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Booman Tribune: More Proof Our President is a Secret Muslim

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:15:05 -0500

I didn't realize that Obama's Afghanistan speech preempted the Charlie Brown Christmas Special, but I agree that this is proof that Obama doesn't believe that Jesus is the Son of God. Why else would he choose such a time to give a speech? I mean, preempt this? Sacrilege. [...]

Philebrity: Film Sweat: And Now, Your Battery Of Late-Autumn Existential Bummers

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:09:24 -0500

Goddamnit, Clooney! Two weeks in a row with the lead Film Sweat pick. Up In The Air is the Jason Reitman-directed drama about a man afraid to love, adapted from the Walter Kirn book of the same name. It is either a metaphor for Great Recession-era America, a secret weeper [...]

Philebrity: We Know That East Coast Global Warming Will Probably Ruin This Like It Does Everything Else, But Please Pardon Us While WE GET TOTALLY STOKED FOR THE FIRST SNOW OF THE SEASON ON SATURDAY!!!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:18:19 -0500

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Via Weather.com: [On Saturday] Snowfall from Roanoke to Washington to Baltimore to Philadelphia to New York to Boston, especially leaning toward the western suburbs, will be in the 3-to-6-inch range, possibly even an inch or two beyond that.We’re gonna Gilmore Girls the shit out of this weekend. If, of course, [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: New license plates honor PA veterans

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:17:00 -0500

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation is offering special vehicle license plates honoring veterans of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard, according to Senator Bob Mensch (R-24).

"The new plates feature the applicable branch of service emblem or logo on the left side of the plate," [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Show me yours first

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:16:00 -0500

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TONY PHYRILLAS: Governor Rendell Announces Nominations, Appointments

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:38:00 -0500

Governor Rendell Announces Nominations, Appointments [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Italian-American groups call on MTV to pull the plug on 'Jersey Shore'

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:35:00 -0500

Three of the Nation's Largest Italian American Organizations Join in Condemning MTV for 'Jersey Shore' Show That Slurs Italian Americans [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Double-Check Before You Donate To Charity

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:33:00 -0500

'Tis the season for giving, but unfortunately, it's also a time when unscrupulous charities take advantage of people, warns Goodwill.

Goodwill is urging consumers to double-check before donating goods this holiday season.

First, donors should check with their state attorney general or secretary of state's office to' [...]

Suburban Guerrilla: Recissions

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:24:43 -0500

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I’m glad I don’t have Aetna, but I know people who do. Better be really, really careful about anything you claim:

Health insurance giant Aetna is planning to force up to 650,000 clients to drop their coverage next year as it seeks to raise additional revenue to meet profit expectations.

In [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: MSNBC Slams ClimateGate Fakery

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:21:00 -0500

Slowly ... ever so slowly ... some in the Mainstream Media are reporting on the science fiction that is global warming ...

MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan Slams ClimateGate Fakery: When Will NBC Do the Same? | NewsBusters.org [...]

Snowflakes in Hell: How Long Has it Been?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:17:48 -0500

I feel like I won't recognize the range when I finally go back on Monday night. During one of the last airgun competitions, my gun broke. Sebastian bought himself a new airgun, but the one I stole from him is still broken. But then I went out ...' [...]

Philebrity: Allen Iverson Cried For Your Sins

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:16:15 -0500

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At the precise moment when we were all expecting that Allen Iverson’s return to Philadelphia was merely a cyncial monument to marketing and nostalgia, yesterday at 5PM, all of that changed. It became about one man’s own redemption. If you’ve not yet seen the clip (after the jump), you might [...]

Brendan Calling: I Get Letters

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:12:17 -0500

Hello, Mr. Sqwire. On your Brendan Calling blog you have given me credit (or blame?) for a story that was actually reported by my colleague Chana Joffe-Walt. In any case, thank you for listening to NPR.

