Pennsylvania
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10:48 p.m.
Day 057/365 3.16.2010 – Degeneration & Regeneration Originally uploaded by goose3five View On Black This planter is most definitely on the decline but the life on, in and around it is making it’s annual comeback. View my entire Project 365 set on a black background at Flickriver . Share and Enjoy: ...
Comments From Left Field - 10:08 p.m.
The path to passage of the financial "reform" bill is fraught with characteristic obstacles provided by the usual suspects. The bankers don't want to be regulated and the BD/GOP wants whatever the bankers want. Now that the two bills, Barney......
Fact-esque - 12:30 p.m.
Thanks to you and your hard work the Pennsylvania State Senate Judiciary Committee just voted 8-6 to table SB 707! SB 707 is the bill to amend the PA Constitution to ban same sex marriage. This is a huge victory for us, since the vote effectively kills the bill.http://keystoneprogress.blogspot.com/ This is your victory. We had over 120,000 emails sent to senators, over 75,000 in the last 24 ho...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - 9:24 a.m. - 8 clicks 
I’ve been asked by progressives in Eastern PA to contribute a guest blog post. So I’m going to share the queer perspective on Dan Onorato you might not hear from the gay Onorato supporters who have the resources to travel across the state to attend house parties. Crossposted at http://www.thepennsylvaniaprogressiv... ...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - 5:26 a.m. - 5 clicks
The US Attorney's office is promising some some big news later today in Lackawanna County. Whatever else he did I think that former Commissioner Bob Cordaro should be dragged through the streets for chasing the Red Barons out of town. TT: A federal grand jury in Scranton indicted Lackawanna County Commissioner A.J. Munchak and former Commissioner Robert C. Cordaro this morning on public co...
Gort42 - 2:38 a.m. - 3 clicks
Day 056/365 3.15.2010 – Lounge Lights Originally uploaded by goose3five It was an Abdul’s Shawarma day again so I took my camera along with me for the trip to Crystal Mall. It is a large mainly-Chinese but entirely East Asian mall reminiscent of something one would find in the winding streets of Hong Kong. As a result, you never know what you will find there. Today I...
Comments From Left Field - Mon 7:02 p.m.
I was a bit agitated when I finally had an opportunity to read Dan Geringer's story in today's Philadelphia Daily News about Philadelphia's Department of Human Services (DHS) cutting the very popular and outcome-based Don't Fall Down in the Hood – at a measly savings of $150,000. I had first gotten wind of this, during this morning's Judiciary Committee hearing, at which I testified, called b...
DrChuckSpeaks - Mon 1:40 p.m. - 3 clicks
This is a guest post. We Must Do More for Homeless Veterans Last summer I volunteered for the NEPA Veterans Multicare Alliance and the LC Veteran Affairs office. I was surprised to learn that over 100k veterans are without permanent housing. That over one in three homeless men are vets. I feel this is immoral. If we asked someone to risk their life for our country, then are we not obligated...
Gort42 - Mon 12:17 p.m.
Last week in my Texas Focus I concentrated on some absolutely critical School Board races. I got a comment that I was burying the lead in my story. What I failed to emphasize, though I mentioned, was that the Texas School Board DOMINATES the school textbook market. They are the ones who keep almost getting creationism in our science books, downplaying of slavery in our history textbooks, and Chri...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Mon 11:06 a.m. - 6 clicks
The PA State Senate’s Judiciary Committee is voting on Tuesday to take away your rights! Anti-LGBT legislators plan to vote to put a ban on same sex marriage in the PA Constitution. If they succeed, it could take a generation before we LGBT people can have a chance to marry in Pennsylvania. We can’t let this happen! Even if you're not from PA, click here to send a...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Mon 8:09 a.m. - 6 clicks
Well, the busybodies in Harrisburg are at it again. The proposed amendment to define marriage as between one man/one woman is back! SB 707 was introduced by Republican (natch)John Eichelberger of Blair County. I am still baffled by why anyone cares, in a negative way, about two people who love each other getting married, if it so happens that they are gay. From the perspective of the st...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mon 6:21 a.m. - 3 clicks
Pennsylvania is the only state that permits live pigeon shoots. Every other state, as well as most of the world, has banned them as cruel and barbarous. ...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Mon 3:48 a.m. - 4 clicks
Day 055/365 3.14.2010 – Wubba Originally uploaded by goose3five We have had Kira for five weeks as of today. That makes her 13 weeks old and she is already in love with her Wubba. Gabby and I took her to the dog park today and played fetch up until another dog arrived, at which point Kira cowered in fear between my legs. LOL She is so cute. View my entire Project 365 ...
