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 With the economy in freefall, a presidential election no longer about hope and a trivia question on Chio in the Morning that’s offensive to cops, the tone of the news is a little negative these days.
Me, I feel bad for the kids. They come up to me and ask me about the joyous days of news like when I was in high school. It was all presidential blowjobs, school shootings and minute figure skaters (Infoplease: “At 4′ 8″ and 75 pounds, it seems the downsizing trend has extended from the board room to the ice rink”).
And now the high school kids are going to do something about it:
Tired of the negative what about the positive!!! Kensington Students will Hold Protest about Negative Press
Purpose – Students will demand more positive press coverage about their school and work they do in the community.
On October 1, 2008 at 3:00 Kensington High School students will protest at the Fox News studios. “What about the Positive? That’s the question that Kensington students are asking, we are frustrated with only negative press.” Says Dasha Scott a junior at Kensington High School for Creative and Performing Arts and member of Youth United for Change. Referring to the recent media coverage of students fighting at Kensington High School, Fox news reporters spent two days in front of Kensington High School Multiplex covering a fight outside of the school.
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dmac | 3:39 PM | 8 Comments
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Nov
12
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This morning, a sheep got lost on its way to work (at Comcast), wandered off the wrong El stop and was found wandering in Kensington.
Someone first spotted the sheep at around 5:30, according to the Associated Press. “Police chased the sheep down several streets,” the AP report says. “Each time the officers cornered it, the determined animal managed to escape.”
There are only two explanations for this: One, sheepfighting. (That seems pretty unlikely.) Two, this is part of Brian Tierney’s new “flying sheep” newspaper promotion.
Update: A reader — okay, my mom — emails: “With all the retail outlets pushing the Christmas season so early, I think the sheep wandered away from an early nativity scene.”
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dmac | 9:13 AM | 2 Comments
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Nov
9
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Lu Ann Cahn recently reported on a couple in Kensington who say they’re being gay-bashed. They’ve called police dozens of times. The couple says their tires have been slashed, slurs have been used and someone left a steel penis on their doorstep. Cahn says “the phallic-shaped steel rod is a symbol of hate.”
Anyway, a neighbor interviewed said it’s not that they’re gay. It’s that they’re annoying and people are just using gay slurs because they’re gay.
“It’s not that he’s gay. We just don’t like the things that he wants to do,” said neighbor William Parks.
Parks admitted he doesn’t like the bathtub the couple has put in the courtyard between their homes and there have been neighborhood scuffles.
“But I mean why, if it doesn’t have anything to do with them being gay, why does someone spray-paint faggot? Why is there an assault? Why is there a penis on their steps?” Cahn asked.
“That would be just like if, say I was getting, got mad at somebody and I holler, ‘Here (expletive).’ You understand what I’m trying to say? And call me, ‘Hey you (expletive),’ or something like that. That would be the same thing,” Parks said.
“Well, someone just put a steel penis on their doorstep,” Cahn asked two women.
“What’s that about?” one of the women asked sarcastically.
“That could have been them that put it,” she added.
“You think they put it there?” Cahn asked, getting the response, “Probably.”
“Why would they do that?” Cahn pressed.
“Because they’re sick, probably,” the women answered.
A bold step for equality for all in this news report.
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dmac | 10:55 AM | 0 Comments
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May
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 • Animal lover? (Not in that way, you perv.) There are two cute goats — well, cute for goats — for sale on Craigslist. Probably not something you’re allowed to have in a Center City condo, though. [Craigslist]
• Dan Gross admits today to not being William Safire. I, for one, am very confused about the discussion we had about writing speeches for Richard Nixon the other night, then! [DN, second item]
• Ahh, but of course, who can forget the time when Babe Ruth saved a Kensington ballfield by playing in a charity game there. This is a pretty awesome story, actually. They should make a movie out of it. Just, uh, don’t put John Goodman in it. [Inky]
• Here’s the Stephen Colbert video at the White House Press Corps dinner, which isn’t as funny as everyone’s saying it is, but it’s not bad. [YouTube]
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dmac | 4:25 PM | 1 Comment
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Dec
15
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• Northeast Times editorial: One DUI conviction and you lose your license for life! Oh, and bartenders could lose licenses for serving drunks. Bonus mention: President Bush’s problems with alcohol. Hooray! [Northeast Times]
• E&P has a long, long article on the buyouts at PNI. Apparently, the newsroom there is quiet. Too quiet. Uh oh. [Editor & Publisher via Philebrity]
• Crime in Kensington. Eh. Oh, wait: the Warlocks clubhouse was firebombed. Now that’s a scoop! The culprit could be the Outlaws, after events stemming from a Toys for Tots charity motorcycle ride. Bike gangs are so fifth grade. [Inky]
• Philly’s waterfront plan: slots and a Planet Hollywood! That sound you just heard was Philadelphia’s title of “America’s Next Great City” being taken away. This article comes with bonus shady dealings, par for the course in this town. [DN]
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dmac | 10:48 AM | 0 Comments
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