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As Joshua Takes Power Let’s Thank the Moses of Montgomery County Democrats

  By Pennsylvania, Progressive Politics

On Wednesday, Josh Shapiro and Leslie Richards will take office as Montgomery County Commissioners after winning the most important political race in the state in November. As you must know, this will be the first time in this history of the County that Democrats have controlled the County Commission. At the same time Joe Hoeffel will be leaving public office, perhaps for the last time. But everyone, from Josh and Leslie down, know that without the efforts of Joe Hoeffel, there would be no Democratic majority on the County Commission in Montgomery County. Without Joe, Allyson Schwartz would probably not be the member of Congress for the 13th Congressional district which includes a big part of Montgomery County and which Joe once represented. And many other Democratic public officials would not old the offices they do today. The contemporary Democratic Party in Montgomery County is, to a very large degree,… Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01

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Considering that Dick Clark has been dead for a few years, I actually thought he looked pretty good. # I'm at Florentino's (18 S State St, betw Center Ave and Washington Ave, Newtown) http://t.co/t2XkA5GO # Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2012-01-01

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Considering that Dick Clark has been dead for a few years, I actually thought he looked pretty good. # I'm at Florentino's (18 S State St, betw Center Ave and Washington Ave, Newtown) http://t.co/t2XkA5GO # Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-18

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GOP's real plan to end immigration. Drive down wages to Mexican levels so no immigrants want to come here. #iowadebate # Perry says Hamas and Hezbollah are in Mexico on our border. Are Mexican immigrants crypto-Muslims, too? #iowadebate # @mattyglesias So does Romney re HCR # If radical theocracy is bad in Iran, why does Santorum want to bring it to the US? # Isn't Romney's y's head too big for his shoulders? And Bachman looks like a Kewpie doll. # Watching my first GOP debate this cycle. What a bunch! # Reading evolutionary psychology on m/w differences for book chapter. Not sure the field has made progress since we called it so-so biology. # @Josh_Shapiro Good news. Every day GOP has to work, the more damage they do! # Continue reading

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The Imaginarium of Pat Toomey and Kevin Ferris

  By Federal Budget, Health Care, Taxation

Today in the Inquirer, Kevin Ferris channels PA Senator Pat Toomey, who has been providing a Republican spin on the failure of the Super Committee. In the imagniarium of Pat Toomey and Kevin Ferris, the Senator courageously broke with fellow Republicans to propose a balanced, bi-partisan deal that would combine $450 million in tax increases along with $750 million in budget cuts to meet the Super Committee’s ten year goal. In rejecting this proposal, President Obama and the Democrats showed that they don’t truly want a balanced bipartisan solution to the deficit problem. This is what the proposal looks like when you take off the funny glasses. Toomey’s proposal would have raised revenue slightly—no more than $45 billion a year. But most of that increase would have come from the middle class not the rich. Toomey proposed to reduce the marginal tax rates for everyone by 20%. However, the absolute… Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-12-04

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Had to temporariliy remove post on conservative ideas of sex from blog. It's available on FB: http://t.co/bFeNEWCk # I'm at L'Angolo Ristorante (1415 W Porter St, Philadelphia) http://t.co/RwRwYeNR # New post: Is a long term affair really worse than sexual harassment: the conservative view of sexuality and Herman Cain http://t.co/nBNmsh5L # Continue reading

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Is a Long-Term Affair Really Worse Than Sexual Harassment?: the Conservative Understanding of Sexuality and Herman Cain

  By Sexual and gender equality

The bizarre moments in our political and cultural lives are sometimes the best windows into currents of thought underlying our explicit beliefs, currents that are so deep that we often don’t even recognize them as our own. Which is worse: sexual harassment or a long term affair? Consider, for example, the reactions of conservatives to Herman Cain’s alleged sexual misconduct. Two weeks ago, when Herman Cain was charged with sexually harassing multiple women, conservative ran to his defense. They claimed that sexual harassment is an overblown phenomenon and attacked the credibility of the women who accused him. And yet last week, when a woman came forth to say that she had a long term affair with Cain, most conservatives criticized him and said that his candidacy was or should be over. One would think that sexual harassment—that is using material inducements and physical pressure to induce a woman to have… Continue reading

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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-20

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I'm at The Fresh Grocer (4001 Walnut St., at 40th St., Philadelphia) http://t.co/SrgB4Mju # I just unlocked the "Zoetrope" badge on @foursquare! #FilmBuff http://t.co/a14WfUbO # I just unlocked the Level 2 "Bento" badge on @foursquare! In it to win it! http://t.co/58rclKUN # @Twiloguy73 Are we talking about #occupyphilly or your (and most) neighborhoods in philly? # City gins up the press to diss #occupyphilly and then will wonder why folks were scared of imminent eviction and decided to move 2night. # @Jim_Gardner I've done 50+ political events in Philly w/o a permit. So has everyone else. #occupyphilly # @Michael_Nutter (2) If there are conditions on moving to TPP, why doesn't OP know what they are already? #occupyphilly # @Michael_Nutter (1) Next time think twice before you scare people about an imminent eviction. That motivated the move tonight. #occupyphilly # If the city has conditions on move to TPP why haven't… Continue reading

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Why Occupy Philadelphia Needs to Continue

  By Occupy Philly, Progressive Politics

In the last few months, the Occupy Movement has had a dramatic impact on politics in America. At a time when even Democratic politicians and progressive newspapers have shied away from raising critical issues of inequality in income, wealth, and power, the Occupy Wall Street has moved them to the forefront of our public debates. Last week I joined a group from Occupy Philadelphia in a meeting at Senator Casey office in Washington. The Senator’s staff talked about the importance of the movement to their efforts on behalf of working people. Monday evening in Mt. Airy, Congresswoman Allyson Schwartz also praised the movement and pointed out that it has given new national prominence to the needs of cities. Now, after the city and its newspapers have been so supportive of Occupy Philadelphia, it is sad to see both Mayor Nutter and the Daily News turn against it. The arguments they… Continue reading