–Ina Jaffe

She found me on facebook. I wrote back and suggested they fire [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Newspaper: Joe Hoeffel wastes more taxpayer money

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:12:00 -0500

From The Pottstown Mercury's editorial page:THORNS to Montgomery County Commissioner Joseph Hoeffel for pursuing an appeal of a recent court decision that invalidated the county's authority to prohibit employees from political activities. Such policies have already been knocked down by state courts, so an appeal of the county decision' [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Obama's Attorney General

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:09:00 -0500

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THE CENTRIST: The radical left racts to Climategate

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:03:00 -0500

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THE CENTRIST: Will Bush-bashing 'peace activists' now protest Obama?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:01:00 -0500

A group of Chester County "peace demonstrators" regularly protested George W. Bush for 7 years over the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

Now that Obama is planning to escalate the war in Afghanistan, will the "peace activists" demonstrate against the chosen one?

The answer isn't clear in' [...]

THE CENTRIST: Help choose the final 2010 Phillies Ballgirl

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:00:00 -0500

A Pottstown resident is among the finalists for a Phillies Ballgirl position. And fans can help her get the job.

Kristen Kinneer of Pottstown, a student at Farleigh Dickinson University, is among the finalists.

"Kristen loves Philadelphia, has watched baseball since she's very young, and" [...]

New Trommetter Times: How to annoy a liberal

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:53:27 -0500

Easiest way to annoy a liberal — tell them Obama is no different than W. If you can remember way back in 2007, liberals complained when Bush used military personnel and families as “props” during a war-mongering speech. This past Tuesday night, [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: State rep's aide faces drug charges

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:50:00 -0500

A longtime staffer of state Rep. Tim Hennessey, R-26th Dist., has been charged with possessing and conspiring to sell cocaine, according to Chester County law enforcement officials.

The West Chester Daily Local News reports that Lisa A. Johnson, 46, of Coatesville, turned herself in to authorities [...]

Philebrity: Noontime Nuggetz: Sweatheart, Tell Your Sister EP Trailer

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:47:04 -0500

Sweatheart is back with a new EP, dropping on the 15th. In the meantime, they’re busy not forgetting at the army base. [...]

COMICALLY PARTISAN: Jobless Rate Drops

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:46:00 -0500

From the WSJ:

U.S. job losses in November posted the smallest drop since the start of the recession and the unemployment rate unexpectedly declined, a sign the labor market is finally healing as the economy recovers.

U.S. job losses slowed sharply in November and the unemployment rate unexpectedly [...]

Young Philly Politics: Cyclists win

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:44:27 -0500

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From an email just sent out by the Bicycle Coalition of Philadelphia:

City Council received an overwhelming response to the proposed bicycle legislation and they are listening and responding to our concerns. We have been assured that there will be no action on the two bills for [...]

Philebrity: We Finally Agree With Something Stu Bykofsky Said, And It’s About The Mummers!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:34:50 -0500

Oh no, wait. Damn. We thought he was talking about how we should give them all as much ice cream as they want, speak to them slowly and loudly, and be mindful not to make them angry due to their uncanny physical strength. Previously: It Almost Wouldn’t Be Autumn If [...]

Booman Tribune: Thoughts on the Afghan Army

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:17:35 -0500

I watched Afghan Ambassador to the United States Said Tayeb Jawad give a speech and take questions today at the Johns Hopkins' Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies. He is a good spokesman for his government. But he brought up something that has been troubling me for quite' [...]

Booman Tribune: More Leftist Propaganda Re: Tasers

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:17:35 -0500

It's simply dreadful how these communist propaganda mouthpieces, like the Salt Lake City Tribune continue to attack our law enforcement officials from using tasers to protect themselves from unarmed naked people. So what if a bipolar guy who could have been taken into custody without the use of deadly force [...]

Booman Tribune: What's in a Term?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:17:35 -0500

When I read the lede of this TPMDC piece on teabagging, I expected something different from the rest of the article. Nordlinger's article isn't about tea bagging in the fun sense, nor is it about the long-term effects on the GOP from teabagging in the tri-corn hat-and-the-time-on-your-hands sense. Rather, it's [...]

Snowflakes in Hell: An Interesting Take on Women & Shooting

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:13:09 -0500

I don't really know how to describe this piece in a British magazine about a woman who gives shooting a try. I suspect my questions are more directly related to cultural clashes than anything. It's obvious that in light of current laws, our shooting culture is radically different ...' [...]

