The Manheim Township Commissioners are meeting tonight (Monday, Dec. 5) to vote on whether to approve High Real Estate Group’s plan to build The Crossings at Conestoga Creek (hotel, apartments, stores and offices) across from Long’s Park on Harrisburg Pike.
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Russian electors deliver blow to Putin’s party
From the FINANCIAL TIMES: Exit polls from Sunday’s Russian parliamentary elections predicted a stunning defeat for the ruling United Russia party, which possibly stood to lose its majority in the lower house of parliament in what would be a blow to the Kremlin’s political standing.
People Locked in Tiny Cages, Crying in Pain: What I Saw and Heard When the LAPD Threw Me in Jail for Exercising My Right to Protest the Oligarchy
From eXiled.com: I finally got home Thursday afternoon after spending two nights in jail, and have had a hard time getting my bearings. On top of severe dehydration and sleep deprivation, I’ve got one hell of pounding migraine. So I’ll have to keep this brief for now.
Whitman Wants Huntsman to Make 3rd-Party Run
From NEWSMAX: Christie Todd Whitman, the former governor of New Jersey, is trying to persuade GOP presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman to run as an independent. “I would hope he would do it, frankly. He’s someone that I would support,” Whitman told Politico.
How Doctors Could Rescue Health Care
From THE NEW YORK REVIEW: The US is facing a major crisis in the cost of health care. Corrected for inflation, health expenditures in the public sector are nearly doubling each decade, and those in the private sector are increasing even more rapidly. According to virtually all economists, this financial burden, which is now consuming about 17 percent of our entire economic output (far more than in any other country), cannot be sustained much longer.
Occupy Wall Street- Washington D.C. Photo Album
On Tuesday past, the Watchdog visited the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Freedom Park in Washington, D. C. A photo album with captions follows.
Ohio Gov. Kasich: Pay Doctors for Results, Not Workload
From NEWSMAX: Doctors should be rewarded for their results and not by the number of people they treat, Ohio Gov. John Kasich tells Newsmax.TV. “How many people can you get through the door is not the way we ought to be doing it,” Kasich said during the exclusive interview.
Women in jeopardy: three very different thrillers
When Hitchcock’s “Psycho” was released, back in 1960, it was such a radical departure from his forty or so prior films it felt like it came from another planet. For one thing the main character, played by Janet Leigh, met a grisly end 43 minutes in. The real identity of the other central role, played by Anthony Perkins, remained in doubt until the last few minutes.
The Police Are Part of the 99%
From the beginning Occupy Washington, DC has treated police with respect. We know they and their families suffer the same problems as the 99%. Their finances are not secure, their health care and pensions are under attack, paying for their child’s education is a challenge; all the stresses Americans face, they face.
Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer says plea deal is possible
From the PATRIOT-NEWS: At least four, maybe more, new alleged victims have come forward since Jerry Sandusky’s arrest. And Joe Amendola, the lawyer lambasted by some for his strategy in defending the former Nittany Lions assistant football coach, can see what might lie ahead.
Central banks help Europe avert crisis, but for how long?
From USA TODAY: Stocks soared Wednesday after six major central banks agreed to aid European banks, an effort designed to stimulate economic growth in Europe and prevent its debt crisis from unhinging the global economy…
LETTER: Attack on dissent?
Very concerned with the 61-37 vote in the senate yesterday to allow domestic use of the military and very broad language that would allow indefinite military detention of Americans based on mere suspicion of terroism. Some of the young people in our camp are losing hope.
Sandusky Accuser to Testify
From the WALL STREET JOURNAL: An attorney representing a boy who accused former Pennsylvania State University football coach Jerry Sandusky of sexual abuse said his client and other alleged victims planned to testify at a hearing in two weeks, marking the first time they would publicly confront Mr. Sandusky.
Balanced budget amendment push sparks debate
From USA TODAY: Some supporters of a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution are turning to a method last used by the founding fathers: A constitutional convention. And they’re already halfway to their goal. At least 17 of the 34 states necessary have petitioned Congress for a convention to propose a balanced budget amendment.