DAILY GRINDER: Former PM Tony Blair Receives Award in Philly…Again
A year-and-a-half after receiving the Liberty Medal at the National Constitution Center (and getting former President Bill Clinton to fork it over), former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was in town again last night. And again, to receive an award. This time, it was the International Statesman Award from the World Affairs Council. He told the local audience,...
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DAILY GRINDER: Council Resolution to Repeal ‘Castle Doctrine’ After Trayvon Killing
In light of Trayvon Martin’s murder making national headlines, and the arrest of shooter George Zimmerman this week, Philadelphia City Councilman Curtis Jones, Jr. thinks we need to change our state’s laws so the same shit doesn’t happen here. And since some of the controversy in the case allegedly revolves around the Florida police’s hands being...
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DAILY GRINDER: Philly Rep. Wants to Crack down on Porn–In Cars!
Mobile peepshow. So, the 2011-2012 legislative session in Harrisburg has seen 3,628 bills introduced, and 164 signed into law. Many of those bills not signed into law (and some that were) are downright ridiculous. For instance, Sen. Gene Yaw wants to make “the venomous 6-foot Timber Rattlesnake” Pennsylvania’s official state reptile. (They have...
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Protesters Play Hockey on Broad Street to Protest Bank
Philadelphia-based community organizing group Fight For Philly staged a march through Center City yesterday afternoon in search of a bank to protest. And they found it in Wells Fargo on South Broad Street, where they set out to prove a point—by playing hockey. “They took over some loan deals,” says Eric Alick, a member of the group, “and of course they...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: City Council to Take on Movie Ratings?
A new documentary about bullying, called Bully, is set to open in theaters at the end of the month, and is likely getting an “R” rating. Philadelphia City Councilman Jim Kenney has started a petition that’d remove the rating so schools could show it. “This film, for me, is more about the kids who are not the bullies — the kids who are spectators, so...
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DAILY GRINDER: Santorum Sweeps South; Gingrich Keeps Chugging
Rick Santorum owned last night—again. Proving once and for all “REAL VOTERS” (his words, not mine) in REAL AMERICA (Mississippi, Alabama) want a REAL END to abortion pills and anti-American learnin’ shacks. His campaign sent out an email last night, saying as much: “All doubt has been removed. Despite what Mitt Romney’s Boston consultants want...
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....
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Redistricting Debacle Keeps House Seat in Northeast Philly; York Republicans Drop Out
Last week, we noted that Pennsylvania’s 169th District in the state House was really up for grabs—candidates for the seat were separated by more than 100 miles of Pennsyltucky. Now, three of the York, PA candidates for the 169th have dropped out of the race because the Pennsylvania Supreme Court has kept the district in Philly. And if that doesn’t make...
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