• Archive for December, 2009

    AV Club’s worst of 2009. No Joe?

    by  • December 16, 2009 • leisure

    Katherine Heigl starred in Knocked Up and called it: “a little sexist. It paints the women as shrews, as humorless and uptight, and it paints the men as lovable, goofy, fun-loving guys. It exaggerated the characters, and I had a hard time with it, on some days. I’m playing such a bitch; why is...

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    Casino’s will be new loan sharks

    by  • December 16, 2009 • politics & money

    Philadelphia City Paper’s Blog “The Clog” runs down plans for casino legislation for the Philadelphia locations. None of it is Good. Its bad enough that we are selling Philadelphia to the casino and passing it off as development, but in addition we are doing it at bargain prices. The bill levies a tax of only...

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    Pelosi: After You, Senators

    by  • December 16, 2009 • politics & money

    I don’t know  all the “inside baseball” ramifications of this, but on its face, I like it. The Speaker recently assured her freshman lawmakers and other vulnerable members of her caucus that a vote on immigration reform is not looming despite a renewed push from the White House and the Congressional Hispanic Caucus. The...

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    The “rapper gun grip”

    by  • December 16, 2009 • leisure

    The NY Post, never failing to demonize rap A Times Square bloodbath was narrowly avoided because the machine-pistol-toting thug who fired at a cop flipped the gun on its side like a character out of a rap video, causing the weapon to jam after two shots, law-enforcement sources said yesterday. via Times Sq. gunman held...

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    Blame it On the Boogie (…or Joe)

    by  • December 16, 2009 • leisure

    Blackink12 at PostBourgie posts the Jackson 5′s video Blame it on The Boogie. The thing that stands out to me about the video is the Jackson’s faces. I can only match Michael’s because Off The Wall was my first favorite album. BlackINk12 goes on to ask: Why did The Jacksons release a music video in the...

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    Buju Banton up for 20 years after 11-pound cocaine bust

    by  • December 16, 2009 • leisure

    Idiot. Controversial Jamaican reggae star Buju Banton is cooling his heels in a Miami lockup, suspected of plotting to sell cocaine. Federal Drug Enforcement Administration agents said Banton, 36, will be charged with conspiracy to possess more than 11 pounds of cocaine with intent to deliver.The Grammy-nominated star, whose real name is Mark Anthony...

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    Philadelphia Eagles reup Andy Reid through 2013

    by  • December 10, 2009 • sports

    Andy Reid has established the Eagles as one of the model franchises in the NFL, and he will guide them for at least four more seasons. Reid has signed a three-year extension that expires following the 2013 season; his previous deal ended after next season. Reid, who was hired in 1999, has won more...

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