From WALL STREET JOURNAL: U.S. defense leaders are increasingly concerned that Israel is preparing to take military action against Iran, over U.S. objections, and have stepped up contingency planning to safeguard U.S. facilities in the region in case of a conflict.
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Second Mile, a Jerry Sandusky Founded Charity, To Sell 60-Acre Site
From the HUFF POST: …The Second Mile said funding had stopped for its Center for Excellence after founder Jerry Sandusky was charged in November with sexually abusing several boys, some of them on Penn State’s campus.
Penn State alumni rail about how scandal was handled
From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: Hundreds of Pennsylvania State University alumni packed the Radisson Hotel in King of Prussia on Thursday night, many proudly wearing blue-and-white jerseys and brimming with criticism of the university’s handling of the child sex-abuse scandal that has gripped the university for more than two months.
Get Busted for Marijuana; Work as a Police Informant; Get Killed
From the HUFF POST: …This week, Shelley Hilliard, a 19-year-old woman from Detroit, was killed after working as a police informant. On October 20, Hilliard was arrested for a small amount of marijuana. The police offered her a way out: She could set up a drug deal…
Should Democrats dump Obama? Specter says yes, maybe, no
From the PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER: …Should President Obama dump Joe Biden as his running mate and replace him with Hillary Rodham Clinton?…, his bitterness over what he feels were slights from Obama during his own failed 2010 reelection campaign.
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL NEW ERA
A letter from a visitor to Lancaster headed “New Era editorial cartoon distorts Obama’s record” states: “The cartoon of President Obama blames him for all the misery America is experiencing now — unemployment, the housing crisis, poverty, slow economic growth, downgraded credit ratings, the budget deficit, just about everything except puppy mills….”
It goes on to conclude “Your publishing this cartoon calling Obama, ‘The most arrogant president ever,’ has convinced me that you are probably responsible for the election of Republicans who have led America into war, poverty, unemployment, the housing crisis and the financial mess we Americans have to endure since Bush was elected.”
INTELLIGENCER JOURNAL NEW ERA
In A column “A year into his term, Corbett’s true colors show”, Jeff Hawkes excoriates Governor Tom Corbett for “doing questionable things for questionable reasons.”
Among Corbett’s many failings pointed out by Hawkes:
“The state constitution says legislative districts must be compact and contiguous. But presented with a scheme that split communities and improved the odds of fellow Republicans, Corbett showed his true colors. He put partisanship above principle.”
“Tom didn’t want to do it” but Narcotics Agent nabs Sandusky
In March 2009, Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira referred the Jerry Sandusky pedophile investigation to Pennsylvania Attorney General Tom Corbett. DA Madeira cited a personal conflict of interest involving a relative.
SUNDAY NEWS: A full page on need to combat spread of HIV / AIDS; not a word about a syringe exchange
The Sunday News informative and extensive article “HIV cases on rise in county” conveys information from government agencies and Lancaster General Health. It comprehensively describes the illnesses, potential deaths and high costs of the spread of HIV-AIDS throughout the community.
Jerry Sandusky’s book, ‘Touched,’ helped police investigation into alleged sex crimes
From the HARRISBURG PATRIOT NEWS: …And it took Sandusky himself — through the pages of his autobiography, “Touched” — to help police find Victims 3, 4, 5 and 7. At the end of 2009, police had spent almost a year trying to corroborate claims by a single boy — a 17-year-old Clinton County teen later known as Victim 1 — who had alleged years of sexual abuse by Penn State’s legendary defensive coach.
LETTER: “Too big to fail” with tax payers on the hook
As long as there is a Republican majority in Harrisburg, don’t expect a casino in downtown Lancaster (which is surrounded by one of the most ultra-conservative counties in all of North America).
Michelle Obama and the Evolution of a First Lady
From the NEW YORK TIMES: …The Michelle Obama of January 2012 is an expert motivator and charmer, a champion of safe causes like helping military families and ending childhood obesity, an increasingly canny political player eager to pour her popularity into her husband’s re-election campaign.
INTELLIGENCER NEW ERA
A front page, above the fold article, is headed “Teacher accused of indecent assault, School District of Lancaster gives statement” is accompanied by aphoto of the accused female.
LETTER: A proposal to put convention center to historic use
The Scranton Times Tribune editorial entitled “Fracking still a big unknown” is ominous. This is especially so since Scranton PA, being the center of the coal region, has a wealth of experience to draw upon when it says: “But the state government must do much more to ensure that the industry does not emulate the coal industry, which created relatively short-term wealth and long-term environmental consequences that have yet to be resolved”.