Comments From Left Field - Sun 10:28 p.m.
Start: Mar 19 2010 - 7:00pm Timezone: Etc/GMT-5 Commemoration of seventh anniversary of the war against Iraq. MARCH 19 FRI 2010 7AM-7PM CONSECUTIVE READING OF NAMES OF FALLEN SOLDIERS EYES WIDE OPEN ACROSS PENNSYLVANIA ~ ~ ~ Sponsored by America Friends Service Committee Over 200 pairs of empty combat boots - tagged with names of PA soldiers who have died in current Iraq/Afg...
Lake Erie Alliance for Democracy - Sun 6:27 p.m. - 3 clicks
Senator Arlen Specter's polling position is showing signs of solidification as Pennsylvania is just two months away from the Democratic primary to be held on May 18th. The DailyKos poll, conducted by Research 2000 is relatively consistent with the results of the Quinnipiac polling and has Specter leading Toomey 47% to 41%. http://www.pa2010.com/... ...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Sun 6:27 p.m. - 3 clicks
At Open Salon, old new lefty, an ex-teacher, thinks Obama's education plan (TBA tomorrow) presages Obama finally finding his feet as a progressive. I know that many...have given up hope on President Obama. Yes, we are all disappointed in the......
Fact-esque - Sun 3:03 p.m. - 4 clicks
Day 054/365 3.13.2010 – Memoriam Originally uploaded by goose3five Apologies as I am once again a day late posting this 365 photo. This is the flag that was presented to my grandmother (which in turn was given to me) by the honor guards at his funeral last year. I can’t say how proud I am of my country for the program, “Honoring Those Who Served” , that ...
Comments From Left Field - Sun 12:07 p.m.
A TV ad sponsored by an outfit calling itself The League of American voters has been airing on local cable and broadcast stations this last week asking people to call Congressman Chris Carney to tell him to vote no on the on "the Obama-Pelosi Plan" for healthcare reform. It is full of the usual lies and distortions ( transcript here ) and the LAV is headed up by that man of integrety Dick Morri...
Gort42 - Sat 5:28 p.m.
There's a meme going around the left side of the blogosphere that has spread so far it sometimes even makes the corporate-conservative MSM, and that is that the GOP concentrates on kill-all obstructionism because it's completely barren intellectually and doesn't......
Fact-esque - Sat 11:27 a.m.
Day 053/365 3.12.2010 – Real Jelly Belly’s Originally uploaded by goose3five I took the afternoon off work and spent a couple hours at the Vancouver Aquarium with my wife, daughter and mother on her last day in town. Honestly, I could visit here every week and not get tired of it. Now I know it is highly likely that every Vancouverite with a Flickr stream has some vari...
Comments From Left Field - Fri 9:40 p.m.
We are inspired by each other. Blog buddy Steve of Not Cease From Exploration today wrote a about dispute between the record company EMI and the band Pink Floyd. Pink Floyd won the argument . A long time ago I travelled from Omaha to Los Angeles to see the Pink Floyd Wall show and then got to see it in London a few months later. It was the best rock concert I have ever seen. EMI ha...
Gort42 - Fri 6:24 p.m. - 2 clicks
The next blogger meetup will be Friday March 26th at Rooney's Irish Pub 67 S. Main St. Pittston, PA 18704 starting at 5PM. I scouted out the place today and it's perfect for us. There is big bar area with tables off to the side and plenty of free parking across the street where the Tomato Festival is held. It's easy to find just drive north on River Street from W-B and it's on the left. Mapq...
Gort42 - Fri 4:07 p.m. - 2 clicks
A fish rots from the head down. As Sisela Bok showed decades ago, when the leaders of a culture or society resort to lies and criminal behavior to get what they want just because they can get away with it,......
