Month: March 2020

Trump Hears Truckers, Makes Wolf Reopen Stops

Trump Hears Truckers, Makes Wolf Reopen Stops — The Wolf administration in its not so brilliance closed rest stops on Pennsylvania’s interstates excepting the Turnpike.

The oh-so-necessary-in-these-times truckers objected. The Trump Administration learning of the stupidity confronted the Wolf gang who agreed to reopen stops in seven counties albeit the one in Delco on I-95 stays closed.

As with the Turnpike, the indoor bathrooms will remain closed but each stop will have five portable toilets that will be sanitized daily along with two hand-washing stations.

Medical personnel have noted that the outdoor toilets are far more likely to spread the Wuhan virus, than the indoor ones.

In more stupidity, PennDOT has suspended all construction projects. You would think now would be a pretty good time to get the work done.

The Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission, Monday (March 16), sent home all toll booth operators. Motorists who don’t have E-ZPass will have their license automatically photographed and a bill for the toll sent to them. A man-made traffic snarl has just ended. Will the toll booth takers ever come back?

And Philly will not be enforcing its parking kiosks, meters or residential parking time limits.

Trump Hears Truckers, Makes Wolf Reopen Stops
If the trucker is resupplying the TP it could work out, maybe

Trump Hears Truckers, Makes Wolf Reopen Stops

Ayaskimew William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-18-20

Ayaskimew in the Montagnais tongue means she who laces snowshoes. It is where we get the word Eskimo from. At least according to some. Others say it comes from Algonquian word askamiciw which means “he eats it raw”.

Ayaskimew William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-18-20
Ayaskimew William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-18-20

Kung Flu Fighting

Kung Flu Fighting — If you missed the just ended presidential Covid-19 update, a silly person pretending to be a journalist snippily asked President Trump about a report that someone in the White House referred to the disease as the Kung Flu. The President asked her who. She didn’t know. The President asked her to repeat the phrase. She got flustered. The president was Kung Flu fighting. His quips were fast as lightning. It was a little bit frightening. But he fought with expert timing.

Kung Flu Fighting
Kung Flu master

And for what it’s worth, we never heard the phrase until the silly person pretending to be a journalist brought it up. We think she coined a new name for the disease which will come into common use.

Kung Flu Master

GOP Sweeps Special Elections In Pa

GOP Sweeps Special Elections In Pa — Republicans, yesterday, March 17, won all three special elections for vacated State House seats leaving them with a 110-93 majority in that chamber.

All seats had been held by Republicans.

Kathleen C. Tomlinson beat union plumber Harold Hays by 10 points (unoffically) in the 18th District. It had been held by Gene DiGiorlamo who left after winning a seat on the Bucks County Commissioners. The district went for Hillary Clinton by 9 points in 2016 according to National GOP Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel. Ms. Tomlinson is the daughter of  state Sen. Tommy Tomlinson (R-6), who we have written about on occasion.

Eric Davanzo, a union carpenter, won the the race in the solid Republican 8th District beating Democrat Robert Prah Jr. by 12 points (unofficially). Prah ran conservatively as a veteran, educator, volunteer firefighter and former mayor of Smithton. He still lost big. The district in Mercer and Butler counties had been been represented by Ted Nesbit who stepped down after winning a seat on the Mercer County Court of Common Pleas.

Tim Bonner routed (50 points, unofficially) Democrat Phil Heasley in the 58th District. The seat had been held by Justin Walsh who left after winning election to Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas.

What a difference a Tabas makes.

Rematches are expected in the Nov. 3 General Election for full terms for all three seats.

GOP Sweeps Special Elections In Pa
GOP Sweeps Special Elections In Pa

Irish Names Mc Vs O William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-17-20

Regarding Irish names, the prefix Mc means son and the prefix O means grandson.

McLeary means son of the cattle keeper while O’Leary means his grandson, or his descendent anyway.

It’s a concept, though, that should no longer be treated literally.

Irish Names Mc Vs O
Irish Names Mc Vs O

Pascal B William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-16-20

What happens when you give boys at heart a nuclear bomb and an unlimited budget? You get Pascal B which is when the U.S. military put a bomb in a 500-foot shaft and covered it with a 2-ton steel plate. On Aug. 27, 1957 they set it off. Why? Why not?

One frame of a high speed camera caught the plate going upward at an estimated speed of 150,000 mph. It was never found. Most think it was vaporized by atmospheric friction. Some, however, think it was the first man-made object to be sent into space and is in orbit somewhere.

Pascal B William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-16-20
Pascal B William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-16-20

Biden Does Grandpa Simpson

Biden Does Grandpa Simpson — Joe Biden did his best Grandpa Simpson impersonation at a town hall, yesterday, March 13. He stared constantly at a cell phone, ramble incoherently and appeared to wander off stage.

Biden Does Grandpa Simpson

Biden is not going to be the nominee. Bernie is not going to be the nominee. Tulsi is not going to be the nominee. Who is going to be the nominee? Somewhere we think a witch is cackling.

Here is the Biden town hall:

George Bruns William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-14-20

George Bruns was an accomplished musician who played numerous instruments and a noted composer who was nominated for four Academy Awards. He’s most famous though for writing The Ballad of Davy Corckett. The music anyway. The lyrics came from pulp novelist Tom W. Blackburn.

George Bruns William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-14-20
George Bruns William Lawrence Sr Omnibit 3-14-20

Virus Postpones Pierogie Sale

Virus Postpones Pierogie Sale — Holy Myrrh-Bearers Parish in Swarthmore has postponed its pierogie sale due to the unprecedented virus prevention measures issued by the state.  For anyone who has ordered pierogies for pickup on Thursday, March 19 and Friday, March 20 , your order will be held until our next sale in April unless you wish to cancel your order.  If you wish to cancel your order, please call the “Pierogie Hotline” at 610-544-1216 or by emailing  HMBChurch@verizon.net

Virus Postpones Pierogie Sale
Virus Postpones Pierogie Sale

Wuhan Flu Silver Lining May Be Cyber Education

Wuhan Flu Silver Lining May Be Cyber Education — Pennsylvania’s school boards love their Taj Mahals. The go-along-to-get-along-especially-when-we-can-get-a-cut political parties happily egg them on. The lap dog media outlets masquerading as protectors of the little guy joyfully hump their legs.

With the Wuhan Flu — excuse me President Xi that should be Wuhan Bat-eater Flu — maybe horizons can be expanded and some thinking outside the box occur. The panic is causing some places to put their education online.

Economics forced the one-time steel town of Midland, Pa. to close its high school in 1985. It contracted with other districts to handle education including at one point sending its children across the border into Ohio.

In 2000, it started The Pennsylvania Cyber Charter School, commonly known as PA Charter. It is now the largest public school in Pennsylvania and second largest in the country. The vast majority of attendees are happy with it.

Granted you still need hands-on interaction especially for the arts and athletics which are very important for growth but one can’t deny the flexibility offered online, the enormous cost savings and the chance to escape some of the twisted teachings that have become fashionable by the progressives who run the educational establishment.

Online education might be a silver lining of the Wuhan Flu.

Wuhan Flu Silver Lining May Be Cyber Education
Wuhan Flu Silver Lining May Be Cyber Education
Where would you rather send your kid to school? Here or Midland?