Froth Slosh B'Gosh

The Shame Of Butler County

You'd think people in Cranberry would get a bit tired of this brainless lunatic representing them in Harrisburg.

"Just to be on record," he said. "I enjoy my vegetables and plants need CO2. So I want to make sure we have plenty of CO2 out there so we have green grass and green vegetables growing."

What a sad excuse of a human.

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Wolves guarding the pigpen?

The Trump administration plans to shift much of the power and responsibility for food safety inspections in hog plants to the pork industry as early as May, cutting the number of federal inspectors by about 40% and replacing them with plant employees.
Under the proposed new inspection system, the responsibility for identifying diseased and contaminated pork would be shared with plant employees, whose training would be at the discretion of plant owners. There would be no limits on slaughter-line speeds.

I know Trump doesn't/cannot read, but surely he's heard of Upton Sinclair?

SCIENCE!

The headline is sensationalists, but this piece in the Boston Globe explains how money spent on science, including so called "useless" pursuits, benefits society and the economy by many magnitudes. 

Ruminating....

Pam Iovino defeats D. Raja in a special election for a South Hills State Senate seat. The district was gerrymandered by Republicans in 2010 to maximize a Republican's chances to win, and has historically been an "R" seat. And while I commend Allegheny County Republicans for nominating an immigrant and a person of color for seat, I have to wonder if the national Republican Party's racism and xenophobia cost Raja the election? Did many Republican or Republican leaning voters not turn out because they weren't willing to vote for an immigrant, or an Indian?

Democrats Flip State Senate Seat

Pam Iovino wins special election!

Just a couple more seats to flip and the state Senate turns blue!

Punching Nazis Is Illegal

However, Nazi-punching involves negligible consequences. 

What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Trump's Department of Homeland Security disbands domestic terror intel unit.