May 29, 2008

Blog-Powered TV Ad Predictably Great

I had heard a while back about ads funded by readers of some liberal blogs running against Democratic Rep. Chris Carney of Pennsylvania. I didn't know until today how awesome they were. Ha ha, Monopoly photoshops and scary voiceovers about Bush and Cheney. I think I can safely say any increased influence of the Internet on politics is going to be great.

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January 30, 2008

'I'm Stephen A. Smith, Bitch!'

Hey, Stephen A. Smith finally got fired! Hey, he has a blog! Hey, people are posting comments to Stephen A. Smith's blog!

Wait, does anyone care about anything even remotely related to Stephen A. Smith anymore?

Good, that's what I thought. Geezus, at least that other ESPN lady got drunk and somehow got suspended for offending people at a roast.

We now return to our regularly scheduled programming of things not related to Stephen A. Smith.

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January 23, 2008

Larry Kane: Hated Online

Yesterday, veteran Philadelphia newsman Larry Kane blogged about the reaction to his comments on Giants coach Tom Coughlin and how the post got more traffic than anything else he's ever posted on the site.

After Giants kicker Lawrence Tynes missed the first of two field goals in the fourth quarter, Coughlin screamed at his kicker on the sideline. And Larry Kane was having none of it, writing "his actions diminish sports in general." I'm not sure how Coughlin yelling at his kicker diminishes my daily run, but whatevs.

Well, apparently, it generated a lot of responses and Kane realized he could get another post just by writing about the comments. He's getting this blogging this down pat already!

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January 20, 2008

Ron Paul: Greatest American Ever?

Little inside secret how this business works: Somebody sends out a blast email or Myspace to all the people in the entire world and all the regularly-updated Philly blogs see it and we all post it. If it's not Milton Street knocking over a state store, sometimes I just don't update it even if it's a good story. (Here's an exception.)

By inside secret, of course, I mean common sense; yes, this is why everyone's going to have to start doing more of their own reporting or telling the best lame jokes and posting puppies. (Dibs on the last one.) Some fun changes are coming and that is why things have been somewhat slower, blah blah blah; yes, I will update my links list.

Anyway, Philebrity posted Down The Shore With Jen before I did a while back, and so I didn't. (I knew they were going to beat me to it, too.) And I read it again today and it looks fun and it's a book about the Jersey shore written by a young person in Collingswood. Yeah, it's a guidebook, but, uh, how useful. Here's an Amazon pre-order link. And it's fun and well-reported and it's the Jersey shore. "This is a great way to start your Sunday," Jen Miller writes. Oh, look, it's tied all together.

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November 01, 2007

Correction: Blogs Not All That Free Spirited

When I make a mistake, I usually simply correct it in text, note it, and move on. Sometimes if it's a spelling error nobody's noticed I don't note it, but, you know, there are plenty uncorrected spelling errors on this site that make me look stupid enough. I mean, who knew there were two i's in missile? Anyway, sometimes the errors I make are so egregious a full post is necessary. This is one of those times.

Actual email received earlier this week from one Warren Hoffman, dramaturg for Philadelphia "Theatre" Company:

As the dramaturg for Philadelphia Theatre Company and speaking on behalf of our staff, I’m writing to say that we take great offense to the “obviously” factual errors in the recent posting about Edward Albee (link). While the cracks about Oklahoma! and Virginia Woolf are obviously wrong and “silly,” the presentation of such factual errors in conjunction with Mr. Albee’s career does a disservice to him and to us, Philadelphia Theatre Company. While we are aware that there is a “free-spirited nature” to blogs, insofar as this particular blog is affiliated with Philadelphia Weekly, a newspaper with which we have a strong professional connection, it is upsetting to have one of our nation’s most esteemed playwrights be treated by your paper in this disreputable way. We would like, please, either the erroneous facts to be corrected immediately or a retraction printed.

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April 27, 2007

Beerleaguer Gets Television Commercial

The above is a commercial for Phillies blog Beerleaguer, run by the Reading Eagle's Jason Weitzel. It will be airing on Channel 69 (WFMZ-TV). On TV!

