Tuesday, November 10th
6 p.m.
Drinking Liberally Center City
Center City DL meets from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. every Tuesday in the Triumph Brewing Co. upstairs bar, located at 117 Chestnut St.
(between Front and 2nd Streets), Philadelphia, PA 19106. There are $3
beers, $4 wine, $5 well [...]
I have no idea who won or lost in this battle. Whatever.
[...]Two otherwise identical packages of a product available at Trader Joe's in Center City Philadelphia:
With wildly different nutrition information on the back:
Based on comparison to similar products, I believe the label with the higher [...]
Cheers on the floor of the House from Democrats as HR3962, the fucked-up, stupid, compromised health care reform bill passes. This moment brought to you by the assholes in the United States Catholic Church, who demanded that the plan punish poor women who need abortions. Motherfuckers.
Joseph Cao of Louisiana the [...]
If you haven't heard, Democratic member of Congress Bart Stupak has introduced an amendment to the health care reform bill which will not only prevent the public option plan from covering abortion, but will require any health insurance plan that participates in the exchange to not cover it, either. Most [...]
8:00 p.m.
Football Sunday with Drinking Liberally Philly at Jose Pistola's
It's the Eagles v. Dallas in Sunday [...]
Regrets, now you have more than a few:
Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the 39-year-old man accused of Thursday’s mass shooting at Fort Hood, Tex., started having second thoughts about his military career a few years ago after other soldiers harassed him for being a Muslim, he told relatives in Virginia. [...]
Per press briefing by Ft. Hood CO. "His death is not imminent," he said, in reply to a question about Hasan's condition.
A female, civilian Department of Defense police officer who had been wounded by Hasan shot him and stopped the attack.
[...]Hasan was scheduled to be deployed to Iraq on Nov. 28, officials said. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said military officials had told her that Hasan was “pretty upset” about his deployment orders.
The Associated Press, quoting military officials, said Hasan received a poor performance evaluation at Walter Reed. The officials would reveal [...]
The radio tells me that U.S. Army Col. Maj. Malik Hassan Hasan and two accomplices have killed 12 10 soldiers and a civilian contractor. Hassan was shot and killed by MPs. The others have been apprehended.
Update: Hasan is said to have used pistols, which suggests a lack of a [...]
Imagine the judge's poor wife (who was in attendance) and students who had to go through this:
Former state Supreme Court Chief Justice Gene Franchini died Wednesday afternoon while addressing first-year law students at the University of New Mexico.
... Franchini was giving his annual speech on ethics and the role of a judge [...]
4:30-6:00 p.m.
Meet Death Row Exoneree Harold Wilson at Temple Law
Meet Harold Wilson, who was wrongly sentenced to death for murder and
then subsequently exonerated. The event is sponsored by the American Constitution Society, Witness to Innocence, the National Lawyers Guild, and the [...]
Maine voters decisively rejected same-sex marriage yesterday, 53% to 47%. Last November, when California voters overturned gay marriage there, the exit polls indicated that out of the Obama constituencies, overwhelming opposition from African-American (and, to a lesser extent, Hispanic) voters helped tip the balance. This was controversial, to [...]
7 p.m.
Philly for Change Monthly Meetup at Tritone
Come out to the Philly for Change monthly meeting at Tritone, 1508 South St.. If you can volunteer for PFC's election-day canvass, email Sam Durso at samuel.durso@gmail.com
or call 267-307-8821. At the meetup, proud progressive [...]
The radio tells me that SEPTA operators of buses, trolleys, subways and the El are on strike. Regional rail is running.
This move is sure to endear them to commuters and parents of private school kids, given that they went out without warning at 3 a.m. Public schools are closed today, [...]
Tuesday, November 3rd
6 p.m.
Drinking Liberally Center City
Center City DL meets from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. every Tuesday in the Triumph Brewing Co. upstairs bar, located at 117 Chestnut St.