Snowflakes in Hell: Pennsylvania Welcomes Obama

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:13:08 -0500

So Obama is nearby today, hitting up the Lehigh Valley to tell people what they already know: the economy sucks and we wish companies were hiring again. But being the kind folks they are, Pennsylvanians had a few welcome notes for the President. From @Capitol_Ideas:Sign outside Burger King on ... [...]

Philebrity: And Now, Today’s GOOD NEWS: Obama In Allentown And How The God Hates Fags Church Just Raised $20K For The Matthew Shepard Foundation!

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:10:27 -0500

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· One of our native Allentonian readers writes: Today, Mr. Obama is kicking off his “main street tour” in my hometown of Allentown, Pennsylvania… or as I refer to it as: THE 610 STRUGGLE. His mission, to make sure stimulus money goes to the nation’s cities, where the strain of [...]

Philebrity: Addendum To Yesterday’s Recycling Good News Post: Curby Bucket Was In The Hizzouse

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:48:57 -0500

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After we posted yesterday about Mr. Sunshiney’s Good Time RecycleBank Launch Party, another reader sent us this photo, which shows long-lost Philly Recycling mascot Curby Bucket was on the scene as well. We’re kind of obsessed with Curby, so if you see him in other places, please send us photos. [...]

Froth Slosh B'Gosh: Contininuing to Entertain and Amuse

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:42:00 -0500

Truly, the best gift ever given by the right wing to the Democrats! [...]

The Pennsylvania Progressive: Obama in Allentown

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:39:30 -0500

"We're going to whip the VA into shape." The President cite show the GI Bill helped create the middle class after WW II and promises that the influx of veterans means we need a better VA. He says the vet shouldn't have to call, he should be able to do [...]

Brendan Calling: Who Will Serve In Afghanistan

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:37:57 -0500

Will Chelsea Clinton enlist and strap on a rifle for the escalation her mom embraces?

Will the Obama daughters apply to West Point when they graduate from Sidwell Friends?

It always seems like it’s other people’s kids who go to war, while our leaders rarely have any skin in the game.

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The Pennsylvania Progressive: Obama in Allentown

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:37:12 -0500

The final question is about safeguards for Wall Street. Are regulations in place to prevent it from happening again? Obama: "No." "It takes time to get things done in Congress." "These days you need 60 votes to pass everything. The opposition is filibustering everything. If you want to name a" [...]

Philebrity: Daily Candy Philadelphia To Cease; Philebrity Madly Scrambling For The Email Addresses Of Girls We’d Never Hang Out With For The All New “Philebrity Ugg Boot Snackmail”

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:36:34 -0500

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The Comcast giveth, and the Comcast taketh away. Just a day after the cable giant’s NBCU deal was finalized comes the news that Daily Candy, another Comcast acquisition, is axing all but five of its markets, including Philadelphia. That puts Philly Daily Candy editor Meredith Lindemon out of a job, [...]

Pawatercooler.com: Questions about Monopolies

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:34:41 -0500

I’d like to know what the average person thinks about monopolies? Do they have a positive or negative view of monopolies? Generally, we know that monopolies will do whatever they can to drive out any competition. We also know that once a monopoly is established, the price that the consumer pays [...]

The Pennsylvania Progressive: Obama in Allentown

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:28:27 -0500

Obama is spending quite a bit of time answering the first question about education. He said he'd take three questions here. Before arriving at the college he stopped at the Allentown MetalWorks and met with workers. There's a lot of speculation about his lunch spot. The most popular guess seems' [...]

PowerBlog!: You're Invited

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:24:00 -0500

Join Pierce Events along with the National Association of Post Graduates for a holiday get together. Join us @ The Grey Box Theatre in Lawrenceville Wed. Dec 9th 3595 Butler St. Pgh, PA 15201 6pm-11pm $20.00 includes food, drinks, live Jazz, auction, valet parking Tickets are available at the door Proceeds benefit NAPG Come on [...]

