Occupy Electoral Politics

Yesterday the Inquirer reported that despite *resigning*, semen evangelist Robert Patterson was actually still employed by the Department of Public Welfare and hadn’t left office yet. Continue reading →

Posted in Health

Patrick Murphy Opposes Mortgage Settlement

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | Discuss this post |

The Murphy campaign sends over a HuffPo op-ed Patrick Murphy wrote opposing the pending mortgage settlement back in December. Here’s the key bit: Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 - Election or End-of-days?, Corruption

The “5K” Plan for Municipal Consolidation

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 2 Comments |

What if Harrisburg passed a law stating that only political jurisdictions with 5000 people or more will be recognized as legal municipalities after 2015? Continue reading →

Posted in Environment and Energy Tagged Municipal Consolidation

Where Do Dem AG Candidates Stand on the Mortgage Settlement?

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 1 Comment |

All the Democratic Attorneys General I like think the mortgage settlement goes too easy on the banks, and would interfere with important investigations into the foreclosure fraud issue. Continue reading →

Posted in Miscellany

Why Not Let Beer Distributors Sell Marijuana

Posted on January 26, 2012 by Jon | 3 Comments |

Mark Kleiman’s students at UCLA have devised an ingenious plan for taxing and regulating marijuana at the state level that won’t provoke a massive federal crackdown.

Hope this finds its way to Daylin. Full summary of the plan is after the jump. Continue reading →

Posted in The Economy Tagged drug policy, marijuana