Funny/interesting:
Beer is locked up in Pennsylvania and needs to be freed from archaic state liquor laws, Sheetz Inc. officials said Wednesday.
The Altoona-based company, with about 200 locations in Pennsylvania, has started the Free My Beer campaign, an online and paper petition effort to urge lawmakers to allow beer sales at grocery and convenience stores.
The company […]

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Interesting. Atrios:
Those of you who saw Michael Moore’s latest know about the case of the judge getting kickbacks to send kids to a private juvenile detention facility. PA Supreme Court tossed almost all of the cases out, meaning they can’t even be retried. Good for them.

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Patriot News writes about how your electric bill is going up come January:
To cash-strapped PPL customers, the only aspect of electricity deregulation that will seem important on Jan. 1 will be the 30 percent jump in your bills.
This is a bad time to add more expenses to home budgets already on tilt — yet the […]

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…never mind the loons:
“As a veteran, I believe that any veteran lending their name, to promote the leftist propaganda of global warming and climate change, in an effort to control more of the wealth created in our economy, through cap and tax type policies, all in the name of national security, is a traitor to […]

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Classy.

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Because Pittsburgh was a lot like Detroit is?
Incidentally, as Phillips note, take a look at Time Magazine’s project on the death - and maybe, eventual rebirth - of Detroit:
This summer the editors at Time Inc. did something a little out of the ordinary for us or, frankly, for anybody: we bought a house in Detroit. As […]

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Yeah, you know, I lived in Pittsburgh on and off for a lot of years, and I’m telling you that your Iron-drinking, Steeler-fan, pickup-truck driving, snuff-chewing ‘burghers ain’t digging this:
Protesters and police are clashing on the streets of Pittsburgh after police tried to break up a march oppposing the Group of 20 summit.
Protesters rolled trash […]

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The LCB apparently wants to put these things in supermarkets throughout the state - which will go over real well here, don’t you think?

Each kiosk is several feet wide and about 10 feet high. They would vend white and red wines and would be located in supermarkets that don’t currently have LCB “one-stop shops” within […]

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Right here in PA, baby. The Pennsyltucky part, of course.
Put that on your road signs: Welcome to Pennsylvania! We allow gays to exist!

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Via Atrios - in one respect, this was inevitable:
State Rep. Bill DeWeese officially introduced his proposal yesterday to add table games to Pennsylvania’s casinos. Under the measure, casino operators would pay a $10 million fee up-front to inaugurate games such as blackjack, poker and craps at their currently slots-only facilities.
That’s pretty much full-fledged casino right […]

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County commissioners make an excellent point here about the upcoming state budget, noting that the Commonwealth is attempting to pass the buck and make counties and local municipalities responsible for raising taxes.
But I have to wonder what Dennis Stuckey is talking about when he says this:
My responsibility to the taxpayers of Lancaster County is to push back […]

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Cedes the field to Toomey, it looks like:

“After careful consideration and many conversations with friends and family and the leadership of my party, I have decided not to seek the Republican nomination for Senate,” Ridge said in a statement, adding later, “The 2010 race has significant implications for my party, and that required thoughtful reflection. […]

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Hm:
A new poll of Pennsylvania from Republican polling firm Public Opinion Strategies shows that former Gov. Tom Ridge (R-PA), who is reportedly considering a bid for the Senate seat now held by Republican-turned-Democrat Arlen Specter, would currently lead conservative candidate Pat Toomey in a 60%-23% landslide for the Republican primary.
Not sure that I buy this. […]

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Lotsa talk over at Josh Marshall’s place about the possibility of Ridge getting into the Pa. Senate race, whether Joe Sestak is poised to give Specter more of a run for his money than might be expected in the Dem primary, etc.
All of it interesting speculation, but pointless.
Tom Ridge is not going to run in […]

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John Cole gets it about right:
To recap, Specter, who voted with the Republicans 70% of the time, was essentially pushed out of the party for his stimulus vote. They will then run the reactionary lunatic Pat Toomey, who can never win the general election. Deciding that doesn’t make sense after seeing polling data suggesting Ridge […]

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Two 13-year-old girls near Scranton have their cell phone pic snapped in their skivvies. Pic somehow winds up on someone else’s cell phone. As does another pic of a 17-year-old girl without a shirt on.
District Attorney decides that girls are hardened criminals and must “participate in a five-week after-school program followed by probation” and undergo […]

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You might have seen yesterday that Sen. Arlen Specter came out against ECFA, saying he’ll vote against cloture - which means proponents of the “card check” bill won’t have a filibuster-proof majority, and the bill probably won’t pass.
There was much speculation as to what Specter would do - he’s supported unions in the past - […]

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Well, there you go:
President Barack Obama on Tuesday selected Pittsburgh Steelers owner Dan Rooney to be U.S. ambassador to Ireland, turning to a lifelong Republican who provided the Democrat critical campaign support during the White House race.

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Hm:
U.S. Senator Arlen Specter (R-Pa) talked with WILK’s Nancy and Kevin this morning about the economy, healthcare reform, his opinion on Rush Limbaugh, and the leader of the Republican Party.  Specter criticized RNC Chairman Michael Steele on his recent flip-flop concerning comments about Rush Limbaugh.  When asked who’s leading Republicans, Senator Specter laughed and said […]

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So this looks to be Specter’s strategy:
“I think we’re on the brink of a depression,” Sen. Specter said to reporters in Harrisburg, PA on Monday. “I think that if we had turned [the stimulus package] down it would have been repercussions world wide,” he added. …
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Sen. Specter is fully aware of the vulnerability on his right flank […]

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