INQUIRER: A 25-year-old man was shot to death in the city’s Logan section this morning, and shootings overnight left three people critically injured, police said. The man, described by neighbors as Anthony, was sitting in a chair on his porch in the 4400 block of North Chadwick Street when he was shot once in the head sometime before 6:53 a.m., when someone called 911 to report the body, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene by medics at 7:08 a.m. Homicide Lt. Phillip Riehl said the victim, who he declined to identify pending family notification, had his hands […]
GOD SAID: The Hottest Places In Hell Shall Be Reserved For Global Warming Deniers, Deceivers And Falsifiers
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Seeking to play down the effects of global warming, Vice President Dick Cheney’s office pushed to delete from congressional testimony references about the consequences of climate change on public health, a former senior EPA official claimed Tuesday. The official, Jason K. Burnett, said the White House was concerned that the proposed testimony last October by the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention might make it tougher to avoid regulating greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere. Burnett’s assertion, which he made in a July 6 letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., chairwoman of the Senate Environment […]
GOD BLESS SACHA BARON COHEN: Still Fucking With Gullible American Rednecks For Fun And Profit
ASSOCIATED PRESS: LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Crowds in Arkansas came for the lure of cage fighting and $1 beer, but police say what they got instead was men ripping each others’ clothes off and kissing — a stunt suspected of being orchestrated by Sacha Baron Cohen of “Borat” fame. “We had a contract for cage fighting. We were deceived,” said Dwight Duncan, president and CEO of Four States Fair Grounds in Texarkana, where the first of two Arkansas fights raised suspicions last month. Matt Labov, a Los Angeles-based publicist for Baron Cohen, said he had no comment Monday about the […]
NPR 4 THE DOPE: This Is Your Public Radio On Drugs
RADIO TIMES Hour 1 A conversation about politics and the Olympics with speed skating gold medallist JOEY CHEEK, co-founder of Team Darfur, a coalition of athletes trying to raise awareness about the Darfur crisis. Also, 45-year-old Olympic swimming hopeful W. HODDING CARTER talks about chasing his dream and his new book, Off the Deep End. Listen to this show via Real Audio | mp3 Hour 2 Alex Gibney’s new film Gonzo: The Life and Work of Dr. Hunter S. Thompson opened this weekend. He was the winner of the 2008 Academy Award for best documentary for Taxi to the Dark […]
KILLADELPHIA: Why We Can’t Have Nice Things #2
INQUIRER: The 28-year-old man shot by police yesterday has a lengthy criminal record that includes two charges of attempted murder and two convictions for illegal gun possession, court records show. Troy Bagby — who also goes by Troy Pressley and Troy Bagby Pressley — was sentenced to county prison twice for gun violations and once for drug dealing, court records show. No gun was recovered from the scene. Police did find drugs that Bagby allegedly ditched while he was being chased. Police said Bagby has been arrested nine times. Court records show that Bagby was arrested in 1997 and charged […]
MEOW MIX: The Jezebels Go To Fail Camp
First, completely on the serious, pause a moment in memory of Andrea Collins Smith, who documented her struggle with inflammatory breast cancer on PunkRockMommy until she passed away Saturday. She is survived by her husband, Kelly, six children, and everyone who spent time on her site and came away staggered by her grace and candor. Peace and prayers to her family. [Photo by JackHag66]…DEVELOPING… Back during the long, Parliament-smoked dream that was the 1990s, there was a skate and surf shop on Route 70 in Cherry Hill called Failure. I remember having a great conversation with the owner, who was […]
All This Happened While You Were Sleeping
HOLIDAY IN CAMBODIA: Dengue Fever, Johnny Brendas, Last Night TEXT & PHOTOS BY TIFFANY YOON The sold out show was sardine-packed with super fans that kept the energy and spirits high at Johnny Brenda’s, despite the sauna-like conditions. (During Chicha Libre’s set, a woman fainted from the heat and had to be taken away by an ambulance, but is said to be in good condition.) The off-the-boat Cambodian superfans in the crowd bought the band Hennessy shots throughout the night. Cambodian pride spread through the room. One of these fans, sporting braces, repeatedly screamed out “sixteen! sixteen!” Begging for a […]
FYI: Sunday Is UFO Awareness Day
PENNSYLVANIA MUTUAL UFO NETWORK presents PHILADELPHIA UFO AWARENESS DAY! Sunday, July 13, 10AM-5PM Germ Books + Gallery, LLC Are we being visited by beings from other worlds? Do Flying Saucers really exist? Is the World Ready for Disclosure? To answer your questions, in order: Yes! Hell yes! & Don’t be ridiculous! MUFON Investigators will be on hand to answer your questions regarding the UFO Phenomenon! File a confidential sighting report, join MUFON, or find out how to become an investigator. This event will be coordinated by MUFON investigator Bob Gardner, who was all over local TV and radio last week […]
BON IVER: Creature Fear
[Dir. by SCOTT LODWICK] RELATED: Ingrid Betancourt Is Free! RELATED: Bon Iver Appears At the First Unitarian Church July 31st
TONITE: 5 Things U Should Know About Dengue Fever
1. Dengue Fever, the disease, “is manifested by a sudden onset of fever, with severe headache, muscle and joint pains (myalgias and arthralgias—severe pain gives it the name break-bone fever or bonecrusher disease) and rashes. The dengue rash is characteristically bright red petechiae and usually appears first on the lower limbs and the chest; in some patients, it spreads to cover most of the body. There may also be gastritis with some combination of associated abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting or diarrhea. Other symptoms include: bladder problems; constant headaches; severe dizziness; and uncontrollable laughing,” according to Wikipedia. Dengue Fever, the band, […]
WORTH REPEATING: The Last Word
PUNK ROCK MOMMY: If you are reading this, it means I have passed. I decided to put some final thoughts together in the hope that it will be of comfort to my friends and family. But also to those of you I never met but who felt a connection to me through this blog. Blog. I hate that word. It is so silly and trivial. I thought of this as an online journal. One designed to keep my loved ones aware of what was happening to me. I wrote as honestly as I was able. I have looked at many […]
Meehan, Grandstanding Bush Appointee, To Step Down
INQUIRER: U.S. Attorney Patrick Meehan this morning told his staff that he intends to step down as the top federal prosecutor for the eastern part of Pennsylvania and practice law. Meehan, a former aide to U.S. Sen. Arlen Specter (R., Pa.) and former Delaware County District Attorney, will hold a news conference this afternoon to formally announce his plans. Meehan, 52, a Republican from Delaware County, was nominated by President Bush for the powerful federal position in August 2001. During his tenure, prosecutors in his office won convictions in a number of corruption cases, including those involving former City Treasurer […]
MILESTONE: S.O.S. Celebrates 100 Years Of Distress
TIMES ONLINE: “Send SOS,” one of the Titanic’s radio operators supposedly said to another after the famous ship struck that infamous iceberg. “It’s the new call and besides this may be your last chance to send it.” That “new call” is 100 years old today, and people around the world who owe their lives to that piece of Morse code may reflect this morning on its importance. In the past century, “SOS” has become a firm part of popular culture used in everything from DIY programme titles to Abba hits. But it began life in a far more serious setting […]