Suburban Guerrilla: Back to the Hellmouth

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:21:54 -0500

Number of comments: 5

This morning I had to get my custom ankle brace fitted, and the satellite office was in an office park, right next to the Very Horrible Place (trade school) where I used to work some years ago.

Still, I survived the proximity to Evil, even stopping long enough to check out [...]

The Pennsylvania Progressive: Obama in Allentown

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:19:28 -0500

"I won't rest until things get better." Obama spoke for quite a while about what he's done and even reminisced about the days when he and Michelle lived paycheck to paycheck. I'll post the videos of his speech once they're uploaded. He began by introducing the officials in attendance. Chris' [...]

PowerBlog!: Radio Waves

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:19:00 -0500

Sad passings: Joe DeNardo's wife, Dolores passed away at the age of 78. Paul Chedwick son of Porky Chedwick passed away. Former WAMO personality Sir Walter Raleigh, whose real name was John Christian, passed away late at the age of 92 Laurence Gaines who spent many years at WTAE Radio (1250) most [...]

PowerBlog!: Wal Mart becomes Brawl mart

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:13:00 -0500

A 72-year-old Wal-Mart greeter near Pittsburgh was punched in the face outside his store and now is in the hospital. Surveillance video shows the employee, Thomas Jenkins, walking near the entrance to the Wal-Mart in North Versailles on Tuesday night. A man comes around the corner, punches Jenkins in the face [...]

Keystone Conservative: Congressional Races in PA 2010 Part 1 of 8 “PA-6″

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:11:51 -0500

It’s shaping up to be a busy political season here in Pennsylvania. Headlining the event is the race for Specter’s senate seat. Trailing a close second is the race for the governors mansion. But flying a little lower on the radar are a few congressional races. This [...]

Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Obama's LCCC Speech

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:09:00 -0500

Number of comments: 6
The following is the text of President Barack Obama's speech at Lehigh Carbon Community College:

It is good to be back in the Lehigh Valley. It's been about a year and a half since I last visited Allentown and Bethlehem when I was running [...]

PowerBlog!: LA Episcopal bishop vote includes gay candidates

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:08:00 -0500

Clergy and laypeople voting to replace two retiring assistant bishops in the Episcopal Diocese of Los Angeles will choose Friday from a pool that includes two openly gay candidates. The selection of one or both of the gay candidates at the diocese's annual convention would mark the first election of a [...]

Pawatercooler.com: Minooka, Dickson City or Throop?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:03:28 -0500

Vice President “Straight outta Scranton” Joe Biden tells a couple different versions of the same speech. Each time, it’s a different northeast Pa city. Not to mention snagging President Harry Truman’s words to do it. [...]

Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Obama Tours Allentown Metal Works

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:03:00 -0500

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Thie report comes from the Press Pool:

President Obama strolled through Allentown Metal Works manufacturing facility on South 10th Street in the city's old industrial section.

Amid steel rafters painted green and showing years of wear and rust, Obama
talked with workers and company officials about the industry [...]

PowerBlog!: My Hero

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 12:02:00 -0500

As our goverment develops deeper into a communist regiem everyday, it's nice to know some are fighting back in ways large and small. A U.S. Army cadet reads a book entitled "Kill Bin Laden" as he waits with other cadets for U.S. President Barack Obama to deliver an address on U.S. [...]

Pawatercooler.com: The Changing Political Climate in Pennsylvania

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:50:44 -0500

Julie Mason sums up the shifts in Pennsylvania’s political landscape: [P\]olitics are shifting in Pennsylvania, which is lately drawing comparisons to New Jersey and Virginia, both of which elected Republican governors this year after lining up for Obama in 2008. “I think the political environment in Pennsylvania has dramatically changed since [...]

Lehigh Valley Ramblings: DOE to Invest $21.7MM for Biorefinery Project in PA

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:49:00 -0500

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As President Obama speaks to LCCC, the Department of Energy has just announced a $21.7 MM investment in Solazyme, Inc., - located in Riverside, PA - for a commercial scale biorefinery producing multiple advanced biofuels. This project will produce algae oil that can be converted to oil-based fuels.

“Advanced [...]

