This is the Pauma Valley on a hazy day, shot from about halfway up Palomar Mountain. I took this on a rare daytime scouting mission that led me up a progressively rockier road that, toward the end, was only barely passable. It's a good thing I hadn't tried this in my old Mazda. But it was worth it in the end, since it allowed me to find a nice spot near the top of the mountain that I've used ever since for astrophotography. I just get there via a different road.
that sure looks like a healthy ragweed crop
An Iowa woman who sought to boost her husband’s unsuccessful congressional bid in 2020 through a voter fraud scheme was sentenced by a federal judge to four months in prison Monday in a rare case of fraudulent voting.
Kim Taylor, 50, was convicted by a federal jury in November on 52 counts including fraudulent voting and providing false information in registering and voting.
During the 2020 primary and general elections, federal prosecutors said, Taylor filled out voter registrations and absentee ballots for members of the Vietnamese community under the guise of offering translation help. Taylor is of Vietnamese descent, and Iowa prohibits election material, including ballots, from being printed in any language but English.
Prosecutors said Taylor used the ballots to fraudulently generate votes for husband Jeremy Taylor’s unsuccessful bid in the Republican primary for a seat in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District. The month after his primary loss, he successfully ran for Woodbury County Supervisor and still holds the position.
Jeremy Taylor, a former Iowa state legislator, was identified in court documents as an unindicted co-conspirator but was not charged with a crime.
Kim Taylor, who could have faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison per count, must serve four months of home confinement following her prison release plus two years of probation, as well as cover $5,200 in court costs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2024/04/03/kim-taylor-iowa-voter-fraud-sentence/
Any word of this on wingnut central? No? I guess it never even happened then.
A wrist slap, as is the most a Republican can get these days
Sorry, OT: Washington Post column about AI - don't know if Kevin Drum has seen this:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/04/01/new-ai-google-search-sge/
That landscape looks quiet & peaceful; I'll take that over the eclipse travel mania any day, especially after reading about fake protective glasses & recommendations to use common household products to view the eclipse safely!
When Elroy Jetson lets his dog help take star pictures, that’s Rasrophotography.
I made it up those roads in my Mazda!