DAILY GRINDER: Black Madam Charged
The so-called Black Madam, Padge Windslow, has been charged with third-degree murder, conspiracy, reckless endangerment and other violations. Padge got into trouble when her butt injection serum (meant to make for a bigger butt) allegedly killed an aspiring British dancer. She faces up to 88 years in prison. “Padge Windslowe’s arrogance and blatant...
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DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Casey Joins in Anti-Obama Smear
Pennsylvania U.S. Senator Bob Casey, a so-called “moderate” in the U.S. Senate, has voted with the President Obama over 90 percent of the time, but he regularly goes out of his way to pretend he doesn’t. He’s sort of like Joe Lieberman or Ben Nelson, except without the whole “Holding votes hostage” thing and with a penchant for trying to outlaw...
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DAILY GRINDER: Ramsey Wants New Gun Laws in Wake of “Dark Knight Rises” Shooting
Like Mayor Nutter, Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey believes The Dark Knight Rises massacre should prompt more gun-control measures—but says politicians won’t do anything about it, because they are cowards. And he said all this, and more, on ABC’s This Week yesterday. “Many of our legislators unfortunately on the federal level lack the courage...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: New State Voter ID Card Coming?
Pennsylvania officials said they will soon unveil a new state identification card which will make it easier to vote. (?) It will be “formerly announced” in the next few weeks. (?) “If you can’t meet the PennDot requirements for a non-driving ID because you are having trouble getting the necessary documentation together, there will be a way for...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: City Council Raise Kindly Being Donated—to President Obama
City Council is up for a payraise. Six members—Mark Squilla, Curtis Jones, Darrell Clarke, Bobby Henon, Jim Kenny and David Oh—have announced they’d be either rejecting the raise or giving it away. Kenyatta Johnson, Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, Blondell Reynolds Brown and Bill Green are taking it. But not all those under the “rejecting/giving it away”...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Another Voter ID Analysis Shows Bleak Picture
An Inky analysis of Voter ID numbers shows more bad news for Philadelphia (not surprisingly). One in four Philly voters over 80 do not have photo ID from the state Department of Transportation. The state has also counted about 136,000 potential voters whose names “did not match those with PennDot IDs” in the city—and about 15.6 percent of the city’s registered...
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DAILY GRINDER: PA Atheist to Desecrate Quran if ‘Year of Religious Diversity’ Resolution Passed
Image: American Atheists Ernest Pearce V, the director of the state chapter of the American Atheists (the same group that put up the “Slaves, Obey Your Masters” billboard in Harrisburg) says if the House passes a new resolution in the fall, which would hilariously call 2012 the “Year of Religious Diversity” in addition to “Year of the Bible,”...
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DAILY GRINDER: Over 1,000 Black Philadelphians Get Funds From Wells Fargo Predatory Lending Settlement
Fer Gregory / Shutterstock An investigation stemming from July 2010 found that Wells Fargo Mortgage and Wells Fargo Financial Pa. Inc. violated the Pa. Human Relations Act when they discriminated by race, targeting African American borrowers for high interest loans regardless of their ability to pay. This, of course, sent many African American families throughout...
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DAILY GRINDER: Sen. Casey Wants to Ban Robotripping
'Don't robotrip, kids.' Pennsylvania Senator Bob Casey has introduced legislation that would outlaw the sale of cough syrup containing dextromethorphan to teenagers. He’s calling the legislation Repeal of the Brain-Killing DXM Robotripping Bill. (OK, he’s not calling it that. But as an homage to the multiple health care repeal bills in...
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