By Kevin Zwick Staff Reporter Capitolwire HARRISBURG (Feb. 5) – The state Supreme Court ruled Friday it will not reinstate Attorney General Kathleen Kane’s law license, clearing a path for a potential Senate vote to remove her from office. “In the coming days I will be speaking with the Majority and Minority Leaders in the […]
Reuters Poll: Hillary’s National Lead Has Vanished, In Dead Heat With Sanders
NEWSMAX: Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders has erased Secretary of State Hillary Clinton’s wide lead for the Democratic presidential nomination since the start of year, putting the two in a dead heat nationally, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Clinton leads Sanders 48 percent to 45 percent among Democratic voters, according to the poll of 512 Americans, […]
TSUKERMAN: Do Russians really love their government?
By Slava Tsukerman It’s very difficult to tell what really is happening in Russia. Government controlled media consistently present very optimistic pictures of a happy and prosperous country. Democratic opposition newspapers and Internet portray Russia as a country on the verge of a complete collapse. To get at the truth, I speak as often as possible with […]
Will the VA let doctors recommend medical marijuana?
“Drug War Chronicle » Issue #918 By Phil Smith On Wednesday, a group of 21 US senators and representatives sent a letter to the Department of Veterans Affairs calling on it to allow VA doctors to discuss and recommend marijuana as medicine in states where it is legal. The bipartisan effort was led by Sens. […]
LETTER: Call for Europe to once again meet its challenges
I rarely share videos like this through email, but I found this address by President of Estonia Toomas Hendrik to be very powerful and worthy of a share. The address can be viewed by clicking here.
KEISLING: Politics must be removed from Pennsylvania’s court system
This and any future case against Cosby has already been placed in jeopardy by the careless and blatant politics of a media-maven politician running for higher office in Pennsylvania’s politically polluted court system. by Bill Keisling Three recent criminal cases in Pennsylvania have raised to national prominence the serious problem of political influence in the state’s court […]
Is twenty-five years punishment enough for Lisa Lambert?
For those not familiar with the case from 1991, we refer you to todays’ LNP article “In a killer’s words: Lisa Michelle Lambert, nearly 25 years since Laurie Show’s murder, claims innocence in new book.” We did not follow the original trial of Lisa Lambert but we did when a federal court judge scathingly criticized her […]
5 takeaways from the Iowa caucuses
POLITICO: …1. Meet Ted Cruz, your new front-runner. The Texas tea party favorite has run a nearly flawless three-step campaign: 1) Keep out of Trump’s way to avoid the incessant abuse; 2) quietly marshal the support of evangelical voters; and 3) offer targeted attacks on Trump late in the caucus campaign to let voters know you […]
Rubio and Clinton the big Iowa winners?
CNN reports at 6:00 AM iowa R cruz 28% trump 24% rubio 23% est % in: 99% D clinton 50% sanders 49% o’malley 1% est % in: 100% It appears to us that Marco Rubio is the big winner on the Republican side and Hillary Clinton for the Democrats. The big blowhard from New York just got knocked on […]
Sources: State Police investigating cheating scandal at PSP Academy
ABC27: Multiple sources have confirmed for ABC27 News that dozens of cadets enrolled in the Pennsylvania State Police Academy in Hershey are under investigation for cheating. They say it is the 144th cadet class which began in September and is scheduled to graduate in March. We are told as many as 40 cadets, nearly half […]
Legal Marijuana Sales Could Hit $6.7 Billion In 2016
FORTUNE: As voters in more states embrace legalized marijuana sales, the burgeoning cannabis industry has gone from a curiosity to a bona fide booming market. Just how big is the market for legal pot? A new report by a leading marijuana industry investment and research firm found legal cannabis sales jumped 17%, to $5.4 billion, […]
Court ruling on Sandusky cover-up case presents Kane with complex choices
PHILLY.COM: A long-awaited Superior Court ruling that landed last month did more than just dismiss the most serious charges against three former Penn State administrators accused of covering up child sex attacks by Jerry Sandusky. It also handed Attorney General Kathleen Kane what could be her clearest opportunity yet to steer the outcome of a […]
MILLER: If politicians promise jobs, ask them where, when and how
By Dick Miller WE.CONNECT.DOTS: – When it comes to economic development and jobs, voters may get more of a splash of reality in this presidential campaign than has happened in three decades. Before you get giddy, it will not be – and may never be – the complete truth. If politicians were required to […]
LETTER: State budget, not crime, is the bigger problem
Mayor Richard Gray spoke today at the Brotherhood meeting of Shaarai Shomayim. In response to a question, I was stunned to learn there was only six murders in Lancaster in 2015. The figure was quite low in comparison to the hype that the media, especially, television, creates that Lancaster is a crime ridden city. It […]