DAILY GRINDER: ESPN Alleges Gov. Corbett Had JoePa Fired
Next time: Just get me season tickets. ESPN’s Outside the Lines has a story out which alleges Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett ordered the firing of Joe Paterno from Penn State, and, as many would believe, by extension, killed him? (Your Facebook friend: BLESS JOEPAS HEART, HE NEEDED WORK TO LIVE!) The piece reads: “And the governor said, ‘I told...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Priest Abuse Case Gets Sicker
Priest abuse cases are always bad. Sure. But there’s something about the Philadelphia case, specifically, that sort of makes me throw up a little, each time I read about it. Maybe it’s the detailed, alleged maniacal perversion of the individual, uncharged priests who will never see the inside of a jail cell or that Cardinal Lynn apparently let it all happen....
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Philadelphia Man Arrested on Suspicion of Helping #OWS Dump Shit
A 25-year-old Philadelphia man was arrested on suspicion of helping Occupy Wall Street protesters drag and dump containers of human feces and urine in Lower Manhattan. According to the New York Police Department, OWS members dragged “large quantities of human urine and feces” into an open air plaza at the corner of Nassau and Cedar Streets, the dumped the...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Video: Corbett Statement on Voter ID Bill
As you may have read yesterday, the House passed the state’s Voter ID bill and Gov. Corbett dropped everything to sign it at 6 p.m., just a few hours after it was sent to his desk. A legal challenge looms over the bill and even the Obama Administration has jumped in, calling the measure “a costly bill to address a non-existent problem.” Perhaps Mr. Obama...
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Gov. Tom Corbett Apparently Doesn’t Understand His Own Lies
"See what happens when you mess with a giant?" PoliticsPA had an eye-opening piece up Friday in which they went over an interview Gov. Tom Corbett recently did with conservative Philly radio host Dom Giordano. In it, Corbett defends Pennsylvania Republican Party-endorsed U.S. Senate candidate Steve Welch, who, until 2008, was a registered Democrat. “My...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: Treasury Subpoenas Rendell’s Records
Investigators from the U.S. Treasury Department have subpoenaed records related to payments former Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell has accepted for public speaking engagements on behalf of the People’s Mujhadeen of Iran, a group of Iranian dissidents the State Department has listed as a terrorist group. Rendell and others, including Republicans, have long...
Continue ReadingGov. Corbett on Approving Arlen Specter Library Funds: ‘I Felt I Had To’
Gov. Tom Corbett is finally getting around to that campaign promise he made regarding the wasteful Arlen Specter library. Problem is, he’s on the other side of the issue now. Sorta. “I did approve the Specter library,” he told reporters in Harrisburg this week. “I wish I didn’t have to, but I felt I had to.” Remember the Arlen Specter library? No?...
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: Corbett Declares ‘Obamacare for All’?
Looks like Pennsylvania may get its Obamacare after all. The Pennsylvania Insurance Department has filed its application for $33 million to begin the development and design of a health insurance exchange in the state. When asked about the whole ordeal—especially since Corbett sued to block health care reform while Attorney General—State Insurance Commissioner...
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