DAILY GRINDER: Rep. Metcalfe Tells Bob Brady to Stop Endorsing Fraud
It’s on: State Rep. Daryl Metcalfe put an open letter to Congressman Bob Brady on his website yesterday, telling the Philly Democratic boss to “stop endorsing voter fraud and corruption,” in regards to the recently-signed Voter ID bill. Brady has put out a statement against the bill, which Metcalfe, who sponsored it, says is necessary because ACORN...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Calls Trayvon Martin’s Death “An Assassination”
Mayor Nutter went on MSNBC on Sunday to speak about the Trayvon Martin killing in Sanford, Florida. “I’ve called this nothing short of an assassination,” Nutter said. “This individual Zimmerman followed Trayvon for some period of time. Trayvon was not a threat to him.” There is a candlelight vigil for Martin tonight at 6:30 p.m. in Love...
Continue Reading
Nutter Defends Homeless Feeding Policy on ‘Radio Times’
Mayor Michael Nutter called into WHYY’s Radio Times this morning to speak about his administration’s new homeless feeding policy, which has become the object of scorn amongst several groups, including local feeding services and Occupy Philly. “Unfortunately there’s been a fair amount of…misinformation about what people have heard vs. what I...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: AG Candidate Murphy Says he Won’t Enforce ‘Ultrasound’ Legislation
Former Congressman and current Pennsylvania Attorney General candidate Patrick Murphy claims he won’t enforce the ultrasound bill if it goes into law and he is elected in November. His Democratic primary opponent, Kathleen Kane, is also opposed to the bill but has stopped short of saying she plain old won’t enforce it. Gov. Corbett is now saying his “Close...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Another Alleged Philadelphia Terrorist Sympathizer Arrested
Philadelphia resident Bakhtiyor Jumaev was arrested yesterday on charges that he supported a Uzbek terrorist organization when he allegedly sent money to Jamshid Muhtorov, of Colorado. For one reason: “Muhtorov and Jumaev are also suspected of trying to participate in a “wedding” — code for terrorist event or attack — planned by the Islamic Jihad Union,...
Continue ReadingNutter Feeds Us a Load of Crap With New Homeless Rule
By Daniel Rackley One of the great things about starting the second term of a period in office is that you can afford to enact ridiculous regulations—all the while sparing yourself the burden of worrying about losing your job. Mayor Nutter now has that luxury, and appears to be putting it to use rather quickly. Nutter has launched what is essentially an attack...
Continue Reading
Nutter Announces New ‘Indoor Feeding’ Policy
Mayor Michael Nutter held a press conference earlier today regarding the city’s new controversial “Don’t feed the homeless” policy. Masked in a series of well-meaning statements, it basically comes down to, as some critics have cried, move the city’s homeless population off the Parkway. The Administration has also decided to establish a pseudo-Occupy...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: San Diego Chargers QB Philip Rivers Likes Rick Santorum
First Megadeath, then First Love, and now this: San Diego Chargers’ quarterback Philip Rivers put out a press release saying he thinks Rick Santorum is just great. “I am supporting Rick Santorum for President because of his stance on issues that attack vital Christian values our country was founded upon: no abortion, upholding traditional marriage, defending...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: PA Senate Committee Passes ‘anti-Obamacare’ Measure
On the same day they passed Voter ID legislation, a state Senate panel found time to approve a proposal that’d make the federal Affordable Care Act—specifically the one-time Republican idea that all residents be required to buy insurance—illegal. Problem? In order to put such legislation into action, it’s got to literally be put into the state constitution....
Continue Reading
