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TONY PHYRILLAS: Obama Youth Recruits

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:30:00 -0500

TONY PHYRILLAS: Auditor General: 'Gambling With Taxpayer Money'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Auditor General Wagner Says Schools, Local Governments Profiting From Swaps are Still Gambling with Taxpayer Money [...]

Suburban Guerrilla: Black Friday

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:57:53 -0500

Number of comments: 4

I dunno, I just don’t get off on institutionalized shopping. Plus, at 3 a.m., a person should be home in their cozy bed, not standing in a long line at Best Buy.

My brother-in-law is a store manager, and he had to be in work at 4 a.m. today. That’s [...]

Pittsburgh Lesbian Correspondents: Why The Manhattan Declaration rankles me

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 08:48:30 -0500

The PG offers up a front page explanation why I dislike this project.

This is the headline: Christian leaders vow to resist gay marriage, abortion
This is the line that gets me. The lines, rather.
The marriage section decries heterosexual promiscuity and infidelity. It says that churches often failed to provide good models and [...]

2 Political Junkies: Post-Gazette Article on #ravenstahlrumors on Twitter

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:00 -0500

Raise your hands if you think Pittsburgh's Lil Mayor Luke and his Philly attorney went overboard threatening to sue anyone and everyone who engage in any rumors/speculation about his separation from his wife.

The P-G interviews Gene Grabowski (a former reporter with The [...]

PolitickerPA: [2 Political Junkies] Post-Gazette Article on #ravenstahlrumors on Twitter

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 07:34:00 -0500

The P-G interviews Gene Grabowski (a former reporter with The Associated Press who now specializes in crisis [...]

Pawatercooler.com: Things Supposedly Caused by Global Warming

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:55:39 -0500

A partial list: Acne, agricultural land increase, Afghan poppies destroyed, poppies more potent, Africa devastated, Africa in conflict, African aid threatened, African summer frost, aggressive weeds, Air France crash, air pressure changes, airport malaria, Agulhas current, Al Qaeda and Taliban Being Helped, Alaska reshaped, moves, allergy season longer, alligators in the [...]

2 Political Junkies: Braddock Hospital Closure Protest at UPMC Headquarters - Today!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0500

They'll be a protest today at UPMC headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh to demand that Braddock Hospital stay open and a national health care protest in Squirrel Hill.
WHAT: Braddock Hospital Protest at UPMC Headquarters, Black Friday
WHEN: TODAY! 11:30 AM on Friday, November 27
WHERE: Gather at the US Steel' [...]

WRITEMARSH!: Jimbo, Huffin-Stuff Won't "Budge" on Budget...

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0500

The two Montgomery County Commissioners introduced a budget for 2010 that will leave us with an $11 million shortfall. They are placing the burden of closing that gap firmly on the backs of the row officers and department heads, telling them to cut spending by at least 5 %.They are [...]

PolitickerPA: [2 Political Junkies] Braddock Hospital Closure Protest at UPMC Headquarters - Today!

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:53:00 -0500

They'll be a protest today at UPMC headquarters in downtown Pittsburgh to demand that Braddock Hospital stay open.

WHAT: Braddock Hospital protest at UPMC headquarters, Black Friday
WHEN: TODAY! 11:30 AM on Friday, November 27
WHERE: Gather at the US Steel Building

Next Community Planning Meeting:
Monday, November 30 at 7:00 PM' [...]

Conservative Reform Network: Robert Reich: ‘We’re Going to Let You Die’

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:46:07 -0500

Robert Reich’s Berkeley, Calif., audience applauded the idea of taxing the young, killing the old, and stifling lifesaving innovations. One suspects that these ideas would not be greeted as warmly in most other American locales, which is why elected politicians who are actually trying to sell [...]

Conservative Reform Network: Simon Campbell of Stop Teachers’ Strikes Wins

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:41:08 -0500

Simon Campbell and Kathleen Zawacki won 12 out of 12 precincts. We beat our opposition 60-40 including many precincts where Democrats have a voter registration advantage.

