Breaking: Tierney Speaks To PN Rank & File, Makes Stunning Use Of Bold Italics December 7, 2006 To: PN Employees From: Brian Tierney An Open Letter to Employees: At the very beginning of negotiations with our unions, I said that I would treat our discussions with confidentiality and respect, and not negotiate in public. However, with all the rhetoric going around, I feel we must separate some facts from fiction. Let me highlight a few examples. We are not proposing to take away anyone’s pension benefit. The Pension Fund is federally guaranteed. We are only proposing to no longer make […]
PHOODIE: Eating Is The New Pornography
BOSS HAWG REPORTS: Pif, David Ansill’s Frenchy BYOB could be in its last throws. Talk of the Table is that the 38 seat Bella Vista boite’s doors are only open Friday through Sunday, and that the South Eight Street property is for sale. Meanwhile the man who’s put the Oh! In Offal says that all snail slinging and no play makes him tired…Meanwhile, just when you thought the OC couldn’t get any whiter, everyday soul sistah Delilah Winder’s tony Bluezette, aka the “Black Continental,” which has weathered troubled waters admirably since opening in 2000 has closed. The story they’re sticking […]
JUNK SCIENCE: Let’s Get SMALL (Nano, Nano)
ELIZABETH FIEND REPORTS: As an avid cyber punk fan I’ve been longing for William Gibson’s future, where I could step into a convenience store nano-dispenser and emerge clad in a swirling, gleaming, electronic nano-dress, one that changes motif with my every thought. A world where my social calendar, stored in a nano-rhinestone atop my sunglasses, would be filled with the wild parties of tomorrow. Today’s nanotechnology isn’t quite as sexy as that, but it’s just as unrestrained. Currently nanotechnology centers around the production of super-teeny-tiny materials and chemicals. We’re talking small, atomic scale small, the size of a molecule ? […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
Fresh Air With Terry Gross Journalist Jim Newton‘s new book, Justice For All: Earl Warren and the Nation He Made, looks at the life of the Supreme Court Justice who presided over such landmark decisions as Brown v. Board of Education. Newton is a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, sharing in the awards given to the Los Angeles Times for coverage of the Los Angeles riots in 1992 and the 1994 earthquake. Radio Times with Marty Moss-Coane (Rebroadcast tonight at 11) We get response to the Iraq Study Group Report from AMBASSADOR DANIEL KURZER who served in both the Clinton and Bush […]
Philly Fastfood Dumps To Double As SUV Fuel Pumps
“Gov. Rendell today announced $3 million in grants under Pennsylvania’s Alternative Fuel Incentive program. Groups in the Philadelphia region received slightly more than $700,000 of the money. The largest local grant went to City of Philadelphia Fleet Managment, which received $351,217 to buy 1 million gallons of biodiesel and storage tanks. Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel L.L.C. was awarded $250,000 to construct a commercial refinery that can process trap greese from restaurants to produce 3 million gallons of biodiesel. Philadelphia Fry-o-Diesel had previously recieved a $369,696 contribution from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection towards its pilot plant.Bucks County transport received $25,000 for […]
This Is Your Goverment’s Brain On 900 Mics of Terror
Flatulence forces plane to land NASHVILLE, Tenn. – An American Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing Monday morning after a passenger lit a match to disguise the scent of flatulence, authorities said. The Dallas-bound flight was diverted to Nashville after several passengers reported smelling burning sulfur from the matches, said Lynne Lowrance, spokeswoman for the Nashville International Airport Authority. All 99 passengers and five crew members were taken off and screened while the plane was searched and luggage was screened. The FBI questioned a passenger who admitted she struck the matches in an attempt to conceal a […]
The Kama Sutras Will No Longer Assume The Position:
CLUB PLANS ON HALTING SEX PARTIES COOPERSBURG, Pa. — The party’s over for a controversial sex club in Lehigh County. For $60 a couple, there was dancing, a buffet, and 12 hotel rooms for private get-togethers. But a judge ruled that’s a violation of zoning rules.Officials said the Silhouette Showbar has tentatively agreed to stop hosting sex club events. The settlement is only tentative until a written agreement is signed by the parties and approved Monday by the borough’s Zoning Hearing Board, borough solicitor Maryann Higgins said.Bruce Young, co-owner of Coopersburg Holdings Inc., owner of the Silhouette, said he understood […]
GUNCRAZY: Villanova Campus Locked Down After Gunman Shoots At Cops 10 Times Then Audits A Few Classes
Villanova University’s south campus [NOT pictured, left] was on lockdown most of Wednesday morning as police searched the grounds for a gunman who opened fire on three Radnor officers in nearby Bryn Mawr. Six dorms and a cafeteria were located in the school’s lockdown area. Some morning classes were also canceled at the university. Radnor police called off the search at Villanova around 10:20 a.m., and classes resumed about an hour later, university spokeswoman Barbara Clement said. NBC10: Can’t Help But Feel That ALL of the Main Line Was Let Down Tonight *About this picture
GUNCRAZY: From The Dept. Of Why We Can’t Have Nice Things
Boy Shot In Groin Outside North Philly Theater PHILADELPHIA — A 16-year-old male was shot in the groin on Wednesday outside of a North Philadelphia movie theater.The shooting occurred outside the Pearl Movie Theatre, located at Oxford and Carlisle streets, next to Temple University’s campus.The boy was reported to be in critical condition.There was no information as to a possible suspect or a motive. NBC10 News reported that the weapon used in the shooting was a Tech-9 semi-automatic pistol. NBC10: Can’t Help Feeling That ALL Of North Philly Was Let Down Tonight PREVIOUSLY: Blatstein Gives Folks Seven More Screens To […]
FASTFOOD NATION: Taco Bell Shitstorm Not Playing Well In Tiananmen Square, Not At All
BEIJING, Dec. 7 (Xinhuanet) — The Taco Bell E. coli connection continued to grow Wednesday when the fast-food chain shut down all of its restaurants in Philadelphia after the bacteria outbreak in three states was linked to a food preparation and distribution center in New Jersey. […] “I have contacted company officials and asked that they voluntarily close all 15 of their establishments in Philadelphia until they are given approval by the health department,” said Philadelphia interim health commissioner Carmen I. Paris in a statement. XINHUA: ???????!
Stop The Presses: MEXICAN STANDOFF After Talks Breakdown Over Pension Fund Deal-Breaker, From The Look Of Things Christmas May Have To Be Cancelled
SGT. BYKO REPORTS: Today, the Company refused to move on its plan to freeze the pension fund. It wouldn’t budge on its desire to take full control of our fund away from the joint board of trustees. The Company wants all that power as it, and it alone, seeks a multi-employer plan in which to place the frozen fund. The Guild negotiating team told the Company it would go into a multi-employer pension fund, but it would not relinquish its place in the decision making process. Under the Guild plan, the pension trustees — composed of an equal number of […]