"The spot includes overlays of all the praise the site has received over the years, a shot of me at a bar with a laptop and some dynamic screen captures of the blog," Weitzel writes on his blog. "[I]nstead of that shot of me in a bar, a more realistic depiction would include a shot of me in boxer shorts sitting in a dark office, hunched over a laptop and a ham sandwich, shaking with anger."

Fortunately, there is no praise from Philadelphia Will Do/Philadelphia Weekly included in the ad, because such an event would probably cause the entire Philadelphia blogosphere to implode and shower the Internet with pieces of jaded comedy, incomplete thoughts and pictures of Kerri-Lee Halkett.

Commercial makes Beerleaguer sound friendly, sexy [Beerleaguer]
Feb. 16: Beerleaguer Previews Spring Training

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Angry Blogger Makes Citizen Arrest Or Something

While Jon Corzine is doing better and recovering from his car accident (caused by Don Imus), he might have to dig deep into his pockets sometime soon.

A blogger by the name of GadFly actually left his house and issued a citizen seat-belt complaint against the governor.

Wait, you can do this? Can I go cite Ed Rendell for saying he drives around 80? Anyway, the ticket for driving (or riding in the passenger seat) without a seatbelt is $46, which should be pretty tough for the multimillionaire governor to pay.

On his blog, Gadfly -- aka Larry Angel -- discussed the citizen complaint. To note, his blog contains the following phrases: "THE CORRUTP [sic] MULLICA 5 AKA IDIOTS R US," "glen THE AUTO INSURANCE FRAUD KING forman," "jimmy THE ETHICALLY CHALLENGED curcio," "steve THE SCOFFLAW waszen." I don't know who these people are, but it seems they're all pretty evil.

His post about the seatbelt complain:

The statue of Justice is blindfolded as a symbol that laws are enforced impartially...that Lady Justice does not peek, to see how thick one’s wallet is or the color of one’s skin. Given the minor nature of the fine for not wearing a seat belt the State Police do a disservice to us all in not citing the Governor...as such inaction allows the perception of special treatment. It is further noted that the following day a seat belt ticket was signed by larry THE MISANTHROPIC PEDANTIC S.O.B. angel with the cooperation of Galloway officials.

Hm. Good... good to know.

Subject: Buck(l)ing the system [Gadfly]
Corzine gets citizen seat-belt complaint [AP/Philly.com]

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April 09, 2007

Sam Katz Angrily Responds To Idiot Blogger

In case you didn't notice it, former mayoral candidate Sam Katz wasn't all that happy with my post about his mayor's race blog for Phillymag's website. Apparently, I didn't take his blog seriously enough or something. Here's what he wrote:

Sorry you don't like the blog but that's why there are plenty of choices for you to post your thoughts on. Notwithstanding your historical re-write, my perennial runs were in 1991, 1999 and 2003. Dilworth left office in 1962 (I was 13). In any case, I will try to keep your suggestions for more insightful analysis in mind though, I suspect, you are not one whose mind is open to insight. As for wishing I didn't know anything about blogs, rest assured that won't be the case. I can live with the critics. Can you?

I usually don't respond to critics in the comments, because they're usually either (1) right or (2) Barbaro/pet lovers threatening to kill me. Also, there's usually more important things to do, like play Final Fantasy. But after confirming it was actually Sam Katz -- I was kind of hoping for a Katz impersonator myself¹ -- I decided to respond. Additionally, I added some explanations in footnotes at the bottom of the post in case Sam Katz decides to read my blog again.²

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April 06, 2007

Sam Katz: The Mayor's Race Might Be Close!

Hey, everybody: Remember Sam Katz? Wait, no? Oh, come on. Until this year, he ran for mayor at the end of every administration since Richardson Dilworth. Still no? Damn, you people have no memory.

Anyway, the former perennial mayoral candidate now has a blog, even though he "didn’t really know much about blogs before." (Hat tip to Sam: Give it two weeks and you'll be ready to wish you were back in the time when you didn't know much about blogs.)

Katz is doing his mayoral blog for Phillymag, which means he should be doing an advertorial for the magazine in a few months. Oh, I'm sorry, that's article subjects who get to do that.

