William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-22-15
Way back in 1986 the average American was on the phone six times a day. Now, it might be that he is off it six times a day.
Month: December 2015
Russ Diamond Christmas Truce
Russ Diamond Christmas Truce — Pennsylvania State Rep. Russ Diamond (R-102) has penned this open letter to Gov. Tom Wolf regarding the budget impasse. It is worth passing on to all, especially one’s legislators, political leaders and media sources.
Dear Governor Tom Wolf,
Pennsylvanians get it. We don’t see eye to eye. There’s a huge gap between our differing opinions on the Commonwealth’s future. We will likely continue this argument, in one form or another, for another three years.
That said, real people are depending on us. Folks who work hard to educate our children. Counties that provide critical services to the most vulnerable. Victims of domestic violence who have nowhere else to turn. The list goes on and on.
For their sake, let’s call a Christmas truce.
The House of Representatives is putting together a plan to allow them to keep functioning. It is NOT a budget. It is NOT a permanent solution. It is merely an offer to keep the lights on until such time as we can resolve our differences.
You don’t have to sign it, but you don’t have to veto it either. You can just let it sit on your desk for ten days and let it happen. It will not represent a political victory for either one of us.
It’s been nearly six months. We’ve been collecting taxes all along, and there’s federal money sitting around just waiting for us to act. It belongs to neither one of us. It should be used for its intended purposes.
The previously agreed to budget ‘framework’ has fallen apart. The votes to support the revenues required to pay for it simply don’t exist. Finger pointing and the blame game will not do anyone any good.
Look, we’re both new at this. As one freshman to another, I implore you to do the right thing. Not for you, not for me, but for the people of Pennsylvania who depend on us the most.
It’s the least we can do. We can come back next year to argue and fight. But right now, we can do something responsible to prevent a calamity of epic proportions.
It’s Christmas, sir. Please join me in declaring a temporary truce.
Sincerely,
Representative Russ Diamond
Russ Diamond Christmas Truce
Winter 2015 Starts Now
Winter 2015 Starts Now — Today, Dec. 21, is 2015’s winter solstice which is the day with the fewest hours of sunlight during the whole year.
If this website’s clock is properly synched it is 11:48 p.m.. EST. and that means winter has started.
The word solstice comes from the Latin words for “sun” and “to stand still.” As per the Old Farmer’s Almanac: In the Northern Hemisphere, as summer advances to winter, the points on the horizon where the Sun rises and sets advance southward each day; the high point in the Sun’s daily path across the sky, which occurs at local noon, also moves southward each day.
At the winter solstice, the Sun’s path has reached its southernmost position. The next day, the path will advance northward. However, a few days before and after the winter solstice, the change is so slight that the Sun’s path seems to stay the same, or stand still. The Sun is directly overhead at “high-noon” on Winter Solstice at the latitude called the Tropic of Capricorn.
Winter 2015 Starts Now
White Christmas Quinhagak
White Christmas Quinhagak — Here’s another one from James Barthelman and Quinhagak, Alaska that is certainly appropriate for this Christmas season in Philadelphia.
White Christmas Quinhagak
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-21-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-21-15
It costs $7 million per day to operate the Gerald R. Ford class aircraft carrier. Three words: Whip Inflation Now.
Top Donors 2014 As Per Sunlight
Top Donors 2014— Sunlight Foundation which does yeoman’s work showing how our political campaigns and crusades are funded recently distributed a best-of 2015 which included this dissection from April of where the money went in the 2014 election from the “one percent of the one percent”. They hold this category contains 31,976 persons who contributed $1.18 billion.
Sunlight noted that this money skewed slightly to the GOP and conservatives — $553 million verses $505 million to Democrats and liberals. The top donors, however, were overwhelmingly D.
Liberal hedge fund manger Tom Steyer spent $73,884, 467, which is more than the next 17 Republicans combined. A nice chunk of it went to the campaign for Tom Wolf.
The number 2 donor was former New York Mayor Michale Bloomberg who once upon a time was a Republican but has since moved solely into the camp of country-club progressives. He gave $11,042,800 of which $10,527,600 went to the left.
Sunlight is a critic of Citizens United, the 2010 Supreme Court decision that held that the First Amendment prohibited government interference with political spending by non-profit groups. Much of this money now goes to “super PACs” which are political action committees that don’t make direct contributions to candidates but stick to issues.
Criticism of Citizens United is extremely short-sighted. The Supreme Court got it right. The largest media organization in the world is Philadelphia-based Comcast. It’s “news” outlets are NBC and its spin-offs, which are basically Democrat propaganda machines. The New York Times, despite its fading reputation, is also a partisan mouthpiece. There is no inherent difference between a group of people chipping in to send out mailings and make posters to disseminate information than a New York Times front page story except that the mailings and posters are likely far more honest and accurate.
Top Donors 2014 As Per Sunlight
Pension Deal Fails Endangering Budget
Pension Deal Fails — Pennlive.com has reported that a pension reform plan that was integral part of a deal for Pennsylvania to finally pass a budget Gov. Wolf would be willing to sign has failed.
The vote in the Pennsylvania House was 149-52 against. The Senate was demanding the reform to agree to significant tax hikes sought by Wolf.
The state’s pension system is horribly underfunded and the reform sought — moving FUTURE state government and school employees into a pension system that combined a down-sized guaranteed benefit plan with a 401(k)-style plan — was extremely mild but still a necessary step in the right direction.
The legislature passed a budget in June which was vetoed by Wolf. Wolf also vetoed a stopgap budget in September. The man is an epitome of ego-driven irresponsibility.
Pension Deal Fails Endangering Budget
Apple iPad Merry Christmas
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9XNfWNooz4#t=419
Apple iPad Merry Christmas from the North Point Community Church iBand. The music was per iPhones and iPads and recorded in 2010.
Apple iPad Merry Christmas
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-19-15
William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 12-19-15 — Ford Model S 
What was the car Ford made before its famous Model T?
That’s right, Miranda, it was the Model S. The one before that was the Model R. Ford’s first car in 1903 was the Model A which is kind of confusing as the company also named the model that replaced the Model T, the Model A.
OK, if you want to call the Ford Quardricycle a car, the first Model A was Ford’s second model.
Ford Model S
Pennsylvania Terror Under-reported
Pennsylvania Terror Under-reported –For those who still think it wise to allow Muslims purportedly fleeing Syrian violence to live here, consider these stories from last week.
Jalil Ibn Ameer Aziz, 19, of Harrisburg, has been charged with conspiring and attempting to provide material support to ISIS. Aziz allegedly used 57 Twitter accounts to advocate violence against the United States and to disseminate ISIS propaganda and acted as an intermediary between a person in Turkey and several well-known members of ISIS.
Note the source is the Marple Newtown Patch using information unsealed Thursday U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania. This story was not given major play in the local dailies or television.
And yesterday, Dec. 18, authorities evacuated the Walmart on Conchester Highway in the Willowbrook Shopping Center in Boothwyn, after receiving a bomb threat.
It really doesn’t take a genius to figure out that threats alone can cause havoc.
Hat tip Bob Small