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• This Day In History

  —Pawatercooler.com

  Today is Christmas Card Day, honoring Sir Henry Cole, who created the first commercial Christmas Card in 1843. This is an interesting fact. It shows that by the 1840’s Britain’s middle class was large enough and affluent enough to be willing to spend money on a trivial convenience like a [...]

  Posted: December 09, 2009, 1:20pm EST
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• DUI in Lancaster County

  —Snowflakes in Hell

  Operating a horse drawn vehicle under the influence is still against the law. Related posts:PETA Knows As Much About Horse Racing …Careful Over ThereLaw Abiding Car Owner [...]

  Fetched: December 08, 2009, 11:15pm EST
  

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• The 'Reform Governor' Has Spoken

  —TONY PHYRILLAS

  "Establishing a merit selection system would squarely remove the influence of money in our judicial elections and ensure fairness in the judicial system," Gov. Ed Rendell said in a letter to Rep. Matt Smith, the prime sponsor of a House bill designed to do away with judicial elections in Pennsylvania.
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  Posted: December 08, 2009, 1:37am EST
  

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• Washington, PA, newspaper exec dies of swine flu…

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  Washington, PA, newspaper exec dies of swine flu…

  
  

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 4:44pm EST
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• Sick Bay

  —Suburban Guerrilla

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  Still feeling lousy and my side hurts on one side from coughing. (No, it’s not the dry, hacking cough that’s the hallmark of swine flu.)

  But on the bright side, I did get a lot of sleep last night!

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  Posted: December 07, 2009, 11:05am EST
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• Obama in Allentown

  —The Pennsylvania Progressive

  "We're going to whip the VA into shape."  The President cite show the GI Bill helped create the middle class after WW II and promises that the influx of veterans means we need a better VA.  He says the vet shouldn't have to call, he should be able to do [...]

  Posted: December 04, 2009, 12:39pm EST
  

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• Tweets for December 1st

  —New Trommetter Times

  I just bought an Obama doll for Christmas. You pull its ears and he
  demands a trillion dollars! # The #tweetlevel influence score for @jasontromm is 38. How influential are you? [bit.ly] # I was visiting with my friend, the investment banker. [...]

  Posted: December 01, 2009, 11:59pm EST
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• Mann: To Be Investigated by University

  —Pawatercooler.com

  About the hockey stick, and no doubt influenced by the “leak.” WattsUpWithThat: In November 2005, Representative Sherwood Boehlert (R-NY) requested that the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) convene a panel of independent experts to investigate Professor Mann’s seminal 1999 reconstruction of the global surface temperature over the past 1,000 years. The resulting [...]

  Posted: November 28, 2009, 3:08pm EST
  by AlexC

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• Flu

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  Sucks. [...]

  Posted: November 27, 2009, 9:10pm EST
  by Lisa Mossie

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• Separation of Powers

  —Snowflakes in Hell

  Orin Kerr over at the Volokh Conspiracy takes a negative view of briefs filed at the Supreme Court by legislators: Amicus briefs written on behalf of sitting legislators strike me as inappropriate. Of course, legislators can influence the judicial process in many ways. They write the legislation that the courts interpret; [...]

  Fetched: November 24, 2009, 2:17pm EST
  

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• Flunked for Fatness: Lincoln University’s New Graduation Guidelines Include Passing a BMI Test

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  Clinically obese students at Lincoln University are finding themselves in a problematic situation upon matriculation: To have a body mass index below 30, otherwise be forced to take a Physical Education class that meets three times a week for a semester before they can receive their diploma. Body mass index [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 2:17pm EST
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• I Spy The Liver Spotted Hands of Richard Mellon Scaife!

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  Wingnuts go berserk on Friday, their claims debunked by Saturday.
  
  My favorite line? ...if cherry-picked out-of-context phrases from stolen personal emails is the only response to the weight of scientific evidence for the human influence on climate change, then there probably isn't much to it.
  
  Really' [...]

  Posted: November 23, 2009, 1:16pm EST
  by Ol' Froth

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• Muslim backlash

  —Fun with Politics

  These are uncertain times. But here's one thing we can rely on: No matter how horrific the tragedy, there's always going to be some vile jackass trying to bring out the worst in us.

  Sorry if I'm a bit behind-the-news-cycle on this one. I'm still catching up after my flu-related hiatus.

  So [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 9:08pm EST
  

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• Uh Oh

  —Suburban Guerrilla

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  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 [...]

  Posted: November 20, 2009, 11:10am EST
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• State taking heat for ‘chaotic’ flu shots…

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  State taking heat for ‘chaotic’ flu shots…

  
  

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  Posted: November 20, 2009, 10:55am EST
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• Swine Flu - The Musical

  —TONY PHYRILLAS

  
  
  Pennsylvania Department of Health Releases H1N1 Flu Prevention Music Video [...]