So what wisdom is the former next mayor imparting on us?

It’s still too early, though, to make any kind of prediction. Voters haven’t focused and don’t know these candidates very well. Nothing has crystallized, and no one has really laid a glove on anybody else yet.... this is an election that will likely be decided by a few thousand votes, or fewer. It could end up in court, just where it began.

To recap: (1) The mayor's race is still wide open. (2) The mayor's race will be close. Thanks, Sam!

The Katz Report [Phillymag]
Ex-Mayoral Candidate Sam Katz Has A New Political Blog [KYW 1060]
Related: Hoagie Dip 12/25/2006

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March 30, 2007

One Man's Obsessive Dedication To Improving The Career Of One Local Traffic Reporter

Selected offerings from the blog of one Gionni, which appears to contain all posts about Dorothy Krysiuk:

Dear Producer,

My wife and I find the transition from Sue to Dorothy, a bit generic or boring. Allow me to explain. My wife favors Dorothy Krysuik a whole lot. Myself and her staff of 30 people agree. So we all made a game out of this similarity to see if my wife can dress exactly like Dorothy everyday, down to the shoes. So every morning myself (1), my staff of 50, my children's teachers (4), my wife (1), her parents (2), my parents (2), and my wife's staff of 30 watch the traffic to see how the roads are but also to see what Dorothy is wearing. We began this game when the transition from Sue to Dorothy started with a full view of Dorothy and then panned in. I believe it was around March 2006. It was very exciting because when these 90 people would see her during the course of the day, the universal response would be "Oh my God. She even has the same shoes" Everyone loved it. Can you please go back to the full view and then pan in to Dorothy.

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March 29, 2007

Jim Kenney Has This Blogging Thing Down Pat

Say what you will, but I think Councilman Jim Kenney has totally embraced blogging the way it's supposed to be done. Good show.

What [Comment by James Kenney, YPP]

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March 16, 2007

Great Moments In Workplace Relations

I've long been of the opinion the world needs more bloggers who hate blogs and blogging in general. I hope I'm fulfilling my duty every day to do that, but it looks like I have an ally now.

While I was searching for a photo for this post, I came across the blog of one Jennaphr Frederick, ex-Good Day Philadelphia co-host and "What's Buggin' You" reporter.

And, ladies and gentlemen, Jennaphr Frederick's first blog post, titled "I love to blog":

Ladies and gentleman... I am finally blogging because my boss wants me to.

Does anyone care what I have to say about American Idol? ( certainly not steve keeley hee hee)

Does anyone care about I have to say about What's Buggin You.... c'mon do you?

Write me - read me - call Steve Keeley at 215 982 5500 and tell him you love him... (please someone call him.. tell him Jenn sent you.)

I, for one, appreciate a news anchor who uses her blog to annoy her coworker (and admits she's doing it because her boss told her to). Now write me- read me - call Steven Wells at whatever the hell PW's number is and tell him you love him.

I love to blog [Jennaphr Frederick's Blog]

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February 23, 2007

Returning To The Milton Mayhem

I know what you're saying: How was there no Milton Street post yesterday? Well, yes, I did skimp on the Milton beat yesterday, but never fear: Philadelphia Will Do is back on the case again!

First off, let's take a look at the newest blog to hit the area: I Hate Milton Street! Yes, it's an entire website devoted to reasons to hate Milton Street. (I suppose it's a nice complement to Philadelphia Will Do, which has recently been an entire website devoted to reasons to love Milton Street.) The blog also has a messageboard, where one can presumably discuss reasons to hate Milton Street. All in all, a fine idea for a website. Plus, we know the writer (one "Kevin") has questionable taste, calling PWD -- that's this blog, not the water department -- "on one of the web's best resources for satire and crap to waste your time with." Or maybe he was referring to YouTube.

But there's more Milton news than just the launch of websites devoted to heckling him. The hopeful mayor talked with Moorestown police for 25 minutes on Wednesday and apparently decided he wasn't going to file a lawsuit against the township.

"There was a little concern on his part about the timing of the arrest," Moorestown Police Lt. Mann said. "We assured him that's not the case. We have no affiliations with any politicians." And if the Moorestown police department did have affiliations with politicians, it would probably be New Jersey politicians, not Philadelphia.

