DAILY GRINDER: Tom Ridge for Penn State President? (Oh, and City Elections)
Former Pennsylvania Governor and head of Homeland Security Tom Ridge may end up as the replacement for Penn State President Spanier, considering dude resigns. The number of victims in the Penn State sex abuse/child torture/cover up case has allegedly doubled. There are now “as many as 17” accusers. Joe Paterno’s son says those resignation rumors are hogwash,...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: GOP Proposes Eliminating Northeast Philly District
Rep. Denny O’Brien better hope he gets that seat on City Council he’s up for. According to a redistricting plan proposed yesterday by the state GOP, which is being called a “raw, politically partisan exercise,” O’Brien’s seat would be history and moved to York County. Why would the GOP get rid of one of their own? Because O’Brien is what you might...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: More Philly Taxpayer Automobile Smears
Councilman Brian O’Neill took the Joe Duda way out of the City Council Car Debate last night during a debate with rival Bill Rubin. It’s not that O’Neill necessarily needs, or even wants a taxpayer-funded car, people! But the car is there! It’s free and a pine tree hangs from the rearview! It’s got new rims! Would YOU turn that down? I don’t...
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DAILY GRINDER: Occupy Philly Organizer Missing (Updated)
Occupy Philadelphia organizer Robyn Mello, 24, has been missing from the protest site since Friday, October 14. Her family and friends have not been able to get in contact with her. Anyone who has information on her whereabouts is encouraged to call her brother, Nathan Mello, at 201-220-5654. That’s her picture above, taken from Occupy Philadelphia’s Facebook...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Ed Rendell Tells Occupiers to ‘Go Home’
Former Governor Ed Rendell does not think the Occupy Movement has any Flight 93 people on board. All the occupiers need to “go home, clean up, organize and go” he told…Laura Ingraham the other day. Because he assumes the movement is going to turn violent and will be similar to the riots at the Democratic Convention in 1968 where, “everything blew...
Continue ReadingFact-Checking Rick Santorum’s Depressing New Ad, Line-by-Line
Rick Santorum has a new ad out. It’s called “The Only One” and the first minute or so is meant to induce suicide, we think. It’s just sort of really suicidal stuff. With that in mind, we decided to go over the entire thing and see what’s right, what’s wrong and what’s up for debate here. The whole thing starts with thunderstorms and an Evil Obama...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Nutter Booed at Labor Day Parade
During yesterday’s Labor Day Parade, Mayor Michael Nutter “marched in solidarity” with the 10,000 or so union members and others who showed up. This took place despite three of the four municipal unions in the city not having a contract. Oh, and Nutter was booed. “I’d love to have full, multi-year contracts with the other three unions,” Nutter said,...
Continue ReadingSantorum Presidential Update: What’s Crazier than Crazy?
Former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum is still running for president! How do we know? Because there was a straw poll conducted last weekend, in which wingnuts were rewarded for their nuttery, and Your former senator being one of them. Dude came in fourth place, behind Michele Bachmann, Ron Paul and Tim Pawlenty (the latter of whom dropped out of the race...
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Note To Media: Santorum Committed to Bizarre ‘Marriage Vow,’ Too
OK, so, we’re not sure why this has become a thing. But it has. So, here: All sorts of media outlets are reporting how Michele Bachmann is “under fire” for signing a FAMiLY Leader (for information on FAMiLY Leader, check out this PN post) ‘Marriage Vow’ pledge, which essentially says, “I won’t cheat on my spouse” ala presidential candidate and...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: ‘Start Snitching’
Radio DJ, Star, who’s got a morning show on 100.3 The Beat has started what he’s calling the ‘Start Snitching’ campaign. He hopes passing that message along to city youth will help reduce neighborhood violence and murders. He says he’s taken on the cause personally and when asked about his street credibility with regard to the campaign, he gave this...
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