  Posted: November 19, 2009, 4:02pm EST
  

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• Bucks juror who faked swine flu to serve 3 days in jail…

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  Bucks juror who faked swine flu to serve 3 days in jail…

  
  

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 3:54pm EST
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• Pat Barron Austrian Economist on Natural Gas Prices

  —Conservative Reform Network

  

  Patrick Barron intuits a kind of FDR Keynesian influence in this WSJ article. I find Pat’s analysis to be original and stimulating and an antidote to mainstream media’s Big Government pseudo-Keynesian lockstep Group Think.

  Drop in Natural Gas Prices Deflates South Texas (WSJ Online, 17Oct09) 

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  Posted: November 19, 2009, 6:44am EST
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• I'm back! Now for Bonusgate ...

  —Fun with Politics

  Sorry for the lack of posts. I'm recovering from a bout of the flu. For a few days there, I didn't have much energy for anything besides reading and napping.

  Once I started feeling better, one of the first things I did was go online to make sure that the latest [...]

  Posted: November 18, 2009, 9:16pm EST
  

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• How to Care for Someone at Home Who Has H1N1 (Swine) Flu

  —TONY PHYRILLAS

  How to Care for Someone at Home Who Has H1N1 (Swine) Flu [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:59pm EST
  

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• Hungry In America

  —The Pennsylvania Progressive

  The streets are paved with gold and the valleys are strewn with milk and honey.  This is the image of America throughout much of the world.  Our media culture beams pictures, videos, films and messages that we are the most affluent people on earth.  In the land of plenty plenty [...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 1:34pm EST
  

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• SMITH: THIS SEASON'S DeWEESE

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  For all the swooning over John Perzel's indictment, we feel the need to point out that partisan Republican Attorney General Tom Corbett did not indict a Speaker of the House. He did not indict a caucus leader. He didn't even indict an influential sitting member.[...]

  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:43am EST
  

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• State overseers likely to flunk PGH Mayor’s tuition tax proposal…

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  State overseers likely to flunk PGH Mayor’s tuition tax proposal…

  UPDATE: Ravenstahl budget rejected…

  
  

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  Posted: November 17, 2009, 7:42am EST
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• Poll: 67% of Pennsylvanians fear vaccine more than catching flu…

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  Poll: 67% of Pennsylvanians fear vaccine more than catching flu…

  
  

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  Posted: November 16, 2009, 11:36am EST
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• Peduto or Burgess to take on Shield for Pittsburgh City Council President?…

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  Peduto or Burgess to take on Shield for Pittsburgh City Council President?…

  Mistick: Luke’s Fluke…

  
  

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  Posted: November 15, 2009, 11:57am EST
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• Cleaning up the blog.

  —The Collected Notes of Secret Agent Ska

  I'm recovering from a really bad cold/flu thing and after 3 days, it gets pretty boring. I just went through a couple hundred labels and deleted most of them. I've done my best to create some useful categories to the right of this screen to organize info.
  
  Just thought [...]

  Posted: November 14, 2009, 6:07pm EST
  

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• More links for your viewing pleasure.

  —The Collected Notes of Secret Agent Ska

  Hi Folks.
  
  I've been at my parents' house recovering from some kind of bad cold thing. I don't think it's the flu but it sure wasn't much fun. I'm starting to finally feel better. Time for a round up!
  
  1. Time's article, "The State of the American Woman"' [...]

  Posted: November 13, 2009, 5:08pm EST
  

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• Where's the flu vaccine Obama promised?

  —TONY PHYRILLAS

  
  
  It's amazing how much trouble the Obama Administration has with basic arithmetic.
  
  The Centers for Disease Control has been reporting for weeks that just 1,000 Americans have died as a result of the H1N1 virus, but the actual number is 4,000.
  
  And that's expected to go [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 11:44am EST
  

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• Exit Right: Lou Dobbs

  —The Pennsylvania Progressive

  Lou Dobbs announced his departure from CNN last evening marking the second time he has quit his job at the Cable News Network.  Dobbs originally hosted a market/financial show every afternoon then leveraged his influence to return to do a far more political show which highlighted his far right, conspiracy [...]

  Posted: November 12, 2009, 6:14am EST
  

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• Some Good Points Last Night

  —Snowflakes in Hell

  If anyone missed Ashley last night, you can download the MP3 here. She brought up a couple of good points toward the end in regards to Mayors Against Illegal Guns, who are currently infecting Pennsylvania mayors like the swine flu. There's a rule in politics that perception of power matters [...]

  Fetched: November 11, 2009, 4:46pm EST
  

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