Fact-esque - Fri 12:46 p.m. - 2 clicks
Research 2000 . 3/8-10. Likely voters. MoE 4%, 5% for Democratic primary. ( 8/10-12/2009 results) Let's start with the Senate race : Democratic Primary Arlen Specter (D) 51 (48) Joe Sestak (D) 32 (33) It's all within the margin of error, so it could be just float, but Sestak needs to do more than just tread water. Still, Specter has run the perfect prim...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Fri 7:48 a.m. - 10 clicks
Congressman Paul Kanjorski likes to do business by telephone. In the last year I have been invited to participate in numerous telephone town meetings but was unable to dial in because I was at work at the time. A few weeks ago his primary opponent Lackawanna Commissioner Corey O'Brien attacked Kanjo for missing Stimulus Oversight meetings: As the Democratic representative on the Penn...
Gort42 - Fri 12:27 a.m. - 5 clicks
Day 052/365 3.11.2010 – Unexpected Snow Originally uploaded by goose3five Ok, Vancouver just finished hosting the 2010 WINTER Olympics with average temperatures of 55 degrees F and absolutely no sign of snow. Two weeks later and I wake up to this. As you can see, the water plants in my pond are in full spring growth mode so I am pretty sure they woke up this morning thinking...
Comments From Left Field - Thu 9:47 p.m. - 2 clicks
Simon Johnson, former chief economist of the International Monetary Fund and currently economic advisor to the Congressional Budget Office, explains in this 8-min speech how the "Reagan Revolution" created a self-feeding spiral in which banks have sucked up almost 60%......
Fact-esque - Thu 9:08 a.m. - 2 clicks
There’s an ongoing debate between Patterico and the BradBlog regarding the right’s broad and generalized attack on ACORN and the role of the O’Keefe/Giles surveilance tapes. Patterico is going to extreme lengths in an attempt to call liberal bloggers on the ACORN dispute liars, but then has the temerity to allow one of his cobloggers to link approvingly to a post by Ed Mo...
Comments From Left Field - Thu 12:41 a.m. - 3 clicks
This one has me shaking my head. Former Judge Mark Ciavarella defaulted on a loan from a bank in Minersville. You have to wonder why a bank would approve a loan to an unemployed person under federal indictment who is a defendant in multi-million dollar civil lawsuits that had previously defaulted on a business loan from Louis DeNaples bank. Miners Bank had previously been used to pay th...
Gort42 - Wed 11:28 p.m. - 3 clicks
Day 051/365 3.10.2010 – Monotone, 1st Pass Originally uploaded by goose3five The folks over at Gizmodo have posted a new shooting challenge for the week, “Monotone.” I don’t particularly like this one but I was running out of time in the day to get a picture posted. The good news is that submissions are not due until Sunday, March 14th at 11PM Eastern so ...
Comments From Left Field - Wed 10:07 p.m. - 2 clicks
Of course it might turn out to be nothing but a new wrinkle in the old shadow dance but it's just barely possible that some lib-Dems are not only awake to the conservative menace in their own party, never mind......
Fact-esque - Wed 12:23 p.m. - 3 clicks
Tip of the hat to Lsqrd... As authorities nationwide warn motorists of the dangers of driving while texting, Florida Keys law enforcement officers add a new caution: Don't try to shave your privates, either. Florida Highway Patrol troopers say a two-vehicle crash Tuesday at Mile Marker 21 on Cudjoe Key was caused by a 37-year-old woman driver who was shaving her bikini area while her ex-husba...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Wed 6:22 a.m. - 2 clicks
Day 050/365 3.09.2010 – Mixed Messages Originally uploaded by goose3five Best viewed on black I was born and raised Roman Catholic but as I grew older I realized quickly that the only thing tying me to my religion was tradition. As a result I spent many years seeking, reading and learning. Eventually my wife and I met a friend, Ani, who introduced us to Buddhism. Togethe...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 9 - 8 clicks
Today was the last day to file nominating petitions and we got a few surprises. It's almost like the trade deadline in MLB but not as important. Some surprises. In the US Senate race Joseph Vodvarka of Allegheny county filed as a Dem making Arlen Specter's and Joe Sestack's life more complicated. Republican Terrance O’Connor, of Monroe County will be running against against Mike Carrol in th...
Gort42 - Mar 9 - 7 clicks
On Friday Another Monkey revisited his idea of a blogger buddy system to alert the world if one of our electronic scribes bites the dust. He was inspired to write about this subject after learning of the death of Jon Swift who was a brilliant writer. He was like the Stephen Colbert of the blogosphere. I read him all the time. . Mark liked the idea and suggested that we should...
