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Bob Edgar (1943-2013) Pol Pot — Bob Edgar died yesterday, April 23. He represented the 7th District of Pennsylvania in Congress from 1975 to 1987. He was a Democrat.
One should not speak ill of the dead so I’ll simply note that my most vivid recollection of him is the series of articles he wrote for The Philadelphia Inquirer in which he defended Pol Pot and denied the existence of the Cambodian killing fields.
Bob Edgar (1943-2013) Pol Pot
Marcus Hook Mayor James “Jay” Schiliro who is facing charges for allegedly firing a gun inside his home in an attempt to
intimidate a 20-year-old man to have sex with him is a member of Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the
organization run by New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg to advance
stricter gun regulations around the United States, reports Breitbart.com
Wonder how he feels about sodomy laws.
Schiliro is charged with official oppression, recklessly endangering another person, unlawful
restraint, false imprisonment and providing alcohol to a minor, all
misdemeanor offenses.
He is a Republican, by the way. It doesn’t matter. A disproportionate number of politicians are sociopaths. Don’t trust anybody who really wants to be the boss.
Tahmir Craig Case Black Eye For Whelan — Delaware County District Attorney Jack Whelan announced in a press conference yesterday, March 20, that he was dropping the case against Tahmir Craig whom he had charged with first degree murder for the May 28 killing of Devon Williams in Chester.
It turns out that Craig had a strong alibi and that he was six-inches too short to have been the shooter who was captured on video.
Craig had spent the last 10 months in the county lockup.
Whelan appears to be expecting some pats on the back for, well, deciding against trying to send this young man — Craig is 23 — to the execution gurney.
“As prosecutors in the administration of justice, we have an absolute
duty to exhaust all resources in our efforts to pursue the truth,”
Whelan said.
The pats on the back are not going to come from here.
Craig was arrested after tips came to police that the shooter was named “Tahmir”. Police checked a police data base and Craig’s name came up. They thought his picture sorta looked like the one on the video, and witnesses picked him out of a photo array.
Bingo! Case solved!
You would think, though, that due diligence by trained professionals would involve checking alibis and determining heights before filing charges, and that a private attorney would not need to be hired to insist on these rather basic things being done before one tries to send a young man to his death and requires him to spend nearly a year in prison.
You know the real killer is still out there, right, Jack?
Things to do after watching Silver Linings Playbook:
1. Order Raisin Bran at the Llanerch Diner, which, btw, is $2.20.
2. Check out the Eagles 2008 season to see how well it jives with the film. It’s a perfect match it seems.
Things not to do:
1. Walk from the Llanerch Diner to the Lansdowne Theater.
2. Expect to see a Ridley Park cop patrolling the neighborhood.
The 14-mile stretch of the Delaware River bordering Delaware County, Pa. is now covered by Boeing Watchstander Integrated Security Solutions, which provides 24-hour surveillance, detection, identification and recognition at key sites.
“Delaware County is home to refineries, two-thirds of Philadelphia International Airport is in the County, plus the Delaware River runs parallel to an interstate highway and major railroad lines, which demands that we provide the most advanced security available for this region,” said District Attorney Jack Whelan.
Due to an infestation of bee mites and white moths, there will not be a “honey harvest” at the Historic Grange Estate this summer.
However, the Grange beekeepers will hold a “Bee Demonstration,” 1 p.m., July 21, that will include the six new hives — two Russian and four Carniolan hives — recently built and relocated on the property, a visit to the “bee house” to see the tools and clothing used by the beekeepers and observing live bees in a plexiglass box to see how they operate in the hive.
For questions or more information, call the Grange office at 610-446-4958 or e-mail grangeest@verizon.net.
The Historic Grange Estate is at 143 Myrtle Ave., Havertown, Pa. 19083
Hat tip Cathy Martin
Mitt Romney In Chester Township — Here is a close up taken by the McGrane sisters of Springfield of Mitt Romney greeting supporters at the April 23 event in Chester Township. He may be our next president.
Credit Republicans If Refineries Are Saved — A state cabinet member told the House Appropriations Committee, Feb. 27, that there is a strong likelihood that two of the three Philadelphia area refineries scheduled for shut-down may be saved.
Remember Faith Ryan Whittlesey, the Delaware County councilwoman and 166th District state representative in the 1970s who became a high ranking staffer in the Reagan Administration and eventually ambassador to Switzerland?
Well she just wrote this column for Newsmax.com vigorously defending Newt Gingrich against the charges being levied that he was somehow anti-Reagan.