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

Quote for today… “Then it was off quickly to the local diner for a nice long breakfast with mayor Leo and a stop at home for a ‘break’ before returning a few hours later.” – pabackcountry, commenter at MyColumbiaNews article that was splashed all over the county.

• More comments. From the ColumbiaPA7512 Website: Anonymous writes: “Isn’t this funny all the comments are signed Anonymous because all the writers are COWARDS hiding behind a word.”  Another says: “I don’t know who you are trying to kid. These cops have no vested interest in Columbia except for financial. Not one officer makes less then $70,000/year, which is public record. So they are worth PLENTY according to their pay. How many of them live in the borough? Hell the new chief wanted to be able to move OUT once he got in his position, council denied him. This is a very small borough, geographically. These cops should be out on bikes and on foot. Funny how our mayor suggests that parents should be walking kids to school but does he recommend the same for his officers? I think not!!”

“‘What the hell is quinoa?’ police asked when Catalano’s husband told them what pressure cookers were used for in their household.” – The Guardian

• And what the hell’s wrong when a nation’s paranoia has everything and everyone being watched? This article,  “New York woman visited by police after researching pressure cookers online” – Long Island resident said her web search history and ‘trying to learn how to cook lentils’ prompted a visit from authorities but police say search was prompted by tipoff from The Guardian is reminiscent of the nuttiness under President Woodrow Wilson. Or McCarthyism. Or nazi Germany.

• They’re in remission! A couple months ago, the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette asked “Where have all the stink bugs gone?”

Semi trucks park at the Petro Plaza Truck Stop off of Interstate 81 in Carlisle. Jessica Tezak, PennLive

• “Truckers say Pa.’s roads are actually in pretty good shape” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “America’s scariest cop?” – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• “5-year-old abducted from Alabama found in Lancaster County campground” – Harrisburg Patriot-News