Category Archives: gang gang dance

Biosurfactants and the Making of Dick Cheney

Posted on August 23, 2011 by stevieslaw

Catherine Tsal, writing for AP, reported today that an unnamed Halliburton Corporate Executive took a sip of their new fracking liquid when summoned to the podium by CEO Dave Lesar, during an industry meeting. The sip was supposed to prove … Continue reading →

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Republicans Ready to Compromise on Taxes

Posted on August 22, 2011 by stevieslaw

Charles Babbington, writing for the Associated Press, reported today that Republicans might be willing to let the temporary reduction in payroll tax—that most helps the working poor—expire as planned. Astounding—some might even call that a tax increase. Now, Smokey Diamond, … Continue reading →

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StevieslawExclusive: Save This Date

Posted on August 16, 2011 by stevieslaw

Latest opinion polls suggest that 6.2% of the population approves of the performance of the current legislators. Most pollsters will tell you that the percent of people who do not understand even the simplest questions is roughly 6.3%. Those people … Continue reading →

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Sleep Deprivation and the Radical Right

Posted on July 28, 2011 by stevieslaw

Even with their endless rounds of pronouncements, “Catch-22 style “ loyalty oath signings and non-constructive posturing on the debt ceiling—that threatens through interest rate increases the existence of the tottering middle class—House Republicans are still finding time to gut environmental … Continue reading →

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Is the Media Up to the Challenge?

Posted on July 27, 2011 by stevieslaw

With the two competing bills in Congress designed to end the “Great Default Debacle” doomed to failure even if one passes the House and the other the Senate, we, at Stevieslaw, are forced to ask the only sensible question: Can … Continue reading →

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My Mom’s Fallback Plan

Posted on July 21, 2011 by stevieslaw

It has been weeks since Smokey Diamond, our intrepid reporter at Stevieslaw, enjoyed a decent night’s sleep. Frankly, I have been worried as well. So, when Smokey came to the office this morning—all smiles— and clutching a copy of the … Continue reading →

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Grandma and Global Warming

Posted on July 17, 2011 by stevieslaw

Grandma and Global Warming It was a bad day for Grampa and Grandma today, as reported in our local newspaper, the CDT. First, the CDT picked up an Associated Press article by Seewer and Mohajer that examined how state cuts … Continue reading →

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Stevieslawexclusive: Hurry. Send Murray a Birthday Card

Posted on July 14, 2011 by stevieslaw

Murray Slepp and I go back a long way. He lived around the corner from me on Amboy Street, when we were growing up. His sister Mildred and I were an item when she was six and I was five, … Continue reading →

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Rebranding Pennsylvania

Posted on July 12, 2011 by stevieslaw

We have just learned that the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission will be leasing land and water rights to the Marcellus Shale drillers. The money will go toward a shortfall of some 36 million dollars needed to repair 16 dams … Continue reading →

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Stevieslaw: My article in the July/Aug Issues of Voices of Central Pa.

Posted on July 5, 2011 by stevieslaw

The LAG Energy Primer For those many Americans who don’t know how to match-light a nuclear reactor or which way a wind turbine blade is supposed to spin or even how to cool their home geothermally, Stevieslaw introduces the Less-Intelligent-than-Average … Continue reading →

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