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Wednesday, January 15, 2025
Allentown Fake News
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* Lehigh County Water Authority announced it's looking into leasing out it's water agreement to Allentown.
* Council is considering a measure to require all of Allentown's automobile drivers to be licensed
* Neuweiler Brewery could become a haunted house attraction this October
* Bon Ton announced Hess's may be coming back to downtown Allentown pending NIZ approval.
* Mayor announces measure to eliminate city council. City council expected to approve.
* Train service to resume. Trains will depart from LVIA for Newark International Airport.
* Parking authority will begin issuing tickets to drivers who expired.
* Riparian buffers to be planted around all the city's storm drains.
* City considering installing toll booths on each of the parking deck levels.
* Fairgrounds sold for a new warehouse location.
* Area warehouse owners announce conversions for indoor farming.
* Just announced. ASD plans to profit from it's own new casino.
* Allentown becomes officially named as NYC's sixth borough.
* Officials considering removing all traffic signals in hopes of cutting down commute times.
* Pennsylvania looking into bike lanes installed on Route 22 and I-78.
* Newly formed organization called "Trails To Rails".
* Fracking soon to begin in 'Trexler Park',
* New 30 year term limits set for mayor of Allentown.
* Latest restaurant announced it's closing on opening day.
* Newest housing complex called "Tents Along The Lehigh" expected to announce shortly.
* Lehigh County Water Authority announced it's looking into leasing out it's water agreement to Allentown.
* Council is considering a measure to require all of Allentown's automobile drivers to be licensed
* Neuweiler Brewery could become a haunted house attraction this October
* Bon Ton announced Hess's may be coming back to downtown Allentown pending NIZ approval.
* Mayor announces measure to eliminate city council. City council expected to approve.
* Train service to resume. Trains will depart from LVIA for Newark International Airport.
* Parking authority will begin issuing tickets to drivers who expired.
* Riparian buffers to be planted around all the city's storm drains.
* City considering installing toll booths on each of the parking deck levels.
* Fairgrounds sold for a new warehouse location.
* Area warehouse owners announce conversions for indoor farming.
* Just announced. ASD plans to profit from it's own new casino.
* Allentown becomes officially named as NYC's sixth borough.
* Officials considering removing all traffic signals in hopes of cutting down commute times.
* Pennsylvania looking into bike lanes installed on Route 22 and I-78.
* Newly formed organization called "Trails To Rails".
* Fracking soon to begin in 'Trexler Park',
* New 30 year term limits set for mayor of Allentown.
* Latest restaurant announced it's closing on opening day.
* Newest housing complex called "Tents Along The Lehigh" expected to announce shortly.
Monday, January 13, 2025
So Many Confusing TV Services
Repost From 2018
Gee if there was only someone who could invent something where TV shows would be all in one place.
Duh.. Somebody Did.
It's Called Cable TV!
To me this whole fragmentation is one giant con which no doubt will end up costing lots more. This isn't a step forward. It's a giant leap backward. Just look at those prices and add them up. I'd bet anything most would sign up to any each of them only because they were interested in one or two shows each offered. Now breakdown the cost of each of the limited shows you'd be watching. It'll probably work out to $4 or $5 each.
Talk About A Con Job!
Each of these monster companies are withholding their best shows for themselves. All the while starving out existing cable company's channels which are practically barren of anything worth watching. At the same time putting the squeeze on cable companies forcing them to buy bundled crap even they wouldn't watch.
Look I get it. These guys are greedy pigs. But if you think for one movement most people like myself are going to end up paying $4 or $5 a show they're nuts. Sure there will always be fools who will fall into their trap where TV ends up costing them 2-4x's as much. However I don't see how there won't come a day consumers won't have buyers remorse if Cable TV should ever come to an end and no longer be available. And if you think internet providers aren't going to jack up prices when it does you're in for a rude awakening.
How The Old Business Model Was Better For Consumers
Having only three major networks allowed for better shows because of the concentration on them. Take a look back years ago when shows were able to pay for comedy writers, songwriters, orchestras, costume designers/makers and set designers for countless variety shows each and every week. Shows which aired nearly 26 episodes instead of 13 (with many skipping weeks in-between). Sponsors picked up the entire tab. When cable came along these behemoths started forcing cable customers to chip in even more. As if this wasn't enough to satisfy their greed they forced us to bundle and pay for channels they created few wanted.
