Archive for June, 2011
Dear Michael Nutter…
Go eat a bag of dicks for vetoing earned sick time.
I hope you can’t go anywhere in Philadelphia without people coughing and sneezing in your face and on your food. I hope you come down with the flu for the rest of your life.
Prediction: Athens in Flames by Next Week
Greece just passed more austerity measures.
On my drive into work this morning, the riots in Greece were the lead story, with the reporter stating that the protests had grown immeasurably from the small group of anarchists the day before. The cops were firing tear gas into the crowd. i don’t know how that’s [...]
Republican Eric Cantor Makes Money if the US Defaults
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor wants the US to default because he will make a killing:
Putting his money where his mouth is? Eric Cantor, the Republican Whip in the House of Representatives, bought up to $15,000 in shares of ProShares Trust Ultrashort 20+ Year Treasury ETF last December, according to his 2009 financial disclosure statement. [...]
Dr. No
Due to a number of incidents in my personal life that I’m not going to go into, I have GOT to learn to say “No.” In fact, I have to embrace it. “No, I can’t change my plans.” “No. I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient for you, but no.” “No, I can’t help you out [...]
Read More..>>Open Letter to Coca-Cola and Pepsi: You Lost a Customer for Life. Go Fuck Yourselves.
Yesterday, Philadelphia’s City Council voted overwhelmingly to save our failing schools, led by an incompetent and probably corrupt superintendent, by raising property taxes by nearly 4%, the third such hike in three years. The competing proposal, to tax soda pop by 2 cents a bottle, was defeated. I wonder why?
Meanwhile, anti-soda-tax forces were [...]
Department of Sofa King Annoyed
Last night we had a gig at the Record Collector in Bordentown NJ. About 5 minutes into soundcheck, it became apparent that the bridge component of my bass pickup was having issues, cutting in and out, before it finally died. Then, all of a sudden it came back to life.
We got through about [...]
A Response to Dan Rottenberg
Tara Murtha has an ibncredible peice in the Philly Weekly today, a further response to writer Dan Rottenberg’s apologia for rape. In this incredibly misguided piece filled with discredited ideas, perhaps the worst was when Rottenberg wrote:
in practice, rape and the notion of sexual conquest persist for the same reason that warfare persists: because the [...]
Al Gore is Disgruntled
Uh-oh. That Gore guy is disgruntled.
But in spite of these and other achievements, President Obama has thus far failed to use the bully pulpit to make the case for bold action on climate change. After successfully passing his green stimulus package, he did nothing to defend it when Congress decimated its funding. After the House [...]
Lori Klausutis
For some reason, I’m getting tons of hits on a year old post about Lori Klausutis, the young woman found dead under right-wing liar Joe Scarborough’s desk in DC.
I have no idea why that is. Firedoglake had a piece about Marko “Daily Kos” Moulitsas being banned from Scarborough’s show , but that doesn’t link [...]
