The six and a half million [spent for the Freeh Report] is all the tax payers money. Every dime. [Penn] State is a public school. What did we learn that justified that kind of expense? Why not pay him $149,000,000? How about half a billion? Why stop there? Say a trillion. That sounds better. One […]
Month: November 2012
Bankruptcy could return to the table in Harrisburg
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER / AP: A Pennsylvania state law barring its debt-ridden capital city from seeking federal bankruptcy protection expires Friday and that prospect could emerge again if and when a state appointee who oversees Harrisburg’s finances presses creditors for concessions.
Sea level rose 60 percent faster than UN projections, study finds
NBC NEWS: Projections for sea level rise in coming decades could be too conservative, experts warned Wednesday, saying they found that the rise over the last two decades is much more than predicted by the U.N. scientific body tracking climate signals. In a peer-reviewed study, the experts said satellite data show sea levels rose by […]
Cracks Surface in Republican Unity on Tax Rates
NEWSMAX: Republican unity against raising tax rates for the wealthy began to show cracks on Wednesday after a conservative congressman said he would back an agreement with President Barack Obama to raise rates on the rich but extend tax cuts for income below $250,000. With Congress scrambling to avert a series of tax increases and […]
Unaffordable Cost Seen for Some Under Obama Affordable Care Act
NEWSMAX: …A family of four earning $75,000 will pay $7,125 in annual premiums and as much as $8,333 in co-pays and deductibles, according to a preliminary estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation. A single 40-year-old earning $30,000 will pay $2,509 in premiums and as much as $3,125 in cost sharing.
Deadly bacteria that defy drugs of last resort
The superbug that hit [the University of Virginia Medical Center] four years ago — and remains a threat — belongs to a once-obscure family of drug-resistant bacteria that has stalked U.S. hospitals and nursing homes for over a decade. Now, it’s attacking in hundreds of those institutions, a USA TODAY examination shows, and it’s a fight the medical community is not well positioned to win.
Harrisburg Hope founder Alan Kennedy-Shaffer wins state appeal allowing him to continue with grassroots group
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS: The founder of grassroots community group Harrisburg Hope has won the appeal he filed with Gov. Tom Corbett’s office of Administration, allowing Alan Kennedy-Shaffer to continue leading the organization during his free time. The PLCB claimed Kennedy-Shaffer’s involvement with the group violated the code of conduct because his organization promoted a political agenda. […]
Jon Huntsman: Benghazi, Susan Rice Criticism Overblown
HUFFINGTON POST: Former Republican presidential candidate Jon Huntsman on Monday urged lawmakers, including those in his own party, to temper their criticism of the administration’s handling of the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya. Huntsman, who served as U.S. ambassador to China under President Barack Obama, said that it would have been nearly […]
Coach Bill O’Brien plans to stay at PSU
“I plan on being the head football coach at Penn State (in 2013),” O’Brien said Tuesday in an interview with 790 AM “The Zone” in Atlanta. “That’s my plan and that’s what I intend to do.”..
Warren Buffett and Larry Summers are very upbeat re USA’s economic future, but we disagree
Over the past couple of days, we have heard Warren Buffett, one of the world’s wealthiest persons, and Larry Summers, former Secretary of the Treasury and more recently director of the President’s National Economic Council, lavish optimism concerning the future of the American economy.
Sunni Leaders Gaining Clout in Mideast
NEW YORK TIMES: For years, the United States and its Middle East allies were challenged by the rising might of the so-called Shiite crescent, a political and ideological alliance backed by Iran that linked regional actors deeply hostile to Israel and the West. But uprising, wars and economics have altered the landscape of the region, […]
The child abuse report is finally out and our lawmakers must now act to strengthen state’s laws
HARRISBURG PATRIOT-NEWS Editorial: …It’s shocking anyone even needed to say “Put children first, Pennsylvania.” But after the Keystone State has been in the national spotlight for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse tragedy, the Philadelphia priest child sex abuse and cover-up scheme and the “kids for cash” judicial ploy in Luzerne County, it’s clear the […]
Role of ex-Penn State lawyer seemingly conceded by prosecutors
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Prosecutors in the case against three former Pennsylvania State University administrators charged in the Jerry Sandusky child sex-abuse scandal contradicted one of their key witnesses in recent court filings – and in doing so appear to have conceded part of a central argument made by the ex-officials’ defense. At issue is whether Cynthia […]
David Axelrod Surprised by Romney Campaign’s Missed Opportunities
President Obama’s top reelection strategist conceded surprise Monday that Republican super PACS didn’t attack Obama far earlier, Mitt Romney didn’t invest much more in ground operations, and that the Republican nominee played narrowly to the party base in picking Rep. Paul Ryan as a running mate.