Gort42 - Mar 9 - 2 clicks
Well, it appears to be official: the financial industry's highly paid lobbyists have managed to remove all financial reform from the financial reform bill. We have this on the good authority of the Washington Post, which was crowing about it......
Fact-esque - Mar 9
In the past several weeks, the Philadelphia media has really tackled the myriad of issues related to youth violence and underachievement, in a way that I have not seen in the 12 years or so that I have been involved in anti-violence and positive youth development efforts, in Philadelphia. And while many write articles focusing on the gripes and complaints, good journal...
DrChuckSpeaks - Mar 9 - 6 clicks
Apparently, PA Senator Anthony Williams is fed up with all of the stories about youth engaging in inappropriate behavior in schools and communities. In fact, he's so fed up that he's sponsoring the Parent Accountability Act (SB-99), which will impose fines, and if necessary, jail time for parents whose children are involved in violent and criminal behavior. I will be testifying before a ...
DrChuckSpeaks - Mar 9 - 3 clicks
In today’s economy, where America’s small businesses are already at a tremendous disadvantage to big box stores like Wal-Mart, Specter is going to introduce a bill to stop the HIDDEN CREDIT CARD TAX (aka interchange / swipe fees). ...
DailyKos (Pennsylvania) - Mar 9 - 6 clicks
Day 049/365 3.08.2010 – Cherry Blossoms Originally uploaded by goose3five Sorry for the delay in posting this one but for some reason I crashed hard last night before I got a chance to pull in my photos. This picture was taken at the edge of the parking lot at my office where there is a beautiful Flowering Cherry tree. View On Black View my Project 365 set on a blac...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 9
I plant a fairly large garden every spring. I usually start getting excited in February, and wind up starting my seeds so early that I have to pot up twice before setting the seedlings out. This year, I curbed my enthusiasm and waited until March, so hopefully, I'll only have to pot up once. ...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 9 - 2 clicks
I attended the annual Kiss the Blarney for Carney event on Sunday along with a couple of hundred other people. Despite being to subjected to bagpipe music it was a good time. Many local Lackawanna County elected officials and candidates were in attendance along with reps from Senator Specter's office. I chatted with a few including State Rep Jim Wansascz who is running for State Senate to succee...
Gort42 - Mar 9 - 8 clicks
Day 048/365 3.07.2010 – Tweetie Originally uploaded by goose3five It didn’t take too much time before Gabby decided that the Academy Awards were not for her. Instead, she decided it would be a great night for some crafts. Meet Tweetie. View my Project 365 set on a black background at Flickriver Share and Enjoy: ...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 8 - 3 clicks
My sister does crafts. I found this not-quite-finished Santa's cold, dead zombie eyes to be terrifying. ...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 8
The PA 22 nd Senate district is mostly in Lackawanna County with a slice of Monroe and just 3 Luzerne County towns- Avoca , Dupont and Duryea . With so many state legislature races in Luzerne County I have to draw the line somewhere so I won't be putting in a lot of time covering this one. Fellow blogger NEPArtisan has been following the twist and turns since Bob Mellow announce...
Gort42 - Mar 8 - 5 clicks
In the race to succeed John Yudichak in the 119th State House seat we are down to 3 Democrats and 1 Republican. The GOP hopeful is Rick Arnold and the Dems are Bob Morgan , Gary Zingaretti and Jerry Mullery . Justin Behrens decided to end his bid and sent along this well thought out explaination. Over the past couple weeks, while working diligently working to obtain signatures in...
Gort42 - Mar 8
The NYT reports on a classic bit of fascist-style corporate governing that is a primer for anyone who wants to understand how the corporate/political axis works. This particular example involved a Pub but if there's anybody out there who thinks......
Fact-esque - Mar 8 - 3 clicks
As I've said before, I've been looking for the expected signs of a split in the Democrat party between actual Democrats and the conservatives they've allowed to control it since the days oif Dukakis. For the last month or so,......
