Good move handing bin Laden exactly what he wants to say, “See, Christians really are at war with Islam,” Fox News, Tea Party.
In short, the proposed community center is not just an issue on which Sarah Palin and Osama bin Laden agree. It is also one in which opponents of the center are playing...
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Sorry about not putting one of these clip-recommendation jawns together last week but nothing really rose to the level of me saying to myself, well, not even saying anything to myself, nothing was noticeably good last week in the funnies. So sorry, peers who wrote stories. Bidness.
This week’s different, though. Here we go.
Finally, it...
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… are about Philadelphia Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey’s push to de-corrupt his ranks and the never-ending battle over the MOVE 9 (yes, the photo caption got it wrong: The MOVE bombing wasn’t in North Philly; it was on Osage Ave. in West Philly).
Extras that didn’t make the paper because of space:
From the MOVE Story
Parole...
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… is about the seedling legislative push to change how political corruption is addressed in Pennsylvania. Link’s here. Pre-edited-down-for-space draft is here …
Using an Independence Hall backdrop yesterday, legislators and activists made known their desire to replace the state Ethics Commission with a new entity with bolstered anti-corruption powers.
State Rep. Curt Schroeder (R-...
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… can be found here. Or, in abbreviated form, here …
A bill that would enable defendants to call for hearings on whether race factored into Death Row sentences reached the state House Judiciary Committee this week. Though odds are against it even reaching a committee vote, sponsor Rep. Rob Matzie is undeterred.
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1) Father of a cop caught up in a heroin-peddling scam speaks out.
2) Gov. Chris Christie’s plan for Atlantic City. (I know what you’re thinking, but the choice of photo wasn’t mine.)
3) Manchester United 1, Philadelphia Union 0…
Locals and visitors wearing the enemy red crest far outnumbered those in Union gear under a hot...
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Christ almighty, this is rich: Chris Christie says he told A.C. to get safe or else. In His estimation, they chose “else.” Since I know more about A.C. than the round mound of Trenton ground ever will, I’ll just recycle a Tweet from this morning…
Does the state take-over of A.C. include a man-made mountain...
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Consider it a day of visitors. As in Joe Biden and Nancy Pelosi in town to raise money for U.S. Rep. candidate Bryan Lentz at the Sheraton in Center City …
By the time Vice President Joe Biden was escorted to the Sheraton City Center Hotel by a helicopter, 13 motorcycles, four cars, nine SUVs...
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Go Cubs Go.
– “If they don’t want my people out there, then there’s an easy way to send us home: Secure the border. We’ll put our guns back on the shelf, and that’ll be the end of that.” Says the self-appointed Neo-Nazi protector of homeland security. (AP)
– “”Tax policy is dynamic. If you have...
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I’ll be the first to admit I haven’t been easy on Gov. Chris Christie. This is because 1) I feel he’s too arrogant for his own good and 2) I wanted to move back to Jersey when I had a child and, having had that child, the educational/budget-cut climate of Jersey is such that...
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