The taxpayers spoke.

Pennsbury School District SD Region 1:

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Conservative Reform Network: Representative Mark Kirk Update

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:40:30 -0500

In my opinion, Representative Mark Kirk, a commissioned Naval Officer serving in US House of Representatives and candidate for US Senate from Illinois, has a sophisticated, realistic and nuanced view of the Middle East and its challenges and sees clearly the threat of Nuclear Weapons in the [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Funeral Services Set For Accident Victims

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:37:11 -0500

POTTSTOWN PA – Funeral services have now been set for both Pottsgrove High School victims who died Monday (Nov. 23, 2009) in an automobile accident on Route 724 in East Coventry. The obituary for Michael D. Cantamaglia, 16, of Barto PA, can be found here. Arrangements are being handled by Catagnus [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Stuff To Do This Weekend

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:32:12 -0500

SANATOGA PA – Weekend activities for western Montgomery County residents (and anyone else!), Nov. 27-29, 2009: These events have been added to The Post calendar. ‘Tis the season for Christmas bazaars, craft fairs, shows and meals. Find a list of them here. Today (Friday), Nov. 27 Annual Holiday Spectacular activities in downtown Pottstown borough, [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Remembering The Fallen At Thanksgiving

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:31:34 -0500

GIVING THANKS FOR THEIR HEROISM – Members of Pennsylvnia Chapter 1 of Rolling Thunder Inc. held a remembrance ceremony Thursday (Nov. 26, 2009) at the Vietnam Veterans of America monument in Memorial Park on Manatawny Street, Pottstown PA. Club president Joe Jordan read a Thanksgiving Day prayer, and Eddie Speller [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Winston Discusses Art Appreciation at MCCC

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:30:36 -0500

POTTSTOWN PA — The third installment of Montgomery County Community College’s fall West Campus Speaker Series will be presented next Wednesday (Dec. 2, 2009) from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the Community Room of South Hall, 101 College Dr., Pottstown PA. The presentation, titled “Appreciating Art,” features Associate Professor of Fine Arts [...]

The Sanatoga Post: Blood Drive Set In Lower Pottsgrove

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:29:11 -0500

POTTSTOWN PA – A blood drive conducted by the Miller-Keystone Blood Center is scheduled to be held Dec. 7 (2009; Monday) from 8-11 a.m. in the Lower Pottsgrove (PA) offices of Dataceutics, 1610 Medical Dr., Pottstown PA. Appointments are required. For more information, call 610-926-6060. This event has been added to [...]

Booman Tribune: Froggy Bottom Cafe

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:16:46 -0500

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Conservative Reform Network: Lower Merion General Fund Budget 2010

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 06:12:15 -0500

Real world real estate tax collections have increased from $18,090 ,000 in 2002 to $26, 862,000 in 2008 which is $8,772,000 increased revenue or a 48.50% increase in property tax revenues. I do not think many will say that they are getting 48.5% better government or [...]

The Pittsburgh Comet: Oy Vey: Bloggers Do What Now?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 05:28:00 -0500

The headline reads: Bloggers open the floodgate on mayor.

Read it carefully and with a skeptical eye, unlike most of Pittsburgh is currently.

First of all, everyone who uses Twitter is a blogger? In that case, Luke Ravenstahl is a blogger, Bill Peduto [...]

Booman Tribune: Odd News

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:47:26 -0500

Here's something straight out of Porky's: A British woman lost her appeal Tuesday against a ban on her noisy sex sessions, after a court heard how her marathon romps that kept neighbours awake sounded like someone being murdered. Caroline and Steve Cartwright's "howling" lovemaking sounded "unnatural", "hysterical" and "like they'" [...]

Booman Tribune: Casual Observation

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 04:47:26 -0500

I was enjoying my Thanksgiving Day until I got home and turned on the Giants game. God, they are putrid. I hope the second half is not as depressing as the first. [...]

