EDITOR: This was a letter to the publisher, published by permission. By Kevin Zeese I think Chuck Schumer (now your senator!) is right that there is going to be a golden age for the Democratic Party coming up and the Republican Party will continue to shrink. See http://www.politico.com/story/2016/07/chuck-schumer-interview-226385. Clinton will defeat Trump in an electoral […]
U.S. Wrestles With How to Fight Back Against Cyberattacks
NEWSLANC EDITOR: The NYT could use better editors. It took seven paragraphs and a jump from the lede article on page one to page twenty before the article said anything consequential. Nevertheless it is worthy of reading. And by the way, when only used for informational purposes, Russian spying on the USA probably does […]
Poll Finds More Republicans Want to Legalize Pot Than Not, More…
by Phil Smith psmith It’s one of those all-weed news days, with Republicans reaching the tipping point on marijuana legalization, Canadian provincial leaders demanding quick action on legalization, and more. Marijuana Policy DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: Poll Finds For First Time More Republicans Support Marijuana Legalization Than Oppose It. A new YouGov.com survey has support […]
Trump VP Pick Mike Pence is Bad News on Marijuana, Drug Policy
by Phil Smith: psmith DRUG WAR CHRONICLE: The Republican nominee’s choice of Indiana Gov. Mike Pence as his running mate means Trump has selected a man who is the very embodiment of last century’s “tough on drugs” prohibitionist attitudes. Trump VP pick Mike Pence doesn’t have a great record on drug policy. (flickr.com/gage […]
WikiLeaks emails: DNC clueless about Pennsylvania
How can a guy locked in the Ecuadorian Embassy in London for years know the problems on the ground in Pennsylvania better than do officials at the Democratic National Committee? Type the word “lunch” into the WikiLeaks email search page, and you get 527 hits. by Bill Keisling My car mechanic, Chuck, has problems in life, some of his […]
Rep. Rick Larsen Bases US Ukrainian policy towards Russia On Myth
NEWLANC EDITOR: To be informed, it is important that we hear all sides of issues. We believe the world is safer with Ukraine outside the Russian orb. Rep. Rick Larsen Bases Russia Policy On Myth EDUCATE! RUSSIA, US FOREIGN POLICY By David Swanson, www.opednews.com July 25th, 2016 POPULAR RESISTANCE: Elizabeth Murray served as Deputy […]
Capitolwire: PA Health Department oversight of nursing homes lacking, but improving, says Auditor General DePasquale
. By Chris Comisac Bureau Chief Capitolwire HARRISBURG (July 26) – A state Health Department request that an audit be done regarding the agency’s efforts to regulate and oversee Pennsylvania’s nursing homes has produced a roadmap to improve those efforts. Auditor General Eugene DePasquale and Department of Health Secretary Karen Murphy Tuesday morning held a joint […]
John Perkins’ New Confessions of an Economic Hit Man
By Polly Cleveland In 1946, when I was a year old, my father hung up his Navy uniform and joined the U.S. Foreign Service. He could have returned to a well-paid position at Borden Cheese, but he wanted to continue serving his country after World War II. First we went to Bucharest Romania (’47-49), then […]
Capitolwire: Rafferty favors low-profile role for AG.
NEWSLANC EDITOR: A Montgomery County Republican prosecutor and judge virtually prevent Attorney General Kathleen Kane from running for re-election and now a Montgomery County Republican Senator runs for her position. What a co-incidence! By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (July 25) – After a few tumultuous years, Republican John Rafferty says […]
Justice in Russia
By Slava Tsukerman One who permanently reads Russian papers and browses Russian Internet easily can come to the conclusion that Russian system of Justice doesn’t work. Russian media is full of information about police arbitrariness, corruption of judges, and lack of justice in Russian courts. Some news seems to be so absurd and grotesque that […]
State budget more “smoke”
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: – Republican controlled Pennsylvania legislature has won another budget battle. Democratic Governor Tom Wolf is now half-way through his term with little to show. Wolf defeated Republican Tom Corbett when voters decided that Corbett did not deserve a second term. In the Republican’s case, even with both chambers of […]
Hershey Trust to Reach Settlement With Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office
WALL STREET JOURNAL: …Hershey Trust Co. has agreed on terms of a settlement with Pennsylvania’s top law-enforcement officer, which has been investigating the trust board over allegations of excessive compensation and conflicts of interest. The parties are in the process of drafting a legal document outlining the terms, which would lead to resignations of some trust board […]
Kudos to LNP for editorial critical of Lancaster General Hospital
LNP editorial “Answers about Lancaster General Hospital’s shutdown are needed, and stat” observes: “On this question, we defer to Jason Brown, the region’s emergency preparedness manager for the Hospital & Healthsystem Association of Pennsylvania. He told LNP that hospital systems are generally designed with multiple ‘redundancies’ — an engineering practice of duplicating critical components in […]
In Kane trial, prosecutors seek to bar pornography defense
PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: … Prosecutors want to block Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen G. Kane from contending at her perjury trial that the charges against her were brought in retaliation for her campaign to expose the swapping of pornography on state computers. In court papers Thursday, prosecutors called Kane’s assertion that she had been targeted for prosecution […]