William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-11-17

What do The Professor from Gilligan’s Island and Curly from City Slickers have in common? The actors who played them — Russell Johnson and Jack Palance — were born in Luzerne County, Pa.

Both also served in the Army Air Corps in World War II. It was The Professor, though, that got the Purple Heart.

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 1-11-17

Central Caucus Has Not Endorsed Val

Central Caucus Has Not Endorsed Val
No endorsement for you.

Central Caucus Has Not Endorsed Val — This statement from Pennsylvania State Republican Central Caucus co-chairs Dick Stewart and Katherine Wood-Jacobs has been placed on Facebook and declares that their group has made no endorsement in the race for Pennsylvania Republican Party Chairman despite claims made by the Val DiGiorgio camp that they have tapped him.

The other leading contender is respected attorney Lawrence Tabas who is general counsel of the state Republican Party.

Sent: Sunday, January 08, 2017 4:11 PM
Dear State Committee Members,
Last night, an email was sent out deliberately misrepresenting the truth about yesterday’s Central Caucus meeting. It is such a complete distortion of the facts that we cannot stay silent.
When it comes to the statements made about the State Chair race, there was NO VOTE by the Central Caucus.
The vote was about whether to allow time to hear from Lawrence and Val yesterday or wait until our February caucus breakfast. The vote had nothing to do with showing support for one candidate or the other but only to allow them time to speak. Val’s email claiming victory is a misrepresentation of the facts.
We made the decision in mid-December when we called the meeting that the sole purpose of the meeting was to interview statewide judicial candidates and to have a straw ballot with respect to those candidates. Both candidates for chairman were advised that they would have an opportunity to address the caucus at our caucus meeting in February.
In order to consider business not called for in the notice of the meeting, the bylaws would have to be suspended. A vote was taken and it failed.
As it was, in order to give all of the judicial candidates a full and complete vetting we skipped lunch and still had to inconvenience the hotel by extending our stay past the hotels deadline for vacating the room.
We believe the most important task of the day was to find the best possible candidates for our statewide courts. We didn’t think we needed to change our long standing practice because it didn’t suit Val’s timetable.
The Central Caucus takes pride in being the first to vet the candidates for public office in our Commonwealth. We take our role very seriously and understand the importance of this year’s judicial elections.
The truth is simple. There was no straw poll and any statement inferring otherwise is just wrong.
Sincerely,
Dick Stewart & Katherine Wood-Jacobs
Central Caucus Co-Chairs

CIA Hoaxed Reportedly And This is Scary

CIA Hoaxed Reportedly And This is Scary — A denizen of  the notorious internet chatboard 4chan figured he’d have some fun and cooked up a bizarre tale about Donald Trump doing something bizarrely obscene in a Russian hotel room once shared by President and Mrs. Obama.

CIA Hoaxed Reportedly And This is Scary
Our next president has to make reforming intelligence services a priority.

He says he  sent it off to NeverTrump Republican pundit Rick Wilson who not merely believed it but sent it to the CIA.

And they put it in an official classified intelligence report on Russian involvement in the election.

An internet joke. The CIA may have  treated an internet joke as real intelligence.

If they told us a particular country had WMDs, should we trust them enough to invade?

President Trump is going to have some serious house cleaning to do with regard to our national “intelligence” services.