edited by: Lisa Mossie,
Pennsylvania Editor
A good, if rather depressing article from The Atlantic. The author is wrong, I think, about a lot of things, but right about the most important one: That our present system of incentives in the health care system causes some very strange distortions.
And in his fantasy of everyone [...]
But hey, the Catholic Church is happy! Tough noogies for anyone who isn’t a Catholic…
[...]Governor wants school districts to stop charging fees for swine flu vaccine…
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The Republican Jewish Coalition supported Arlen Specter for many years because he was a Republican. Now he is not a Republican so there is no reason that RJC should support Senator Specter over the Republican challengers. Pat Toomey or Peg Luksik, neither have presented to RJC. [...]
Our political royalty deserves nothing but the best. Gulfstream jets for summer overseas travel seems to be the lifestyle to which they have become accustomed. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette would have approved. But the Pentagon disapproves of “additives”.
US Representative John Murtha and the Congressional Gulfstream [...]
John Perzel
Dennis Roddy of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette delivers more details on John Perzel’s very likely Bonusgate indictment and the basis for the indictment. The multi-million dollar GCR phony “constituent service” computer contract that was used for private, partisan political campaign to maintain and enhance [...]
The one which was just passed by County Council by a 14-0 margin.
The unemployment rate in the U.S. rose to 10.2 percent today despite guarantees by Barack Obama when he signed the $787 billion "stimulus" bill in February that unemployment would never rise above 8 percent. Of all of Obama's lies, this one is the biggest.Ray LaMontagne:
[...]As I mentioned earlier, Tony Allen could potentially petition the courts to order a visual recount of the election results for supervisor in Lancaster Township. Allen, a Republican, appears to have lost by only 11 votes or less than half a percentage point to Ben Bamford, a Democrat. I [...]
...Glenn Beck's Colon.Powered by ScribeFire.
[...]Dr. Phil and Shoshanna Johnson put the smackdown on a bigoted JAG officer:
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Long time friend of the blog John Nagle won a seat on the board of commissioners for Radnor Township. Many congratulations, John, and thanks for all the tea, sympathy, and tips over the years.
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State Representative Michael O’Brien’s WAM for political nonprofit, “Sons of Citizens’ Alliance” as Karen Heller names it. WAMs (like Federal Earmarks) are the gateway drug to Bigger Government bigger spending. More money for politicians; less money for citizens and business that employ people and produce things. [...]
I feel like I’m living through a very bad movie, a cheesy remake of “1984″ where the villains are not only in charge of absolutely everything, they really insist that you believe their version of events.
And we can’t. And we can’t wake up, either.
[...]5 Nov 2009 // Washington, D.C. – Today, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW) asked Health and Human Service (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to investigate why the Center for Disease Control (CDC) approved the distribution of the H1NI vaccine to Wall Street firms at a time [...]
Detroit soulster Mayer Hawthorne:
[...]You see, while former congressman Tom Tancredo (R-CO) has "talked to vets" about their health care, he may not have realized that Daily Kos founder Markos Moulitas actually is a veteran. A fact that Markos pointed out to Tancredo while reminding Tancredo that he had sought and received a [...]
Just in case you missed them in this morning’s print edition, here are a few brainteasers for your Friday evening enjoyment:
1.) And you thought this year’s mayoral race was close? Yes, Democrat Rick Gray won a second term by only 313 votes of the 7,261 cast in the race, or [...]
Written by Roberta BirosFormer two-term Mayor Charlie Smithgall picked up 11 votes from provisional ballots, bringing the Republican’s total to 3,485, in the final canvassing of returns completed early this evening. Mayor Rick Gray, a Democrat, picked up five votes from provisional ballots, bringing his total to 3,792, said Mary Stehman, the county’s [...]
Defectors Among the House DemocratsCase in point:
On Wednesday 28 October there was a meeting.
Officials from the library were invited to meet with Senator O'Pake at the SE Branch Library.
The officials turned up and were rather surprised to see Mary Young from' [...]
I can think of 535 people who deserve to lose their jobs: 100 senators and 435 members of the House of Representatives.Awkward? PA Turnpike Commission Vice Chair on host committee for Corbett fund-raiser…
[...]Booman links to a speech by JFK addressing his catholicism.
I will excerpt:
I ask you tonight to follow in that tradition, to judge me on the basis of my record of 14 years in Congress, on my declared stands against an ambassador to the Vatican, against unconstitutional aid to [...]
With a book tour right around the corner that will open up on the hardly-noticable Oprah, and in the wake of Teh Cuda's major victory in NY, you'd think Our Sar would be lapping up the publicity with a spoon Bush-style - sort [...]
State Rep. Sam Rohrer is expected to announce his candidacy for Pennsylvania governor at a Town Hall Meeting scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 17, at the Spring Township Fire Company in West Lawn, Berks County.I checked this at Snopes.com and it’s true, so do a kind thing:
Diana Harrison Biorkman has a 5-yr old son in his last stages of a 2 1/2 year battle with Neuroblastoma cancer. They are celebrating Christmas next weekend and Noah loves Christmas cards.
Please take a minute to send [...]
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