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Rumor and rampant speculation suggests that Harrisburg’s beleaguered spokesman, Randy King, will be leaving his position at the end of the year.  As you may recall, Randy was the one who blurted out a rather awkward explanation of city violence, citing hip hop as the cause of a recent city shooting.

Dear Mr. King,
I read with great interest your comment in today’s Patriot-News regarding Wednesday’s downtown shooting. I am truly surprised that the city of Harrisburg chose this particular posture in response to such an unsettling incident. Although I hope I am mistaken, your statement appears to represent a “head in the sand” approach to […]

I think it’s safe to say that the TSA has gotten a little silly over the years. I’ll be the first in line to say that airline security has been non-existent over the past few decades, and a more thorough screening of passengers and baggage is long overdue. Some people will tell you […]

I can’t even come up with an introduction worthy of this goldmine:
Bill Clinton on Fox News
Wallace: “Do you think you did enough (to capture Bin Laden)?”
Clinton: “No, because I didn’t get him.”
Wallace: “Well.”
Clinton: “But at least I tried.”
Some thorough pwnage continues as Wallace, realizing what’s happening, attempts to back off. […]

Today’s entry is a blatant ripoff from SomethingAwful (warning: SomethingAwful is not safe for work, generally offensive, rather immature, and occasionally funny).
Yesterday, I talked about how news dissemination has changed dramatically in recent years. Blogs are supplementing — and in some cases out-gunning — print media in ways that print media simply can […]

Let’s play a game. We live in a world of constant political commentary, where any person who can read a list of talking points and open his or her mouth to spew them out generally becomes regarded as a definitive political authority. And it often seems that there’s no shortage of off-the-wall, outlandish, […]