The Johnstown Horror!!! Or, Valley of Death Being a Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin
Haystak Music (Free subscription) | yesterday
Joe Pass was born Joseph Anthony Jacobi Passalaqua in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and grew up in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. By the time he was 13, Pass was soloing along with a local group that rendered homage to Django Reinhardts quintet. At 14, he went on the road with a big band led by Tony Pastor, who gave him a featured spot.
Russell Brigade (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Pelosi and Murtha’s Healthcare Plan Could Bankrupt Families (JOHNSTOWN, PA) – By a slim margin of just five votes, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a sweeping overhaul of the nation’s healthcare system. Rep. John Murtha (D-12th PA) joined speaker Pelosi and the Democrat leadership in ramming the nearly two thousand page bill through the House [...]
My blog n'at (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Every once in awhile a great internet show comes along that makes me stop and go “now that’s pretty goddamn funny!” This is the latest to not only do that but also start talkin like d’at… n’at. Ladies and Gents live from Johnstown PA, Greg and Donny, 2 model Americans with a great show! You can [...]
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Nov. 5 /PRNewswire/ -- EP Global Communications, Inc. (the Company), the parent company of Exceptional Parent (EP) magazine, has announced that the Company will be holding its annual meeting of shareholders on December 29, 2009 beginning at 10:00AM (EST) in Johnstown, PA at the Hampton Inn, 129 Commerce Court, Johnstown, PA 15904. One of the key purposes of the meeting will be to seek...
Voodoo Warrior (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Courtesy of Susan Ferrechio of the Washington Examiner, here is a list of some of the wonderful uses your Federal Government has found for that $787,000,000,000 stimulus bill that Pelosi rammed down our throats back in February. Calm yourself, this will make your blood boil .... - $300,000 for a helicopter to search for radioactive rabbit turds at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation - $30,000,000 for a...
PRAvenue Press Release Newswire (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
JOHNSTOWN, PA / PRAvenueNW / -- International chess champion, best-selling author, and motivational speaker Orrin Hudson is bringing his 50-state motivational chess and life lesson tour to Johnstown, Pennsylvania...
Desert Beacon (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
Nevada realtors are rubbing their hands with glee at the prospect of Congress extending the $8,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit, and making it available to buyers who are not newbies to the market. [ LV Sun ] The logic is simple: If the tax credits are extended, and if they are offered to more buyers there will be more sales and real estate inventories will decline. If inventories decline then the...
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 10/14/2009
NEW YORK, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Some companies just don't get the attention and recognition that other more popular corporations do. But it seems that may all be changing as a growing number of people are seeking companies which perform services that affect the greater good of society. While only a handful of iconic names get most of the press, people are discovering there are equally attractive...
Live from Waterloo (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
Previously : Introduction and Episode guide – Chapter #1 – Chapter #2 – Chapter #3 – Chapter #4 – Chapter #5 Chapter #6 – Chapter #7 – Chapter #8 – Chapter #9 – Chapter #10 The Stooges had a career that span across six decades, and went through many personnel changes and hundreds of actors and actresses playing supporting roles. However, there were...
2 Political Junkies (Free subscription) | 10/06/2009
While Allegheny County Executive Dan Onorato makes his run PA governor official today, he is not without his detractors. From Dan Onorato: I wanted you to be among the first to know that I am going to officially announce my candidacy for Governor with a three-day tour across Pennsylvania beginning Tuesday, October 6th. [snip] I believe that Pittsburgh's renaissance can be replicated across Pennsylvania....
Mod-Blog (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Thanks to Mod-Blog reader and friend "Nick" for letting us know about "The Airport for No One" . Waste, no matter which political party it is, is still waste. We, the taxpayers, are subsidizing the Johnstown, PA airport at a cost of about $100 per passenger since fewer than 30 passengers per day use the airport. On top of this, they recently received money to build a second runway...
YID With LID (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
John Murtha who has turned congressional earmarks into an art-form has directed two-hundred million of your tax dollars to the John Murtha Johnstown-Cambria County Airport. The Airport has so many pictures of the Congressman you would think that it was a monument to the pork-meister. Even that wouldn't be so bad if the airport was actually used, but Murtha Airport gets a total of THREE commercial flights...
DYSPEPSIA GENERATION (Free subscription) | 09/22/2009
Read it. Republicans had their Bridge to Nowhere in Alaska, and now Democrats seem intent on wrapping themselves firmly around Congressman Jack Murtha’s Airport for No One in Johnstown, Pennsylvania. So much for changing the culture of spending in Washington.
Cave News (Free subscription) | 09/20/2009
There is a state-of-the-art airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (population 23,000) that has few travelers but gets a lot of federal funding. Inside the terminal on a recent weekday, four passengers lined up to board a flight, outnumbered by seven security...
The Note (Free subscription) | 09/17/2009
The Senate today rejected a measure to strip $1.4 million in federal funding for the John Murtha Airport in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.
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