
Full Video | “Social Media Summit At White House” – RealClear Politics
Job security? | Not here … the most recent departure. They’re running out of swamp creatures.
family matters | We spoke with Kelly Murphy, borough council president, late yesterday afternoon and he related that he was forced to miss the Thursday evening council budget review meeting due to a critical “family matter.”
It just takes one truth seeker / truth speaker | “how US media – with one star exception – whitewashed the story” of Jeffrey Epstein. – The Guardian
homelessness to reclamation program | This “housing reclamation” program is being proposed in Lancaster. – Lancaster Online

Where’s codes enforcement? | This photo comes from a post with nearly three dozen comments at the What’s Happening in Columbia, Pa. and Surrounding Area facebook page.
Bethlehem’s cracking down | The city wants to “pressure property owners ― particularly those with multiple properties — to keep up with their buildings and taxes.” – The Morning Call
In praise | Today’s LNP – Always Lancaster‘s editorial praises “Mount Bethel board members and all the other volunteers and groups throughout the county who are dedicated to saving and preserving our cemeteries.”
Prejudice? | LNP – Always Lancaster letter-to-the-editor writer asks.
“Wealth enables; wealth protects.” | Slimy people – The Atlantic
rat poison | “American Carnage” fallout – The Boston Globe
But who’s counting? | Just 7,717,316,??? kinds of people in the world. – Worldometer

On WITF | “PBS filmmaker Ken Burns traces the history of COUNTRY MUSIC in a new documentary series exploring the uniquely American art form in a series, premiering on WITF TV September 15 at 8 pm.
Just had to share | “Not a Human, but a Dancer: What Snowball the parrot’s spontaneous moves teach us about ourselves” – The Atlantic

Concerning Mattress Alley, you might wish to read a great article in the June 2019 issue of Harper’s Magazine. It is entitled “DOWNSTREAM: The afterlife of American junk” by Rowan Moore Geretz.
Thanks, Mr. B. We’ve posted the link here:
https://harpers.org/archive/2019/06/downstream-haiti-american-junk/
Consumerism has ugly baggage: all assets have the potential to become liabilities.