DAILY GRINDER: Virginia Man Threatens to Kill Obama, Bomb Philadelphia City Hall
A Virginia man named Christopher Hecker has been charged with a number of threats he made, mostly online. They include killing President Barack Obama, bombing the site of the former World Trade Center, hotels and Philadelphia City Hall. Some of his additional online rants include the following: “[Obama] is the one that is destroying patriotism in the U.S.A....
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Philadelphia Green Party Endorses Roseanne Barr For President
Image: Twitter About 25-30 members of the Green Party of Philadelphia met at Buzz Café in Kensington last Thursday to discuss their party’s endorsement for president of the United States. The options? Dr. Jill Stein, a general practitioner; Dr. Kent Mesplay, a air quality inspector and emergency shelter manager; and Roseanne Barr, the comedienne and former...
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2012 Election: In which Donald Trump’s Endorsement Matters [UPDATED]
Proving there’s no longer such thing as humiliation in the modern Republican Party, Donald Trump will be endorsing one of the Republican candidates for president today. And, apparently, it matters. The owner of the saddest casino on Atlantic City’s outskirts is making said endorsement from lavish Las Vegas, Nevada (the site of the next primary), and we’re...
Continue ReadingSpecter: On Second Thought…
Last week, it was reported in the South Philly Public Record that Arlen Specter had endorsed Karen Brown for mayor, a move that sounds as strange as it actually is. We blogged about it, because that is big news, people! Alas, it was not. Specter and Brown now both deny the endorsement. She says they bumped into each other at a fundraiser for Specter’s magic...
Continue ReadingSecond Chance: On Vick’s Endorsement
The Eagles’ season is over – and you’re depressed about it – but Quarterback Michael Vick’s endorsements have begun, after a more than 3-year hiatus. First it was Woodbury Nissan, now it’s Unequal Technologies, a sports gear company whose shock-absorbing padding Vick sported after his rib injury against the Redskins: It’s unknown at this time how...
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NYC Mayor Bloomberg To Endorse Joe Sestak
New York City Mayor Mike Bloomberg will officially endorse our own Joe Sestak for Senate on Tuesday, when they hang together at the Progress Plaza in North Philly (at 9:45 a.m.). Both dudes are apparently enthralled with themselves (Bloomberg because his endorsement matters in Pennsylvania, Sestak because a politician has finally acknowledged his presence). So...
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