Gort42: Carolee doesn't like the carpeting

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 02:32:00 -0500

This is like deja vu all over again.

Office too rundown for Medico Olenginski

... the rug had a black stain that appeared to be grease. She also described dirty walls, furniture “marked beyond normal use” and a six-inch section of missing plaster.
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THE CENTRIST: Cap-and-Trade Bill Targets Coal Industry, Exports Jobs

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:49:00 -0500

Cap-and-Trade Bill Targets Coal Industry, Exports Jobs [...]

The Lu Lac Political Letter: The LuLac Edition #1021, Nov. 27th, 2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0

PHOTO INDEX: GOVERNOR ED RENDELL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE DAY PASHINSKI, THE GUY IN THE TRENCH COAT WITH THE CAMEL IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE IS MY LATE UNCLE TIMMY PRIBULA AND OUR 1964 [...]

The Lu Lac Political Letter: The LuLac Edition #1021, Nov. 27th, 2009

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:05:00 -0500

PHOTO INDEX: GOVERNOR ED RENDELL AND STATE REPRESENTATIVE EDDIE DAY PASHINSKI, THE GUY IN THE TRENCH COAT WITH THE CAMEL IN THE CENTER OF THE PICTURE IS MY LATE UNCLE TIMMY PRIBULA AND OUR 1964 [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: 'Welcome to the 2009 Unnamed Holiday Season'

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 01:00:00 -0500

Welcome to the 2009 Unnamed Holiday Season

We will shop for Unnamed Holiday gifts. Our children will participate in public school Unnamed Holiday concerts celebrating snow, sleigh bells, and red-nosed reindeer, and then enjoy an Unnamed Holiday break. Municipalities will decorate with Unnamed Holiday trees, wreaths, [...]

Suburban Guerrilla: Shopping Tip

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:18:39 -0500

Number of comments: 1

Why spend all that money for a new TV? Remember what I learned last year: If you’re in the market for an LCD TV, check Craigslist the day after Christmas – when everyone upgrades, and they have to get rid of the “old” one.

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Lehigh Valley Ramblings: Should We Cut Open Space Funding to Reduce Tax Increase?

Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0500

Number of comments: 8
Several years ago, Northampton and Lehigh County both overwhelmingly adopted referendums to approve public funding for farmland preservation, county and municipal parks and environmentally sensitive land. It's what we call open space.

After being elected County Executive, John Stoffa proposed a half mill tax increase' [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Has ClimateGate Changed Obama's Global Warming Strategy?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:56:00 -0500

Has ClimateGate Changed Obama's Global Warming Strategy? | NewsBusters.org [...]

Above Average Jane: A Thanksgiving Note

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:19:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Today it is customary to express thanks for all of one's blessings, and I am surely blessed.

As the day ends, however, what is utmost in my mind is that the Grace Kelly version of "High Society" is nowhere near as good as the Katherine Hepburn version. After spending [...]

Above Average Jane: Schwartz Lauds Legislation

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 23:18:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Catching up, this is from last Thursday:
U.S. Rep. Allyson Schwartz voted in support of legislation today that will ensure fair and adequate payment for physicians who participate in Medicare. Ensuring fair reimbursement for doctors who accept Medicare is vital to protecting access to doctors for seniors and [...]

Suburban Guerrilla: Mitch Hedberg

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:34:36 -0500

Number of comments: 1

A little Thanksgiving standup from the late, great Mitch Hedberg:

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Capitol Punmanship: There’s no such thing as a free calendar

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:55:43 -0500

At least not for 2010.

Reports WHTM: Pennsylvania legislators will not give away free 2010 calendars to their constituents. Rep. John Payne (R-Dauphin) said Republican and Democrat leaders of the House of Representatives recently decided not to print the calendars. “After completing a difficult state budget, and with all signs pointing [...]

Brendan Calling: Things That Piss Me Off

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:31:59 -0500

It is touching to watch progressives lament that “their” president has the wrong advisors. “We trust the czar, we simply dislike his ministers.” Obama owed his meteoric rise from obscurity to the presidency not to any bold progressive ideas — he didn’t have any — but rather to a combination [...]