(between Front and 2nd Streets), Philadelphia, PA 19106. There are $3
beers, $4 wine, $5 well [...]
Sunday, November 1st
12:30 p.m.
Drinking (Coffee) Liberally Mt. Airy
Mt. Airy Drinking Liberally meets every Sunday at Infusion Coffee + Tea (7133 Germantown Ave.), from 12:30 until 2:30 PM.
1:00 p.m.
Football Sunday with Drinking Liberally Philly at Jose Pistola's
Giants v. Eagles! Come out and be [...]
I perked up when I saw this headline over at the Heritage Foundation's blog:
Pelosi Plan Would Give Health Czar Super Powers
I'm thinking, "Telepathy, that's what that official needs! No, not telepathy -- a superhuman capacity to put up with bullshit." Because it turns out there are no mutant powers, [...]
I don't want to get into a lot of detail describing a moving target, but I want to note some key features of the House bill that caught my eye:
The public option and the exchange kick in during 2013. Individuals will then be required to have insurance. Subsidies provided [...]Thursday, October 29th
6 p.m.
The Future of News Media in Philly
Young Involved Philadelphia hosts a forum on The Future of News Media in Philly from 6-7:30 p.m. at the WHYY Civic Space, 150 N. 6th St.
(at Arch St.), Philadelphia, PA 19106. The forum will be [...]
I took this the night the Phillies won the pennant and forgot to post it (because I was drunk), but it serves pretty well to illustrate how the fans feel tonight.
[...]Caught in a cemetery with a stripper, sex toys and Viagra:
[Police officer Mike Wines] stopped [state Assistant Attorney General Roland] Corning Monday after witnessing his car pull into a secluded spot in Elmwood Cemetery in downtown Columbia.
Corning was in the car with an 18-year-old employee of Platinum Plus Gentlemen’s Club, Wines [...]
Tuesday, October 27th
Drinking Liberally Center City
Center City DL meets from 6 p.m. - 9 p.m. every Tuesday in the Triumph Brewing Co. upstairs bar, located at 117 Chestnut St.
(between Front and 2nd Streets), Philadelphia, PA 19106. There are $3
beers, $4 wine, $5 well drinks all [...]
Two Philly DL events today:
1:00 p.m.
Football Sunday with Drinking Liberally Philly at Jose Pistola's
It's almost halfway through the regular season already, so come out to
catch some football with Drinking Liberally Philly. The Eagles play on
Monday night this week, so this Sunday we'll be watching the Steelers
take on the [...]
Eugene Volokh is worried about Obama's "czars", saying
[Czars] were ultimately authoritarians who left their country far poorer than their more democratic counterparts, lost a world war, and of course paved the way for an even worse system of government.
This is only a problem when a Democrat is in the White [...]
I've been participating in a discussion over at zenpundit's place about the state of U.S. history education in both colleges and public high schools, with a particular focus on the treatment of FDR interning Japanese-Americans and Japanese legal immigrants.
Zen (who is a conservative but is in no way [...]
I read The Foundry, the blog of the Heritage Foundation, and it regularly contains some of the most batshit-crazy economic conservatism you'd ever want to see. Today's example:
Geddit? Construction workers don't work, unlike those on wingnut welfare like Conn Carroll.
[...]Accordingly to credible but as-yet unofficial reports, ACLU lobbyist Larry Frankel has died in D.C. Larry had served as both Executive Director and Legislative Director for the ACLU of Pennsylvania for many years before becoming the State Legislative Counsel for ACLU National.
This story has not appeared on any [...]
Regarding this by Noam Scheiber (written Sunday, but with salience now):
If Kennedy were to pass away in the next few months, the Senate math on any health care vote would almost certainly get easier, not harder. For one thing, it would single-handedly make the magic number 51 votes, not 60, since it [...]
Going around this morning in various forms:
The latest budget projections will make the deficit issue number one for the midterm elections.
