Can your Read the Final Draft of the Stimulus Bill? NO

By Albert N. Milliron, Editor Politisite.com, Iron Mill Interactive Media, Inc. Many Americans heard that a bipartition compromise on the stimulus bill had been reached today.  Well the word Bipartition is a...

The President's House in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

On January 23, 2009, Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell, also chairman of the Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA), urged the board's approval of the use of $3.5 million from the DRPA for the President's House...

Supplement To The WEATHERAmerica Newsletter, January 29, 2009

Negative-Tilt+Triple Phase+Vortex Formation = Impressive Blizzard On February 2 - 4 I have not changed my thinking about the system forecast to affect the eastern half of the U.S. and Canada during the February 1 -...

Pennsylvania Boy Offers Puppy to Obama Family

" UNIONTOWN, Pa. -- Two western Pennsylvania county commissioners will be bringing more than best wishes to President-elect Barack Obama's inauguration in Washington, D.C. Fayette County Commissioners Vincent Vicites and Vincent Zapotsky are also delivering a...

Andrew Wyeth, son of N. C. Wyeth, died January 16, 2009

"Mr. Wyeth, who was 91, died in his home in Chadds Ford, Pa., after a brief illness..." Andrew Wyeth, son of N.C. Wyeth, was born on July 12, 1917 in Chads Forth, PA. He was the youngest of 5 childern. " His...

Giants and Dwarfs at Pennsylvania Farm Show

One of the largest farm shows in the United States is held in mid-January at the Farm Show Complex and Expo Center in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The huge indoor facility  is large by almost any measure. It...

Flashback: "It's the Most Wonderful Time ....

.... of the year!” Before Staples appropriated part of that song for its back to school sales campaign, featuring parents gleefully gliding through the aisles shopping, with children glumly dragging their...

Americans may be sleep walking into an economic Depression

Food stamps are the symbol of poverty in the U.S. In the era of the credit crunch, a record 28 million Americans are now relying on them to survive - a sure sign the world's richest country faces economic crisis. We knew things were bad on Wall Street, but on Main Street...

Peace Sign From Pennsylvania: Magibon, Japan's Youtube Darling

How do you go from being a small town Pennsylvania pharmacy clerk to reaching the No. 1 spot on the Japanese YouTube rankings. Mark Schilling tells us how this happened to a diminutive video blogger in Introducing Magibon, Japan's YouTube darling (Japan Times, December 18)....

Mysterious Acorn Shortage Baffles Scientists

Along the East Coast of the United States, strange events have been taking place; there are no acorns on the ground this year, even though the Oak trees have shed their leaves already. Areas like Northern Virginia,...

Storm Cuts Power to 1.25 Million Customers, New York, New England

1 million Homes without ElectricityA powerful snow and ice storm knocked out power to nearly 1 million homes and businesses across New York and New England on Friday, closing roads and forcing the state of Maine to...

10-Pound Hairball Pulled From Girl's Stomach

"An 11-year-old girl in Mumbai, India, was hospitalized with pain in her stomach, and surgeons were forced to operate. What they found was a foot-long hairball. The mass of hair -- known as a trichobozear - -is a...

Weather this weekend and Thanksgiving travel

Parts of the world are experiencing severe weather this weekend, and many are wondering how this is going to affect their Thanksgiving travel plans.The week of Thanksgiving is the biggest travel week of the year,...

Brooklyn Chicken Farmers

We will be seeing more of this in the future."For Brooklyn real-estate agent Maria Mackin, the obsession started five years ago, on a trip to Pennsylvania Amish country. She, her husband and three children—now...

Fountains, Flowers and Flights of Fancy at Longwood Gardens

Outside the trees are dropping their vibrant fall colors while inside exotic flowers and plants burst with more colors than a springtime rainbow. The place is Longwood Gardens, just west of Philadelphia,...

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