Today I received a message from a friend who has excellent connections in Washington and whose information has often been prescient. According to this report, as in 2002, the rollout will start after Labor Day, with a big kickoff on September 11. My friend had spoken to someone in one of the leading neo-conservative institutions. He summarized what he was told this way: They [the source’s institution] have “instructions” (yes, that was the word used) from the Office of the Vice-President to roll out a campaign for war with Iran in the week after Labor Day; it will be coordinated […]
BRITNEY SPEARS: LAST YEAR’S PUSSY
BY TAMMY ADARIS Let’s get one thing straight from the get-go: Britney Spears is many things, but she is NOT fat. In fact, put her in any average suburban neighborhood, and she’d be Queen of the MILFs on any block. That is, however, in clothes that actually, you know, flatter her physique, not fillet it. But as we know all too well, nothing about the former Mrs. Federline — save her ongoing capacity to leave people who should know better by now gawking in horror — seems to fit properly. More disturbing than that vision of a doughy, vacant-eyed Britney […]
GAMBLOR: Protesters Shut Down Gaming Board
PHILADELPHIA – People opposed to the siting of two casinos in their Philadelphia neighborhoods have disrupted a meeting by state regulators. The protests [not pictured] forced the Gaming Control Board to end its session before it could complete its agenda. The board had some protesters removed, adjourned the meeting several times and even tried to continue its business while the demonstrators tried to interrupt.The residents believe they didn’t get enough say in the locations chosen for two Philadelphia casinos. Both casinos are to be placed on the Delaware River waterfront, not far from homes. The casinos still need zoning changes […]
NEWS CLUES: It’s Like Adderall For Your Eyeballs
STATE SUPREME COURT MOVES TO STRIP SCOOTER LIBBY’S LAW LICENSE HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The Pennsylvania Supreme Court took a step Monday to suspend the law license of I. Lewis “Scooter” Libby Jr., the former White House aide convicted of lying and obstructing justice in a probe into the leak of a CIA operative’s identity. Court system records show that Libby was licensed to practice law in Pennsylvania in 1976, and that his license is currently on inactive status. Caroline M. Brobeil, a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia law firm Schnader Harrison Segal and Lewis LLP, said Libby became an associate […]
KILLADELPHIA: Pen Not Actually Mightier Than Sword
DAILY NEWS: A 20-year-old man was found stabbed to death in his South Philadelphia apartment yesterday afternoon. Anthony DiMatteo was sliced numerous times with a sword after he argued and tussled with two young men he apparently knew, said Homicide Sgt. Tim Cooney. DiMatteo was pronounced dead inside his apartment, on Porter Street near Carlisle, shortly after 2:30 p.m. Investigators found a bloodstained sword discarded in a trash can. MORE
TONIGHT: The Camden 28 On PBS
In the early-morning hours of Sunday, August 22, 1971, FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover and Attorney General John Mitchell announced that FBI agents had arrested 20 antiwar activists in and near a draft board office in Camden, New Jersey. Five days later, Mitchell made public the indictment of these individuals and included eight others who were linked to the break-in. The major charges against the group were conspiracy to remove and destroy files from the draft board, FBI office, and the Army Intelligence office; destruction of government property and interfering with the Selective Service system. If convicted, some of the indicted […]
FOUND: One Psycho Killer, Qu’est-ce Que C’est
William Enman, the admitted killer who walked away from a Camden County psychiatric hospital Sunday afternoon, was found today — on the grounds of the hospital. It was not immediately clear where Enman spent the past two days, but authorities said he left the Ancora Psychiatric Hospital in Winslow Township Sunday with a backpack full of “camping and survivalist equipment.” Police searched the area around the hospital extensively, using infrared devices and a state police helicopter. The search even extended to Canada, where authorities said Enman bought a piece of property in Nova Scotia. In the end, a New Jersey […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR We love low prices, sure, but we frown at the things companies do to get us good deals — like paying low wages. In his book Supercapitalism, economist Robert Reich looks at the divided mind of the consumer and citizen. Reich subtitles his book “The Transformation of Business, Democracy, and Everyday Life,” and in it he asks tough questions about American priorities: “Why has capitalism become so triumphant and democracy so enfeebled? Are these two trends connected? What, if anything, can be done to strengthen democracy?” Reich was secretary of labor in the Clinton administration and now teaches […]
FRINGE DWELLER: Recommended
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THE BREAKDOWN: Kanye West The Graduate
NOW PLAYING ON PHAWKER RADIO BY M. EMANUEL The Breakdown hates to say it told you so, but in the spirit of the oft-outspoken Mr. Kanye West, we’re going to boast a bit. Go ahead and raise your champagne flutes, because we called it. West’s third release, Graduation, in stores today, is all that we said it would be — a Breakdown-certified instant classic that will hopefully infuse some much-needed jolt of reality and innovation into the stale monotony of the current rap game. Gone are the skits and many of the blatant attempts at humor that messed with the […]
Rendell’s Wife To Decide If Janet Jackson Superbowl Tit Flash Was Indecent, Tacky Or Just Plain Obnoxious
This morning, a federal appeals court in Philadelphia will consider whether the notorious “wardrobe malfunction” that bared singer Janet Jackson’s breast during a televised 2004 Super Bowl halftime show was indecent, or merely a fleeting and accidental glitch that shouldn’t be punished. Marjorie Rendell — also known as Midge, wife of Gov. Rendell — is one of the judges who serves on the Third U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals hearing the case. The court will hear arguments about the Feb. 1, 2004 halftime show when 90 million Americans watched singer Justin Timberlake pull off part of Janet Jackson’s bustier, briefly […]
GENERAL PETRAEUS: The Troops Are Coming Home Right Away, But First They Are Staying Another Year
ASSOCIATED PRESS: “I believe that we will be able to reduce our forces to the pre-surge level ? by next summer without jeopardizing the security gains we have fought so hard to achieve.” — General David Petraeus WASHINGTON POST: The long-awaited testimony this afternoon of Gen. David H. Petraeus and Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker, once seen as a potential turning point in war policy, seemed more like an exercise of kicking the can down the road. NEW YORK TIMES: Full Page Ad Paid For By MoveOn.org