DAILY GRINDER: Is Philly Plane Bomb Hoax Just Like the Taliban?
In light of the Facebook/Philadelphia airplane debacle which occurred over the past week (a call was made to Philly airport police warning that a plane headed from Philadelphia to Dallas had explosives on board…the plane turned around, landed, and it turned out to be a hoax…Then the person who was accused of having said fake bombs in the first place...
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DAILY GRINDER: PPA Aide to Collect $522 Thousand DROP Payment
Fer Gregory / Shutterstock Philadelphia Parking Authority Aide Carl Ciglar will retire from his position next year with a six-figure pension and $522,183 in DROP cash. Hey, remember DROP? Defense has begun in the Philadelphia sexual abuse case, and the first witness, Msgr. Joseph Garvin, said Lynn recommended an abusive priest be transferred, but that the cardinal...
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DAILY GRINDER: Another Unrelated Incident Leads to Pot Arrest
Philadelphia firefighters responded to a West Philly fire yesterday afternoon and found “at least 100 marijuana plants in the house,” with a growing room taking up the entire second floor. That’s at least three police/fire incidents which have led to the discovery of marijuana growing and/or selling in less than a month. Black Madam news: She allegedly...
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Election 2012: Will Contraceptives be a Winning Campaign Issue?
Here’s something: The newest attack on the Obama Administration is his health plan’s requirement that companies and organizations cover contraceptives for their employees. It began with the Catholic Church (which we covered here), wiggled its way through the Republican National Committee and its affiliates, and is now in full attack mode in the mainstream...
Continue ReadingWill Option of Contraceptives Kill ‘Religious Freedom’? Philly Catholic Church Says Yes
There’s a new controversy coming out of the federal government. And a new source of outrage. It’s the Department of Health and Human Services’ requirement that health plans cover contraceptives for women under Obamacare. The source of outrage? The Catholic Church. I assume I don’t need to list the reasons the Church is against contraceptives. After...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Pennsylvania Bishop Compares Public Schools to Hitler
Pennsylvania School Choice advocates—in this case, Catholic Church leaders—want their school choice, and they want it now! Please! During debate in Harrisburg yesterday, Harrisburg Bishop Joseph McFadden actually said, “In totalitarian governments, they would love our system…This is what Hitler and Mussolini and all those tried to establish a monolith...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philly Archdiocese Accused of Being ‘Unindicted Co-Conspirator’
Of course they are: Philadelphia Assistant District Attorney Mark Cipolletti accused the Philadelphia Archodiocese yesterday of being an “unindicted co-conspirator” in the case of priest abuse that’s set to go to trial in March. Monsignor William Lynn is being charged with conspiring with church officials to keep priests accused of sex abuse in ministry....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Junk’-Exposing Traffic Court Judge Removed—For Something Else
Remember Willie Singletary? We mentioned him yesterday as the Traffic Court judge who allegedly exposed himself to a fellow government employee? Well, the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has suspended him for remarks he made back in 2007 – which just recently found their way onto YouTube – asking inhabitants of a biker rally for donations and, in exchange, he’d...
Continue ReadingChurch: We’re Sorry, We Guess
Here’s something new: The church has apologized! No, not specific priests, and not to their rape and torture victims. No, not the specific Cardinals and/or Bishops who covered it up. No, not the pope. But the Catholic Standard and Times, the official newspaper of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia – which once in a while, like in this case, breaks news – has...
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