Day: August 10, 2012

Tidbit Of The Day

Seventy percent of North Americans will make an online purchase this year.

WWII Vets To Be Honored At 30th Street Station

There is going to be a ceremony and wreath laying 9:30 a.m., Sunday, Aug. 12 at the World War II memorial at 30th Street Station.
It will be hosted by Honor Flight Philadelphia as part of National Spirit of ’45 Day to remember our ever-shrinking number of World War II veterans.
There will be speakers including Philadelphia Councilman David Oh, banners, an honor guard, chairs and a podium around the memorial, and the ceremony will be broadcasts over the station’s PA system. There will be a bugler.
The 39-foot-tall memorial, which was placed to honor the 1,307 employees of the Pennsylvania Railroad who died during World War II, was designed by Walker Hancock and depicts Michael the Archangel raising a fallen soldier from the flames of war. It was dedicated on Aug. 10, 1952 with Gen. Omar Bradley as speaker with the unveiling by Congressional Medial of Honor recipient Robert E. Laws who was a sheet-metal worker at the Railroad’s Altoona Works.

The Obama Hearts The 1%

So what do Penny Pritzker, Marc Lasry, Steven Spielberg, Warren Buffett, James Crown, Haim Saban, George Soros and Tom Steyer have in common? They are among the 100-plus billionaires that have been invited to the White House since Barack Obama’s inauguration in 2009. Yes, they give big to his campaign and the super PACs supporting him.

Hat tip Forbes magazine.