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

Quote for today… ““Whether the weather be fine, Whether the weather be not, Whether the weather be cold, Whether the weather be hot, We’ll weather the weather, Whatever the whether, Whether we like it or not.” – Anonymous

• It’s gonna’ be hot & humid

• “Days away from new home, Lancaster fire strikes family and the vet helping them” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Notice the difference in headlines! The York Daily Record: “Juvenile shot Thursday in York, police release little information”  while WGAL-TV says “Police: Juvenile injured in York shooting”

• There’s a “news release-type” article in an area newspaper inviting high school students to come to the “Freedom Alliance Military Leadership Academy to be held from Sunday to July 20 at Fort Indiantown Gap.”  Wonder what the Freedom Alliance is? Click to read more about the Freedom Alliance. Click here to read more about the Military Leadership Academy.

• The Duke-Stanford School of Public Policy Philanthrophy Central Website says this: “At issue is whether Freedom Alliance is doing what it claims to be doing—whether it’s presenting information accurately for the public’s correct interpretation and analysis. Whether there is or isn’t a scholarship trust fund, whether the funds are banked for future payments or not, whether tuition payments in the $1,000 to $6,000 range (certainly low for many colleges and universities) are serious or inconsequential, there’s a lot more to Hannity’s charity than scholarships. This is one political nonprofit that merits continuing scrutiny—from the right and the left.”

• Notice the name in the above paragraph; interestingly he is one of the Punditocracy and Preacher-types who has never served in the military, according to http://www.awolbush.com/whoserved.html

• The 2011 IRS Form 990 for Freedom Alliance