AND FOR THOSE ABOUT TO ROCK, WE SALUTE YOU!…FIRE!
OCTOBER SURPRISE #1: OK, I DID Have Relations With That Woman, Who Is NOT My Wife, But I Definitely Did NOT Choke Her Nor Can I Talk About Whether Or Not I Paid Her $500,000 To Shut Up About It, But More Importantly I Need Your Vote
AP: Rep. Sherwood paying ex-mistress about $500,000 BY MICHAEL RUBINKAM ALLENTOWN, Pa. – A Republican congressman accused of abusing his ex-mistress agreed to pay her about $500,000 in a settlement last year that contained a powerful incentive for her to keep quiet until after Election Day, a person familiar with the terms of the deal told The Associated Press. Rep. Don Sherwood is locked in a tight re-election race against a Democratic opponent who has seized on the four-term congressman’s relationship with the woman. While Sherwood acknowledged the woman was his mistress, he denied abusing her and said that he […]
GAYPOCOLYPSE NOW: When All Else Fears We Can Always Smear The Queers
After all, that could NEVER blow up in our faces, right? Welcome to karma, yo….
OCTOBER SURPRISE #2: Is It Just Us Or Is Everyone That Makes Up THE BASE We Hear So Much About Is Either Gay Or Hates Faggots Or Both, Actually That’s Not True, There’s Also The Racists
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (Reuters) — The president of America’s National Association of Evangelicals, who has been a vocal opponent of gay marriage, resigned on Thursday after an accusation he had a sexual relationship with a male escort. Ted Haggard, who denied the accusation, also “resigned temporarily” as senior pastor of the New Life Church in Colorado Springs, according to a statement from the church. “I’ve never had a gay relationship with anyone,” Haggard said in an interview with Denver television station KUSA on Wednesday night. “I’m steady with my wife. I’m faithful to my wife.” The New Life Church statement […]
SALUTE WHEN YOU SAY THAT: New Poll Shows Fightin’ Dem Murphy In The Lead Plus Michael J. Fox Lends The Marty McFly Seal Of Approval
Levittown, PA — Today, Patrick Murphy, former captain in the United States Army, Iraq war veteran, and the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania’s 8th Congressional District, released a poll showing him with a five point lead over incumbent Republican Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick. In a poll conducted by Global Strategy Group from October 29th – 30th, Patrick Murphy leads Congressman Mike Fitzpatrick 46% – 41%, with 13% undecided (MOE +/-4.9%). This is a clear sign of momentum for the Patrick Murphy for Congress campaign.
HEAR THE FAT LADY SING #2: Curt WelDONE To Admiral Sestak, ‘You And The Liberal Media Sunk My Battleship!’
Sestak unleashes turnout machine The Democrats’ strategy could rival the GOP’s success at organizing on behalf of U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon. By Todd Mason Inquirer Staff Writer A confident Joe Sestak is working on the final surprise in his startling bid for the Seventh Congressional District seat: a turnout machine to rival the Republicans’. “The polls show that we are at least seven [percentage] points ahead,” Sestak told volunteer poll workers Wednesday night attending one of three required training sessions. “But we’re working like we are eight points behind.” His opponent, U.S. Rep. Curt Weldon (R., Pa.), isn’t conceding, even […]
WIDESPREAD PANIC: 150 Newsroom Jobs To Be Axed; Inky/DN Rumormill In Overdrive; ‘People Are Shitting Bricks In Here’
After a brief lull in the suspense when all parties involved agreed to a 30-day contract extension, the tension in the newsrooms of the Daily News and The Inquirer has racheted back up to fever-pitch. “People are shitting bricks in here,” says a newsroom source who agreed to speak on condition of anonymity.”And nobody is saying anything. There’s been no word from the newsroom leadership about any of this, just a lot of rumors, speculation and panic…Almost all of our stars are under 40 and [with the seniority rule] this would just wipe out most of our best reporters. As […]
I LUV LUDI: Ludacris To Star In The New Black ‘Fame’ Set At High School For The Creative and Performing Arts
MTV’s nighttime network The N has signed a development deal with actor, rap artist and producer Chris ‘Ludacris’ Bridges as he takes his first step into the television production industry. The N, MTV Networks’ programming arm available in 52 million households, has tapped the star for its new drama Halls of Fame, on which he will serve as executive producer as well as starring in it and producing the original music. Driven by today’s most popular music, the drama features multi-talented students at the Philadelphia High School of Performing Arts, focusing on two sisters: 21-year-old singing phenomenon Starla and 15-year-old […]
MEDIAQUAKE: File Under ‘No Shit Sherlock’
In an age of proliferating broadband connections, video iPods and multifunction smart phones, new technologies have permanently redrawn the competitive landscape. Experts say newspapers will survive–even thrive–but the change has shaken the foundations of what historically has been one of America’s most lucrative business models. […] One problem is that as newspaper revenue and circulation deteriorate, yesterday’s assumptions can’t be counted on to be relevant in today’s world. Brian Tierney, the Philadelphia ad executive who recently bought the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Philadelphia Daily News, found that out the hard way. Since 2004, he wrote in a recent letter to […]
We Know It’s Only Rock N’ Roll But We Like It
I WAS MEANT FOR THE STAGE: The Decemberists, Electric Factory, November 1, 2006 Colin Meloy On How Democracy Is A Great Place To Live But A Bad Way To Make An Album: “I was listening mostly to British folk revival stuff from the seventies; I was listening to a lot of Pentangle and Shirley Collins and Fairport Convention. I think that really is what drove me in this direction. But Jenny is a huge Jethro Tull and ELP fan, so I think she was really excited to go crazy all over the album. This record, more than any other, has […]
It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia And Your Arms Are Never Too Short To Box With God
PHILADELPHIA – There was no burning bush, no parting of the waters. But Roy Jones Jr., who claims to be on a first-name basis with the Almighty, insists he had an epiphany around the time an increasing number of skeptics had become convinced that he would never reclaim his standing as the sport’s best pound-for-pound performer. […] Now 37, Jones (50-4, 38 KOs), a former four-division world champion, will attempt to do more to convince himself, and Philadelphia’s hard-to-impress fight fans, that he is still all that he ever was when he defends his fringe NABO light-heavyweight title against Puerto […]