Over the past two weeks, I've been regaling you with stories about a female inmate at Northampton County's jail. Her name is Lorena. She claims to be a victim of medical neglect and to have even witnessed what certainly appears to be physical abuse. A drug' [...] 
Northampton County may be increasingly Democratic, but you wouldn't know that from the election results. Bossman Joe Long's heavy handed machine style of politics, in which candidates are pre-selected by some small group and foisted on the rest of us, has been an unmitigated disaster. Thankfully, [...] 
This year alone, LV Congressman Charlie Dent has conducted seventeen town halls with his constituents. By tomorrow, it will be nineteen. He has a town hall scheduled for both today and tomorrow.
It's located here, and provides meeting dates, actual minutes and useful links to other public health resources. Once (or should I say if?) a bi-county health department is established, this website will serve as a central location for information on public health services that will [...] 
When I told you that Easton activist Dennis Lieb was waging a write-in campaign against Mike Fleck for city council, one of the first comments posted on my blog was this: "Didn't Bernie O'Hare torture and/or rape a girl in 1990? I heard about a federal" [...] Nothing harder sometimes than seeing everything you predicted come true. Oh well! Imagine, a “visionary” DLC-lite mayor who thinks the real problem is that our city taxes are too high.
[...]From Chicago journalist Kristen McQueary, this deplorable story:
As a journalist covering Chicago politics, verifying information is like climbing a mountain of sand. With each step you take, the deeper you sink.
Last week while researching claims from a local Tea Party activist, I found myself asking a family for proof [...]
Big Star:
[...]John Yoo Doesn’t Want the 9/11 suspects tried in New York:
Ownership of the disastrous decision to try al-Qaeda leaders in New York City federal court is the one clear thing to emerge so far from the Obama administration.
The call was not made “on the whims or the desires [...]
I’ve been thinking about this ever since I saw a full-page age for a paternity testing kit in Rolling Stone, because this is probably more common than anyone thinks.
How would you feel if you found out your ex-wife was going to marry the biological father of the child you [...]
I like the guy’s way of thinking:
Washington (CNN) – A freshman Democratic senator said Sunday that he will support his party’s efforts to pass health care reform legislation even if that means losing his seat in next year’s midterm elections.
“If you get to the final point and you are [...]
If you’re looking for something to read today, Taibbi has some good insights.
[...]In other words, no real health care reform at all and no relief for the voters for years. If this is how they roll, the Democrats have already lost the midterm elections:
After announcing her intent to support a health care debate this afternoon, Sen. Mary Landrieu (D-LA) told reporters [...]
More Cake!
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I am so sorry I am responding so late; I have been out of town. We are aware of the report but I’m not certain if the Councilman has reviewed it. I will find out and perhaps we can send something to you or you [...]
We’re not going to give you an “A” for effort. Either you deliver, or pay the price.
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I love old doors, and there are quite a few left in my part of the city. We were running errands in Fishtown today and I stopped to snap these:
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Oh, such tender feelings! The “let’s melt down the planet, it’ll be fun” crowd is upset to find those scientists working against them say mean things.
[...]Off to the farmers market this morning, where I hope to buy Thanksgiving pie!
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STATEMENT OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY
H.R. 3590 - Patient Protection and Affordable Care [...]
The Monsters of Folk:
[...]Evanescence:
[...]I’m in a Big Star kinda groove this weekend:
[...]Ben Folds:
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We've referred many times on this blog to the Stupak Amendment, but actually it's the Stupak-Pitts Amendment and the "Pitts" is one Joe Pitts: a Republican in PA's 16th Congressional District.
The John McIntire Dangerously Live Comedy Talk Show is tomorrow night and features 1/2 of 2pj:Thank God for the Congressional Black Caucus, whose members so often stand up for working people:
A bloc of African American House Democrats, angry and worried that not enough is being done about high unemployment by the administration, forced the postponement of a much-anticipated vote Thursday on comprehensive financial regulation [...]
.As we all know by now, Councilmen Kenney and DiCicco have decided that the city needs new laws to regulate bicycles. These proposed regulations include:
1) That not only must you register your bikes- for a 20 dollar fee- but you must have a license plate on that bike;
2) Riding [...]
I doubt this can be contained for long:
Scientists in Norway have identified a mutated form of the swine flu virus that is raising concern because it was found in two patients who died of the flu and a third who was severely ill with the disease, officials announced Friday.
In [...]
Oh, isn't this just adorable: a teddy bear that encourages children to pray for our President. To die. Right-Wing Christian Conservatives are urging people to "Pray for Obama: Psalm 109:8" with bumper stickers, t-shirts, mugs, and even teddy bears. Such amazing grace Christian sentiment, and' [...] Well, the predictable orgy around Lynn Vincent's autobiography of Sarahcuda has begun, shot out of Oprah's cannon and into a vat of oatmeal gravy. Newsday noticed that Oprah's main concern seemed to be...herself (go figure) and that Teh Cuda never even mentioned the guy [...]
If there were any doubts in my mind about DA John Morganelli's intention to remove Ron Angle from County Council for purely political reasons, they were erased at last night's County Council meeting. Morganelli lackey Lamont McClure made sure of that. Before the night was over, [...] Big Star:
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Robert Reich on Harry Reid and the public option:
First there was Medicare for all 300 million of us. But that was a non-starter because private insurers and Big Pharma wouldn’t hear of it, and Republicans and “centrists” thought it was too much like what they have up in Canada [...]
Krugman wonders why Obama’s intimidated by them.
[...]I got a fresh turkey today at Trader Joe’s, and I don’t know whether to keep it in the fridge or freeze it. (The sell-by date on the label is Nov. 30th.)
Advice?
[...]Ok, I know I have been out of the loop for a while here but how did this one completely miss my radar? 52% of Republicans think ACORN stole the election for Barack Obama? That is either some serious mass delusion or highly effective propaganda.
The poll asked this question: [...]
