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Elvis Costello will be at the Kirby tomorrow,

This is a version of the Tarah Toohil song.

JFK: 50 years later

My friend David Yonki has had the best retrospective of any local media outlet on the 50th anniversary of President Kennedy's murder. The well researched posts on The LuLac Political Letter and his media tour that gave us a local perspective has been outstanding. 

I usually discount conspiracy talk but when you look at the Zapruder film it's obvious that the 3rd shot came from the front. I'm too young remember where I was when he was killed but I remember where I was when I heard that President Reagan was shot. The Hagiography of Kennedy is annoying and Taylor Marsh doubts that he could be elected today.

 The thing that always bothered me about Oswald is he had to have been watched by the FBI or some other agency. A Marine who defects to the Soviet Union, get's mixed up with pro-Castro groups and even visits the USSR embassy in Mexico City that the CIA knew about.

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More Lou Reed


Every time I hear this I'm reminded of one of my first blog buds. This is for you AAJ:  




He had one top40 hit






Laurie Anderson

Read Laurie Anderson’s Letter About Husband Lou Reed’s Final Days

 

 

 

Rick Williams on the air

Independent County Councilor Rick Williams is running a reelection TV spot that is very similar to one that worked so well for him last time. I think the TV ad put him over the top in 2011. He is the first Independent candidate to win a county wide election in my memory. It has  testimonials followed by his pitch.




And he sent along this note:

Two years ago, when  Luzerne County voters decided to govern ourselves differently through Home Rule, many predicted that change would not come quickly.

Taking one step at a time, I believe we are now on a path toward more accountable, effective and ethical county government.  It’s important to vote in the election next Tuesday, November 5^th.  It does matter.

Help Luzerne County Council keep moving forward to a more promising future.

 Vote.

Rick Williams

Independent Candidate for re-election Luzerne County Council

And one last event:

 Independent candidate Rick Williams is holding a Get out the Vote Party. On Wednesday, October 30th, from 5 to 7pm there will be a gathering at the Riverside Café, 187 Old River Road, Wilkes-Barre.

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RIP Lou Reed

Lou Reed - See that my grave is kept clean

 

 

 

End the Tea Party Shutdown

Washington DC (October 9, 2013) – Now nine days into the Tea Party government shutdown, hasn’t the middle class suffered enough?   Not enough for Tea Party Republicans in Congress who continue to throw out absurd ransom demands in exchange for doing their job and keeping the government functioning. Brad Woodhouse, President, Americans United for Change: “Make no mistake: refusing to support clean legislation to keep the government open at the 11^th hour was the act of extortionist Tea Party Republicans plain and simple.  Some Republicans even openly cheered it on.  The anti-government Tea Partiers who are calling the shots in the House demanded a ransom they knew they would never get: killing the Affordable Care Act.

This spot is airing in Harrisburg and I will tune into the local news later today to see if it's on the air in our market. I never really associated Lou with the teabaggers because his claim to fame is the immigration issue. But then again that is a natural fit.

PoliticsPA: “The House passed several bills to keep the government open. The Senate rejected each of them, shutting down the government,” said Barletta campaign spokesman Lance Stange. “Rep. Barletta remains committed to discussing how we can re -open the government and pay our bills whenever the Senate decides to have that conversation.”

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The Kirby just added  three great acts to the schedule.


Alice Cooper October 18th

Cyndi Lauper October 22nd

Elvis Costello November 22nd


Alice covering Gaga with different lyrics is a great thing.

  "You may be crass, you may be dumb...but hell with that, are you having fun?" he sang to loud cheers from the crowd. "They killed me once. They killed me twice. They hung me high, but that's the price. Of fame and fear and fortune too, I'm standing here at Bonaroo!"

Read more: http://www.aceshowbiz.com/news/view/00051415.html#ixzz2eKxsf5YV

 

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via TMB:

I'm surprised Big Dan didn't pick up on this.

The Death Star was an inside job

 

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Papal edition

The election of the first Pope from the New World is a big deal and is getting good press because  the guy took the bus to work. But there are questions about his role in the torture of 2 priests.

Whenever I hear about any Pope I'm reminded of a couple of songs I first heard on the Dr. Dimento radio show.

Congrats to Pope Frank

The Vatican Rag by Tom Lehrer







 



 David Peel

Idiot Watch

 Usually a story about a volunteer firefighter involves one of them being an arsonist. This guy got his jollies by wasting the time of first responders. Good luck that a real emergency didn't happen at the same time.


CV: A former volunteer firefighter from Nanticoke was charged Wednesday with making prank phone calls that sent his one-time colleagues scrambling to find nonexistent people in distress, according to state police.
Lee Anthony Beatty, 50, is charged with reporting false alarms to a public safety agency and reckless endangerment, according to police.
Beatty is accused of calling three times to report false emergencies - in one case sending out boats and rescuers who searched the Susquehanna River for about 2½ hours before realizing no one was in danger.









Unindicted  co-conspirator Michelle has an eye for idiots. 

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Sue Henry put this in my head

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Aggie, Joe, CPC and many others have wondered why I haven't posted lately. Thank you for the encouragement and concern. I had an illness that I wouldn't post on Facebook and just got into my midwinter funk with the resulting writers block,  that and playing too many video games.

