Divorcing Google Isn’t Easy

Tom Henderson, the principle researcher for ExtremeLabs of Bloomington, Ind., feels Google privacy protection claims are dubious. He notes that the content industry is tied to Google Analytics which he called the “oil well in Google’s  basement”.  Analytics provides uncanny demographic data to advertisers including what searches one makes, who one calls and even one’s physical location.

So Henderson, tried to cut himself completely from this big brother. It wasn’t easy.
You can read about it here at ITworld.com 
 

Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Jim Vanore gives his take on the Freeh Report and Penn State at his site, Good Writers Block

 
I was hoping I’d never have to write this piece, but recent revelations regarding the Penn State cover-up of Jerry Sandusky’s sexual predations dictate that I do.
If the information uncovered by the Freeh investigation is accurate—and I’ve little reason to believe it isn’t—then Joe Paterno did indeed take an active part in hiding the deeds of his assistant coach. Deeds that were both illegal and monstrous.
The damaging evidence can be inferred from the “Timeline” section of the report on page 23, wherein the plan devised by University President Graham Spanier, Vice President Gary Schultz, and Athletic Director Timothy Curley on February 26, 2001 includes a three-fold action: 1. Confront Sandusky, 2. Notify the Department of Public Welfare (DPW), 3. Notify the Board of the Second Mile Foundation.
However, this plan is “downgraded” to just confronting Sandusky after it is discussed with Paterno. The ‘new’ plan is to offer Sandusky professional help. If Sandusky does not then cooperate, the notifications to the DPW and Second Mile can proceed.
I read this as Paterno having the ultimate authority here. What else could I infer?
I at first gave Paterno the benefit of the doubt—doubt motivated by my lack of knowledge about what exactly he knew, and what exactly he could have done. I believed he followed the rules strictly and took what action he was mandated to take.
Now, e-mails attributed to Paterno indicate that he not only advised those around him to keep silent about Sandusky’s crimes, but his inaction even allowed this predator to continue his odious assaults for more than 10 years following the discovery of the crime.
Say It Ain’t So, Joe

Pelosi ‘Too Much Time’ Spent On Talk Tax Return Releases

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi who was out front in demanding Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney release even more of his tax returns has changed her tune.

“We spent too much time on that. We should be talking about middle-income tax cuts,” she said.

Her change of view came shortly after demands began being made that she release her tax returns.

Mike Gerber Stepping Down To Take Job At Investment Firm

State Rep. Mike Gerber, who served as the State House Democratic Campaign Committee chairman last cycle, announced Thursday that he is resigning his 148th District (Montgomery County) seat at the end of the term to become senior vice president of public affairs, strategy and product administration at Franklin Square Capital Partners.

Franklin Square, found in 2007, describes itself as enabling investors to tap into the same strategies employed successfully for years by large institutional investors — like pension funds, financial institutions, endowments and high net worth individuals

Just one more Democrat looking out for the little guy. You know, going to the link and looking at the photos of Franklin Square’s management team, well, one can’t say one sees a lot of “diversity” there.

Hat tip PoliticsPa.com

Mike Gerber Stepping Down To Take Job At Investment Firm
 Mike Gerber Stepping Down To Take Job At Investment Firm

New Law Helps Those Facing Foreclosure

Legislation was recently signed into law to direct funding for the Homeowners’ Emergency Mortgage Assistance Program (HEMAP) to aid Pennsylvanians facing home foreclosure, said State Rep. Jim Cox (R-129). 

Act 70 of 2012 directs the Pennsylvania Treasury to use most of the funds acquired through the Homeowner Assistance Settlement Agreement to fund HEMAP. The Homeowner Assistance Settlement Agreement was established in February between the state attorney general and leading U.S. mortgage companies. In addition to providing funding for HEMAP, the new law also provides homeowners with additional time to challenge certain foreclosures and clarifies other aspects of the process. 

Nearly all of the funding from the payments made pursuant to the agreement is directed to consumers, with 90 percent of funding going to HEMAP, 5 percent to the Office of Attorney General for housing consumer protection programs, and 5 percent for legal assistance involving housing programs. 

Off The Internet–True Words To Ponder

Courtesy of Arlene Gilmore

True words to ponder.  

As I’ve aged, I’ve become kinder to myself, and less critical of 

myself. I’ve become my own friend. I have seen too 

many dear friends leave this world, too soon; before they 

understood the great freedom that comes with aging.

Whose business is it, if I choose to read, or 

play, on the computer, until 4 AM, or sleep until noon?

I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the 50, 

60 & 70’s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over 

a lost love, I will.

I will walk the beach, in a swim suit that is stretched over a bulging body, and will dive 

into the waves, with abandon, if I choose to, despite the 

pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.

I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there again, some of life is just as well forgotten. 

And, I eventually remember the important things.

Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not 

break, when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, 

or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But, broken hearts are what give us 

strength, and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken, is pristine, 

and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.

I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray, and to have my youthful 

laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so 

many have died before their hair could turn silver.

As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think.

I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong.

So, to answer your question, I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become.

I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been, or worrying about what will be.

And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).

MAY OUR FRIENDSHIP NEVER COME APART, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT’S 

STRAIGHT FROM THE HEART!

Most Expensive Homes For Sale In Springfield

The most expensive home for sale in Springfield, Pa. is  211 Summit Road which has an asking price of $350,000.

Statements Haunt Daylin Leach

Statements Haunt Daylin Leach — Divisive statements made by incumbent Daylin Leach  at a July 16 Democrat campaign rally at an Elkins Park Synagogue are being turned against him by his Republican opponent in the17th District State Senate race.

“Sen. Leach’s comments Monday night were so far out of line and in such bad form that he proved yet again he is . . .clearly the most divisive member of the Pennsylvania Legislature,” Charles Gehret said.
Leach was a warm-up speaker at the event at Congregation Keneseth Israel which was headlined by Democratic National Committee Chairwoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz.
“As an active member of the Pennsylvania chapter of the Republican Jewish Coalition, I am disgusted by Sen. Leach’s comments and enraged he would say something so inflammatory and false about his political opponents,” said Bob Guzzardi, a Gehret supporter who serves on serves on the boards of Middle East Forum, Zionist Organization of America and Yorktown University.”
Leach is denying calling Republicans anti-semites.
One wonders, though, to whom exactly he was referring in his exhortations that Jews vote against them and for the Democrats. One further wonders who these people are who approach him out of the blue and tell him anti-semitic things in confidence due to his name not sounding Jewish, as he claimed at the event.
Some of those who do not have Jewish sounding names find this particular claim rather dubious, btw.
If Leach or the Democrats makes the video of the event public it would clear up quite a bit.
Statements Haunt Daylin Leach

Statements Haunt Daylin Leach

 

Hush Hush Anderson Hearing Set For 6:30 p.m. Tues

The public hearing for embattled Newtown (Pa.) Police Chief Dennis Anderson that the township supervisors appear to be trying to keep hush hush is now set for 6:30 p.m., July 24 at the township building, 209  Bishop Hollow Road.

The public hearing is being held at Anderson’s request.

No mention was made during Monday’s supervisors meeting about this hearing. Township secretaries claim not to be aware of it and it is not listed on the township’s website.

Interesting Fact Of The Day

Today, July 18, is National Caviar Day.