Rumor: North Korean Dictator Done In

Rumor: North Korean Dictator Done In — You may as well hear it here first. A rumor is flying around the worldwideweb that Kim Jong-un, the latest dear leader from the heredity House of Kim that crushes North Korea under its bloody feet, was  assassinated this morning in Beijing.

The  source is Twitter-like posts on Weibo, which is a Chinese blogging service.

Old China hands are discounting them.

Kim is a communist progressive and if he lived in the United States he’d almost certainly be supporting Barack Obama and living in a university town or a city like Chicago.

He would likely be working as barista, and not be very dicatatory as he would constantly be stoned.

Rumor: North Korean Dictator Done In

Woolly mammoth sighted in Russia

Woolly mammoth sighted in Russia  — A woolly mammoth has been sighted in Russia.

The Sun in the U.K. has a posted a video of it crossing a river.

Russian journalists and British tabloids would never lie to us.

In related news, here is a video of Bigfoot dancing somewhere in the United States.


Woolly mammoth sighted in Russia

Woolly mammoth sighted in Russia

Sam Rohrer’s Schedule

Franklin County

Event: Town Hall with Sam
When: 7-9 p.m., Feb.10
Where: Franklin Fire Company Social Hall: 158 West King Street in Chambersburg, PA  17201

Columbia County

Event: Coffee with Sam
When: 10-11:30 a.m., Feb. 11
Where: Budget Host – Patriot Inn: 6305 Columbia Boulevard, (I-80 exit 241A) Bloomsburg PA 17815

Northumberland County

Event: Town Hall with Sam
When: 7-9 p.m.
Where: Where: Old YMCA, 235 Market Street, Sunbury PA 17801

Amy Gutmann Salary $1.367 million

Amy Gutmann salary $1.367 million — Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi notes that in Fiscal Year 2011-2012 the Republican-controlled State House and Senate allocated $29 million to the University of Pennsylvania to which the Republican governor happily consented.

This year, Guzzardi says Gov. Corbett is proposing to give Penn zero in the way of dollars.

“The Forgotten Taxpayer is elated,” says Guzzardi.

He notes that Penn is a multi- billion dollar tax exempt corporation with an annual budget of $6 billion  and a highly paid administrative staff, including
President Amy Gutmann, who got a salary last year of $1.367 million.

Amy Gutmann salary $1.367 million

Amy Gutmann salary $1.367 million

Mortgage settlement screws people who pay on time!!

Mortgage settlement screws people who pay on time!! Sounds crazy,right?Just follow the details here and see for yourselves.
http://www.businessinsider.com/watch-dick-bove-go-ballistic-over-the-mortgage-deal-from-hell-2012-2?nr_email_referer=1&utm_source=Triggermail&utm_medium=email&utm_term=Business%20Insider%20Select&utm_campaign=BI%20Select%20Recurring%202012-02-09

Mortgage settlement screws people who pay on time

Bernake contradicts Obama?

Bernake contradicts Obama — Bernanke Finally Says Something That Seems to Make Sense “8.3% Unemployment Understates Labor Weakness”; Critique of Bernanke’s 2014 Pledge; Perfectly Useless Projections

Posted: 08 Feb 2012 10:19 AM PST

I nearly always disagree with Bernanke on monetary and fiscal policy. Specifically, the Fed ought not have a monetary policy for the simple reason the Fed should not exist.

Indeed, the Bernanke Fed and the Greenspan Fed have both proven beyond a shadow of a doubt they do not know what they are doing, where the economy is headed, or anything else of relevance in setting monetary policy.

However, on rare occasions, Bernanke can say a few snippets that seem to make complete sense. For example, Bernanke Says 8.3% Unemployment Understates Labor Weakness.

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said the 8.3 percent rate of unemployment in January understates weakness in the U.S. labor market.

“It is very important to look not just at the unemployment rate, which reflects only people who are actively seeking work,” Bernanke said today in response to questions at a hearing before the Senate Budget Committee in Washington. “There are also a lot of people who are either out of the labor force because they don’t think they can find work” or in part- time jobs.

