Entries from January 2008

January 31, 2008

Hillary vs. Obama: democratic debate is a draw

Watched part of the debate between the only two democratic candidates still in the race.  Well, okay, so I watched more than just “part” of it.
Both candidates were level-headed with none of the obvious rancor of the past few weeks evident.  Both scored some good points, although not necessarily against each other.  And they shook [...]

January 31, 2008

On the Presidential Trail

It was a bit amusing reading how some shill from NOW’s New York office considers Ted Kennedy’s endorsement of Barack Obama to be some sort of snub.  Well, duh.  Of course it is.  The only way for the endorsement to not be a snub is if Sen. Kennedy had endorsed Hillary Clinton.  But neither he, nor [...]

January 30, 2008

Indictment of DeNaples shows incompetency of state gaming regulators in Pennsylvania

from pennlive on 1/30/08 at 2:41 pm
“Louis A. DeNaples, who owns a slot-machine casino in the Pocono Mountains was charged today with perjury and accused of lying about his connections to organized crime figures to win a casino license.
DeNaples, who opened Mount Airy Casino Resort in October with the blessing of state gambling regulators, was [...]

January 29, 2008

Caroline, Uncle Ted and Cousin Patrick endorse Barack Obama

How pissed is Hillary?  Will Bill fade back (as he should) or will he become like one of Michael Vick’s pitbulls and bite at everything that wanders within reach?
25 or so years ago, Caroline Bouvier Kennedy was a Harvard co-ed toodling around Haahvaahd Sqay-ah in jeans and a brown leather jacket, attracting stares due to [...]

January 28, 2008

Mumia Abu-Jamal still trying for get-out-of-jail-free card.

The story goes that on the night of December 9, 1981, Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner pulled a car over for a traffic violation. 
26 years later, what happened thereafter is still hotly disputed, but after a Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas trial in 1982, a jury concluded that radio personality Mumia Abu-Jamal shot Officer Faulkner after [...]

January 24, 2008

13 teenaged girls to former Police Officer Pavlovich: J’ACCUSE!!!

Two days ago, while working my way thru comments, I was stunned to see this one:
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I met Rob a while ago and got to know him fairly well. I don’t believe at all that he is guilty but once again it seems that if the media says someone [...]

January 24, 2008

Bush’s “economic stimulus package” is a load of manure

It appears that President Bush’s proposed “economic stimulus package” is a load of crap that even a dung beatle won’t touch.  What’s the point when the economy is either going to nose-dive so deeply near-term that what’s being proposed will add nothing, or…  will not become effective until August or September at the earliest?
 I mean, seriously.  What [...]

January 23, 2008

School Administrator/Church Pastor Gleason pleads guilty to sex crimes

This is to update a story from last month.
“AUGUSTA — A former Carrabec High School administrator who on Tuesday pleaded guilty to sexual abuse of a minor faces a maximum of 364 days in jail for his crime.
Frank “Skip” Gleason, 60, of Anson, was accused of hugging, kissing and fondling a 15-year-old boy during a [...]

January 23, 2008

Bernie Kieklak outted as misogynist thanks to blogger Bernie O’Hare

The power of the blog:  Politicians are finding that relatively small Internet voices can have a big influence.
By Josh Drobnyk
The Morning Call (Allentown, PA) -Washington Bureau
Last June, barely two months into his stint as a blogger, Bernie O’Hare wrote a scathing column about a closed-door Northampton County Council committee meeting. Within hours, a county councilman [...]

January 23, 2008

Heath Ledger - DEAD

A little girl loses her daddy, allegedly to sleeping pills.
Why???