Instead of literally hundreds and hundreds of TV networks where only 1 or 2 million viewers tune in for a program there once were millions upon millions watching each. This now means advertisers have to spend tons more money all spread out just hoping their message will be seen. So too was a time consumers didn't have to spend wads of money for 90% of the crap TV we're never going to watch.
Now it's finally come down to this. These companies want to eliminate the middlemen (cable and local TV broadcast stations) so they can get and keep all the loot directly for themselves. Will people allow themselves to be taken hostage?
Probably--but I won't be one of them.
57 Channels?
Gotten a whole lot worse since 1992, hasn't it?
Gee if there was only someone who could invent something where TV shows would be all in one place.
It's Called Cable TV!
To me this whole fragmentation is one giant con which no doubt will end up costing lots more. This isn't a step forward. It's a giant leap backward. Just look at those prices and add them up. I'd bet anything most would sign up to any each of them only because they were interested in one or two shows each offered. Now breakdown the cost of each of the limited shows you'd be watching. It'll probably work out to $4 or $5 each.
Talk About A Con Job!
Each of these monster companies are withholding their best shows for themselves. All the while starving out existing cable company's channels which are practically barren of anything worth watching. At the same time putting the squeeze on cable companies forcing them to buy bundled crap even they wouldn't watch.
Look I get it. These guys are greedy pigs. But if you think for one movement most people like myself are going to end up paying $4 or $5 a show they're nuts. Sure there will always be fools who will fall into their trap where TV ends up costing them 2-4x's as much. However I don't see how there won't come a day consumers won't have buyers remorse if Cable TV should ever come to an end and no longer be available. And if you think internet providers aren't going to jack up prices when it does you're in for a rude awakening.
How The Old Business Model Was Better For Consumers
Having only three major networks allowed for better shows because of the concentration on them. Take a look back years ago when shows were able to pay for comedy writers, songwriters, orchestras, costume designers/makers and set designers for countless variety shows each and every week. Shows which aired nearly 26 episodes instead of 13 (with many skipping weeks in-between). Sponsors picked up the entire tab. When cable came along these behemoths started forcing cable customers to chip in even more. As if this wasn't enough to satisfy their greed they forced us to bundle and pay for channels they created few wanted.
Instead of literally hundreds and hundreds of TV networks where only 1 or 2 million viewers tune in for a program there once were millions upon millions watching each. This now means advertisers have to spend tons more money all spread out just hoping their message will be seen. So too was a time consumers didn't have to spend wads of money for 90% of the crap TV we're never going to watch.
Now it's finally come down to this. These companies want to eliminate the middlemen (cable and local TV broadcast stations) so they can get and keep all the loot directly for themselves. Will people allow themselves to be taken hostage?
Probably--but I won't be one of them.
57 Channels?
Gotten a whole lot worse since 1992, hasn't it?
Friday, January 10, 2025
Trump's DISGUSTING Stunt Over Los Angeles Fires
I want to make a couple of other points. LA has two 3 million gallon storage tanks. As they've been empytied generators are trying to put pumps back online to refill them. When you have 1,000's of fire hoses nothing going to be able to keep up. Santa Ana winds have always been there In this case some as high as 100 MPH (Hurricane force begins at 74 MPH) throwing sparks miles away. Anybody who thinks any amount of humans can overcome what nature has thrown at us is a idiot. We're almost like bugs crawling on the face of the Earth as far as nature is concerned in the large scheme of things. People at all levels are working their ass off trying really hard. I'm disgusted by both media or politicians who speak otherwsie. If this country can't do better for one another I see a very dim future in what lays ahead. This country is slowly turning into one which I no longer wish to recognize except for the dedicated people trying to hold it together. Although they, it seems ever in decreasing numbers.
NBC News 2:00 PM 01/10/2025
They're doing as much as can be done.
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The Presidential Campaign Diaries Rap (2008)
Thursday, January 9, 2025
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