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This is from when he ran for the Senate in 2016 and lost the primary, but it is making the rounds on the interweb again.

The hashtag #EmptyShelvesJoe was one of the hottest trends across Twitter Thursday as people en masse are waking up to the fact that international supply chains are clogged, and shortages have resulted in empty store shelves at their local retailer. The hashtag, number one in the US on Thursday, comes one day after President Biden issued a port directive to operate 24/7 to alleviate snarled supply chains. But the move to have Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach, a point of entry for 40% of all US containerized goods, work in hyperdrive to alleviate congestion is “too little, too...

JAG Writes: I LOVE science. ' True science. My view is that God LOVES true science too, for example Math , , , My view is that Math originated in the nature of God who is the Original Mathematician --- just as all the other disciplines also originated in the nature of God. God Is The , , , , Original Mathematician Original Physicist Original Cosmologist Original Inventor Original Artist Original Scientist Original Oceanographer Original Philosopher Original Epistemologist Original Empiricist Original Poet Original Writer Original Lover {wanting the best for others} Original Chooser { Volition } Original Economist Original Emotion-ist...

Some Southwestern Pennsylvanians say it every day. But to the state Republican Party, jagoff is a profanity. The party blurred out the word in a tweet posted Wednesday showing a picture of a T-shirt that John Fetterman, the Democratic Party's nominee for lieutenant governor, sold during his campaign. The Pennsylvania Primary Election determined John Fetterman as the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor; Fetterman is endorsed by Bernie Sanders and his rise included selling t-shirts with profanity-laced attacks on President Trump!MORE: https://t.co/1kOou24P7N pic.twitter.com/l6M7zUJivR — PA GOP (@PAGOP) May 16, 2018

It is disqualifying for a modern-day presidential nominee to refuse to release tax returns to the voters, especially one who has not been subject to public scrutiny in either military or public service. Tax returns provide the public with its sole confirmation of the veracity of a candidate's representations regarding charities, priorities, wealth, tax conformance, and conflicts of interest. Further, while not a likely circumstance, the potential for hidden inappropriate associations with foreign entities, criminal organizations, or other unsavory groups is simply too great a risk to ignore for someone who is seeking to become commander-in-chief. Mr. Trump says he...

Plano Police say a male shopper happened to see 44-year old Fermin Morales-Gonzalez taking pictures up the skirts and dresses of unsuspecting women. Reports say the man told the store management and then flagged down a Plano Police officer who was driving by. (snip) He says Gonzalez admitted none of the women had his permission. He’s been indicted on five felony counts.

GREENSBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fifty-two bottles of well-aged whiskey disappeared between his lips, police said, and now it's time for a western Pennsylvania man to settle up. John Saunders, the former live-in caretaker of a Pittsburgh-area mansion, faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner's whiskey. Owner Patricia Hill found nine cases of whiskey hidden in the walls and stairwell of the century-old Georgian mansion built by coal and coke industrialist J.P. Brennan after she bought it in 2012. The Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey was produced in the early 1900s by the nearby West...

Lawyer Mikey Weinstein is behind almost every attempt to ban Christianity from the armed forces....

Moves to bridge gap in city pension fund; challenge expected Pittsburgh Mayor Luke Ravenstahl plans to propose a 1 percent college-education privilege tax to council today, in a move that's likely to set off a fight with the city's schools of higher learning. College and university representatives met with the mayor on Wednesday and argued against the tax, which would be assessed on a college student's tuition. It technically would not be a levy on the students or their schools, but rather on the privilege of getting a higher education in Pittsburgh. "They weren't pleased to hear that this was...

KABUL — The men around Lindsey Graham ignored his powerful political title — U.S. senator — and instead addressed him by rank — colonel.

Penn State Police confirmed today that they have filed charges against Nittany Lions basketball player Stanley Pringle in an incident involving public masturbation that occurred last Thursday in Pattee Library.

A Manor man allegedly tried to find a faster way home after tipping a few. Louis E. Bevilacqua, 33, of 28 S. Railroad St., was charged Tuesday with stealing a Mutual Aid ambulance shortly before 2 a.m. from outside the Sunoco convenience store on Mt. Pleasant Street in Greensburg. He was arraigned yesterday on charges of theft, receiving stolen property, driving under the influence of alcohol and driving while his operating privileges were suspended for drunken driving. Police said the two attendants on the ambulance left the vehicle running in the parking lot.