Fact-esque - Mar 7
Day 047/365 3.06.2010 – Flow Originally uploaded by goose3five To be honest, while I like this picture I would not have chosen it as my photo for today were it not for the unanimous input from my wife, daughter and mother. My first choice was the dogwood but sometimes you just have to listen to reason. View my Project 365 set on a black background at Flickriver Sh...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 7 - 2 clicks
One of my goals in life was to get to a level of prosperity that I needed a professional to do my tax return. I'm happy to report that I reached that goal in 2003. I'm certainly not rich but the rules about depreciation of rental property and the different treatment of stock dividends, etc. have got to be so complex that I want a Tax Pro to do my return. I won't to go a seasonal place like the o...
Gort42 - Mar 6 - 2 clicks
I know they're just trying to determine if I'm a threat or not, but it does look like they're posing. ...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 6
I've been busy with the horse race aspects of the upcoming elections for state and federal offices and have neglected the happenings of Luzerne County government so it's time to catch up. . Republican Walter Griffith was elected as Luzerne County Controller by a wide margin on a promise of being a "pain in the ass" and so far he is living up to that. The way to be a pain is to simply as...
Gort42 - Mar 6 - 6 clicks
Day 046/365 3.05.2010 – Hanging Out Originally uploaded by goose3five Another beautiful day today in Vancouver. Normally I would be rushing Gabby off the jungle gym so we could quickly get her to taekwondo or gymnastics. Today I let her play just a bit longer and took the opportunity to take some pictures. That is her friend Viktor in the background. View my Project 365 s...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 5 - 2 clicks
Just about every campaign has a few of these give the money back squabbles. In 2008 Paul Kanjorski's camp demanded that Hazleton Mayor Lou Barletta return a contribution from crooked Alaskan Senator Ted Stevens. I don't think that he did. Kanjo got some cash from NY Congressman and Ways and Means Chairman Charlie Rangel who is under fire for ethical violations and the Republicans ...
Gort42 - Mar 5 - 3 clicks
Day 045/365 3.04.2010 – Stripes Originally uploaded by goose3five I decided to take a hint from my Flickr buddy Ken Shelton and try out a challenge on The Daily Shoot . Today’s challenge read, “Striped patterns have a natural pattern that catches the eye. Find some stripes today and make a photo.” This picture is of a set of skylights atop the 2nd floo...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 4 - 3 clicks
The Scranton Building & Construction Trades Council and Northeast Pennsylvania Building & Construction Trades Council endorsed Corey O'Brien for Congress over incumbent Paul Kanjorski. I find this surprising because Kanjo has always had solid union support but then again he has never had a serious primary challenge. TT: While Mr. Kanjorski has been a "good friend" to unions, affiliate ...
Gort42 - Mar 4 - 3 clicks
Day 044/365 3.03.2010 – Nice Doo Originally uploaded by goose3five Since moving to British Columbia I have embraced the West Coast culture as much as possible. Which is a nice excuse for the fact that I have been letting my old gray hair grow to hippie-esque lengths. Well, today was the day I let Sandra “chemically remove” the ethnicity from my kinky Italian lock...
Comments From Left Field - Mar 3 - 2 clicks
Now that Jim Bunning's quixotic assault on the unemployed has been stopped due to shame (unusual for a GOoPer, that), it might be time to look at what that unemployment situation is currently. The Obama Labor Dept has been saying......
Fact-esque - Mar 3 - 3 clicks
Christianists are scary people . PZ has it right. "Repent or perish" is their message. They show up dressed in army fatigues, carrying bullhorns, with ghetto blasters blaring Christian music, and they write down license plate numbers and photograph people doing anything they disapprove of. They are our American Mutawwa'in, petty tyrants of propriety with a bloated sense of their own importanc...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 3
Went to the Penguins v. Sabres game last night. Took lots of pics, but I like this one in particular. Oh, the Pens won, 3-2. ...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 3
“ Public office is an office of public trust. Any violation like this is a violation of the public’s trust. I don’t care how big or small it is "-Robert Corcoran Wilkes-Barre Area School Board Director Christine Katsock is being accused of trademark violation for misusing a union label on one of the those annoying sticker ads that was stuck on the front page of the Citizen Voice in April....
Gort42 - Mar 3 - 5 clicks
"Change", my foot. Corporate America goes on just like before, the same tricks, the same dodges, the same hatred of its own employees. IBM was heavily invested in a place called Research Triangle Park around Raleigh, NC, where I spent......
