DAILY GRINDER: A Time-Lapse Video of Citizen’s Bank Park Getting Ready for Hockey
The Flyers will play the Winter Classic against the Rangers on January 2 outside at Citizens Bank Park. Now, want to see a sweet time-lapse video of the park’s field being turned into a hockey rink? Of course you do. Check it out here. A seventh person came forward on the Friday before Christmas to say she, too, was molested by former Philadelphia Daily News...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Gov. Corbett Decries Liquor ‘Privatization’ Plan
You think it, Tom Corbett says it! (OK, his press secretary does. This time. Sort of.) “The governor wants to privatize the LCB,” he said yesterday, as reports of House Bill 11’s new “privatization-lite” language swept the Commonwealth. According to the amended PLCB privatization bill in the House, the LCB would keep its state stores, though...
Continue ReadingIraq War Declared “Over” As Secret Documents Shed Light on Iraqi Civilian Massacres
The Iraqi war is officially over (for reals this time), as the New York Times revealed today the details of a massacre of Iraqi civilians a small city, what was probably one of many similar incidents that will never come to light. A reporter for the Times discovered a 400-page document detailing Marine interrogations concerning the massacre, while strolling...
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Occupy Philly Performs Street Theater, Says U.S. Senate Worse than Historical Fascists
Occupy Philly held a day of action against the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which, they and other critics contend, would allow the indefinite detention of U.S. citizens on U.S. soil. The crowd of about 30 marched around the city, hitting both Sen. Bob Casey and Sen. Pat Toomey’s offices, among other spots. Both senators voted in favor of the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: U.S. Government’s Foreclosure Prevention Programs Not Working as Advertised
Remember the U.S. government’s emergency $1 billion foreclosure-prevention program (and others), set to help anywhere from 7-9 million Americans who’d fallen on hard times? So far, it’s only helped about 2 million (many of whom still face foreclosure) and, not surprisingly, of the $46 billion set aside in 2009 to tackle the housing crisis, only $2.8 billion...
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Remember High-Speed Rail Through Philly? It’s Dead.
The Vice President at Penn. Back in February, Vice President Joe Biden gave a speech at 30th Street Station in which he touted the Obama Administration’s plans for high-speed rail the country over. It involved using federal stimulus cash to build new locomotives, similar to high-speed rail in Europe. We were promised Philly to New York in under an hour, at...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Ex-Philly Police Captain Told to Stop Wearing Uniform at Occupy Protests
Philadelphia Police Chief Charles Ramsey sent a cease and desist letter to retired Philadelphia Police Captain Raymond Lewis, who was recently arrested at an Occupy Wall Street protest. Ramsey would like you to take off your shirt, Mr. Lewis. “It could give the mistaken opinion that somehow this is a statement being made by a member of the police department,...
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Senate Passes National Defense Authorization Act; PA Sens. Have No Response on Indefinite Incarceration Provision
Image: Shutterstock We’ve been contacting both Pennsylvania Sens. Bob Casey and Pat Toomey all week to get the rationale behind their Tuesday votes in favor of Section 1031 of the National Defense Authorization Act. This section, according to some critics, essentially turns the entirety of the United States into part of the “battlefield” in the...
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Do Pennsylvania’s Representatives Support Turning U.S. into a ‘Battlefield’?
Image: Shutterstock The 2012 Defense Authorization Bill has become the object of scorn by the White House and many civil rights groups due to a provision that some say would allow the U.S. military to assert “battlefield” rules on U.S. soil and imprison American citizens without charge or trial. The bill, S 1867, was drafted “in secret,” by Senators...
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