirBnB treats you like you're a scammer until you prove that you're not. I used AirBnB a fair amount in the past but after my first experience with AirBnB's 'customer service' people last year, I'll never rent through them again. (Short version - Our rental's heater couldn't keep the place warm, the absentee landlord said it was our problem, we turned to AirBnB for help, and they treated us like dirt.)

It wasn't a peak year where I live is SE PA but it was a decent one. Some years are better than others.

Both, unfortunately.

Sadly not true. Both parties have engaged in a wide variety of voter fraud over the years. Don't trust either party. They only care about themselves.

Anyone in Pennsylvania can vote by mail already.

The simple fix is to just follow the rules. Absentee ballot rules are easy to follow and the forms make it very clear what you're supposed to do. Could it be easier? Maybe. Have absentee ballots been used for fraud in numerous previous elections? Absolutely. The easiest way to protect your vote is to follow the process.

Everything in this article is a stretch.

This. The far right started figuring this out in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Half the battle is just showing up, which deeply conservative groups do extremely well.