Politics
Why the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg Amtrak Train Sucks and How to Fix It
Here are the main reasons that I think the Pittsburgh-Harrisburg Amtrak requires so much in federal and state subsidies: PennDOT currently spends about $9 million to subsidize the much faster and...
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The Daily Salvo for February 4, 2013 - "Election Day Math"
The Daily Salvo for February 4, 2013 - "Election Day Math"
The Democrat party wins many elections by purchasing votes with taxpayer money. And one way to purchase more votes is by diverting federal spending from nati... From: dailysalvo Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics
The Democrat party wins many elections by purchasing votes with taxpayer money. And one way to purchase more votes is by diverting federal spending from nati... From: dailysalvo Views: 0 0 ratings Time: 00:59 More in News & Politics
How They’ll Fight Paid Sick Days After It Passes
This isn’t meant to discourage people from passing the paid sick days bill in Philly, but here’s the sort of jerk move you can probably expect to see from some restaurants if we win: We...
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Brad Koplinski Announces Lieutenant Governor Bid
Tomorrow at noon, Harrisburg City Councilman Brad Koplinski will announce his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor. Koplinski is the first Democrat to announce his candidacy for Lieutenant Governor....
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Lou Barletta: Gun Control is Like Banning Spoons and Immigration Reform is Like Carpet Repair
Rep. Lou Barletta (PA-11) had an excellent opportunity on ABC’s This Week to lay out the intricacies, merits, and ideological foundations of the Republican Party’s platform on a variety...
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Year-End FEC Filings Show Energy PACs Pumped Money into Rothfus after Election
Federal Election Commission reports covering the post-election period of November 27 through December 31 show that Big Energy was quick to back Congressman Keith Rothfus after his defeat of...
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Kane Appointing Special Prosecutor to Look Into Corbett’s Mishandling of Sandusky Investigation
Don’t miss what will be your favorite part of this article, when a Republican political consultant predicts this will harm Corbett’s ability to line up votes for the rest of his term:...
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Fishtown NIMBYs Might Regret Opposing New Housing When They Get Their New Property Values
City Council is terrified of what the new property values are going to look like in gentrifying areas like Northern Liberties and Fishtown, and if the early leakings are to be believed, many...
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Ravens’ Cheerleader Has No Right To Super Bowl
Baltimore Has Every Right Not To Send A Plump Cheerleader To Big Game “Originally I would have loved to go to the Super Bowl, but at this point it looks like it’s not going to happen…. I can’t say I didn’t expect it, but at the same time, they owe that to me.” So [...]
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 [...]
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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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