LATROBE, PA — The normally tranquil campus in the lush hills of western Pennsylvania has been riveted by a lively discussion over whether the choice of Bush as graduation speaker was appropriate in light of the school’s peaceful Benedictine traditions and the president’s policy in Iraq. Ronny Menzie chose to join a protest on the road to the college instead of standing with her fellow graduates. “I didn’t finish my thesis because I didn’t want my graduation with him,” said Menzie, 35, a philosophy major. “I think it’s a blight, an embarrassment on a Catholic college.” Some 30 current and […]
REVIEW: The Wind That Shakes The Barley/28 Weeks
THE WIND THAT SHAKES THE BARLEY (2006, directed by Ken Loach, 127 minutes, U.K.) 28 WEEKS LATER (2007, directed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, 99 minutes, U.K.) BY DAN BUSKIRK FILM CRITIC I was about 14 years old when I finally stopped going down to the newsstand to pick up my weekly batch of superhero comics, and aside from a few exceptions for work by Frank Miller or Alan Moore, I’ve never looked back. I’m told there is still some imaginative writing still going on in comics, and I’m not saying my fantasies today are any more mature, but the dream […]
LIVING: Lung Cancer Vaccine In Trials Stage
Scientists know that lung cancer cells produce substances that would be expected to cause the immune system to attack and eliminate them. But for unknown reasons, the immune system does not kill lung cancer cells. The vaccine used in this trial is meant to teach the immune system to respond to lung cancer cells. It does this by taking advantage of one of the strongest human immune responses – the response to antigens on cells from animals such as pigs or mice. Such antigens provoke a rapid immune response that destroys foreign cells within hours. The HyperAcute vaccine consists of […]
PTV EXCLUSIVE: Interview With Barack Obobble
MEDIA MATTERS: Lies And Falsehoods About Barack Obama? [Special thanks to BarackObobble.com]
EARLY WORD: Badmotorfinger
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GAMBLOR: Election Day Volunteers Are Needed
This message was sent by your Salsa for Democracy organizer, Anne Dicker. The campaign is down to the wire, and the two most outspoken candidates working against casinos need help getting out the vote: Matt Ruben and Caryn Hunt. Matt is endorsed by Democracy for America and Philly for Change. Caryn is endorsed by Philly NOW. They need help around the city on Tuesday May 15th. Can I ask for your help? Shifts are available all day, but the greatest need is in the morning, and after work. Please give me a call at 267-262-3160. Thanks! Anne BALLOT FOR CHANGE: […]
NATASHA: Hey, Hey, Hey
A year ago, Natasha was working at the Subway in Atlantic City. This year? She’s just plain workin’ it!
SHAME OF THE CITY: Street Refuses To Cop To Paddling Anti-Nutter Swiftboat With Fundraising Calls, Blames Inquirer For Printing The Horrible Truth
A clearly agitated Mayor John Street was refusing to talk about his efforts on behalf of a group that is behind an advertisement attacking the apparent front-runner in next week’s Democratic mayoral primary (see related story). Reporters have been trying to follow up on word that the mayor has been helping to raise money for the anti-Nutter group. The mayor went on a rant against The Philadelphia Inquirer for sending a reporter to knock on his door Wednesday night. That reporter had a door slammed in her face. Street’s spokesman confirms that the mayor had made fundraising calls on behalf of […]
GAYBO: From Helsinki With Love*
PHILEBRITY? NYET!: Team Latvia Flies The Phawker Flag At Eurovision TOMMY ZANE REPORTS: HELSINKI, FINLAND — Hit Hercules Gay Disco last night with my dear journalist friends, Maria, Viv and Timo. Eurovision 2006’s 4th place finisher Mihai Traistariu, a Romanian mouthful (pun intended), sang his Italo-disco hit, “Tornero.” Maria, Viv, Timo and I, having imbibed numerous apple ciders, were certainly feeling that feeling that Eurovision magic. Apparently, one troll-like gay elder of Finnish descent was already a few drinks up on us, and felt up Maria for a frightening dance-off to Cher’s “Believe.” Never one to turn up a challenge, […]
And Now For Something Completely Different
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SHAME OF THE CITY: The Swiftboating Of Nutter
We are fairly certain that if Martin Luther King came back today and saw how the legacy of the Civil Rights struggle was being manipulated to scare off black voters from pulling the lever for an accomplished and more-than-qualified black candidate — well, he’d probably never stop vomiting. (Yes, we are talking to you, John Street) We’d like to see a commercial standing up for the ‘rights’ of the dead, namely the right to life — arguably the most civil right of them all. The murder rate in the city of Philadelphia just rolled over to 139 140 dead in […]
KEYSTONE POLL: Nutter Takes Commanding Lead
Michael Nutter has taken the lead in the mayor’s race — the third man to lead this bumpy, ever-changing race, according to a new Daily News Keystone Poll released May 9, 2007. But the poll also finds a great deal of “uncertainty and potential for change” among the city’s Democratic voters. Nutter’s poll numbers have jumped from 12 percent in the April poll to 31 percent now. Tom Knox polled at 21 percent; Chaka Fattah, 13 percent; Bob Brady, 11 percent; and Dwight Evans, 3 percent. Twenty-one percent were undecided, say the pollsters, the Center for Opinion Research of the […]
NPR FOR THE DEAF: We Hear It Even When You Can’t
FRESH AIR ON WHYY Fresh Air went national in 1987, and we’re celebrating that 20th anniversary by revisiting some classic interviews. First up: Jerry Seinfeld, who sat down with Terry Gross before Seinfeld made him a star. Rebroadcast from Sept. 2, 1987. PLUS, Jackie Mason. His comic roots are planted firmly in the Borscht Belt, but he’s conquered everything from HBO to Broadway. Rebroadcast from Sept. 29, 1987. RADIO TIMES WITH MARTY MOSS-COANE Hour 1 As Philadelphia focus on violence in the City, our guests take a look at the growing problem of drug trafficking on street corners which plays […]