Hoarder Evicted For 6th Time After Leaving Tons Of Trash, Human Waste In Apartment

PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A man labeled as a hoarder by authorities is out of his apartment in Friendship.

Ken Goldsmith grabbed three bags and walked out Friday. He had refused to leave for 10 months.

“You’re gonna make a media circus out of this,” Goldsmith said to the sheriff’s deputy.

“The last thing I want is to see you hurt,” the deputy said.

The apartment has approximately six tons of trash inside, including possible [...]

Biden: We Considered Declaring A Bank Holiday – 2009

Vice President Joe Biden

At a fundraiser for Democrats in Pennsylvania Monday night, Vice President Biden revealed that the incoming Obama administration toyed with declaring a bank holiday on Jan. 21, the day after inauguration.

“It’s amazing how much we’ve forgotten just how far we were in the tank just nine months ago,” Biden said at a dinner for the Allegheny County Democratic Committee, according to the pool report.

The vice president said [...]

3 Arrested For Stealing 17,000 Pounds Of Nickel From Steel Plant

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BRACKENRIDGE (KDKA) — State police have arrested three men in connection with the theft of more than 17,000 pounds of nickel from the ATI/Allegheny Ludlum Steel Plant in Harrison Township.

According to investigators, 52-year-old Paul Eberhardt, 44-year-old Timothy Angely and 46-year-old Kenneth Hill were taken into custody and arraigned at Allegheny County night court.

Authorities say Eberhardt, of Worthington, Pa., is a retired employee of the plant, and Hill, of Apollo, [...]

This post is one of my all-time favorites from DOTE….

I would categorize myself as an ‘All-The-Way fool’ who has flirted with the ranks of the ‘Tinkerers’ and especially the ‘Changers’ but never really felt right or comfortable in those two categories since they only perpetuate the current unsustainable system. I’m thinking of humanity 100 years from now and wanting to prevent its extinction. Cheap, energy-dense fossil fuels have destroyed our cognisance of what it really means to live within [...]

Labor leader: ‘Blame me’ for sparse Obama crowd… “I could’ve (invited) five people per seat”

An Allegheny County labor leader said on Wednesday he’s to blame for unfilled seats during President Obama’s speech to about 300 people in a South Side union hall.

At least 50 seats in the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local No. 5 hall were empty when Obama took the stage about 2:15 p.m. Tuesday to pitch the jobs plan that senators later rejected. Obama toured the [...]