Hearings On Child Protection Recommendations

Members of the House Children and Youth Committee and the House Judiciary Committee will conduct a joint hearing on the recommendations issued by the Child Protection Task Force 10 a.m., tomorrow, Jan.  22, at the Capitol, says state Rep. Jim Cox (R-129).

A year ago, the Pennsylvania General Assembly established the Task Force on Child Protection to conduct a comprehensive review of the laws and procedures relating to the reporting of child abuse and the protection of the health and safety of children following the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse case. The task force issued its recommendations at the end of November.

Read the recommendations of the Child Protection Task Force here.

Cryptowit

By William W. Lawrence Sr

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Answer to yesterday’s puzzle: This is why I weep and my eyes overflow with tears.
No one is near to comfort me, no one to restore my spirit.
My children are destitute because the enemy has prevailed.
Lamentations

Cryptowit

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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

After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

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.

Things To Do After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

 

Things To Do After Watching Silver Linings Playbook

Tidbits Of The Day

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.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

Pennsylvania State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129) has announced that he and several colleagues will hold a news conference 11 a.m., Jan. 22 in which they will  unveil a package of legislation known as the Open Workforce Initiative.

This initiative would empower Pennsylvania workers by providing them with more freedom to decide whether or not to join a union, says Cox.

Stay tuned.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

Right To Work Plan Unveiling For Pa.

 

“Lie Of The Year” Was Lie Of The Year

The Romney campaign last November ran ads that the Obama administration “sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.” 

It was pounced on as false by the old media. The Tampa Bay Times called it “Lie of the Year

Well suuuprise, suuprise, suuuprise. Reuters reported Jan. 17 Fiat sees at least 100,000 Jeeps made in China in 2014.

Why do the Republicans even give these dinosaurs the time of day? Why do they let them moderate their debates? They have not an ounce of credibility.

In Pennsylvania — a state at this moment controlled by Republicans — these propagandists are subsidized by state mandates requiring things like municipal bids, new ordinances and county sheriff sales to be advertised in them — at inflated cost it should be noted — at taxpayer expense.

The information could be disseminated much more cheaply and efficiently on government websites. It would be searchable and available to those who don’t subscribe to the paper of records, and it would be in  easily accessed archives for those interested in keeping tabs on such things.

Why has this not been done? What would Rahm Emanuel do? What do people think the Republicans are the stupid party?

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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

Limos For Me But Not For Thee

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.

Off The Internet — Clueless

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.”