Remove Surveillance

Flock cameras or any surveillance cameras for that matter should all be removed from around the Capitol Building.  The danger to the privacy of citizens visiting their representatives is too probable.  Which members will make that proposal and demand their removal?  The same for all state capitol buildings as well.-Levin

Scrabble Joke

Our dogate a bunch of scrabble tiles, so we took her to the vet

No word yet

EF-1 Tornado

Yep, EP and I after soccer practice survived this.

The National Weather Service office in State College, PA has confirmed that an EF-1 tornado struck Salisbury Township in Lancaster County on Tuesday evening, September 1, leaving a trail of damage to barns, trees, a historic church graveyard, and a one-room schoolhouse.

According to a damage survey released Friday evening, the tornado touched down at 7:44 p.m. near the intersection of Mount Vernon Road and Old Philadelphia Pike, about four miles north-northeast of Gap. It carried peak winds estimated at 90 mph and carved a 1.08 mile-long path and up to 100 yards wide before dissipating four minutes later, at 7:48 p.m., roughly three miles northeast of Gap. No injuries or fatalities were reported.

Survey teams found the tornado tore the roof off a barn shortly after touchdown, scattering debris through the graveyard of the Old Road Mennonite Church, including large branches and multiple uprooted trees. It then crossed Old Philadelphia Pike and tracked south, roughly paralleling Mount Vernon Road.

The National Weather Service thanked Lancaster County Emergency Management and Salisbury Township officials for assisting with the on-the-ground damage assessment used to confirm the tornado and determine its rating.

Below is the full Public Information Statement (PNS) from the National Weather Service in State College, PA:

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Public Information Statement

National Weather Service State College PA

842 PM EDT Fri Sep 4 2026

…NWS Damage Survey for 09/01/2026 Tornado Event…

.Salisbury Township Tornado…

Rating: EF1

Estimated Peak Wind: 90 mph

Path Length /statute/: 1.08 miles

Path Width /maximum/: 100 yards

Fatalities: 0

Injuries: 0

Start Date: 09/01/2026

Start Time: 07:44 PM EDT

Start Location: 4 NNE Gap / Lancaster County / PA

Start Lat/Lon: 40.034 / -75.9802

End Date: 09/01/2026

End Time: 07:48 PM EDT

End Location: 3 NE Gap / Lancaster County / PA

End Lat/Lon: 40.0189 / -75.9781

Survey Summary:

At 7:44 p.m. local time on September 1, 2026 an EF-1 tornado,

with maximum wind speeds of 90 mph, touched down in Salisbury

Township northwest of the Mount Vernon Road and Old Philadelphia

Pike intersection with a width of 100 yards. It traveled south as

it ripped off the roof of a barn and threw sections through the

Old Road Mennonite Church graveyard before crossing Old

Philadelphia Pike and paralleling Mount Vernon Road. It ripped a

roof off another barn and snapped many larger limbs from a tree

in the neighboring pasture. Continuing south it took some

sections of roof and loose items from three farm outbuildings and

ejected them throughout the fields. As it continued along Mount

Vernon Road, a clump of trees was hit where many trees were

uprooted and large branches snapped. Farther south, a barn

sustained some minor roof damage before a one room school house

was impacted with its whole roof torn off. At the intersection of

Buena Vista Road and Mount Vernon Road, another tree was uprooted

and a telephone pole was bent. It continued south to the east of

Mount Vernon Road where it crossed Pequea Creek, snapping many

large branches and uprooting a few more trees. Past the creek,

another clump of trees saw large branches snapped before the

tornado dissipated in a field.

We would like to thank Lancaster County Emergency Management and

Salisbury Township officials for their assistance in this damage

survey.

Prayer for SS

Gents-

  As we embark on a new season together, shall we take time (if not already been) to pray for each other and those in whom the Lord has entrusted us to help guide and to teach?

Lord, I humbly ask you to be with Ben. May he lead well at home, in the church as a called and recognized elder, and now once again, in the SS class. 

Heavenly Father, I pray for Jack, a man who leads his wife and young children on a daily basis to live for and to love you and your Word. May he be well equipped to share that with the students this year. 

Jesus, I thank you for Gabe and his willingness to step up and out to help teach the truths of you Holy Word. May he experience your Spirit as he prepares and shares the wonderfully inspired Word. Give him comfort and grace as he comes alongside us, the parents, and the students. 

Holy Spirit, I ask you to continue to use Matt in the many different areas within the church. May he continue rest securely in your promises and protection. 

And finally, Lord Jesus, I ask you to call those who have not accepted You as Lord and Savior to hear their sinful condition, and to turn from it through Your glorious life, death, resurrection, ascension, and glorification. And I pray for those who are struggling, suffering, and tried. May they know and act upon Your promises that you will never leave them nor forsake them. That they would be strong and courageous. I pray this in your powerful name, amen. 

Sue them all

BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Pa. —

Wgal A new lawsuit filed in federal court on September 2nd, claims the trucking company who Michael Bon worked for, acted in a manner that caused the crash that killed Pennsylvania State Trooper Michael Pahira Jr. earlier this year.

