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

Quote for today… “I have the Bitcoin client and I have bitcoins in a wallet. All I want to do is sell these bitcoins for US dollars. It seems like an impossibility at this point.” – BitCoinForum

• Hm-m-m-m, you can buy bitcoins with dollars, but it’s tougher turning those bitcoins into dollars.

• The Bitcoin Website says it’s not.

• Can government produce jobs? You betcha’ – take a look the government and government-supported entities including school districts and not-for-profit’s listed at Lancaster County’s top employers – PA Department of Labor and Industry

• What’s this? Elected public citizens follow the citizens’ interests. – The York Dispatch
  

• Pain continues: JCPenney will close 33 stores, whack 2,000 jobs – Business Insider

• Another Friday in January 2014 … snow predicted.