Section: Opinions

The “What’s So Wrong About Police With License Plate Scanners?” Answer

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The ACLU is fighting for regulations and policy guidelines on data obtained. Click the image above to find out more.

Most of us wouldn’t have a major issue with local police scanning our license plates looking for those who haven’t registered the vehicle, or a stolen car, but those many of us who object do so because we know all the information gathered isn’t staying local, or even destroyed in a specified time frame. Continue reading

Taxpayers Won’t have To Pay For Tricia Mezzacappa’s Litigation

Calvin-Hobbes-Its-Not-DenialNeighbors, it appears we won’t have our taxes used in order to fund the Tricia Mezzacappa lawsuit train. In fact nobody in the county will have their taxes used to pay for her never ending filings that require their own paper mill.

According to Bernie O’Hare’s Lehigh Valley Ramblings blog, Judge McFadden heard her request to proceed as a pauper and discovered that Mezzacappa hadn’t reported all her income. Continue reading

Get Blown At Yellowstone National Park

This map from the U.S. Geological Service shows the range of the volcanic ash that was deposited after the biggest of the Yellowstone National Park eruptions around 2.1 million years ago.
This map from the U.S. Geological Service shows the range of the volcanic ash that was deposited after the biggest of the Yellowstone National Park eruptions around 2.1 million years ago.

The Internet’s conspiracy and nature blogs are all abuzz about the “imminent” eruption of Yellowstone National Park, known for actually sitting above one the largest volcanoes in the world. Reading the blogs and watching the Youtube videos will have you convinced that Yellowstone is going to blow any minute. Continue reading

Allow Mary Jane In Pennsylvania

A booklet with unintended laughs re marijuana
A booklet with unintended laughs regarding marijuana perils

I’m of the opinion that marijuana should be legalized. Not just for medical reasons, but socially, as well. Just as alcoholic drinks are socially acceptable, pot should be legalized.

Call me a “Hippie.”

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