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]

The ‘WTF’ Moment of the Week

Today, Dave Boyer, a member of the editorial board of the Inquirer, has a column about how the legislators who voted for the pay raise (and then rescinded it) are going to end up being seen as victims. Or something.

I’ll be honest. I don’t really know. I couldn’t read any more of it after reading this fourth paragraph:

I could even understand why voters defeated Supreme Court Justice Russell Nigro, who was, after all, a witch. No, of course he wasn’t a witch. But he could not prove his whereabouts at the time of the Lindbergh kidnapping, and his last name might conceivably have activated some latent biases in some minds. (In fact, when I Googled “Nigro for Supreme Court,” the search engine asked: “Did you mean ‘Negro for Supreme Court?’ ” But when I clicked on “Negro for Supreme Court,” Google said there were no documents. Clearly, Google is capable of toying with people. Think about that.)

What the fuck? No, seriously. What. The. Fuck.

Harrisburg unmasked: Pity the bums [Inky]