I noticed a comment on the Lehigh Valley Ramblings blog that indicates it was left by Easton Mayor Sal Panto. The comment was left on a blog entry about the salt shortages in many of the Northampton County communities. Continue reading
Section: Opinions
Las Vegas Super Bowl XLVIII Predictions
The Line
Most line makers in Las Vegas are calling this Super Bowl one of the hardest to handicap in recent memory. The casinos are now holding steady at the Broncos being the favorite and giving up -2.5 points. With some exceptions the Vegas players are going with Seattle and taking those 2.5 points, which by all accounts means they pretty much believe Seattle to win the game, as only 7 of the previous 47 Super Bowls were determined by a difference of a field goal in the final score.
As for the point give, just 10 of 47 Super Bowls have ever had a Vegas line of three points or fewer. Continue reading
Montrose PA Judge Seams Restricts Free Movement Of Anti-Fracking Activist
I guess my anti-fracking opinion might have me barred from freely traveling through Pennsylvania some day, as now a judge in Montrose, PA has issued an injunction against an activist who has never done more than speak out in protest.
An anti-fracking activist has been barred from entering over 300 sq miles of an area of Pennsylvania that includes a county hospital, a drug store, supermarket, and a number of other locations she regularly visited before clashing with local officials. Continue reading
RNC Resolves To End NSA Metadata Collection
The Republican National Committee has passed a resolution pushing conservative lawmakers to put an end to the National Security Agency’s blanket surveillance of American citizens’ phone records. Continue reading
Wilson and Easton School Districts Test Luck In Snow Storm
Though I’m about to slam the school districts a bit in this article, I would like to make clear that for the most part they err on the side of caution and I have no problem when they do so. Continue reading
President’s “Overhaul” of NSA Spying Changes Little
The overhaul amounts to the wolf hiring a fox to guard the hen house.
President Barack Obama gave an extended speech today that was supposed to be a major overhaul to some of the National Security Agency’s most disputed surveillance operations seven months after they were first exposed. It was hoped that the changes would result in reining in the metadata collection program among others. Continue reading