 

Lawrence Connell Smiling After Settlement With Widener

Lawrence Connell has settled his defamation suit with his old school and the one-time Widener assistant law professor seems very happy.

“All claims amongst all parties have been resolved amicably and professor Connell’s employment with the University and Law School has been concluded,” said his lawyer Thomas S. Neuberger in a statement. “Specific terms of the resolution are confidential. So, we have no further comment.”

Widener does not appear to have released a statement.

Connell was placed on administrative leave in December 2010 after he
was accused of violating Widener’s harassment and discrimination rules.

Connell, who is white, used the law school’s dean,  Linda Ammons, who is black, in hypothetical stituations to illustrate to his class legal points. One of the hypotheticals involved the attempted murder of Ms. Ammons.

The use of school figures, including deans, is not an uncommon thing to do in these matters.

Well, Dean Ammons took offense and ordered him removed from campus. Connell also said the Dean started a personal vendetta against him which resulted in two students accusing him of racial harassment and sexual discrimination — charges of which he was cleared by a school committee.

After this, the law professor sued Ms. Ammons for defamation. He says Ms. Ammons targeted him for his conservative political beliefs.

Did he win? He seems to be smiling.

The question now is why does Widener — which has the largest law school in Pennsylvania even though its first campus is in Delaware  — has such a petty, mean-spirited and not-real-smart person as the school’s dean?

 

Lawrence Connell Smiling After Settlement With Widener

 

Lawrence Connell Smiling After Settlement With Widener

County GOPs Told Welch Or Else

The state Republican Party is warning  the county organizations about associating with those unendorsed, fiscally responsible types favored by the Tea Party.

They seem particularly concerned about U.S. candidate Steve Welch whose votes for President Obama and support for Congressman Joe Sestak isn’t sitting real well with people who think the Republican Party shouldn’t pick candidates who support Democrats.

In a letter sent to every county GOP chairman, the state honchos say:

— Only candidates endorsed by the PA GOP should be recognized and/or allowed to speak at official party events and that they should be able to attend events as complimentary guests.

— All endorsed candidates should be given an opportunity to speak at such events

— County organizations should only be circulating petitions for state-endorsed candidates.

— County chairs should decline promotional materials from non-endorsed candidates.

If the state GOP has such a handle on things, one kind of wonders how this unflattering memo is getting circulated.

Here it is in full:

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Latest Liberty Index By Bob Guzzardi

Latest Liberty Index — Tea Party activist Bob Guzzardi has released his Liberty Index for 2011.

The index is a report card on the Pennsylvania General Assembly and governor.

Well done, Bob

 

Latest Liberty Index

Laws You Never Knew Passed Or How To Impoverish Your Children

Senate Majority Leader Dominic Pileggi (R-9) gets credit for Act 130 which began as SB 1054 and was signed into law by Gov. Corbett on Dec. 22. It provides for the capital budget for Fiscal Year 2011-2012. Pileggi got a unanimous vote for the bill in the Senate. The House passed  it with 75 dissenters who included the more conservative Republicans and the saner Democrats.

The bill borrows $1.6 billion with $450 million of that going to 197 projects in Philadelphia.

Among the things this borrowed billion-plus will be used for are:

— $10 million for the Janney Montgomery Scott Headquarters

— $2.5 million for Mount Airy Transit Village, a vacant lot.

–$2.197 million for Comcast Towers, a portion of the $30 million appropriated for Comcast.

–$850,000 for House of Imoja which is affiliated with Philadelphia Congressman Chak Fattah.

— $3 million for the Chelten and Pulaski revitalization project which is opposed by the neighborhood residents.

Representative Rosita Youngblood (D-198) introduced HB 2030 in November in an effort to bring accountability and some timely information as to the costs and benefits of the projects.  It doesn’t seem to be going anywhere.

Liberty Index subtracted 50 points from a legislator’s grade for a “yea” vote and added 50 points for a “nay” vote. Gov. Corbett, of course, lost 50 points.

Pileggi’s primary opponent, Rogers Howard, has been outspokenly critical of this act.