This is a screengrab of Westboro ‘God Hates Fags’ Baptist Church’s head-troll-in-charge tweeting that her goon squad will picket Steve Jobs’ funeral…wait for it…on her iPhone! And on the eighth day, God created irony, and it was good. [VIA TWITTER]
LIFE LESSONS: It IS Class Warfare & We’re Losing
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WISH LIST: The Real Death Panel
MSNBC: American militants like Anwar al-Awlaki are placed on a kill or capture list by a secretive panel of senior government officials, which then informs the president of its decisions, according to officials. There is no public record of the operations or decisions of the panel, which is a subset of the White House’s National Security Council, several current and former officials said. Neither is there any law establishing its existence or setting out the rules by which it is supposed to operate. The panel was behind the decision to add Awlaki, a U.S.-born militant preacher with alleged al Qaeda […]
DEENEY: Why K2
THE FIX: Over the past few years waves of drug-hysteria stories about new synthetic substances have flooded the media; headlines shouted that emerging drugs like the stimulant mephedrone were being sold legally, marketed as “bath salts” body products and wreaking havoc on the minds of drug abusers. Even as legislators scrambled to ban this demonized new test-tube high, habitual substance abusers in drug-soaked inner cities like Philly shrugged. Who needs bath salts when you can get whatever you want, whenever you want, at high potency and low cost on one of the city’s hundreds of drug corners? But one new […]
RIP: Steve Jobs, Wizard Of Oz, Dead At 56
“He was selling magic, everyone else was selling technology.” — John Scully, Former Apple CEO NEW YORK TIMES: Steven P. Jobs, the visionary co-founder and former chief executive of Apple, has died at 56. Apple said in a press release that it was “deeply saddened” to announced that Mr. Jobs had passed away on Wednesday. “Steve’s brilliance, passion and energy were the source of countless innovations that enrich and improve all of our lives,” the company said. “The world is immeasurably better because of Steve. MORE RELATED: Steve Jobs has never been shy about his use of psychedelics, famously calling […]
DECISION 2012: Smell Ya Later!
NEW YORK TIMES: Sarah Palin is not running for president. Ms. Palin, the former governor of Alaska, ended her inscrutable cat-and-mouse game with the political establishment on Wednesday by saying that she would not join the field of Republican candidates seeking her party’s nomination, but would still work to oust President Obama. “Not being a candidate, you are unshackled and able to be even more active,” she said on the Mark Levin show. “I look forward to using all the tools at my disposal to get the right people in there who have a servant’s heart.” The decision from Ms. […]
LORD OF THE STRINGS: Q&A With Bert Jansch
EDITOR’S NOTE: The following interview with Bert Jansch was originally posted back in April when he opened for Neil Young. We are re-running it again upon learning the sad news that he passed away yesterday at the age of 67. The Guardian has an excellent obit you can read HERE. *** “As much of a great guitar player as Jimi [Hendrix] was, Bert Jansch is the same thing for acoustic guitar…and my favourite” – Neil Young Legendary folk guitarist Bert Jansch, who opens for Neil Young at the Tower tonight and tomorrow, emerged as one of the leading lights of […]
#OCCUPY PHILLY BEWARE: The Long History Of Criminalizing Dissent In The City Of Brotherly Love
BY JONATHAN VALANIA FOR THE PHILADELPHIA WEEKLY In the spring of 1969, four activists from the Philadelphia chapter of the Students For A Democratic Society (SDS) were arrested for plotting to blow up the Liberty Bell after the police found bomb-making materials in the refrigerator of their West Philly apartment. According to the police, the planned destruction of the Liberty Bell was part of a larger plot hatched by a network of student radicals to destroy national landmarks across the country. The shocking news spread quickly when footage of the police search of the apartment — captured by a KYW […]
SH*T MY UNCLE SAYS: Don’t Ask And Don’t Be A Dick
BY WILLIAM C. HENRY Don’t you just love it when the opposition party shows its true colors in public? The other day, during a publicized Republican presidential wannabes debate, when a gay active serviceman asked Rick Santorum how he would handle an individual such as himself (vis-a-vis repeal of Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell), many in the audience booed the soldier. Let me repeat that: They BOOED him! That’s right, they actually booed an active-duty American serviceman who is putting his LIFE on the line for those very same assholes day after day in Iraq! Of course, the fact that a […]
JUDAS PRIEST: Monsignor Indicted For Enabling & Covering Up Priest-On-Child Rape Gets Standing O
INQUIRER: Msgr. William J. Lynn, the former church official awaiting trial for allegedly protecting sexually abusive priests, drew words of encouragement from Philadelphia’s new archbishop and a standing ovation from scores of priests at a private gathering last month, according to people familiar with the event. During the invitation-only dinner for Archbishop Charles J. Chaput at a parish hall in Montgomery County, Chaput singled out Lynn in the crowd and noted how difficult the ordeal has been for him, according to one priest who attended and two people briefed by others at the gala. Much of the audience, which included […]
EARLY WORD: We The People
Nearly 1,000 turned out tonight to decide where and when to occupy. The verdict: City Hall, Thursday at 9 AM. Bring a blanket. PREVIOUSLY: U SAY YOU WANT A REVOLUTION PREVIOUSLY: The Declaration Of The Occupation PREVIOUSLY: The People Are Too Big To Fail #OccupyPhilly General Assembly, Arch Street United Methodist Church, 7:30 PM
HANK: Are You Ready For Some Football To Eat Crow?
REUTERS: After his “All My Rowdy Friends” song was yanked from the “Monday Night Football” opening by ESPN later that day in protest, Williams issued a statement acknowledging that his “analogy was extreme” but insisting it was intended to illustrate how ludicrous he thought it was for Obama and Boehner to team up at golf. “They’re polar opposites and it made no sense. They don’t see eye-to-eye and never will,” the bearded singer said. Williams, 62, was scheduled to return to the Fox News Channel with an interview on Tuesday on the “Hannity” show, but the network told Reuters that […]
TONITE: Welcome To The Occupation
OccupyPhilly will be holding a General Assembly tonight. When: Today October 4, 2011 Time: 6:30PM-9:00PM Where: Arch Street United Methodist Church at Broad and Arch st More info: Go here and here We will be voting on a location on where to occupy. So come out and support the movement!