CPC told me that YouTube Weekend is his 2nd favorite feature just behind Polka Friday on WILK so here is a song from one of his favorite artist.

Don't be a drag Just be a Queen.



President Obama was sworn in for a 2nd term. \\



My bride has also pointed out that I have neglected her .

Idiot Watch

DUNMORE - Pennsylvania State Police at Dunmore reported that a 22-year-old woman drove from Dickson City south to Laflin on Interstate 81 North at about 5:37 a.m. on New Year's Day....The driver, identified as Paige Cicardo, 22, of Azalea Drive, Albrightsville, was arrested under the suspicion of driving under the influence and reckless endangerment.



 Another reason to stay off the roads on a holiday. Fortunatley no one was  hurt.



Thanks to Michelle for pointing this out.

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A message from Sue Henry: I am going to make Christmas fun again with some alt tunes on WRKC at 3 today. It's all for you!!!!! 

I'm touched.

Listen live here.

One of my XMAS favs

Cartwright statement on Newtown

After the Tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School

I found out about the shooting at Newtown, Connecticut in the mid-morning, that Friday, when I was in a foreign policy briefing.  U.S. Rep.-elect Elizabeth Esty, the excellent new Congresswoman for the district in which Newtown is located, was sitting next to me.  She took the call on her mobile phone.  I saw the look on her face.  She was stricken.

It’s hard to know when the right time is to shift from mournful comments about the tragic loss of lives, and the terrible toll taken on the families.  It’s hard to know when it’s all right to start talking about how it could have been prevented or at least how it could have been prevented from being as bad as it was.  The problem is that people will feel that it’s not right to try to score political points out of a horrible situation like this.

I don’t want to make points about politics.  I want to make a point about law.

The most important principle about making laws is that they should promote good and avoid evil.

St. Thomas Aquinas, in his best-known work, the Summa Theologica, wrote of the natural law, “this is the first precept of the law, that good is to be done, and promoted, and evil is to be avoided.  All other precepts of the natural law are based on this.”  He wrote that in 1274.

If ever there was a clear presentation of the contrast between good and evil, it appeared in Newtown, Connecticut, on December 14, 2012.  The goodness, the innocence, of 6- and 7-year old boys and girls, full of fun, eager to learn, and excited to be together, would never be questioned.  Whatever it was that possessed their killer, whatever psychosis invaded his brain, whatever mental turmoil it was that drove Adam Lanza to kill that day, it was evil.  And what he actually did, with a Bushmaster AR-15, inside that elementary school, was pure evil.  No one doubts it.

The question is, how is this kind of evil to be avoided?  Can we make laws to help avoid this kind of unspeakable evil?

The answer is, yes, we can.  We can enact laws that restrict the purchase and sale of semi-automatic assault rifles.  We can enact laws that restrict the purchase and sale of high-capacity ammunition magazines.  We can do this, and it is legal.

It has been done before.  Between 1994 and 2004 we had an assault rifle ban in our country.  Prominent members of the law enforcement community supported the ban. The nation did not dissolve.  The Constitution did not disintegrate.  The sky did not fall.

It does not violate the Second Amendment to ban assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.  For generations, the Supreme Court has made it clear that there are limits to the declarations in the Bill of Rights.  For example, the First Amendment’s right of free speech does not extend to going into crowded cinemas and yelling “fire!” 

On July 29, 2012, nine days after another mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater, Justice Antonin Scalia – possibly the most conservative member of the Supreme Court in its entire history – told Fox News Sunday in a discussion of the Second Amendment:  “Yes, there are some limitations that can be imposed.”

Banning assault rifles like the Bushmaster AR-15 used on the Sandy Hook children would not cure the evil that drove Adam Lanza to kill.  But it would make it more difficult for him to kill.  In killing 27 people, Lanza is reported to have fired as many as three hundred rounds, pumping as many as 11 bullets into each victim.  Lanza was using equipment that made him an efficient child-killing machine.

This kind of firepower is not necessary for hunting, or self-defense.  Our American experience has showed us example after example of assault rifles and high capacity clips being used in mass killings of innocent people.  What we never hear about are instances of these weapons being used in self-defense, which is the point of the Second Amendment.  We also never hear about assault rifles being taken hunting.  No self-respecting deer hunter would even consider firing a dozen bullets at a buck.

I announced my support for an assault rifle ban in July, after the Aurora shooting.  I urge you to contact your elected officials to express your support for bans on assault rifles and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

How many more innocent schoolchildren have to die before we find the courage to enact laws that will actually help us avoid this kind of evil?

Congresman-Elect Matt Cartwright, PA-17

Lyrics

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Many of my friends are having fun with the fact that Senator Mitch McConnell filibustered his own bill. It just shows how screwed up the Senate has become with his mindless obstruction.

It reminded me of the classic mockumentary The Ruttles

In December 1970 Dirk sued Stig and Nasty, Barry sued Dirk, Nasty sued Stig and Barry, and Stig sued himself accidentally. 

Hunting around YouTube I found the whole thing

All you need is Cash - The Rutles Documentary (FULL) 

 

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Some insurance guy keeps calling which reminds of the scene from Take the Money and Run when Woody is put into solitary with an insurance salesman.




We are out of town to attend a memorial service. See you Monday.