Former Porn-Shop Worker Is Now Taking a Stand Against, You Guessed It, Porn!
In a recent post on John De Santo’s blog, DirtAndMoreDirt.com, titled “The Sexual Predator’s Office: Public Restrooms,” the bisexual anti-porn advocate notes the dangers of men soliciting sex from one another and masturbating to each other in restaurants’ and clubs’ bathrooms. “There are people who will take advantage of this situation,” he writes....
Continue ReadingSome Say Men Are the Real Victims of Domestic Violence
In mid-May, the U.S. House of Representatives was tasked with re-authorizing the Violence Against Women Act. Originally put into place in 1994, the bill provides added funding into the investigation and prosecution of violent crimes against women, like spousal abuse. This year, under House GOP control, the final version of the bill was extremely watered down....
Continue ReadingCorbett Admin. Invokes New Black Panthers in Voter ID Letter to Justice Dept.
In late July, the U.S. Justice Department sent a letter to Acting Secretary of the Commonwealth Carol Aichele noting it would be probing the state’s Voter ID laws—including the state’s erroneous claim that “99 percent of Pennsylvania’s eligible voters already have acceptable photo ID.” Yesterday, the state responded and sunk to new lows when it accused...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Still Fighting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in PA Senate Race
A group called ‘Defending the Force’ has a new radio ad out hitting U.S. Senator Bob Casey on his vote to eliminate ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t tell’ back in 2010. The ad goes, in part: “Casey wasn’t there for our troops. Instead, Casey was one of the key Democrats who voted to overturn Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which restricts the expression of...
Continue Reading‘Legitimate Rape’ Fantasies Nothing New for Conservatives
U.S. Rep. Todd Akin, the GOP Senate candidate and frontrunner in Missouri, set off a media and partisan firestorm yesterday after making claims in which he noted women who are raped have a natural defense against getting pregnant from said rape. In his explanation, he referred to something as “legitimate rape,” and used pseudo science to claim that, “the...
Continue Reading5 Historic Moments In Which Musicians Have Taken on Politicians (With Mixed Results)
Three instances of musicians taking on the political spectrum found their way into the headlines on Friday. The two unimportant examples occurred when Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello slammed Republican VP candidate Paul Ryan (who has said he likes Rage’s music) and mediocre Smashing Pumpkins tribute homage ripoff inspired band the Silversun Pickups...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Court Upholds Voter ID Law
According to Philly.com, “A Commonwealth Court judge denied a bid by civil rights groups to block the new voter identification law from taking effect,” and said the plaintiffs hadn’t proven the law would impose “irreparable” harm on citizens. The ACLU is expected to appeal the ruling. But between this, Republicans attempting to kick the Libertarian...
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Green Party Stays on Ballot in Pennsylvania While Constitution, Libertarian Parties Challenged
There’s a first time for everything. And 2012 appears to be the first time since 2004 the Green Party of Pennsylvania will put statewide candidates on the commonwealth’s election ballot. The deadline for a ballot challenge from the Democratic Party came and went last week, without a challenge. On the other side of the alternative politicosphere, however,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Almost 30 Percent of Pennsylvanians are ‘Obese’ and This is Bad
28.6 percent of Pennsylvania’s residents are considered ‘obese.’ That statistic makes us 20th in the country (in 1995, our rate was about 16 percent) and will likely be used by soda tax proponents, whenever that becomes a thing again, forever and ever. The executive director of the Trust for America’s Health, which analyzed obesity data from the Center...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Don’t Say We Didn’t Warn You About the City’s Crumbling Sewer System
Another of the city’s water mains has broken. This time, it’s on Ridge and Manayunk avenues in Manayunk. But hey, don’t say we didn’t warn you, Philly. Remember when we told you, like, three years ago that the city’s sewer system was crumbling? No? Oh. Well, we wrote about it in a Sept. 23, 2009, cover story. Philadelphia’s sewers...
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