About this blog
Mike Argento, a York native and graduate of York Suburban Area High School and Penn State, first came to the York Daily Record in 1983. He even had gray hair back then. After stints covering everything from cops to city hall to state government to the environment, he began writing a column for the paper, three times a week, in 1989. His column can be about anything and so is his blog, which encompasses life in York County and beyond. And, for the record, as he told his wife the other night, he wishes people would stop asking him, 'What's wrong with you?' He really doesn't know.
Monthly Archives: April 2010
If at first…
OK, let’s review. On Monday, Senate Republicans blocked debate on a bill that would reform Wall Street. On Tuesday, they did it again. On Wednesday, they did it once again. Then, later Wednesday afternoon, they relented and stopped blocking the … Continue reading
It’s only bad when the dog starts to talk back
A recent Associated Press-Petside.com poll found that one-third of married women believe their pets are better listeners than their husbands. Eighteen percent of men believed the same thing. I don’t know. My dogs only listen when they believe I’m going … Continue reading
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Go down to the shore, before the shore comes to us
Good piece on Slate magazine about disappearing Maryland beaches. Erosion, rising sea levels and other factors are making the beaches disappear. Maybe somebody should do something about it.
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Hitler parodies pulled
The makers of the film about Hitler’s final days have pulled the various parodies of it that have become an Internet meme. Here is one that survived the purge: Hitler Finds Out the Hitler Downfall Parody Videos are Being Taken … Continue reading
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State of insanity
So Arizona made it illegal to be Mexican. Arizona is now vying for the title as the country’s dumbest and weirdest state, wresting the title from Florida, South Carolina and several other states. The new anti-immigration law is absurd. It … Continue reading
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Newt said something
So Newt Gingrich appeared in York and said something dumb. What else is new? What amazes me is how anyone still listens to this guy. His opinions are based on fiction and his advocacy for ideas that have been discredited … Continue reading
Richard Barrett
The white supremacist who sued York was murdered in his Mississippi home. Here is a case where if you can’t say anything good about a person, saying nothing at all.
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Great piece about the Tea Party
Slate magazine has a piece today about the Tea Party and that while most of us find them amusing, that they represent a danger to our nation mostly because of their ignorance of history and willingness to believe balderdash spewed … Continue reading
Drag the lake, Charlie
From today’s paper: “A fisherman on Lake Marburg discovered what officials determined to be a stolen vehicle inside Codorus State Park Tuesday night. “The fisherman was on the water near the marina when he looked down and saw the roof … Continue reading
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Tiger’s penance
Heard on the radio that Tiger went to a Nickelback concert. Nickelback. Hasn’t the guy suffered enough for his sins?