Fact-esque - Mar 2 - 4 clicks
To nobody's surprise the Wilkes-Barre Are School Board replaced admited crook Frank Pizzella with another longtime politico, Gary Polakoski , who was nominated by former reformer Christine Katsock . This is not a not a knock on Mr. Polakoski who has served on the Wilkes-Barre Township council for 16 years who works for PennDOT and seems to be qualified. My choice was Ha...
Gort42 - Mar 2
Please join youth, social workers, community advocates, parents, educators, academicians, law enforcement officials and child-serving professionals as Drexel University's Center for the Prevention of School-Aged Violence hosts: COMMUNITY SYMPOSIUM: PART II BULLYING PREVENTION: FROM THE CLASSROOM TO THE INTERNET: KEEPING KIDS SAFE (WITH A SPECIAL DISCUSSION ...
DrChuckSpeaks - Mar 1 - 4 clicks
I just can't fathom the load of crap I was just fed on their cable channel! I was very disturbed to watch a program on National Geographic TV that offered a credulous assessment of the "Phoenix Lights." This was a well publicized hoax, (http://www.livescience.com/strangenews/080423-bad-phoenix-l which a simple Google search should have revealed to your programmers. Even if you we...
Froth Slosh B'Gosh - Mar 1
I've been following the productions of the Banking Reform Comedy Club for about a decade now, and two of the main skits - "Credit Card Reform" and "Regulatory Reform" - were performed this past week. The former I was going......
Fact-esque - Mar 1
WASHINGTON – Today, the highly respected National Journal Magazine released its annual “Vote Ratings” issue and Congressman Chris Carney (PA-10) has been ranked among the most bipartisan members of the 435-member House of Representatives. The nonpartisan magazine analyzed the 92 most significant votes in 2009 and ranked Congressman Carney the 11 th most centrist member in the entire House of...
Gort42 - Feb 28
Time to spend a little time connecting dots again. Today's Dots: Goldman Sachs and the SCOTUS decision allowing unlimited corporate interference in our elections. Dot No 1: Goldman Sachs There is a growing sense even at the captive-govt level that......
Fact-esque - Feb 28 - 2 clicks
This is a natural, of course. The moose-huntin', duck-shootin', he-woman of the deep Alaska wilderness (or as HuffPost's Paul Slansky would have it, this "preternaturally ignorant, demagogic harpy whose entire platform turned out to be unearned umbrage") fits the gun-totin'......
Fact-esque - Feb 27 - 3 clicks
I'm taking a break from digging out and this popped up in my inbox. BOB MORGAN TO RUN FOR PA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES Morgan will run for seat vacated by John Yudichak in the 119th District Bob Morgan announced his candidacy to become the next Representative from the 119th District. The seat will be vacated by John Yudichak, who is currently running for State Senate. Morgan, 47, is a Financ...
Gort42 - Feb 26
“A regular person holding an office becomes a politician when trying to be re-elected .”- Brian Kelly Brian Kelly is a retired IBM executive and assistant professor at Marywood University in Scranton. He will not accept campaign donations and vows to serve only one term if elected. If he actually gets on the ballot it is good news for Congressman Kanjorski because the anti-Kanjo voters ...
Gort42 - Feb 26
Well, the much bally-hooed Kabuki Health Summit is over. I watched a little bit of it because with the Mainstream Conservative Corporate Media (M2CM) actually calling it "political theater" outright and them being wrong about almost everything, I kinda sorta......
Fact-esque - Feb 26 - 3 clicks
Rarely do I post from other bloggers, although I tend to read a few, regularly (you can catch some of my favs at the bottom of this page). However, I came across a post that is quite poignant, particularly considering my interest in crime prevention. It was written by CATO's, Manager of New Media, Chris Moody. I believe it's worth a read. ------------------------------------...
DrChuckSpeaks - Feb 25
You would think that bringing onstage yet another health insurance company exec whose attitudes toward the poor and the sick would shame Genghis Khan might make our so-called representatives think twice about who they're getting in bed with. Take Angela......
Fact-esque - Feb 25 - 5 clicks
A few weeks ago I suggested that Harry Haas should be appointed to the Wilkes-Barre Area School Board to take the place of disgraced former board President Frank "kneecaps" Pizzella. Harry finished 5th in the recent election to choose 4 board members and if they follow recent precedent in choosing replacements for admitted crooks he should be a shoo in. Christine Katsock was the top vote ...
