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For Anthony and Miranda The building on Route 252 in Newtown Square is soulless and old today but in the 1980s it was soulless and new and the site of a suite of offices for a software company full of buzz and hope. Dawn was cracking on the PC era, and this small company was … Continue reading “Flatulent Fred, Ghost Story For 2011”
Fathers Better Parents? Leslie Loftis at PjMedia.com a few months back had an article praising fathers. She noted that research shows that while the intact family remains best, and that in the event of a divorce shared custody is preferred, primary care going to the father is better than primary care going to the mother. … Continue reading “Fathers Better Parents?”
Paoli based DuckDuckGo, the excellent search David that is trying slay Goliath Google, is averaging 4.655 million hits per day and was the subject of a an article by Fast Company last month that reports the company is exploding. DDG’s secret according to founder Gabriel Weinberg is hardcore privacy. One’s IP address is not logged … Continue reading “Paoli Based DuckDuckGo Tackles Google”
DuckDuckGo, a search engine competing with Google and Bing that was all but unknown two weeks ago, is getting a big boost from the revelations that the Obama administration has been in cahoots with those corporate one-percenters at Google/Microsoft/Facebook etc. to learn the web histories of just about everybody in America. DDG boasts that it … Continue reading “NSA Revelations Boost DuckDuckGo”
10 Pennsylvania Legislators Reject Pensions — The difference between a leader and a tyrant is that a leader acts first expecting others to follow knowing full well that he will share in their sacrifice while a tyrant orders others to accept pain in order to keep himself in wealth and comfort. Brad Bumsted, the Harrisburg … Continue reading “10 Pennsylvania Legislators Reject Pensions”
Courtesy Cathy Craddock From the World Health Organization: The latest Murder Statistics for the world: Murders per 100,000 citizens Honduras 91.6 El Salvador 69.2 Cote d’lvoire 56.9 Jamaica 52.2 Venezuela 45.1 Belize 41.4 US Virgin Islands 39.2 Guatemala 38.5 Saint Kits and Nevis 38.2 Zambia 38.0 Uganda 36.3 Malawi 36.0 Lesotho 35.2 Trinidad and Tobago … Continue reading “Murder Statistics And Gun Bans”
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Zionist of America is honoring David Horowitz, 6 this evening, Sept. 6, at its Annual Gala at the Hilton Philadelphia, City Line Avenue. Also being honored are Rabbi Albert Gabbai, and William and Annette Sutter. For information call Steve Feldman at 610-660-9466. Hat tip Independence Hall Tea Party Association.
The Chester Upland School District — through bald mismanagement — is out of money and about to close. Meanwhile, 49 Catholic schools in the Philadelphia area — including some near Chester-Upland — will be closing in June due to declining enrollment. Hmmmm. What to do? How about we take that $18.7 million the state is … Continue reading “A Simple Solution For Chester Upland”
The Philadelphia Archdiocese announced, yesterday, that the 49 of its schools will be shut forever come June. The schools are Monsignor Bonner and Archbishop Prendergast high schools in Upper Darby, and elementary schools Annunciation BVM in Haverford Township; St. Cyril of Alexandria in East Lansdowne; Our Lady of Fatima in Secane, Ridley Township; St. Gabriel … Continue reading “Blame For School Closings Belongs To Catholics”
The Roar The Extremes of Diversity How many of us remember the “melting pot” identity of America? Well, this is just another generational asterisk since that concept has quietly been removed for reasons which are becoming more apparent day by day. Many traditions and common day assumptions of American living have contributed with the demise … Continue reading “Extremes of Diversity”