Monty python animated a canardian vampire interviewing a dead hippy. Stop wars yo…

I always thought that PA Governor Ed Rendell seemed like a pretty cool guy but a recent Huffington Post article (posted before Hillary Clinton’s “big” win in Pennsylvania) shows the ex mayor of Philadelphia acting like a salty old baby to a small group of college kids.

Voting isn’t just for old people…Pennsylvania residents are registering in anticipated record numbers in advance of Monday’s deadline to vote in the April 22 primary.
Personally, I switched from Independent to Dem (uh, although I haven’t yet gotten a new voter registration card and I’m not holding my breath) and, if rumors are true, right-leaning radio […]

That’s an unfair question since one of those guys isn’t real. But, Mayor Nutter knows how to keep it real - he’s such a big fan of HBO’s The Wire (AKA - the best television show evar!) that he’s arranged for a special network-sanctioned screening of the series finale at City Hall on Sunday night.
The […]

In case you didn’t read the newzzz today [post, ht], America is at new highs in both our prison population and the percentage of our population in prison. We’ve smashed our records. We’re the worldwide champs. Most overall people in jail - 2, 300, 000! What’s up now, China? 1/99 Americans in jail! […]

This is apparently not the newest, freshest thing to hit the interwebz, but i was perusing the Hare Krishna blogs today and came across this odd creation. I don’t even know what to say about it. The internet has everything.

Big up to ex-Philadelphian Cullen Stalin and his Baltimore crew. Their totally DIY Taxlo party got voted best dance party in the latest issue of Blender. And, yes, that’s Philly dude Diplo on the fader. Straight up, that’s mad decent. Seems like only yesterday we were yakking on the Trackstar Records messageboard and dancing at the Aqua Lounge.

I first read about this in the Sept 2007 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. The article was about a device called a molinillo, which is basically a fancy stick used to stir chocolate drinks. Anyways, the article talks a little bit about the history of chocolate and how the world’s changing and people buy chocolate in […]

Soon after September 11th, the State Department “Council of American Muslims for Understanding… and the American People” created a “Shared Values” series of public relations videos in order to improve our image in Middle Eastern nations. These videos contain heartwarming stories of Muslims in America but leave out the not-so-heartwarming stories of Americans in Oil […]

Jeopardy is probably my favorite TV show. Last night while watching the show I was amused to note that one of the contestants was sporting the early to mid 90’s emo/indierocker look. She had on these cat eye glasses and she looked like, well, she looked like she’d just gotten back from the More Than […]

Nutter is fighting Street on police promotions which is a good thing. What the city of Philadelphia needs is some lame duck appointments by a lame duck mayor in the protection and freedom in our city. With 225 promotions up in the air, at street level supervision, Street says now, Nutter says wait.

… then I have something which will surely make you feel more depressed. I’ve been working hard editing a documentary series for VBS.tv (you know, Vice Magazine’s online video project) about the war last summer between Hezbollah and Israel. This project is epic– I’m cutting about 20 episodes (not to mention editing Israel’s side of […]

Why do some stay dry while others feel the pain? What makes you turn your head the other way? What raises your neighborhood insurance rates? Why does the bell curve blame the baby’s DNA? Chocolate Rain of course. If you have not heard of Tay Zonday and his song Chocolate Rain, I gotta ask what […]

Fuck the 4th of July. This is Independence Day. Live free, America!
Click on for a list of my favorite Americans and a stupid contest!

Yup, that’s a picture of Philadelphia Mayor John Street waiting in line for an iPhone. Guess the feds can keep his Blackberry. I wonder if he’s planning on picking up one for Milton too.

In a landmark decision, the Supreme fucking Court decided that a high school student has NO RIGHT to publically display a “Bong Hits for Jesus” banner. Apparently, the implicit advocation of smoking weed is sooooo terrible that it overrides any concerns about Freedom of Speech or Freedom of Religion.
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Remember how the city of Philadelphia had the chance to be youth-forward by giving LOVE Park over to the thousands of skaters that flocked there every year but, instead, the city government did what goverment does and blew it big time by making the terrain way less skater appealing and making skateboaring in LOVE completely illegal? 
Some […]

The trial of Mumia Abu Jamal has been going on since 1982!  In that year, Jamal was convicted of murdering Philadelphia Police Officer Danny Faulker.  In the years since then, the case has taken on many supporters and/or wingnuts on both sides of the issue and gotten international media coverage.  Today, a federal court has begun hearing […]

So philly weekly told you where you can get your dope, but I gotta suck some of the fun outta that high. Compare those spots to this map of murders in 2006. Those corners are in some dangerous neighborhoods! Why’s it gotta be so hard to get some H? Hook those fools up in a […]

Today is primary election day in Philadelphia and, if you are registered, you should get out and vote.  The polls will be open from from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.  Click here to find out where your polling place is.  If you haven’t been paying attention to the election, here’s a voter’s guide for you…<sarcasm>awesome that […]