THE CENTRIST: Obama's Horn of Plenty

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:00:00 -0500

Originally posted at TONY PHYRILLAS [...]

DotPenn: Lincoln Document Reveals Why Thanksgiving Is On Thursday

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:27:09 -0500

Lincoln's holiday czars stick it to Americans seeking three-day weekend.

During the Civil War, as the death count piled higher and higher and the country lay in ruins, not to mention that even the ruins lay in ruins, President Abraham Lincoln decided it was time to celebrate.

And [...]

WRITEMARSH!: Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:03:00 -0500

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WRITEMARSH!: Times Herald article on the Ethics Policy

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:59:00 -0500

Click here for Keith Phucas' take on the court decision.' [...]

Northern Lehigh Valley Logic: Doeth the sun set in Heidelberg Township?

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:58:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
Heidelberg Township Supervisors held a special unadvertised budget meeting on November 18, 2009, at their Municipal Building.

The meeting followed last year's hoopla over releasing draft budgets. That hoopla did not reoccur. The draft 2010 budget can be found here.

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TONY PHYRILLAS: Obama's Horn of Plenty

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:00:00 -0500

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TONY PHYRILLAS: Rendell Appoints Ken Trujillo to Gaming Control Board

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:56:00 -0500

Governor Rendell Appoints Ken Trujillo to Gaming Control Board [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Catholic Charities USA Thanksgiving Message and Blessing

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:53:00 -0500

Catholic Charities USA Thanksgiving Message and Blessing [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Great moments in Thanksgiving politics

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:51:00 -0500

Great moments in Thanksgiving politics - Alexander Burns - POLITICO.com [...]

TONY PHYRILLAS: Media Promote Church Involvement In Politics...For Liberal Agendas

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:50:00 -0500

Media Promote Church Involvement In Politics...For Liberal Agendas | NewsBusters.org [...]

The Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: And Now...

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:00:00 -0500

WKRP Turkey Drop - Watch more Videos at Vodpod.

Happy Thanksgiving! [...]

Northern Lehigh Valley Logic: Presenting the Northern Lehigh Act 537 Sewage Facilities Plan (Lynn Township not included)

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:10:00 -0500

Number of comments: 0
On November 18, Aurel Arndt, General Manager of the Lehigh County Authority, presented the regional Act 537 Plan Amendment for Northern Lehigh. The plan covers public sewage facilities in four townships: Lowhill, North Whitehall, Washington and Heidelberg.

This will be the Plan's second submission. The first submission was [...]

THE CENTRIST: Joe Pitts: Many reasons to give thanks

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:30:00 -0500

This has been a momentous year with bitter political battles and real concern over the direction of the country. And while we continue to struggle through the worst recession in a decade, I believe that even at this time we have many reasons to give thanks.
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Pawatercooler.com: HAPPY THANKSGIVING EVERYONE!!!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:25:17 -0500

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Suburban Guerrilla: Alice’s Restaurant

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:24:08 -0500

Number of comments: 3

It’s just not Thanksgiving without it!

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Booman Tribune: Happy Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:13:45 -0500

Enjoy your family today and try not to think of a Sarah Palin-Glenn Beck ticket in 2012. Gobble gobble. [...]

THE CENTRIST: Sam Rohrer: Be Thankful!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Be Thankful

The first Thanksgiving occurred in October of 1621 when Governor Bradford declared a day of public thanksgiving. Following President Washington's example, many presidents also issued some formal proclamation (Click here to read them). In 1863, President Lincoln took the tradition of a proclamation one step [...]

Brendan Calling: Happy Thanksgiving

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:57:20 -0500

I’m in Madison Wisconsin for the rest of the week. Happy Thanksgiving!

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Young Philly Politics: Happy Thanksgiving!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:17:15 -0500

Turkey, football, pie, and family. There isn't much better.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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