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

Quote for today… “Only individual capable of cleansing the temple of good government at this point is Jesus Christ and he has lost popular support: http://www.harrisinteractive.c… I guess I’ll go back to watching the stock market Ponzi inflate itself.” – steve_from_virginia, commenter to this Bloomberg Opinion column: “Angry Bart takes his parting shot.”

• Remember the Smothers Brothers? Here they are: still talking about politics

• Armed intruder killed; homeowner charged in Franklin County – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• Castle Doctrine in PA does not allow pursuit in defense of home

• Paul Krugman: on gold and bitcoins – Harrisburg Patriot-News

• What are bitcoins? – Forbes Magazine