But Milton will have to spend some more time in Jersey, and not just because that's where he lives his lady friend has a house. He has a March 6 court date in Moorestown and a court date in Pennsauken that hasn't had a date set yet.

And what will Milton do next? No idea, but, hey, it's only 9:30 a.m. The day is still young, and I really don't expect this to be the last Milton Street post of the day.

I Hate Milton Street... [via Philebrity]
Milton Street, police meet in Moorestown [Camden Courier-Post]
Archives: Milton Street

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February 15, 2007

Jim Kenney Caves In To Angry Bloggers

Yesterday, Jim Kenney rescinded his bills that would eliminate or raise campaign contribution limits in response to angry posts on Young Philly Politics, an Internet petition, phone calls, etc.

Huzzah, I suppose. I know I made fun of him a few times for the bill, but I probably would have made fun of him anyway -- after all, he's a politician. That's what I do. I make fun of politicians. (Quite a world, eh?) But let's be fair now: I commend Kenney for debating people online about his bill -- even if it's just for the humor factor -- and for changing his mind because of it.

But I guess my question here is: What repercussions would there have been had one of Kenney's bills passed City Council and raised or eliminated campaign contribution limits? Would there have been any at all? After all, Philadelphians weren't as angry about the pay raise as the rest of the state. I mean, sure, people were pissed on, say, Young Philly Politics, but would Joe Average in the Far Northeast care?

Oh, forget it, this is getting too close to trying to make an actual point and then I might have to think it through more, defend myself, interview people... forget it. Somebody get me a funny photo, STAT!

Phew. Much better.

What Just Happened [Young Philly Politics]

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Sick People Can't Catch A Break

Guess what, guys? The Inquirer has a new blog! (I know. You must be very shocked.) This one is by Early Word veteran Peter Mucha and is called "Live From..." The idea, I suppose, is that Mucha is going to go around with his laptop and blog from various locations. (I actually think this is a pretty good idea, if only because most bloggers just sit on our asses all day.)

Moving on from previous posts about being live from Wing Bowl, the King Tut exhibit and the Preston & Steve Show (of course), yesterday Mucha was live from unplowed streets! Of course, it appears he could have just found a street map of Philadelphia, posted it, and then went home to bed, since here were some of the unplowed streets: Columbus Blvd., Market, Walnut, Spring Garden, Callowhill.

But my favorite is Broad Street:

No, this is for real. The grey soggy sandlike mess is even deep on Broad Street. This is at Race, just a block from Hahnemann Hospital. Ambulances and sick people use these streets.

Ambulances and sick people!

Live From... [Inquirer]

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February 12, 2007

Every Time I Come Around Your City Blinq Blinq

Stunning news from blogworld! Daniel Rubin's seminal Inquirer blog, Blinq, is being shuttered.

Rubin has been promoted to metro columnist. No longer will he summarize what people on the Internet think of a Snickers commercial or Barbaro. No, Daniel Rubin is going to fight! for! us! as a columnist in the metro section.

Lots of people are saying RIP, Blinq -- or some sort of "Blinq or you'll miss it" pun -- and wondering why the Inquirer decided to close the blog instead of just have Rubin post occasionally or hire a new writer. A Summary: Community! STUPID STUPID STUPID! The shuttering of the URL, of the community that rose around Dan's engagement at Blinq, is self-inflicted wound. Conversation! Interweb Four Point Oh! and so forth. I suppose I agree, but I can't get riled up enough about it to post in all caps.

But anyway. Most importantly, I've learned that Philadelphia Will Do "just lost its only local competitor btw." By the way indeed! Hot diggity. With Blinq gone and Philebrity's server being down, there will be nobody to stop my reign of terror! Take that, Will Bunch! Take a kick in the knees, Jason Weitzel!

Now somebody go get me 20-odd Dyson vacuum cleaners. (I roll top-of-the-line here, none of that Oreck shit like Fumo.)

