Politics
Corbett Alcohol Reform Plan Barely Lays a Hand on the Cartels
I’m working on a Patriot News op-ed on alcohol reform for this weekend that will feature some of these same points, but I can’t resist quickly commenting on the Corbett alcohol reform...
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Categories: Pennsylvania, Politics
The Daily Salvo for January 31, 2013 - "Teed Off"
The Daily Salvo for January 31, 2013 - "Teed Off"
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson has every right to defend and protect the assets, income and property he's earned. From: dailysalvo Views: 17 0 ratings Time: 01:01 More in News & Politics
Pro golfer Phil Mickelson has every right to defend and protect the assets, income and property he's earned. From: dailysalvo Views: 17 0 ratings Time: 01:01 More in News & Politics
Jim Ferlo’s Bad Arguments for Anti-Competitive Bar and Restaurant Regulations
I don’t agree with much of anything Jim Ferlo has to say here, but I especially want to point out how ridiculous this line of argument is: Step three: Undermine all existing licensees. Say what...
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Categories: Pennsylvania, Politics
The Privatization Push is On
I’m an optimist, so I’d like to believe that Gov. Corbett is actually going to get this done. Governor Tom Corbett has unveiled his plan to get Pennsylvania out of the business of selling wine and liquor. During a news conference Wednesday in Pittsburgh, Corbett said the three- to four-year process of selling wholesale and [...]
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VP Full of Sh!t
… and the sun rises in the east. When trying to verify Joe Biden’s recent story that he was golfing within earshot of the Oct. 2, 2006, shooting at Nickel Mines, one thing is clear. There are a lot of places to enjoy a round of golf in the region. But whether the 70-year-old vice [...]
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Anti-Gun Idiots
These people are teaching your children. In a horror story that must have shocked young children into lifelong nightmares, a Philadelphia fifth-grader made a gun out of paper last week and brought it into class. Thanks to the intrepid work of the officials at the school, though, crisis was averted – an administrator at D. [...]
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Gun Show Boycott
If you can’t sell or display “assault rifles” (an invented non-sensicle term, btw) and high capacity magazines at sports and outdoors show, and now people are actively boycotting it, what do you have left? A couple of kayaks and some hiking boots I think. Lee and Tiffany Lakosky, hosts of “The Crush” hunting and outdoor [...]
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Guest Post–A Personal Perspective on Algeria
Greg Wrightstone is a petroleum geologist who has worked all over the world, including Algeria. I received Greg’s email only a few days ago, but as we have seen on the nightly news, his prediction has come true. If you want an inside perspective on the Islamists and Algeria, I am pretty familiar with the [...]
Categories: Pennsylvania, Politics
Corbett: Raising Gas Taxes
It’s been trendy of late to pile on Governor Corbett, for a variety of reasons, mostly not being able to get things done, what with Republican majorities in the House & Senate. I’ve been reluctant. But damn dude. This is brain damaged. Two people who learned details of the plan told The Associated Press Wednesday [...]
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Abducted 5 Year Old Found
This is a relief. A missing 5-year-old girl from West Philadelphia has been found alive in Upper Darby, but the search for the person who abducted her from her Cobbs Creek school is still ongoing. Nailla Robinson was taken to Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia after she was found around 4:40 a.m. by a passerby. She [...]
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Wait. #AmishMafia is not real?
The f? If a violent group of Amish “protectors” exists in Lancaster County as represented on a hit reality television series, Steven Echternach and Jonathan Heisse would know about it. The two local cops are District Attorney Craig Stedman’s liaisons to the Amish community, working with local Anabaptist groups on crimes of all sorts. And [...]
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Will we really do any better on the debt ceiling negotiation?
It’s been said that the GOP will get serious about spending reductions when the debt ceiling comes to a vote. Supposedly we have more leverage on that issue. I’m thinking not. The GOP has less leverage on that issue. The basic structure of the debt ceiling vote is similar to the fiscal cliff vote. Republicans [...]
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