DAILY GRINDER: Philly Childhood Obesity…Drops!
Childhood obesity is down in Philadelphia! [Cue U2's "Beautiful Day"] That’s according to a new analysis recently published in Preventing Chronic Disease, our favorite journal about preventing chronic disease. Since 2006-2007, the study shows, obesity has dropped more than 4.5 percent, and, get this: It’s across age, gender and racial lines. Officials can’t...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Mayor Nutter Speaks to America TONIGHT
First off, I think we can agree that this is what right wing pundits were doing last night as Bill Clinton spoke: Still my favorite GIF (and a quality film that still holds up). Moving on. Mayor Nutter was originally scheduled to speak last night, around 8:30—exactly three hours before President Clinton would end his own speech. But he got a call from the...
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Nutter Prepares For Tonight’s DNC Speech With National TV Appearances [UPDATED]
Mayor Michael Nutter will speak to the largest audience of his life tonight, and will put Philadelphia on display to a national audience. According to the official Democratic National Convention schedule, Nutter is set to go on between 8 and 9 p.m., likely after General Eric Shinseki, who became notable during the Bush years for his speaking out against the war...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Arlen Specter Has Cancer, Again
Arlen Specter has come clean on what’s wrong with him. “I’m battling cancer. It’s another battle I intend to win,” he said in a statement yesterday. Specter, a Democrat turned Republican turned Democrat, has fought cancer twice already—once in 2005, once in 2008. He says he looks forward to getting back to his regular life, and the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Still Fighting ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ in PA Senate Race
A group called ‘Defending the Force’ has a new radio ad out hitting U.S. Senator Bob Casey on his vote to eliminate ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t tell’ back in 2010. The ad goes, in part: “Casey wasn’t there for our troops. Instead, Casey was one of the key Democrats who voted to overturn Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell, which restricts the expression of...
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DAILY GRINDER: Right Wing Media Mock Council, Jim Kenney, Over Chick-fil-A Controversy
I will Tweet you back, scumbags! Some writer at Right Wing News, a right wing news site, does not like Councilman Jim Kenney’s effort to condemn Chick-fil-A for its anti-gay stance when Council reconvenes in the fall. In the article, the writer refers to City Council as “Philly mafia,” being that Kenney’s “declar[ed] that a privately owned company...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Black Madam Charged
The so-called Black Madam, Padge Windslow, has been charged with third-degree murder, conspiracy, reckless endangerment and other violations. Padge got into trouble when her butt injection serum (meant to make for a bigger butt) allegedly killed an aspiring British dancer. She faces up to 88 years in prison. “Padge Windslowe’s arrogance and blatant...
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Rob Zombie Directing ‘Broad Street Bullies’ Film About Flyers
"Hockey is wonderful." Rob Zombie, acclaimed director of House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil’s Rejects, and writer of that song “More Human Than Human,” is coming to Philadelphia for a new project: Broad Street Bullies, a film about the Flyers. According to Deadline New York, the Flyers are right up Zombie’s ally, as they “evolved from a...
Continue ReadingConstitution Center Crowd Loves Michelle Obama—Others, Not So Much
Michelle Obama was in Philadelphia yesterday to rally a large group of campaign volunteers to sign up voters throughout the city, in hopes of securing President Barack Obama’s re-election in this swing state. The event began at 2:30 p.m. and featured several speakers before the first lady came on—all of whom were from either Philadelphia or, as in the case...
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Mayor Nutter Keeps Up Blistering Mitt Romney Attacks
Did I mention Mitt Romney once curb stomped a toddler? While some populist, moderate Democrats like Newark, New Jersey Mayor Cory Booker, former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell and Virginia Senator Mark Warner nervously support President Obama (and sometimes even criticize him), Mayor Michael Nutter continues his full court press against the former Massachusetts...
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