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Ghosts on the River
By T.W. Burger at December 31, 2011 | 6:20 pm | 4 Comments
Three days before the year’s end, and the weather had turned suddenly colder.
Scattered fat snowflakes darted through the scrub oaks clinging to the steep banks of the Shenango River in western Pennsylvania, a 100-mile long tributary of the Beaver… Read the rest
[...read more]Top 25 Famous Deaths of 2011
By Eric Epstein at December 31, 2011 | 10:06 am | 8 Comments
Jan. 23: Jack LaLanne Healthy entrepreneur.
Feb. 28: Jane Russell Pin-up icon.
March 8: Warren Christopher Lost to Bush in 2000.
March 23: Elizabeth Taylor Death of An… Read the rest
[...read more]Pa taxpayers subsidize King Coal, pull subsidies from new technologies
By John Messeder at December 30, 2011 | 12:56 pm | 9 Comments
A report published this month says fossil fuels receive subsidies of about $2.9 billion a year from Pennsylvania taxpayers. It also says most of the assistance has been in exemptions, such as removing sales and use taxes from gasoline to… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
Gov Corbett has no recollection
By Rock The Capital - Admin at December 29, 2011 | 11:00 am | 6 Comments
A Coverup of Fraud and Corruption: Millions of Pennsylvania Taxpayer Dollars Wasted.
[...read more]A wish list for the grandkids’ New Year
By John Messeder at December 27, 2011 | 11:45 am | 5 Comments
The Jolly Fat Guy Dressed in Red has departed the area. The living room was, for a spell, a sea of colors, tattered by youngsters eagerly tearing into their booty. Within 24 hours, virtually the only remaining sign is the… Read the rest
[...read more]Energy & Environment , Featured , Marcellus Shale , Pennsylvania Issues , Political
Top Ten PA Political Bets for 2012
By Eric Epstein at December 27, 2011 | 9:36 am | 6 Comments
10) Blue Cross Northeastern PA will sponsor
former-Senator Bob Mellow’s legal defense fund.
9) Graham Spanier will cash out his pension piggy
bank and change his name to Al Kazaam.
8) The Pennsylvania Supreme Court will cry
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Merry Christmas to all
By John Messeder at December 23, 2011 | 12:41 pm | 2 Comments
The song says “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas.” It appears dreaming is what we’ll be doing this year, at least where I live. We had about 6-7 inches of the white stuff a couple weeks ago, for a couple… Read the rest
[...read more]An Invented People
By Timothy Dewald at December 22, 2011 | 2:47 pm | 5 Comments
“The Philistines stood on the mountain on the one side, and Israel stood on the mountain on the other side with a valley in between them. And there came out from the camp of the Philistines, a champion named Goliath… Read the rest
[...read more]Dem Bones
By T.W. Burger at December 22, 2011 | 11:33 am | 1 Comments
On a recent rainy Tuesday, I paid a visit to some fossilized bits of dinosaur and one of the people who discovered the bits.
“Bits” here being used advisedly: These bits were small compared to the critter they came from,… Read the rest
[...read more]EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
By Rock The Capital - Admin at December 22, 2011 | 7:00 am | 5 Comments
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December 21, 2011
EPA Issues First National Standards for Mercury Pollution from Power Plants
Historic… Read the rest
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