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Freedom Is Fabulous [Dot] Com!
“Some of those tea partiers are nuts,” Matt Hissey admitted today outside of Geno’s Steaks. Hissey is among a growing gay conservative movement in Philadelphia, and along with colleagues Brendan Kissam and Brian McCollum, supported a Tea Party event outside of the world-famous cheesesteak eatery. “I like that they have a policy that you...
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The Fun Of Sitting Through A Budget Hearing For A Day
Since late March and until early May, City Council has been sifting through Mayor Michael Nutter’s proposed budget in a six-week process called budget hearings. They’re attempting to comprehensively scrutinize and improve the budget for the city’s best interests, and the public is invited to come along to help them. After-all, the city’s...
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The Phlog: Let Them Eat Cake!
The City of Hope today celebrated historical romances through creativity and chocolate, and held its Let Them Eat Cake competition. Professional pastry makers dropped $150 a pop to enter, meanwhile if you wanted a slice of the action, tickets cost just $40 to taste the treats. All proceeds benefit the cancer research center, but if you just wanted to drool...
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The Phlog: Is This Your 9/11 Truth Car in NoLibs?
The stench of incense and vehicles with Alex Jones-ish bumper stickers up and down Green Street in Northern Liberties this weekend meant one thing: the Free Your Mind conference at RUBA. It was two days of speakers helping attendees understand government (and otherwise) mind-control techniques, stopping the occult’s subversive influences on our consciousness...
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Tokens No More: SEPTA Announces Plans For Smart Cards
John Sykes, a SEPTA senior construction inspector, demonstrates how an app for smart phones will be used to pay for SEPTA’s buses, regional trains and subways. These gates will be installed at University City, 30th Street Station, Suburban Station, Market East & Temple University. As mentioned in today’s DAILY GRINDER, if friends from out of...
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As Students Protest Potential Tuition Hikes, Schools Should Find A Compromise
Temple University Student Government President Natalie Ramos-Castillo leads hundreds of TU and Penn State Abington students to fight against proposed education cuts. Gov. Corbett’s proposed $1 billion dollar cut in education may not affect Temple University Senior Natalie Ramos-Castillo’s tuition next year because she graduates this May. But the...
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Holy Finance: A Church’s Price Tag
These Lasalle High School students pass out meals for the homeless outside of the Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter & Paul. For the first time since the recent Philadelphia grand jury report and removal of more than a dozen priests for sexual abuse allegations, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said Thursday that they will not “derail” their...
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Think Philly’s Water Is Gross? Worse Could Be Coming
The Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences held a “town hall” discussion about fracking last night. It’ no surprise that PA Governor Tom Corbett says fracking regulations are too aggressive–Bradford Energy Company and Bradford Coal executives contributed more than $180,000 to his campaign since 2004. Still, it’s not just republican-democrat...
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Republican Mayoral Candidate: ‘Philly Already Had A Black Mayor’
Candidates running for elected City Offices today randomly selected their ballot positions by pulling numbers from a tin can. But not everyone left City Hall with the same smiles–or confidence– that they initially sported earlier this morning when they first arrived. Ballot positioning is important, especially considering most elected positions within...
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The Phlog: Civil War In Philly Education
The Philadelphia Federation of Teachers is bashing the School District’s reform efforts, but it may be ‘up to no good,’ itself (photos: Matt Petrillo). More than 800 teachers, students and public school advocates booed at the names of School Superintendent Arlene Ackerman and U.S. Secretary of Education Arnie Duncan outside of the School District...
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