Woman Guilty After Microwaving Fake Penis At Store Fake Penis Holds Urine For Drug Test POSTED: 8:45 am EDT September 15, 2006 MCKEESPORT, Pa. -- The case of the fake male organ is now closed. A man and woman who asked a Pennsylvania convenience store clerk to microwave a fake penis have settled disorderly conduct charges A woman named Leslye Creighton, 41, pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct charges in connection with the incident last February at a convenience store near Pittsburgh. The incident began when Creighton's friend, Vincent Bostic, 31, filled a fake penis with his urine, which Creighton planned...

A woman who ran away as a teenager and lived for a decade with a school security guard sued the city and school district Thursday, claiming that they failed to fully investigate her disappearance. Tanya Nicole Kach, 24, came forward March 21 and told police that she had been living in Thomas Hose's house for 10 years. Kach told police that Hose, 48, kept her in a bedroom in the small, two-story home where he lived with his parents. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Pittsburgh, claims police and city officials involved in the case were incompetent. It...

Former Pittsburgh Steelers radio broadcaster Myron Cope was involved in a multicar fender-bender on the Parkway West, state police said. The crash happened a little after 11:30 a.m. Friday in the inbound lanes near Banksville Road as traffic was approaching the Fort Pitt Tunnel. Cope's rented Ford Explorer was one of five vehicles involved in the wreck. Police said all drivers had their seat belts on and nobody was injured.

Vernetta Geric won't soon forget the 911 call she received about the squirrel in the tree. ~snip~ The caller said she needed a police officer right away. "What's the problem?" said Geric, 46, of East Pittsburgh. "I have a large tree in my backyard ... there's a squirrel stuck in the tree." "Ma'am, this is a squirrel? In a tree? What's the problem?" "It's been there for about an hour. It's crying; it needs help. There's a problem," the caller insisted. "Ma'am, sorry, but this isn't necessarily a police issue. It's a wild animal, sitting in a tree. It's supposed...

CLEVELAND (AP) - The fan who ran onto the field at Cleveland Browns Stadium during a Steelers-Browns game was sentenced Tuesday to spend Super Bowl weekend in jail. Nathan Mallett, 24, will begin his three-day sentence on Feb. 3 and won't be allowed to watch the Feb. 5 game on television or listen to it on radio. Municipal Court Judge Joan Synenberg ordered Mallett not to attend Browns games in Cleveland or any other city for five years as a condition of his probation. He also most perform 150 hours of community service with Browns charities. He could have been...

Myron Cope Apologizes for Rambling Speech PITTSBURGH - When retired Pittsburgh Steelers radio announcer Myron Cope was given the Pete Rozelle Radio-Television Award at the Pro Football Hall of Fame over the weekend, he was given two minutes to speak. Cope rambled for 13 minutes and was eventually escorted back to his seat before he could finish. He apologized Monday for causing a scene, saying it was conceit. "People may think I'm senile, but I ain't. I thought I was a celebrity," the 76-year-old Cope said. While some fans in the audience booed, Cope used the speech to lobby for...

PITTSBURGH (AP) -- Police have flagged a man for an illegal quarterback sneak. Authorities said Brian Jackson, 31, dated two women by pretending to be Pittsburgh Steelers quarterbacks Ben Roethlisberger and Brian St. Pierre. Jackson, arrested Friday, was charged with harassment for allegedly continuing to contact both women after they learned of the ruses. He was also charged with criminal mischief for allegedly ruining a Steelers jersey owned by one of the women's neighbors when he signed his worthless rendition of Roethlisberger's autograph on it. The jersey was worth $75 before it was signed, police said.

Locker Room 'Cheerleader' Ordered To Trial POSTED: 1:31 pm EST November 18, 2004 UPDATED: 5:42 pm EST November 18, 2004 GREENSBURG, Pa. -- A Westmoreland County man who police say led a double life was ordered to stand trial Thursday. Robert Domasky was found in a girls' locker room at Greensburg Salem High School in September, dressed as a cheerleader, according to Greensburg police. Robin Mutnansky, a Greensburg Salem custodian, testified that she is the one who discovered Domasky in the locker room. "When she turned around, I said to myself, 'Oh my god, it's a man,'" Mutnansky said at...