Young Philly Politics: Racial assaults at South Philly: What went wrong

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:47:43 -0500

Number of comments: 3

The latest beatings against Asian students reported at South Philadelphia High School are an outrage.

The ordeal began Wednesday, Lin said, when a Vietnamese student was jumped by 14 students across the street from the school.

Yesterday, the attackers were roaming the halls "searching for victims class by class during school," [...]

Snowflakes in Hell: Aiming for Liberty Interviews

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:47:03 -0500

Dave Kopel recently did an interview with "Independent Thinking" out in Colorado to talk about his new book, Aiming for Liberty. He discusses whether anyone other than him has read all 12 of his books - 12! - and I realize what a terrible fangirl I am by not ... [...]

The Pennsylvania Progressive: Obama in Allentown

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 11:41:55 -0500

Capitol Ideas: Obama Live Blog From LCCC

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:13:17 -0500

Obama Live Blog From LCCC [...]

West Chester Unplugged: PARADE TONIGHT... YAWN...

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:08:00 -0500

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Tonight marks the 30th edition of what used to be a nice, quaint, community event before the Greater West Chester Chamber of Commerce corrupted it into a sorry impersonation of the Thanksgiving Day parade in Philadelphia.

The Old Fashioned Christmas Parade will take place tonight, resulting in a slew [...]

Mark Rauterkus: Welcome to the WPIAL to Erie McDowell

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 10:03:00 -0500

Great step. Erie McDowell to join WPIAL in '10: "Erie McDowell to join WPIAL in '10" We really need the Pittsburgh Public Schools to begin to blend into the WPIAL and make the city league a great tip-off tournament and holiday classic setting. We have to get the iron' [...]

POLICY BLOG: Is the Harley Handout Constitutional?

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:41:00 -0500

Governor Ed Rendell just announced $15.4 million in economic development assistance to renovate its York County factory and train workers.

$14 million of the $15.4 million comes from Capital Redevelopment Assistance. The money for this fund is part of the capital budget - i.e. borrowed from taxpayers by issuing bonds. [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Tax Groups Back Rohrer For Governor

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:30:00 -0500

No surprise here. A coalition of nearly three dozen taxpayer groups has endorsed state Rep. Sam Rohrer, R-Berks, for governor of Pennsylvania.

Rohrer, who is seeking the Republican nomination for governor in 2010, has been the leading proponent of eliminating property taxes in Pennsylvania.

A [...]

Bucks County Conservative Examiner: Al Gore's climate change theory and a bridge for sale

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:12:49 -0500

Al Gore signs copies of his book. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)Speaking from San Francisco, Al Gore said that the targets of the UN Climate Change talks in Copenhagen are not stringent enough. Gore charges that, “We are gambling with the ... [...]

Keystone Conservative: Afganistan – Arlen Specter Vs. Joe Sestak

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:01:47 -0500

The first noticeable split between Senator Specter and Senate hopeful Joe Sestak. On the issues Specter has continued his march to the left.

Senator Specter explains his opposition to escalating U.S. forces in Afghanistan on MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell Reports

YouTube link

Congressman Joe Sestak speaks with [...]

Keystone Conservative: Pat Toomey Press Conference on President Obama’s Visit

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:00:36 -0500

YouTube link

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:34:00 -0500

Get it off your chest. [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Climategate Video - Hide The Decline

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:30:00 -0500

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Suburban Guerrilla: Shrill

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:28:50 -0500

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Krugman on healthcare reform and fiscal responsibility.

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Suburban Guerrilla: Cell Phones

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:25:16 -0500

Number of comments: 2

The latest research.

I look at it this way: Is it such a big deal to use a headset, just in case?

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Suburban Guerrilla: Limited

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:17:41 -0500

Number of comments: 1

How come resources are only “limited” when it comes to us, and not for another war? As Duncan pointed out yesterday, one of the reasons the deficit is growing is because so many people aren’t working and paying taxes.

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Brendan Calling: Peter Sellers Channels the Beatles

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 08:09:25 -0500

Once as Shakespeare…

…and again as a vicar.

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Capitol Ideas: DeWeese, Eachus Also Get Grand Jury Invites.

