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Internet Etiquette Tip Of The Day

Avoid one or two word answers in social media.

When one asks a  20 word question they will likely take offense if you say “yes” “no” “I’m busy”.

Liars Figure Exhibit 2

Remember how it was reported that economy was just booming?

Surprise, surprise, surprise. 
Not.
They called it a technical factor.

Liar’s Figure Exhibit 1

President Obama said, Tuesday, that women depend on Planned Parenthood for mammograms.

No Planned Parenthood facility in the United States is licensed to do mammograms according to Food and Drug Administration. Not a single facility has a mammogram machine.

Pa. Is First In Lyme Disease

The Pennsylvania House has approved and sent on to the Senate a bill designed to raise awareness of, and encourage better treatment for, Lyme disease and other tick-borne illnesses in Pennsylvania, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129)

House Bill 272 would require health insurers to cover treatment of Lyme disease and tick-borne illnesses if the diagnosis and a treatment plan are documented. In addition, the bill would require the creation of a task force to work with the Pennsylvania Game Commission, the Department of Conservation and Natural Resources, and the Department of Health to create a statewide education effort on Lyme disease and related maladies. 

Pennsylvania ranks No. 1 in the nation for reported cases of Lyme disease, Cox says. The total number of reported cases increased from 5,722 in 2009 to 7,484 in 2010. 

 

Consumer Tip Of The Day

Wawa, the convenience store chain that Philadelphians appreciate deeply when staying in other parts of this great nation, has begun selling barrista-type hot drinks and has a promotional offer of $1.99 for a 16-ounce one.

Yes, this replaces the crappy machine dispenser ones.
Yes, they are better than Starbucks albeit the variety seems a little lacking.

Thoughts On Tonight’s Debate

Two words: President Romney.

“We’ve gone through a tough four years”
— Barack Obama
Kudos to Candy Crowley for a fine job as moderator. 
Albeit she did let the President speak for about three minutes more.

Weird Science Of The Day

Psychologist Clarence Leuba banned tickling in his household when his son was born. 

Except during certain experimental periods.
He wanted to to see if laughing when being tickled is instinctive or something learned.
So during these experimental periods he would put on a cardboard mask so his son wouldn’t see his face and tickle him. The baby laughed anyway.
Leuba, however, felt the experiment was ruined because his wife later confessed that the boy saw her laughing when she bounced him on the knee.

Bill Would Make Bars Post Sex Trafficking Hotline Number

The House has voted to send to the Pennsylvania Senate legislation aimed at extending help to those forced or coerced against their will into labor or sexual exploitation, reports State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 

House Bill 235 would require advertisement of the National Human Trafficking Resource Hotline in various establishments across the state. The hotline directs individuals to a national, 24-hour, seven-day-a-week, toll-free call center that refers callers to local agencies that can provide a range of comprehensive services, including crisis intervention. 

Under the bill, the hotline would have to be advertised in establishments where victims are most likely to be found, such as: massage parlors, spas, restaurants, bars, taverns, hotels, airports, train stations and bus stations. It would also apply to adult entertainment enterprises and clubs that hold a valid liquor, malt or brewed beverage license. Establishments that fail to post the signs would be subject to civil penalties. 

Human trafficking is the second largest criminal industry in the world, with an estimated 27 million victims around the globe. 

 

House Has Hearing On School Bully Law

The State House Education Committee held a hearing last week  on legislation aimed at strengthening state law to protect school students from various forms of bullying while in school, at school-sponsored activities or in school vehicles, such as buses, says State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 

House Bill 2464 would require schools to include prohibitions for harassment, intimidation and cyber bullying, in addition to the current required prohibition against bullying. 

In addition, the bill would require schools to enact a policy that must identify by job title the appropriate school staff person to receive reports of incidents of alleged bullying, and the school officials responsible for ensuring the policy is implemented. In formulating the policy, the school would be responsible for including several interested parties in the process, including: students, parents, administrators, school staff, school volunteers, community representatives and local law enforcement agencies.

Something to ponder: why are the well-paid pencil pushers who run our public schools now so completely ineffective in dealing with bullying?

Arlen Specter Dies

Former Sen. Arlen Specter died today, Oct. 14, at his Philadelphia home.

He was 82.
Sen. Specter represented Pennsylvania from 1981 until 2011. He served as a Republican until 2009 switching parties after former congressman Pat Toomey announced a primary challenge. Specter would go on to lose to former congressman Joe Sestak in the Democrat primary who would go on to lose to Toomey in the 2010 general election.
As senator, he was best known for his grillings of Supreme Court nominee Robert Bork and of Anita Hill, who testified against Clarence Thomas’ Supreme Court nomination;  for his citing of “Scottish law” as a reason not to remove Bill Clinton from the presidency; and for his last minute support of the Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) which got the bill through the Senate.

Before his senate career, Sen. Specter was a private attorney whose clients included the murderer Ira Einhorn, who he managed to get free on bail and who then fled the country spending 20 years in luxury in France before being brought back to justice in Pennsylvania.
Before that, he was Philadelphia’s district attorney winning on the Republican ticket in 1965 while a registered Democrat. He subsequently switched parties. He held the post until 1974.
Before that he was an assistant Philadelphia district attorney and worked on the Warren Commission where he conceived of the “single-bullet theory” as an explanation to account for the number of wounds on President Kennedy and Texas Gov. James Connally.
All in all, he certainly made his mark on America.