Forward, Into The Past [Blinq]
The Inquirer Closes Dan Rubin's Blinq [Philly Future]

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February 07, 2007

Thanks, Internet: Gays, Bloggers Join Together To Rid World Of Annoying Commercials

I, like all good Americans, had a grand old time watching the Super Bowl on Sunday. And, like all good Americans, I sat on the egde of my seat during every commercial break, waiting to see what ad would come next: Hilarious ad about creatures that do not normally have the capability to crave beer, let alone a specific brand, craving beer; or incomprehensible series of events followed by insurance company logo.

Unfortunately, the ads this year weren't very good. Actually, most of them weren't really bad; they were just forgettable. One not-so-forgettable ad was the Snickers ad where two guys accidentally kiss while eating a Snickers. Upon seeing this ad, I immediately though: "Boy, I sure thought that ad was annoying. You know, I'd like to never, ever see it again." I couldn't really fathom how this would happen, of course; Super Bowl ads from major candy companies would probably be on the air a million billion times again.

But never did I guess that someone would come to my rescue. Daniel Rubin -- in a post cleverly headlined "Snickers" -- writes Snickers has removed the ad and its alternate endings from the Internet after an uproar from bloggers and gay and lesbian groups. Apparently, instead of just ripping off their hair to confirm their manliness as they did in the Super Bowl ad, the alternate endings featured them beating on each other with wrenches or something.

And, apparently, this encouraged violence against lesbians and gays. Rather than admit it was all part of a secret advertising plot -- "Snickers: The candy bar to keep you energized so you can commit hate crimes!" -- the company apologized and pulled the ads from the Internet. Now they'll probably never be seen again!

In conclusion: I could never, ever fathom a scenario in which I could form an actual opinion on whether the Snickers ads were offensive to gays. But, fortunately, I have people on the Internet to do it for me, and now there are fewer annoying ads on television. It's a win-win!

In other news, I heard those Head-On ads have lead to, like, several instances of Polish jokes. Can somebody get those of my TV, too?

Snickers [Blinq]

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December 27, 2006

News You Can't Use

Eh, trust me. You don't want to start one of those. It only leads to trouble.

Inform your neighbors with a blog [Camden Courier-Post]

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December 12, 2006

Will Bunch Reveals Blogging Secrets

My favorite mostly useless useful idiot blogger, Will Bunch, posted yesterday about the "lone nut" killing the newspaper business, Craigslist founder Craig Newmark.

Newmark, you see, doesn't make enough profit. Somehow, this kills newspapers. Anyway, in the comments section Will responds to his detractors -- who include people calling him too liberal or too conservative -- in the comments:

As for the "you're kidding, right?"...one of the things I love about doing Attytood is the posts here range from a seriousness factor of 100 percent to 0 percent -- and I'll never tell you which is which!

I finally get Attytood.

UPDATED: The "lone nut" theory of the American newspaper assassination [Attytood]
Archives: Will Bunch

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December 11, 2006

Star Foster

Over the weekend, Phillyist editor Star C. Foster -- who also blogged at her own site, Sarcasmo's Corner -- passed away of a pulmonary embolism.

I pass on my deepest condolences to her family, friends, co-workers and fellow bloggers. She will be missed.

Sad News [Phillyist]

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November 28, 2006

Liveblogging Excitement From 'Inquirer'

Another day, another Inquirer blog. Their newest -- and shortest-lived, it seems -- blog is The Count in Chester County, which began yesterday as a way to chronicle, uh, the re-count in Chester County. It's written by political reporter Carrie Budoff.

Please try to contain your excitement.

Beginning Monday, the 156th district was led by Republican Shannon Royer. But with the vote now official -- when something's liveblogged, it's official -- Democrat Barbara McIlvaine is the state's newest elected official. This flips control of the House from red to blue and, as Budoff helpfully noted, "The whole Republican crew immediately bolted from the building."

To recap: The state house is now Democratic (barely) and the Inquirer doesn't have to launch a new blog again for 15 days.

