today’s news and information gleanings from here and there! 

• Today’s Weather! 
• Today in History!
• Traffic Cam Rts. 30 & 441
• The Official Time! – Population Clock (U.S. and World)

Quote for today … “Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.” – James Baldwin.

• Keep that war going – “U.S. Senators Casey, Toomey fight potential production break at BAE Systems.” – York Daily Record

• Cut those entitlements! – How about ending those “entitlements for the wealthy”? – The Christian Humanist

• Vote or else – It may be your last chance: Facebook. – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Volunteer at Mt. Bethel clean-up – MyColumbiaNews

• Letter to the editors in today’s Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era 

• Emergency Room Sales – “Hospitals dispute TV report ’60 Minutes” critical of fitm that owns two facilities here.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• “Lynn Smoker, a retired teacher and Susquehanna River enthusiast, will discuss “Ice Farming on the Susquehanna River” on Saturday at the Millersville Area Historical Society meeting. The meeting will be held at 9 a.m. in the Millersville Municipal Center, 100 Municipal Drive. Smoker uses slides during his talk, and he will display and demonstrate tools and other items. The talk is free and open to the public, and donations will be accepted. For details, email pge8507@aol.com or call 872-8837 before 5 p.m.” – Lancaster Intelligencer Journal/New Era

• The “entitlement spending” that members of both parties are assailing focus on Medicare and Social Security payments; this allocation of federal spending is a pressing reality. Here’s a Website that makes it easier to look at the Federal Budget for past and future years.

• End Congressional entitlements! End defense contractors entitlements! End Big Oil entitlements. End bailout entitlements to automakers and financial institutions.