Florida

Maryland's 8th congressional district was gerrymandered by a Democratic controlled state legislature eager to make sure just one Republican would ever go to Congress from Maryland. The district has a PVI of D+11 and Obama won there with over 60% both times he ran.

Science of fear, dead reindeer and the Process Church + this day in history w/the Beslan massacre and our song of the day by Deerhoof on your Morning Monarchy for September 1, 2016.

If you're a party functionary (or Democratic Party zombie or a drooling villager), Alan Grayson's remark Tuesday night-- "I'm not going to be endorsing Patrick Murphy for sure; he's a Republican"-- was beyond the pale.

For two grams of marijuana, a Florida SWAT team stormed into a home and shot an unarmed man dead Tuesday, ending a month-long drug investigation on the 22-year-old man they had just killed.
Hillsborough County sheriff’s officials said SWAT team members perceived Levonia Riggins to be an “immediate threat.”
They were also sure to release a previous mugshot, painting him as a man who could not stay out of trouble with the law, even though it had been more than a year since he was last arrested.
However, his friends said he was just a man who enjoyed getting high.

DEA DOA, Quaker Glyphoats and a bank of tears + this day in history w/Princess Di and our song of the day by LVL UP on your Morning Monarchy for August 31, 2016.

The choice is simple and obvious. Of the above-referenced candidates, who would provide the greater resistance to following the orders of the Deep State, Shadow Government and Ruling Class? That’s your choice. Once you grasp that concept, you’ll know what to do. Abstain and move for revolution. Anon.

Last night, for a post I was working on, I was trying to figure out what major party presidential candidate has done as badly as Trump's latest polling indicates he will. I looked at the results of campaigns I remember tanking badly-- Goldwater, McGovern and George H.W. Bush's failed reelection campaign. But all of them ended up better than the 35% Señor Trumpanzee is polling today.

A Miami Beach police officer was fired for getting drunk in uniform while working off-duty at a South Beach nightclub, but an arbitration panel has re-instated the former Officer of the Year.

Straight talk. Beware. Confusing form over substance will be one of the cornerstones of the fall of the republic. Direct and honest discourse are not necessarily preferred if the message of direction is wrong and/or perilous. But we love a catchy phrase and pithy prose. It’s who we are. We live in boorish and churlish world of discourtesy and rudeness that we have transmogrified and shapeshifted into candor, verity and authenticity. Donald Trump creates, paves and constructs his own unnecessary speed bumps and that’s tragic. For him.

A tropical wave in the Caribbean appeared to be morphing into a tropical storm this week, with the potential to slam into Florida. The chance of it turning into a storm or a hurricane has largely subsided, but the year’s hurricane season has only just begun, and many Floridians fear such tropical weather could help spread the Zika virus. [1]
When it comes to the impact of tropical weather on the spread of Zika, there are 2 main concerns: standing water, and high winds.