WASHINGTON, D.C. – National Association of Counties (NACo) President Valerie Brown has appointed Lancaster County, Pa. Commissioner Scott Martin to the Justice and Public Safety Steering Committee for 2009-10. The committee is responsible for developing NACo policy regarding federal legislation and policy pertaining to criminal justice and public safety systems, including criminal justice planning; law […]
Year: 2009
Captain Gus: Steaks with tradition on the side
For over forty years, Captain Gus’s steak shop has held its post at the southwest corner of West Orange and Nevin. You really can’t miss it: Bold, weathered signage stands on the roof and unmistakably distinguishes the little spot for its “steaks” and “subs.” And, once inside, the eccentric, tackle-shop decor tells a dozen stories in a single glance. In visiting Captain Gus’s, it’s difficult to separate the cultural experience from the culinary one—although the steaks most certainly speak for themselves.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
“Adjusted for Inflation, Dow’s gains are puny” observes: “Many investors realize that stocks have been among the worst investments of the past decade. But they may not realize quite how bad the decade was, because most people forget about the effects of inflation. “Despite its 2009 rebound, the Dow Jones Industrial Average today stands at […]
INTELLIGENCER NEW ERA
“2 charged with possessing child porn on computers” reports: “Two Manor Township men were charged recently with possessing child pornography on their home computers… “Manor Township police said neither man is believed to have had any improper physical contact with children. “In both cases, police said, relatives found the material on the home computers used […]
AP / SPHERE
“First Case of Fearsome TB Strain Found in US” reports: ” It started with a cough, an autumn hack that refused to go away.
“Then came the fevers. They bathed and chilled the skinny frame of Oswaldo Juarez, a 19-year-old Peruvian visiting to study English. His lungs clattered, his chest tightened and he ached with every gasp. During a wheezing fit at 4 a.m., Juarez felt a warm knot rise from his throat. He ran to the bathroom sink and spewed a mouthful of blood….
Democrats seek committee members
Electing New State Committee Members From Bruce Beardsley, LCDC Chairman Dear Fellow Democrat: In the upcoming primary election in May, 2010, Democratic voters in Lancaster County will elect individuals to serve four-year terms as Lancaster County representatives to the Pennsylvania State Democratic Committee. The Lancaster County Democratic Committee will endorse a slate of candidates to […]
Peace on the home front would enhance credibility
One need not travel to China to find indigenous cultures lacking human rights. America leads the world in percentile behind bars, thanks to ongoing persecution of hippies, radicals, and non-whites under prosecution of the war on drugs. If we’re all about spreading liberty abroad, then why mix the message at home? Peace on the home […]
SD of L to introduce laptops on mobile carts
According to a paper “Computer Initiative Technology Grant” produced by Amanda Funk, Dean of Students at the George Washington Elementary School, grant money and private donations will be used to obtain two “multimedia technology exploration carts” that will be available upon completion of construction.
Each will consist of 15 laptops, a wireless hub, a black-and-white printer, 15 headsets 15 mice, 6 iPod Touch devices, an iTunes account and a set of SMART Response Clickers.
SUNDAY NEWS
In his column, Editor Marv Adams reports “An Allentown woman, 45, was charged with open lewdness after Manheim Township police were told that she got out of her vehicle and urinated in the open at Route 501 and York Road. On a Friday. At 11:04 a.m.” WATCHDOG: In a more civilized setting, people would just look […]
The real drug dealing profiteers?
While the U.S. likes to claim the Taliban is funded by heroin money the fact is 4% to Taliban, 75% captured by government officials, the police, local and regional power brokers and traffickers – in short, many of the groups now supported (or tolerated) by the United States and NATO. Who are the real drug […]
Emancipation Proclamation: Capitalism is dead!
Capitalism is the theory that ‘capital’ is the bottleneck to production, that those who have capital are in the catbird seat. I mean ‘capital’ is no longer king. Capital no longer makes you competitive – creativity and flexibility does. Mass production isn’t completely dead – commodities are still needed, and it’s hard to compete with […]
Another reason to “kill the bill”
I’ve just finished reading a series of articles at the web site Main Justice dealing with the fate of the health insurance industry’s exemption from Federal anti-trust law. First of all, I did a little research on the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 which granted the exemption in the first place. Its original intent was not to weaken regulation of the insurance industry, but to strengthen it.
WALL STREET JOURNAL
“Saving Mexico” reports from Mexico City: “To weaken the cartels, some argue the U.S. should legalize marijuana, let cocaine pass through the Caribbean and take the profit motive out of the drug trade… “A senior Mexican official who has spent more than two decades helping fight the government’s war on drugs summed up recently what […]
Sherlock Holmes
This years’ Sherlock Holmes is not your fathers’ or your grandfathers’ Arthur Conan Doyle. But if you scratch the surface you’ll find heart of the original character, still beating steadily. Doyle first introduced the Holmes in 1887, with “A Study in Scarlett.” The character was allegedly based on one of the author’s university presidents, who impressed the young Conan Doyle with his distinctive observational and inductive skills. Readers immediately responded…