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:37:10 -0500

From The Post-Gazette This Morning: "HARRISBURG -- A statewide grand jury has invited the state House majority leader, the man he displaced in that job and the state secretary of revenue to appear before the panel, a move that has..." [...]

Pawatercooler.com: Healthcare slouches toward Washington

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:31:03 -0500

From my column in today’s Pottstown Mercury: But health care reform is not about helping the American people, it’s about a massive expansion of the State. And keep in mind, Democrats are not looking for it to be perfect to pass it; they are just looking to pass something, anything, that [...]

Bluftooni: Health Care Slouches toward Washington

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:31:00 -0500

From my column in today's Pottstown Mercury:
But health care reform is not about helping the American people, it's about a massive expansion of the State. And keep in mind, Democrats are not looking for it to be perfect to pass it; they are just [...]

Pawatercooler.com: Jon Stewart completely misses the point of Climategate

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:26:41 -0500

Yes, it’s refreshing to see him poke fun at the Goracle. But if you can stand to watch this ass until the end of this clip, take note that Stewart is not pissed off that Climate Scientists lied, that they manipulated data, that the whole thing may be a vast [...]

Bluftooni: Jon Stewart completely misses the point of Climategate

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:26:00 -0500

Yes, it's refreshing to see him poke fun at the Goracle. But if you can stand to watch this ass until the end of this clip, take note that Stewart is not pissed off that Climate Scientists lied, that they manipulated data, that the whole thing may be a [...]

DotPenn: Two Cocktail Waitresses Who Didn't Sleep With Tiger Woods Step Forward

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:52:52 -0500

No one is safe. Tiger accidentally puts move on large brass urn.

Two Los Angeles cocktail waitresses who didn't sleep with Tiger Woods have finally stepped forward.

May Brunt and Kellie Frugar said they did not sleep with the billionaire golf pro. So far, they are the only' [...]

Capitol Ideas: Stay Tuned To Capitol Ideas ....

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:49:30 -0500

... for live-blogging, Tweeting and photos from today's presidential visit to Allentown, Pa. Along with our mothership colleagues, we'll be providing comprehensive coverage of today's jobs town hall at Lehigh-Carbon Community College. Keep checking back all day.' [...]

Conservative Reform Network: If They Are So Smart…Harvard’s Best

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:47:48 -0500

If they are so smart, then… Barack Obama graduated Harvard Law School. These pseudo-intellectual, self-absorbed narcissistic Know It All elitist snobs seem to make some big mistakes. President Obama’s financial advisor, the expert economist Lawrence Summers, director of President Barack Obama’s National Economic Council, was president [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Put Iron In Your Christmas Saturday

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:32:39 -0500

ELVERSON PA – “An Iron Plantation Christmas,” which intends to celebrate 100 years of the winter holiday in America, will be observed Saturday (Dec. 5, 2009) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Hopewell Furnace National Historic Site, 2 Mark Bird Ln., Elverson PA. The day features displays of Christmas through [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Emergency Dispatches For Dec. 3, 2009

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:30:12 -0500

NORRISTOWN PA – Montgomery County (PA) emergency dispatchers directed police units, firefighters and emergency medical responders within the past 24 hours to a variety of incidents. A selective list of their activity appears below. The entries are taken from publicly available feeds supplied by the county Department of Public Safety. Feed [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Pottstown Musical Will Quack You Up

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:30:02 -0500

POTTSTOWN PA – “Honk,” a holiday musical that retells the Hans Christian Andersen story of “The Ugly Duckling,” will be staged today (Friday, Dec. 4, 2009) and Saturday (Dec. 5) at 8 p.m., and in a Sunday (Dec. 6) matinée at 3 p.m., at the TriCounty Performing Arts Center 245 [...]

Conservative Reform Network: GOP Oddsplayers See John Murtha Vulnerable in 2010

Fri, 04 Dec 2009 06:26:57 -0500

GOP Sets Sights on House Power Brokers for 2010. This tells me that the professional odds makers have done extensive polling in the district and find John Murtha vulnerable in 2010. Pat Toomey will [...]