Gort42 - Feb 25
Luzerne County started sending out tax bills this week that didn't include the Homestead exclusion so they had to stop the mailing and print new bills. County officials: Homestead tax break remains in effect In a first for this blog Commissioner Chair Maryanne Petrilla sent me a press release about this issue and listing her accomplishments. Statement by Commissioner Maryanne Petrilla Feb...
Gort42 - Feb 24 - 6 clicks
"Ze Kabuki, eet kontinooze, yes?" Oh, yes, it continues to ooze. Like pus from an infected tooth. Obama continues to make noises about banking reforms he knows the Senate won't pass while he uses a fake "summit meeting" to push......
Fact-esque - Feb 24 - 3 clicks
Here's a fantastic new political video from Joe Sestak. Features Obama supporters. Sweet. Posted using ShareThis ...
Three Rivers Online - Feb 24
Most people will be off to the grocery store for bread, eggs and milk but I have the essentials already. Charcoal, steaks, gas for the snowblower and a case of beer plus toilet paper. ...
Gort42 - Feb 24
There's a lot around about the clown-show that was the TeaParty convention a couple of weeks ago, like on SarahCuda's $100K speech for which she had notes written on the palm of her hand and wingnut Rep Tom Tancredo's reprehensible......
Fact-esque - Feb 23
Senator Specter was in Wilkes-Barre yesterday touring the new muli-million dollar over budget and behind schedule parking garage (intermodal transportation center) promising more money for the project. The city needs another $500,000 to replace sidewalks on Public Square. The Blogfather has documented the incompetence of the last administration in doing simple maintenance especially because ...
Gort42 - Feb 23
As both a public service and an educational experience, we present the All-New Kabuki Govt Show starring your favorite members of both corporate political parties. In this corner President Obama and the conservaDem Senate: Here's how it works. Pres Obama......
Fact-esque - Feb 22 - 4 clicks
Paul Krugman's mention of the "death spiral" health insurance co's are caught in leads to the thought that they aren't the only ones. Remember the definition? [P]rivate health insurance only works if insurers can sell policies to both sick and......
Fact-esque - Feb 21 - 4 clicks
Here's some Penn State news I haven't seen reported locally. Kansas University has announced the first of three finalists for its provost position. Philip J. McConnaughay is the Donald J. Farage Professor of Law and dean of the Dickinson School of Law at Pennsylvania State University. He will make a short presentation to students, faculty, staff and the public at 4 p.m. Monday at the Bruc...
Left of Centre - Feb 20 - 2 clicks
ROAD TRIP!!!! Here's a chance to support Melanie's Marchers . They've arranged for buses to ferry supporters to join the marchers for the last mile or so of the trip. If you can take a day and get your butt to Philadelphia or Pittsburgh on Wednesday, the 24th, you can join the last leg of Melanies March and come to the 2:00 event on Captiol Hill with Senators Casey and Specter. For informat...
A Big Fat Slob - Feb 20 - 4 clicks
A couple of days ago, a group of activist citizens set out from Philadelphia on foot. Their destination is Washington, DC, where they hope to arrive and lead a rally for health insurance reform on the day before President Obama's Health Insurance Reform Summit. They've named their march " Melanie's March to the Finish Line ", in honor of Melanie Shouse. Melanie lost a long battle with breas...
A Big Fat Slob - Feb 19 - 5 clicks
A MORE PERFECT UNION: CONFRONTING AMERICA’S RACIAL DIVIDE On the two-year anniversary of then-Senator Barack Obama’s eloquent campaign speech, A More Perfect Union, the National Constitution Center will devote the very stage where that speech was delivered to a dialogue on race. Continuing the conversation started by President Obama‘s challenge to navigate the complexities of race in ou...
DrChuckSpeaks - Feb 19 - 2 clicks
Kanjo owes his career to unprincipled pandering for votes. He spent last year obfuscating his position on health insurance reform. Almost daily one would find Kanjo flipping or hawing on support for reform, depending on which donor or voting group to which he was speaking. Now, facing a challenge from his younger doppelganger, Corey Who'brien? (also willing to say anything, even if it sounds ...
A Big Fat Slob - Feb 18
