Archive for May, 2009
Everyone’s Favorite Harridan is at it Again
Christine Flowers in her natural habitat
I swear to god, i could make a cottage industry out of debunking Christine Flowers, Philadelphia’s own Crazy Cat Lady. And so I left some comments at her article, garnering a steadily more unhinged response from the Cat Lady herself!
As usual Flowers used her “repeat debunked claims as fact” approach, [...]
Say NO to Torture Day
A special message from Phawker.
Read More..>>John Yoo Writes a Opinion Piece
I found the original, unedited version of John Yoo’s op-ed at the American Enterprise’s blog. Click to enlarge.
Read More..>>Why Did the Police Ignore Andrew Lopez?
Dave Davies tells an all-too-common story:
This one involves a senseless, random attack, a victim’s frustration with our insane health-care system and the apparent indifference of police.
It happened April 19, when Andrew Lopez, 29, was waiting for a bus at Greene Street and School House Lane in Germantown after dinner with a friend….
“One kid tapped me [...]
Speaking of Working Class
There is no one who writes about being poor, working class, and out-of-work like Susie Madrak.
While my letter to the Inky is slightly tongue in cheek, she actually needs a job and could handle the role of “resident liberal” better than just about anyone else I know.
Shameless Self-Promotion: An Open Letter to the Daily News and Philadelphia Inquirer
Copyright Ray Skwire
Dear Mr. Tierney, Mr. Jackson, Ms. Shea, and Mr. Schefer:
Your on-staff blogger Will Bunch made an accurate observation last night:
But I think the real news was buried deep in the show, and it came during a broader discussion of the Inquirer’s lineup of op-ed columnists, which recently added not just Yoo but ex-Sen. [...]
Ennui Malaise
Ennui Malaise. Not the band, me.
Maybe it’s because I spent the weekend rippin’ it up (and by that I mean, rockin til 2:00 AM with two different bands two different nights, digging a brand new bed in the front yard and planting lilies in it, and entertaining Monday afternoon), but i am bored as bored [...]
New Songs at Pickle Land
Pickle Parking
Pickles parking
I wrote a large post about my weekend, but decided it sucked.
Instead, go check out new tunes at The Dill Pickles home on the web. We’ll have a facebook page in a few weeks too!
Torture
I’m about a year late to the table, but here’s video of Hitchens getting waterboarded. Something to think about when Dick Cheney and his daughter make the rounds of TV telling you something ain’t what it clearly IS.
Read More..>>Good News? Flower Hour
watch until the end. It appears Donald Rumsfeld is catching some shit from our fellow citizens.
Not that I count him as one of my fellows: the man is an incompetent warmongering pile of pigshit.
