Month: February 2015

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-18-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-18-15

The Hell’s Kitchen section of New York City was named by Davy Crockett.

Testing Ruining Public Education Film

Joanne Yurchak tells us that the documentary Standardized – Lies, Money, and Civil Rights: How Testing is Ruining Public Education will be screened, 7-9 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Episcopal Church of the Redeemer Parish House, Assembly Room, 230 Pennswood Road, Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010. Common Core Answers Testing Ruining Public Education Film

The screening will be followed by a question and answer session with parents who have been researching this topic for over a year. All are welcome and invited to bring a friend.

RSVP by Feb. 23 to Cheryl Masterman — camast@verizon.net

Testing Ruining Public Education Film Will Be Screened Feb. 25 At Epsicopal Church of the Redeemer in Bryn Mawr.

Ibeautydallas Singing Different Tune

Kudos to casey ‏@greyraven41 for digging up this bit of Twitter history showing that the times they are a changing at least for ibeautydallas

Ibeautydallas Singing Different Tune

Ibeautydallas Singing Different Tune

 

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-17-15

William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 2-17-15

No Anthony, pigs never squeal for joy! Piggy only squeals when he’s in trouble. The squeal is strictly a distress signal that can be heard for blocks. But who is going to come to a pig’s rescue?

State Police Diversity Goal Of Marcus Brown

State Police Diversity Goal Of Marcus Brown
Marcus Brown

Former Maryland State Police head Marcus Brown is the man Gov. Tom Wolf wants to run the Pennsylvania State Police and it is not sitting well with the rank and file.

Brown, 50, has chosen to wear the organization’s uniform despite never having been graduated from the State Police Academy. This is a big cultural taboo. That he has chosen to wear it shows a lack of understanding of the organization he has been picked to lead, which is a strike against him but would leave him with two more. That he is insisting on wearing it, however, shows pointless arrogance and ought to be enough to disqualify him.

Among the reasons Wolf has picked Brown is his “commitment to diversity”.  The Pennsylvania State Police has had an affirmative action program for blacks and women for decades. We’d find it more comforting if Wolf’s primary goal was safe streets and highways.

State Police Diversity Goal Of Marcus Brown

 

Soccer More Dangerous Than Football

Soccer More Dangerous Than Football — Noted strength trainer Mark Rippetoe of StartingStrength.com points out that soccer is a more dangerous game than football. Soccer players get 6.2 injuries per 100 participation hours compared to football players who only get .1 injury per 100 participation hours. Soccer More Dangerous Than Football

Rippetoe says the stronger the athlete the less likely a joint will be shoved out of position.

Soccer More Dangerous Than Football

Thomas Padula Explains Feb. 16 Storm

Thomas Padula forecasts tonight’s (Feb. 16) storm saying he expects less than six inches of the white stuff but recognizes the possibility of up to 11 inches.

Tom is a 9th grader at Unionville High School.

Thomas Padula Explains Feb. 16 Storm

Kevin Kimmel Saves Captive Woman

Aldair Hodz and Laura Sorenson-- Kevin Kimmel Saves Captive Woman
Aldair Hodz and Laura Sorenson

Chalk this under the category that there is a lot of sick stuff out there you just don’t think goes on. Trucker Kevin Kimmel was sitting in his rig at the Pilot Flying J Travel Center in Providence Forge, Va.  and saw a frightened young girl looking out the window of an RV with black drapes.

Other activity led to further suspicion and he called 911. Authorities found an Iowa couple — Aldair Hodza and Laura Sorenson — and the girl, who was actually age 20. She showed signs of being tortured with puncture wounds on the tops of her feet consistent with nails being hammered into her flesh and numerous burns on her abdomen, groin and back consistent with being struck and stamped with a hot metal key.

Hodza and Ms. Sorenson are facing federal charges of sex trafficking by force, fraud and coercion, according to CBS Richmond affiliate WTVR.

Kimmel said he is the father and grandfather of daughters and wasn’t going to let things pass.

Hat tip IJReview.com

Trucker Kevin Kimmel saves  woman from slavers at Virginia Pilot Flying J Travel Center.

OFA Best Messenger Is Us

OFA Best Messenger Is Us Mark Of Dubya
Barack Obama says we are one of his best messengers.

We got an email on Feb. 13 from the OFA Truth Team.  OFA would be Barack Obama’s Organizing for Action.

“William,” it said. “You’re one of the best messengers we’ve got in this movement”.

Well, thank you OFA guys. It is nice to be appreciated. We certainly try. Check out our Barack Obama archives.

For lighter reading check out our Joe Biden archives. 

And we hadn’t even included Joe’s — we are on a first name basis — recent “butt buddy” shout out.

So we’ll put that below:

OFA Best Messenger Is Us

CoeLux Star Trekkish Skylight

CoeLux Star Trekkish Skylight
That is a CoeLux light not a skylight illuminating this bathroom.

Coelux Srl, an Italian company, has developed a lighting system based on nano technology the appears to perfectly imitate a skylight.

This means that one can make a dingy sub subbasement appear as a garden patio. It means that the poor gopher in the middle of the largest cube-farm can keyboard in the sun — or something like it. It means that subway stations will lose their edginess.

Actually, one consequence that did not come to mind until watching the below video was the development of “groundscrapers” i.e. office and living space that extend deep into the ground rather than high into the sky.

 

CoeLux Star Trekkish Skylight