DAILY GRINDER: Another Alleged Philadelphia Terrorist Sympathizer Arrested
Philadelphia resident Bakhtiyor Jumaev was arrested yesterday on charges that he supported a Uzbek terrorist organization when he allegedly sent money to Jamshid Muhtorov, of Colorado. For one reason: “Muhtorov and Jumaev are also suspected of trying to participate in a “wedding” — code for terrorist event or attack — planned by the Islamic Jihad Union,...
Continue ReadingCorbett on Ultrasound Bill: ‘You Just have to Close Your Eyes’
Nothing says rugged individualism gone creepsville quite like Gov. Tom Corbett’s remarks on the forced shaming of Pennsylvania’s female population. When asked recently about the controversial ultrasound bill working its way through the state House of Representatives, Corbett became a little less Juno, a little more Alien. A member of the press asked...
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Disabled Activists Barred from Capitol Building [Updated]
"See what happens when you mess with a giant?" Gov. Tom Corbett’s proposed Pennsylvania budget has taken the cleaver to welfare spending so sharp, Philadelphia Health Commissioner Donald Schwarz basically promised us last week that people would soon begin dying in the streets. So, today, a group of about 100 disabled activists have taken to the Capitol...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: PA Dems Attack Rick Santorum for Senate Donations
The Pennsylvania Democratic Party is back attacking presidential candidate Rick Santorum in their campaign emails in order to get you to donate money to Senator Bob Casey. Huh? OK, it’s like this: “He’s back,” reads a new email from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party. “According to the latest polls, Rick Santorum is now the leading Republican...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: $1.9 Million in State Budget to Honor Standup Comedian
After making the Philadelphia University “Arlen Specter Library” earmark a sticking point of his campaign against Pennsylvania Democratic uber spending and corruption in 2010, Gov. Tom Corbett recently signed off on $1.9 million for the very same library, claiming he had no choice! That building at PU will hold some of former Senator Specter’s papers...
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Can Pennsylvania Recall Gov. Tom Corbett?
"Dance, puppets, dance!" In light of Gov. Corbett’s budget address yesterday, in which he most prominently stripped more money away from higher education—30 percent cut for Temple University and a 28 percent reduction for Penn State, among others—a Facebook page titled, “Recall Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett,” began getting hit on and “talked...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: On Rick Santorum and Tom Corbett
Yesterday was is a big day for Pennsylvania conservatives—I guess! The state’s governor gave another treacherous budget address, in which he stood his ground against raising taxes on millionaires while taking money away from the poor and educational institutions (that’ll teach ‘em for spending all that money on book learnin! Scumbagz!). Later on, Rick...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Gov. Ed Rendell ‘Believer’ in Newspapers’ Ability to Profit
Former Governor Ed Rendell is leading a so-called “civic-minded” effort to buy the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News, after news reports surfaced last week saying two hedge funds with major stakes in the Philly Media Network want to sell. “They’re as big a believer as I am that the Philadelphia Media Network can turn a profit, but that’s...
Continue ReadingGov. Tom Corbett will ‘Relax’ Food Stamp Asset Test
Looks like Gov. Tom Corbett has finally heard your outrage. Because his administration announced today that the original asset test it announced—in which your bank account would have to contain less than $2,000 if you want to collect food stamps—has been relaxed. Now, it says it wants to impose a $5,500 limit for individuals and $9,000 for households with...
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....
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