Prosecutors have sought phone records from reporters before, but the seizure of records from such a wide array of AP offices, including general AP switchboards numbers and an office-wide shared fax line, is unusual.

In the letter notifying the AP received Friday, the Justice Department offered no explanation for the seizure, according to Pruitt’s letter and attorneys for the AP. The records were presumably obtained from phone companies earlier this year although the government letter did not explain that. None of the information provided by the government to the AP suggested the actual phone conversations were monitored.

Holy hell. I just can’t stop reading this damning AP report on how many records the government simply seized

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records of reporters and editors for The Associated Press in what the news cooperative’s top executive called a “massive and unprecedented intrusion” into how news organizations gather the news.

The records obtained by the Justice Department listed incoming and outgoing calls, and the duration of each call, for the work and personal phone numbers of individual reporters, general AP office numbers in New York, Washington and Hartford, Conn., and the main number for AP reporters in the House of Representatives press gallery, according to attorneys for the AP.

Wow.. This is a scathing AP article

Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe

Change we certainly cannot believe in..

Govt obtains wide AP phone records in probe

A jury has found Philadelphia abortion provider Dr. Kermit Gosnell guilty on three counts of first-degree murder…

The jury also found Gosnell guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of a former patient of his. 



The ‘local crime’ story comes to an end (sarcasm)

Justice truly served … Well done, jury, well done.

Guess who’s coming back..

M Night Shyamalan granted WAYWARD PINES slot for 2013-14..

""Wayward Pines" is an intense, mind-bending thriller evocative of the classic cult hit "Twin Peaks." Secret Service agent Ethan Burke arrives in the bucolic town of Wayward Pines, ID, on a mission to find two missing federal agents. But instead of answers, Ethan’s investigation only turns up more questions."

A report claims that the IRS audit scandal goes deeper: The Wall Street Journal and Reuters both reported that the IRS moved beyond giving a skeptical eye to “tea party” and “patriot” groups. It was also targeting groups focusing on specific issues including “government spending,” “government debt,” “Education of the public via advocacy/lobbying to ‘make America a better place to live,’” and all groups that “criticize[d] how the country is being run.”

Headlines greeting millions of Americans today. Red states, blue states, and purple states.

Sounds like we have a serious issue on our hands,  regardless of party or pride.

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The description of this video: Ice Heaves pushed up from Mille Lacs Lake onto the Resort grounds and damaged homes within 15 minutes. Date Taken: 05/11/2013 around 9:30 am

And then the story: 

Lake Mille Lacs Ice Sheets Pushed Ashore At Minnesota’s Izatys Resort 

Amazing, unbelievable video. You have got to see it to believe it..

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

4 Children, 2 Adults Die in Eastern Pa. House Fire

A dispatcher says four children and two adults have died in a house fire in eastern Pennsylvania. Schuylkill (SKOO’-kul) County emergency dispatch supervisor Bill Lindenmuth says the fire broke out around 11:55 p.m. Sunday at a home in Pottsville and that firefighters later found the bodies…

The AP has picked up the sad news this site and others reported early this morning.. A tragic fire here in my area.

However, I am humored that national news has to explain how to pronounce Schuylkill.. 

4 Children, 2 Adults Die in Eastern Pa. House Fire

Sad news from the Schuylkill County home front

A fatal fire… Perhaps an entire family killed in Pottsville, PA last night.

I saw images of the fire on Facebook. Sadly the people in this house didn’t stand a chance judging from what I saw..

I hate these events no matter where they are. This one is too close to home, however..

Sad news from the Schuylkill County home front

Welcome to the summer of 2013. Already. Seriously, this year is going fast.

*Summer begins in June. Some think it starts on Memorial Day. Me? I think it begins with the first summer blockbuster, which this year is IRON MAN 3. Just explaining why I am already wishing a happy summer.

For fellow Schuylkill Countians: An ABA parade is set for this year

This is great news… 

For fellow Schuylkill Countians: An ABA parade is set for this year

IRS officials knew of agents’ tea party targeting in 2011

The dripping begins..

IRS officials knew of agents’ tea party targeting in 2011

A Mother's Day chill

It is Mother’s Day, May is halfway over, and right now the temperature outside my Pennsylvania home hovers around 40°..

This spring has thus far been quite questionable, I can only imagine it will continue like this or a surge of people start and never end..

First Assumption Parish is being destroyed by a growing sinkhole, and now this creepy story from the Left Coast..

California homes are mysteriously sinking .. Eight homes are now abandoned and 10 more are under notice of imminent evacuation as a hilltop with sweeping vistas of Clear Lake and the Mount Konocti volcano swallows the subdivision built 30 years ago…

One by one, homes are cracking and sinking..

This is just a weird piece of journalism.. New York TIMES warns Matt Drudge to watch his posture..

Previous Presidents, including great ones like Roosevelt, have used the IRS against their enemies. But I don’t think Barack Obama ever wanted to be on the same page as Richard Nixon. In this specific case, he now is.

Joe Klein on the IRS scandal.

Ouch.

NBC names SNL’s Seth Meyers as new host of ‘Late night’ when Jimmy Fallon takes over ‘The Tonight Show’ in 2014

Bad idea in my opinion.. Late night needs a female.. Why don’t networks get this?

Cicadas: "The Shrimp of The Land"

The cicada invasion gives you the opportunity to feast on what scientists call a phenomenon.

So will you be eating them?

Cicadas: "The Shrimp of The Land"

Someone Actually Made a Horror Movie About Student Debt

Now this is scary. And sadly accurate. 

A horror movie based on true events….

Someone Actually Made a Horror Movie About Student Debt

So who saw the GREAT GATSBY this weekend?