The deadly crash happened on July 1st, on I-81 in Butler Township. 

Pahira was conducting a routine Motor Carrier Safety Assistance Program inspection on the side of the highway. The lawsuit says Pahira had his lights activated, and his vehicle parked fully off the roadway behind the tractor trailer he was inspecting.

The lawsuit says both vehicles could be visible from over a mile away for at least 49 seconds. 

The complaint says Bon left his lane of travel and went over the fog line, hitting Pahira’s car, the tractor-trailer he was inspecting and then the trooper. The impact caused Bon’s cab to catch fire, with Pahira trapped underneath of it.

A witness said while on the phone with 911, they saw Bon get out of his freightliner shoe-less, “looking like he had just woken up,” according to the complaint.

The lawsuit says a different witness attempted to remove Pahira from under the freightliner, where he laid still alive. After two explosions, the witness pulled Pahira over to the shoulder.

Pahira was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. 

The complaint says, “The Pahira family never could have imagined that their beloved Michael would be taken from this world due to the reckless violations of the same laws that Michael enforced every single day.”

Bon was arrested, but the Pahira estate is suing him and the trucking companies who hired him to transport goods.

Bon’s attorney says he suffered a seizure, which caused him to veer out of the right lane and crash, according to the lawsuit.

The complaint alleges Bon:

• Is a Haitian citizen operating on a non-domiciled Massachusetts CDL
• Had THC in his blood per a post-crash test
• Had denied any history of seizures on his medical certification form, despite his criminal defense attorney reportedly claiming a seizure caused the crash 
• Never mentioned any seizure or epilepsy to witnesses at the scene, and appeared instead as though he “had just woken up”

The complaint alleges SNK Logistics LLC brokered a load to Augustin Freight Services LLC despite it’s poor safety record, including (per FMCSA data cited in the complaint):

• A vehicle out-of-service rate of 40% — nearly double the national average
• 82 unsafe driving violation points in about a year (speeding, cell phone use, lane violations, failure to obey traffic signals, seatbelt violations)
• 144 maintenance violation points in roughly the same period
• A log falsification violation
• Only four total drivers on staff

The Pahira estate is asking recovery for funeral/burial costs, estate administration expenses, pre-death pain, fear, and suffering, loss of future earning capacity, loss of life’s enjoyments, and the family’s loss of companionship, guidance, and financial support — plus punitive damages against all three defendants.

It’s about time

More states should follow.

Florida just made it official: Muslim Brotherhood, CAIR, and Antifa are foreign terrorist organizations under state law. Gov. DeSantis explains why Sharia law and American constitutionalism cannot coexist, at the Florida GOP Leadership Forum in Tampa.

Spider-Man Joke

What was Spider-Mar’s college major?

Web design

No Packing the Court

DEMOCRATS WANT TO PACK THE SUPREME COURT

Today, the House of Representatives failed to pass a proposed constitutional amendment to fix the number of Supreme Court justices at nine.

All GOP congressmen voted yes. All Democrats except one voted no.

This is a clear signal of what will happen if the Dems seize power in the midterms.

Today’s vote requires a 2/3rds majority. That’s why it failed. But to raise the number it only requires a simple majority because the number is fixed by statute not the Constitution.

The Democrats have issued taking points saying there should be 13 justices because (at least as their Facebook faithful phrase it) there are 13 districts.

Whoever is putting out the talking points that there are 13 districts doesn’t know what they are talking about.

There are 90 federal court Districts, 4 more if you count Puerto Rico, Guam, the US Virgin Islands, and the Northern Mariana Islands.

There are 12, not 13, federal circuit courts that are geographically based. There is a specialized circuit called the Federal Circuit for patents and other special case but it doesn’t relate to a geographical area.

The arguments that there should be as many justices as there are appellate regions would leave us with 12 justices. Not viable.

The reality is that the Court has become a battleground because after years of control by judicial activists, the Court is now mostly originalist.

The Court has been radical. It is now far more conservative. Radical judges give themselves more power. Conservatives read the Constitution to give more power to elected officials.

The left wants to use the Court to accomplish things it could never do through the normal political process.

To be sure Trump is doing things that couldn’t be done if they were put to a vote but presidential expansion of power has been done by all parties.

There is some difference between an elected President expanding his power vs. unelected judges expanding theirs.

I oppose all expansions of power but if I have to choose I take presidential expansion because it is far easier to reverse than judicial expansion.

Putting 13 justices on the court would make it far more political and far more powerful. And unless 13 was in the constitution, the next time there was a change of party it would be 17 and so on.

Fix the number at 9 to take at least one step to depoliticize the Supreme Court.-Farris

Sleep Joke

When the cows fall asleep, it’s time to go to bed.

Because its pasture bedtime.

Breathing

“When asked, ‘What is more important: prayer or reading the Bible?’ I ask, ‘What is more important: breathing in or breathing out?’” Charles Spurgeon