The Count in Chester County [Inky]

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November 17, 2006

Leftovers: Yes Men Look To Ride Borat Wave

• Okay, this one's a little weird, but let's do it. On the Wharton website: "A panelist for the Wharton Africa Business Forum misrepresented himself as being affiliated with the World Trade Organization (WTO). Based on that misrepresentation, the individual was invited to speak at the Forum, which was held on November 11, 2006 in Philadelphia. As soon as the conference organizers realized the misrepresentation perpetrated by this individual, the other panelists were immediately informed. Neither the conference organizers nor The Wharton School had or has any association with the individual nor do they endorse the individual's views." And you know why? Because of this. Yes, the "Yes Men" -- remember them? -- managed to sneak in and present a slavery-as-an-economic-model thesis. And nobody stopped them from presenting their thing on slavery. Huzzah. [Jessica Gold Haralson (the last one)]

• Another pay raise for the legislators! Okay, this one's only a two-percent cost of living increase, but you damn better well bet somebody is going to have a giant pig on the steps of the legislature next time they're in session! [Inquirer]

• Bob Brady has a blog. Oh, goodie. [Young Philly Politics]

• Chris Webber denied asking for a trade out of Philadelphia. Uhh, Chris? Hey. How about you ask to be traded, okay? It'll be better for both of us. [Inquirer]

Updated: A bunch of cultural groups are going to try to keep The Gross Clinic in Philadelphia. Huzzah, people. Huzzah. [Art Museum]

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November 02, 2006

Anything I Can Do To Help

Report from the Associated Press:

The productivity of American workers slowed to a standstill in the summer while wage pressures were rising at the fastest clip in more than two decades, a combination likely to raise inflation concerns at the Federal Reserve.

The Labor Department reported Thursday that productivity, the amount of output per hour of work, showed no change in the July-September quarter while labor costs rose by 3.8 percent. For the past year, labor costs are up by 5.3 percent, the fastest increase since 1982.

You're welcome.

Productivity Slows to a Standstill [AP/6 ABC]

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October 06, 2006

I Read Phillyblog So You Don't Have To: Of Raj, Chris Brennan And Liberty County

Yeah, yeah, a day late. It's going to be a short edition, too, with a couple of older threads in it, as it's now Friday, and we're three weeks into this IRPSYDHT thing, which means it's time for yours truly to get a little tired of it. Hell, I haven't even sent last week's Thread! Of! The! Week! winner Mark B. Cohen his prize yet.

But, I'll soldier on, continuing to read Phillyblog so you don't have to. (Maybe next week, I'll even make up a logo!) Come with me after the jump.

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October 04, 2006

Leftovers: Blogger Battle

• Ooh, blogfight! This time it's between Philebrity editor Joey Sweeney and ex-Philebrity contributor Jonathan Valania. This blogfight is unique in that one of the two doesn't even have a blog yet. Impressive work. Valania sez: "He needs to realize that he didn't invent the Internet in Philadelphia." Point! "He thinks the world is dying without Jonathan Valania's Philebrity II," sez Sweeney. Counter-point! If we can somehow get Will Bunch and Atrios involved in this, then the Philly blogoverse might just explode in a haze of lefty politics, snark and idiocy. God, please make that happen. [Daily News]

• Our old pal Will Bunch on the media coverage of the Amish killings: "We saw a decent chunk of the breathless, wall-to-wall coverage of the Amish country shooting spree on CNN, and we wondered if Charles Carl Roberts had been pushed over the edge by CNN's breathless, wall-to-wall coverage of the other recent school shootings. Somehow, that issue wasn't raised on CNN." Next murder in Philadelphia (give it a few minutes), I'm totally saying Bunch's most recent blog post pushed the killer over the edge. [Attytood]

• The man accused of killing a cop in a Newtown hospital's ER last yearwas hospitalized yesterday after -- and wait for the shocker here! -- allegedly hitting a prison guard. Robert Flor, the accused, had previously threatened the guard. It's all part of his plan to sabatoge any chance of being found not guilty before the trial even begins. Er, wait. [Bucks County Courier Times]

• Play interviews ex-Real Cancun star and ex-Tufts sex columnist Amber Madison on her new sex book for women. The highlight is a discussion on why straight men don't write abotu sex: "A guy saying 'grab your boobs,' that's kind of scary. 'Whoa, buddy, chill out.'" So that's why our date didn't go well. [Play]

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