News Roundup & Commentary (09/24/2015)

WFMZ (09/24/2015):
Reading School Board addresses student brawl-- "The fight, which began as a small scuffle at City Park on Tuesday afternoon launched into a massive brawl involving up to 400 students, police said."

A special video message to students from Superintendent Dr. Khalid Mumin can be found HERE

COMMENTARYI'm not sure what's going on with today's youth. Between this incident and the planned school walkout in Allentown this school year is shaping up to become one hell of a bumpy ride.
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WFMZ (09/24/2015)
Allentown police chief accepts position in Fort Worth

COMMENTARYIt sure would be nice if we could select his replacement from within the ranks. Someone who's been around here for more then a few years and more experienced with policing Allentown. Speaking of Texas...
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Raw Story (09/23/2015):
Texas cops raise money for slain deputy by raffling off guns similar to the one that killed him

COMMENTARYWhat can I say. This kind of logic must be a Texas thing.
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CTV News (09/05/2015):
The XL Pipeline- Where do the major parties stand on the proposed projects? "The U.S. State Department found that the pipeline would support 42,100 jobs during the one- to two-year construction period, only 35 permanent and temporary jobs will remain in place once Keystone XL is complete and fully operational."

COMMENTARYAccording to Oil Change International, "...Coastal refineries in Texas and Louisiana produced about 6 million bpd of refined product, of which they exported 3.1 million bpd last month [Oct. 2014]... based on industry statements, refineries interested in heavy tar sands from Keystone XL are very likely to be exporting an even larger share of their product."

Considering the risks and the number permanent number of jobs I'm not partially enthralled.
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Rad Infinitum (09/23/2015):
The Valley Has 7 Top 100 Companies! Huzzah! Valley Wages are Down! Huzzzwhat?

COMMENTARYIt seems "best" means different things to different people. I suppose if wage$ don't matter there are lots of great jobs. You know like blogging.
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ebizMBA (09/2015) :
Top 15 Most Popular Social Networking Sites

COMMENTARYPersonally I just prefer the bar down the street.
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Aljazeera (09/23/2015):
Volkswagen's chief executive resigns over emissions scandal

COMMENTARYSo I guess this means after he got the big buck$ screwing things up he gets to walk away? Wonder what kind of severance package he will receive?
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New York Daily News (09/23/2015):
'You figure it out!': Frustrated dad writes check to son's elementary school using controversial Common Core Fox News Video HERE

COMMENTARYHe just doesn't get it. Common Core was designed so parents couldn't help their kids with their homework. Yea gads whatever happened to "11+11111='7" ?
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Daily Mail (09/23/2015):
Stunned Oregon couple are handed a $2MILLION bill from Verizon over phone plan they canceled after just one month

COMMENTARYGone are the days Bell Telephone once held a monopoly up until 1982. Now that we have competition in the marketplace how's that working out for ya?
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New York Times (09/22/2015):
What Happened to South African Democracy? "Almost four in 10 people are unemployed. Barely one-third have piped water in their dwellings; a quarter have no flush toilets; about one in five has no access to electricity. Many of these figures are worse than they were under apartheid; others are little changed."

COMMENTARYWhile this may be bad it's nothing compared to any of the other nations in that continent above it. What's with that?
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YouTube: See Progress Video (09/23/2015):
What the Pope’s Fight against Poverty Looks Like in North Philly

COMMENTARYCheck out the video. There but for the grace of God go I
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