[...]Mt. Airy Drinking Liberally meets every Sunday at Infusion Coffee + Tea (7133 Germantown Ave.), from 12:30 until 2:30 PM.
Send In Your Event Suggestions
Like all civic-minded liberals, we're here to promote democracy and
citizen engagement in the political process, [...]
The White House releases a video rebutting the Drudge attack that public option will destroy private insurance (I wish!):
And the comments to the video are a wingnut playground:
Avarice176 (4 minutes ago) UGH ENOUGH OF THIS BULLSHIT PROPAGANDA! QUIT LYING TO US! This country's government is BROKEN. Wake the fuck up people.
nancyparton [...]
Under the headline "Analysis: Obama Must Regain Momentum After Gates", this:
Obama's impromptu comments about the incident could become a defining moment. Nearly immediately after Obama's remark that police had "acted stupidly" in arresting Gates, his approval rating plummeted among whites, dropping over two days from 53 percent to 46 [...]
Chris Good at Ambinder's place:
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee will put the heat on some House Republicans this August with a month-long health care campaign waged against the lawmakers on its 25-member target list ... .
All 25 districts will get volunteer or automated calls on President Obama's health care initiative, volunteer calls [...]
In a non-insane world, these people would lose their jobs immediately:
In a bit about which beers would go to which political players if invited to the White House, we heard a variety of rather predictable jokes. David Vitter could enjoy "a nice cold Happy Ending." Dennis Kucinich would have a bottle of [...]
The Car Allowance Rebate System (CARS), better known as "Cash for Clunkers" has been wildly successful. The $850 million budgeted for the program to last through November ran out in one week. That means over 200,000 people raced into their new car dealership and bought new, fuel-efficient cars. There [...]
Fifty-eight percent of Republicans either do not believe Obama is an American citizen or are not sure. This is compared to seven percent of Democrats (wonder who they voted for) and seventeen percent of independents. The overwhelming majority of the Republican birthers are in the South.
Hmm, southern white conservatives [...]
So, right now, the President of the United States, who happens to be half black, and the preeminent African-American scholar, who also happens to be half black, are sitting down for a beer with a police sergeant. The police officer is the person who will decide how the meeting goes, [...]
So, I was playing Scrabble with a friend the other night when she put down the word "ago" in a place that opened up the corner spot to me. I added a D to make "dago" and "dey" in the other direction: 35 points. She challenged, not the somewhat obscure [...]
Jason330 at Delaware Liberal:
If you want to comment here, do me a favor and think about what you are about to type. There is no need to repeat basic GOP talking points. For example, don’t tell us that Bill Clinton got a blow job and that Clinton’s infidelity exculpates every Republican adulterer [...]
In a phone interview Friday, Roeder said he was upset at the president of Operation Rescue, Troy Newman, who had condemned the killing and said his organization had nothing to do with Roeder.
“He said that I never was a member and I never contributed any money,” [...]
Re the terrorist assassination of Dr. George Tiller:
Abortion opponents are bracing for a drop in support, especially from those in the murky middle ground of the debate. Worse yet, after years of persuading supporters to work within the law, they say they have already lost credibility among the most ardent abortion [...]
Seen on the bumper of a Dodge driven by a somewhat overweight white man on a highway in the upper part of what they call "slower Delaware":
The Socialist Republic ofI'm sorry, so sorry:
A detailed account of the meeting from the American Legion states that "Hunched forward with head bowed, the Secretary of Homeland Security looked the National Commander of The American Legion straight in the eye and said, very quietly, 'I’m sorry, Dave.'"Shorter Porter Goss:
Liberals stabbed America in the back! The CIA needs to be able to torture in secret for freedom to survive.I used to be able to ban comment spam by blocking IPs. Typepad took that functionality away for some unknown reason. I am annoyed enough with the spam comments that I have turned on CAPTCHA. If you don't want to deal, you can authenticate with Typekey. If CAPTCHA prevents you [...]
