News, Entertainment, Enlightenment
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: You are safer alone in a room with a sane man with a 50 caliber machine gun than with Hannibal Lecter and a small shard of glass.
Richard Fernandez
Andrew Lloyd Weber is not best known for writing the score to the 1974 thriller The Odessa File starring Jon Voight.
But he did.
Voight’s brother Wesley, btw, wrote the standards Wild Thing and Angel of the Morning before giving up music to become a professional gambler.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Gold is the money of kings; silver is the money of gentlemen; barter is the money of peasants; debt is the money of slaves
Norm Franz
Our Northeast Pennsylvania correspondent reports that when Yoko Ono, Sean Lennon and Susan Sarandon came into Frackville, yesterday, Jan. 17, to protest the natural gas drilling in the region they were riding a limo the size of a bus.
Imagine if rich liberals were honest
It’s not something you can do
You’d have to envision them walking
And using an outside loo
Yoko would get the “loo” part. She was once married to an English guy.
Courtesy of Cathy Craddock
A woman in a hot air balloon realized she was lost. She lowered her altitude and spotted a man in a boat below. She shouted to him, “Excuse me, can you help me? I promised a friend I would meet him an hour ago, but I don’t know where I am.” 


The man consulted his portable GPS and replied, “You’re in a hot air balloon, approximately 30 feet above a ground elevation of 2346 feet above sea level. You are at 31 degrees, 14.97 minutes north latitude and 100 degrees, 49.09 minutes west longitude. 


She rolled her eyes and said, “You must be a Republican.” 


“I am,” replied the man. “How did you know?” 


“Well,” answered the balloonist, “everything you told me is technically correct, but I have no idea what to do with your information, and I’m still lost. Frankly, you’ve not been much help to me.” 


The man smiled and responded, “You must be a Democrat.”


”I am,” replied the balloonist. “How did you know?” 


“Well,” said the man, “you don’t know where you are or where you’re going. You’ve risen to where you are, due to a large quantity of hot air. You made a promise that you have no idea how to keep, and you expect me to solve your problem. You’re in exactly the same position you were in before we met, but, somehow, now it’s my fault.”
Gov. Tom Corbett, for the second time in as many years, wants to break his No Tax Increase pledge that he signed with Americans for Tax Reform. This time he wants to bring more pain at the pump by lifting the cap on the oil company franchise tax. Like a liberal, Corbett argues his plan will only affect oil companies, not consumers. Like a liberal, Gov. Corbett apparently fails to realize that companies pass their increased tax burden directly on to consumers.
PA already has one of the highest liquid fuels tax rates in the country. If Corbett succeeds with his scheme, $4-per-gallon gas could well be on its way! The Governor has plenty of options at his disposal to fix roads and bridges without reaching into our pockets, such as Public-Private Partnerships, selling the liquor stores, cutting wasteful spending such as the bailout of Big Hollywood, clipping the wings of the costliest legislature in the world, which makes 10 times the salary of lawmakers in Texas, abolishing prevailing wage, and more.
Here is what you can do stop this plan:
1. Call the Governor’s office and tell him it’s a bad idea. The number is: 717-787-2500
2. Call Americans for Tax Reform and tell them you expect them to hold Gov. Corbett accountable for breaking his pledge.
The number is: 202.785.0266
Hat tip Bob Guzzardi
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Let my name stand among those who are willing to bear ridicule and reproach for the truth’s sake, and so earn some right to rejoice when the victory is won.
Louisa May Alcott
Reader Tom C submitted the below video in which the narrator points out that violent crime has dropped dramatically since 1992 — the murder rate has been halved — and that violent crime is three times as high in England than the United States.
One thing the narrator didn’t note is that it is far, far, far more easier to carry a concealed handgun here than it was in 1992.
By William W. Lawrence Sr
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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.
Jack Kerouac