And so over at the Yahoo! News front page we’ve got a big AP video exclusive - “Juiced? The GOP candidates weigh in on Clemens, steroids.”
I can’t think of anything I’m less interested in hearing the GOP - or Democratic - candidates weigh in on than Clemens and steroids.
Of all the issues our national government […]

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So I have occasion on occasion to drive Schoolhouse Road in Lancaster Township, a nice little shortcut if you’re headed from Columbia Avenue over to Millersville Pike. But one on which it would be pretty easy to be stopped for speeding.
Which is to say that the speed limit on this road is 25 mph, and […]

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You’ve got to be kidding me:
It’s the government’s idea of a really bad day: Washington’s Metro trains shut down. Seaport computers in New York go dark. Bloggers reveal locations of railcars with hazardous materials. Airport control towers are disrupted in Philadelphia and Chicago. Overseas, a mysterious liquid is found on London’s subway.
Those incidents were among […]

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Bob Casey Jr. steps up:
Every time a senior Administration official is asked about permanent U.S. military bases in Iraq, they contend that it is not their intention to construct such facilities. Yet this signing statement issued by the President yesterday is the clearest signal yet that the Administration wants to hold this option in reserve. […]

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Jeebus. I like to think, or pray, that my own kid would never do anything like this - though I suppose it’s be tough to execute the same maneuver in the type of car he’ll be driving.

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Edwards now out, McCain wins Florida. As per Edwards, he was always and always going to be overshadowed by Hillary and Obama. Will be very, very interesting to see who he endorses - and it could make all the difference in the world.
As for McCain, I’m sort of intrigued that the Republican Party might go […]

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I was going to simply post this in the OMG sex!!! thread, but it’s running long. So what else is new?
I’m curious to see that there are some folks who think Lancaster County used to be more moral than other places before all these outsiders moved in. The New Yorkers have brought their New York […]

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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s got a very interesting series going on Pennsylvania’s liquor control system - its benefits and (mostly) drawbacks. Among other things, it examines the strange way in which the LCB can decide where to locate a state store - helps, apparently, to be in with Gov. Ed.
And then there’s this:
Also this month, the PLCB reached preliminary […]

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Era will sell a few newspapers today with this story, front and center. And it’s a good story, about how “dozens” of area women are advertising “erotic services” on Craigslist, which even we here in Lancaster County can now use.
A good story and an amusing one, because Jack Brubaker had to call a few of […]

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Co-worker who lives in the Leola area hands me a photocopied flier this morning, one apparently being circulated around the East Lampeter Township area regarding Keystone Custom Homes’ plan to build some 405 homes and some businesses on 49 acres on the south side of Route 23, between Hartman Station and Hornig roads. The flyer […]

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Kevin Drum has an interesting post yesterday, responding to a piece by Matt Yglesias on how Obama is being all wishy-washy in refuting Hillary’s militarism. Unfortunately, Drum takes the usual liberal, hand-wringing, “O my gosh Republicans are going to be big meanies who say librulz want Osama bin Laden to strangle children in their beds!” And […]

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Watched the State of the Union until about 10 p.m., when he got into Iraq and teh terrorists and liberty and the whole simplistic routine. Wildly applauded by the Republican cheering section, of course.
What struck me, though, was the sharp dichotomy at the heart of what might be called Bushism, the manner in which this president has redefined “conservatism.” […]

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Bang head against brick wall. Repeat, ad nauseum.

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Been following the discussion relating to my bit in the paper over the weekend about the TND and Independence, and what actually happened earlier this month.
As noted in the article, those responsible for the planning and trying to take a long view of what happens in Lancaster County see it as a temporary setback. But […]

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Clash, Fridays, 1980:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VUNRPDaTsaA

Via the always amusing Spike Priggen

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Via Sullivan, Obama basically did well across the spectrum - though only 40-42 percent of  the “non-black” 30 and up demographic. And check out the numbers on “Most qualified to be Commander in Chief.”

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Some 54 percent right now, to Hillary’s 27 percent. Listening to his speech right now; stressing the diversity of those who support him, though he was definitely buoyed by black support, with about half the voters African-American, and 80 percent going for him. He got a quarter of the white vote.
Still, that exact breakdown matters […]

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No idea what they lyrics to this tune meant back in the early ’90s, no idea now. Great tune/album nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H6AFfQBxx4w

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Always a cool band, caught them opening for the Who at the Giant Center a couple years back and was extremely impressed; Chrissie Hynde, rocking hard in her mid ’50s. Yipe. This clip comes from the ABC early-’80s series “Fridays,” a total SNL ripoff I used to watch when I was a kid both for […]

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Charlie Crystle, who knows a lot more about economic matters than me, on how the tax rebate will mask some structural problems -but only for a while:
The tax rebate makes very little sense because the economic problems are not about consumer spending; consumer spending is merely a symptom of a strong or weak economy, it’s […]

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