Male bartender, indicating two very young, very well-endowed women at the other end of the bar who had been flirting with him all night: "Women tend bar for the money; men tend bar for the sex. And I'm married."
[...]I haven't been posting much because I'm pretty depressed about (a) the economy and (b) Obama's handling thereof. Torture prosecutions, yeah sure, I want that but the top people like Cheney and Rice and Rumsfeld can't be touched, so what's the point? Lt. Calley and Lynddie England took the fall,' [...]
A little girl with her daddy's big black umbrella on 5th St.:
When questioned, she claimed it was raining. ''Brella!'', she insisted.
Join the ACLU of Pennsylvania’s Greater Philadelphia Chapter for a frank discussion about the current state of LGBT rights and what we can do to ensure equality for ALL Americans.
Featuring:
Anthony RomeroAnthony Romero, Executive Director, National ACLU
Stephen Glassman, Chair, Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission
When: Monday, May [...]
Good thing I'm not a role model for anyone. Off to drink liberally and reminisce about the days when we all could complain about Bush.
[...]In the news last week: Philly Liberal Drinkers mocking those who must be mocked. For their own good, for the good of the nation, for the good of the world.
Tuesday, April 21st
Drinking Liberally Center City
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Triumph Brewing Co.
117 [...]
Via email:
Please consider yourselves invited to a party to benefit the Philadelphia Women's Medical Fund. The Fund provides no-interest loans to low-income women who have chosen abortion but can't afford the cost of a safe, legal procedure. Some of these women are victims of sexual assault and domestic violence, many have health problems complicated by [...]It's nice to see scum get their just desserts; it's horrific it took four murders to make it happen.
[...]They were just following orders:
The Justice Department will not prosecute CIA officers who used harsh interrogation techniques against terrorism suspects, Obama administration officials said this afternoon, as they released four Bush-era legal memos detailing practices that critics have likened to torture. ...Thursday, April 16th
Drinking Liberally Ridley Park
7 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Tavern @ Burke's Bend
601 E. Chester Pike
Ridley Park, PA 19078
Drinking Liberally West Philly
6 p.m. - 9 p.m.
The Blarney Stone
3929 Sansom St.
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Parking nearby [...]
I really think there are some gay Republican creative types who are punking the idiot social warriors with these marketing ideas.
[...]Come on out and spend that refund!
Tuesday, April 14th
Drinking Liberally Center City
6 p.m. - 10 p.m.
Triumph Brewing Co.
117 Chestnut St. (between Front and 2nd Streets)
Philadelphia, PA 19106.
Meet at the upstairs bar.
$3 beers, $4 wine, $5 well drinks all night.
Happy [...]
If you're Seth Williams, you couldn't have planned this any better.
Back on March 27th, a Common Pleas Court judge threw the candidate for Philadelphia District Attorney off the ballot at the urging of another candidate, Dan McCaffrey. The judge used a dubious legal theory that reimbursements of expenses paid [...]
A Somali jihadi who apparently lived in the States at some point, Abu Mansour drops beats such as:
"The American dream has fallen, Bush is going down like Stalin, the economy is crawlin', the widows are bawlin', you dead you be haulin', while our takbeers (chants of Allah is Great) keep callin'."You may claim a kidnapped child as your dependent if the following requirements are met:
The child must be presumed by law enforcement to have been kidnapped by someone who is not a member of your [...]
If you're a blogger, can you be sued for something one of your commenters says? If you use a pseudonym when blogging, can someone get a court order to reveal your identity? The Philadelphia lawyers' chapter of the American Constitution Society will be co-hosting the Tuesday night party. ACS members will [...]
From ksl:
On their wedding night, the young bride approached her new husband and asked for $20.00 for their first lovemaking encounter. In his highly aroused state, her husband readily agreed.
This scenario was repeated each time they made love, for more than 30 years, with him thinking that it was a cute way [...]
The elder Mr. Skwire in the Daily News.
[...]
