One begins to surmise that this will be a third-rate trial about a fourth-rate newspaper article Judge Demchick-Alloy already ruled that Kane’s team can not make mention of the porno emails Kane dug up; now it appears the defense is barred from discussing Jerry Sandusky by Bill Keisling Tuesday, August 9 — “‘Revenge! Revenge is […]
Capitolwire: Overdose deaths spike, again.
By Christen Smith Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (Aug.8) — Drug overdose deaths across the state increased 30 percent last year, according to the latest report from the Pennsylvania State Coroners Association released Monday. The association reported 3,505 overdose deaths in 2015 — a dramatic uptick from the 2,489 recorded in 2014. Initial data for 2016, the […]
Kathleen Kane Trial Day 1: Jury Selection
It’s a show trial, and the old and the new and something blue are on show, not just AG Kathleen Kane. Inside and out of the Montgomery County courthouse there’s a sense that times are changing, whether Pennsylvania government officials like it or not. by Bill Keisling Monday, August 8 — The heat that has […]
Why Russians prefer Trump?
By Slava Tsukerman According to latest research of VCIOM (Russian State Public Opinion Research Center) Russians prefer Donald Trump rather than Hillary Clinton in the White House. Forty-one percent of Russians are interested in the Election campaign for President of the United States. Fifty-nine per center of Russians believe that the results of the American […]
Pennsylvania lawmakers got it good!
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: The heat wave that struck Pennsylvania this summer did not prevent Democrat Gov. Tom Wolf and the Republican-controlled legislature from doing a “snow job” on PA taxpayers. In early July they declared work finished on the fiscal 2016-17 state budget. They needed to get back to their districts and campaign for […]
LETTER: “This election is over…”
From the time when I wrote to the Washington Post in December that Trump now owned the soul of the Republican Party, I was rooting for him to be nominated, because any other candidate would have been more difficult for Hillary Clinton to defeat in November. Once the Republican Convention drew near and anti-Trump movements […]
Pennsylvania names first director of medical-marijuana office
PITTSBURGH GAZETTE: The man picked to lead Pennsylvania’s medical-marijuana program, John J. Collins, will bring experience in public and private health services when he starts the job Monday… He will be paid $76,519 a year, according to the department. Implementation of the program is set to be complete by early 2018, about two years […]
Insiders to Trump: Drop out
POLITICO: Amid widespread chatter that Donald Trump could drop out of the presidential race before Election Day, Republican insiders in key battleground states have a message for The Donald: Get out. That’s according to The POLITICO Caucus — a panel of activists, strategists and operatives in 11 swing states. The majority of GOP insiders, 70 percent, […]
Does new CRIZ Bill provide Lancaster Marriott Hotel with $10 million gift?
Editor’s note: At the request of a reader, the below has been expanded to explain the above conservative reference to a “$10 million gift.” 8/7/’16 In laboriously making our way through the recently enacted Pennsylvania Bill #1198, Session of 2015, an “Act relating tax reform and State taxation by codifying and enumerating certain […]
Is RNC about to replace Donald Trump with Mitt Romney?
NEWSLANC EDITOR UPDATE, AUGUST 5TH: We were mistaken or mis-advised when we reported below that the RNC has the power to replace a candidate if he/ she withdraws, is incapacitated or otherwise. According to the Wall Street Journal “The party’s Rule 9 states that the party has the power “to fill any and all vacancies which may […]
Is Anti-Americanism really growing in Russia?
Illustration to the article “How I survived a sex party in New York”, recommended by VK (the biggest Russian social network with more than 100 million active users) as the best article of the week. By Slava Tsukerman The last survey of Levada-center showed that 72% of Russians believe that the US is the country most hostile to […]
Judge’s Order ‘Handcuffs’ Kane’s Defense, Baits Appeal
NEWSLANC EDITOR: Having prevented Kane from being able to do her job as the first elected Democrat Attorney General, through a frivolous indictment, the Montgomery County Republican Mafia has now prevented her from having her day in court. THE LEGAL INTELLIGENCER: Following an order blocking Attorney General Kathleen Kane from presenting evidence of a selective and vindictive […]
WSJ Op-Ed: How I Was Wrong About ObamaCare
WALL STREET JOURNAL OP-ED: … What I got wrong about ObamaCare was how the change in the delivery of health care would, and should, happen. I believed then that the consolidation of doctors into larger physician groups was inevitable and desirable under the ACA. I joined my White House health-care colleagues— Ezekiel Emanuel and Nancy-Ann […]
The two faces of Ed Rendell
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: – Rigging a general election is a “crime.” But seldom is that label applied when the bad guys cheat in a primary election. A primary election is often rigged by an established party campaign committee. Donors contribute funds to help defeat candidates of the opposition party. Re-routing those bucks to defeat one […]