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The Joys of Toying With Evil Robocallers From Card Services

Robocalls—on the list of life’s petty annoyances, these pre-recorded telemarketing messages rank at the top of the list, along with stepping in dog crap and […]

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Dear Taliban, You Suck

Dear Taliban, I’ve never had much patience for charlatans, sociopaths and fascists—or any combination thereof—who hide their perversions of justice behind the skirts of organized […]

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I Got Married at the Society Hill Sheraton

In the past couple of years, a significant number of local crime stories here in Philly have found themselves in the national news, from various […]

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Police Lieutenant, Actor, Model, Baker: Jonathan Josey, the Lady Puncher

If you’ve been asleep at your keyboard for the past week, you may not know Lt. Jonathan Josey. For the unaware, he’s the Philly cop […]

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Running With Breasts: Why Won’t Men Leave Me Alone When I’m Jogging?

“Are your boobs real?” a middle-aged man dressed in scrubs yelled at me as I ran past Hannehman University Hospital on Monday night. My cheeks […]

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Overbrook Voter Tells CNN He Voted a “Couple Times” for Obama in 2008

About ten minutes after word came down that a Pennsylvania judge is blocking the state’s controversial voter ID law, someone sent me this video, which […]

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Hey A**hole! Get the F*** Off My Bumper!

This post is addressed to you, bald guy in the BMW, and you, middle-aged lady in the Acura, and you, dude in the shiny white […]

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New Rules for Live Car Chases on TV News

I know exactly how a suicide was broadcast live on Fox News. I have been in the anchor chair and provided play-by-play for dozens of […]

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Convention Center Lost $15 Million Show Over Electric Screwdrivers

Philadelphia is a maddening place. And nowhere are things more maddening than at the Pennsylvania Convention Center.

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Roger Goodell and His Rich Bosses Won’t Give In Till a Player Is Hurt

If Roger Goodell and his filthy-rich bosses don’t have the regular officials back on the field by Sunday’s games, then the only thing that will […]

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Staphmeal’s Joshua Scott Albert Turning Himself In, Needs a Lawyer

Joshua Scott Albert, the blogger behind Staphmeal, tells the Philly Post that he is planning on turning himself in to the Philadelphia Police Department on […]

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Michael Vick Deserves Old-School 700-Level Jeers

Looking back at this week in the news, the anniversary of 9/11 made everything else feel insignificant by comparison—quite a feat in this election season […]

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Of Course a Cheating Husband Proposes to His Mistress Near a Toilet

Cheating is cheating. That’s all there is to it. No getting around it. You can explain it away or justify it or blame someone else […]

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This Guy Doesn’t Really Want to Kill Mitt Romney or Cops

Staphmeal blogger Joshua Scott Albert, who came to notoriety in Philadelphia for saying nasty, generally unintelligent and sometimes anti-Semitic things about restaurants and their owners, […]

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Overly Sensitive Olympics Viewers Are Wrong About NBC’s Monkey Promo

The Olympics have triggered a whole lot of angst. People are pissed at NBC’s spoilers. They’re pissed about Americans being too self-obsessed. They’re pissed about […]