Blacks Disproportionately Affected by Philly Unemployment Rate
The national unemployment rate is at 8.3 percent. And so is Philadelphia’s. While that may come off as very comme si comme sa, it helps to note that the city’s rate is half a point higher than the state’s, which stands at 7.6 percent. According to a report at Loop 21, this disparity, along with the declining number of government jobs in the state—and...
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Philly RCC Endorses Romney for President
Pictured: NOT the Philadelphia Republican City Committee Following yesterday’s presidential campaign suspension by Rick Santorum, the Philadelphia Republican City Committee endorsed Mitt Romney for president. RCC Chairman Vito Canuso says the decision to wait until Santorum had dropped out was intentional. “There are plenty of people [in the Philadelphia...
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DAILY GRINDER: Santorum Drops Out After Porn Industry Pressure
I'll get your children where you can't protect them: Their dreams! Sweet headline, right? It’s like reading something at a Fox News-owned website. Technically true but utterly false! [For the record, as we blogged yesterday, the porn industry decided to take on Rick Santorum’s statements that he’d attempt to ban hardcore pornography with a mass-masturbation...
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Santorum Suspending Campaign?
There’s been a number of tweets this afternoon saying Rick Santorum is suspending his presidential campaign. He’s set to hold a news conference now. Not sure if ABC News realizes they’re on the air on the Internet right now. [UPDATE: Ignore the question mark in the headline.] And there’s all this, too: Not sure what his reasons for suspending...
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Porn Stars Encourage Masturbatory Protest Against Rick Santorum
Hey, I'm OK with softcore. That's what Cinemax is, right? As we’ve been reporting here for a while, former Pennsylvania Senator and presidential candidate Rick Santorum has been pretty open about his extreme distaste for hardcore pornography. He’s gone so far to say he’d make a point to ban it as president under the guise of enforcing obscenity...
Continue ReadingPhilly Robberies Make ‘Jihad Watch’
There’ve been a series of robberies throughout parts of lower North and Northeast Philadelphia since December likely perpetrated by the same thugs. What make these robberies interesting is that the alleged suspects were seen wearing traditional Muslim garments which cover the face and are, of course, legal to walk around in. According to Robert Specncer at...
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DAILY GRINDER: It’s Still ‘Year Of The Bible’
Image: American Atheists The Year of the Bible resolution, unanimously passed earlier this year in the state House, hasn’t gone anywhere. This despite a lawsuit by the Freedom From Religion organization and Philly Rep. Mark Cohen’s petition to undo the resolution he voted for saying he’d introduce “Year of Religious Diversity” legislation as a counterweight—after...
Continue ReadingCost of Freedom Creator: Women Disproportionately Affected by Voter ID
Philadelphian Faye Anderson decided to help create the Cost of Freedom Project, a national web-based application which provides information to get identification to vote, after she realized complaining about voter suppression laws wasn’t getting anyone anywhere. “Back in the day we used to say, you’re either part of the problem or part of the solution....
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DAILY GRINDER: Occupy Philly Evicted, Again
Above: The glory days. Occupy Philadelphia decided to camp out and occupy Independence Mall this weekend. Things went pretty well at first. But on Saturday they were asked by park rangers to get a permit. They responded, on Facebook, saying the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was their permit. Legally speaking, that didn’t seem to be the...
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Mayor Nutter Rips Mitt Romney on Conference Call
Oh, sorry. What I said was, 'Don't fuck with me.' If Mitt Romney somehow manages to become President of the United States, don’t expect him to get all bipartisan with Mayor Michael Nutter on an education initiative or some shit. Because during a Democratic National Committee conference call today in support of closing tax loopholes for the “super...
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