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Black Preacher fights against memorial for MLK.
On August 21st at 3pm Vince Squire entered the township building in Maple Shade on a mission to stop the installation of a plaque that was set to honor the first civil rights incident that Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr was ever involved with. Vince was armed with a 68 year old document that […]
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Eulogy I gave for my Grandfather.
On the day that my Grandfather died I got the chance to talk to him and be with him one last time. I could tell he was in a lot of pain but he was holding on to make sure everyone, especially me, was OK, because that’s just the kind of guy he was. I […]
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Tawkin Philly Style.
I have been an avid listener of talk radio in the Philadelphia area for many years. It all started with my Mother and her own love for the art of talk. The station that she always had on was 96.5 WWDB, and the host that I remember the most, was a fellow named Irv Homer, […]
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It’s never sunny in Philly city hall.
Where The Sun Don’t Shine. Philadelphia is a place where the constitution and the bill of rights are not just a part of a history lesson, but it is where they were born and where they still live. Every year millions of people from all over the world come to witness the place that […]
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3/5ths of a voter…
During the last presidential election we learned that somehow each vote doesn’t count, because even though 3 million more people voted for Hillary Clinton than Trump, Trump somehow still won. This was now the second time in my lifetime that I was asking myself just how this could happen, how could less people vote for […]
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Cave diver called pedophile by Elon Musk was also freed from a cave as a teen.
The Guardian, 19 Aug 1974, Mon, Page 18 Vernon Unsworth has had an interesting couple of weeks. First, he was part of the team of cave divers who rescued 12 boys and their coach from a deep cave in Chang Rai, Thailand. After the rescue Vernon was praised by the media and people around the […]
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Starbucks 911 logs show hundreds of calls made.
“911, what’s your emergency”, is usually the way a 911 call begins. But that’s not what happened when Holly Hylton made the now infamous 911 call on two black men from the Philadelphia Starbucks. Instead, the 911 operator said, “Good Morning, how can I help you”, as if Holly was calling to order a Latte […]
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Amended Complaint against Camden.
Plaintiff complains against the Defendants as follows: 1. This is a summary action brought pursuant to the New Jersey Open Public Records Act (OPRA), N.J.S.A. 47:1A-l.l et. seq. and the Open Public Meetings Act (OPMA), N.J.S.A. 10:4- 7 et. seq. as enforced through the New Jersey Civil Rights Act (CRA), N.J.S.A. 10:6-1 et. seq. 2. […]
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Meeting with Camden and Cooper’s Ferry regarding MLK House.
Meeting with Cooper’s Ferry and City of Camden. Novela Henson: On behalf of Mayor Redd I want to thank you for coming to try to move this Martin Luther King project forward, on a local level, and what we can do to try to stabilize and help with the restoration. Is that the goal, did […]
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Free The Weedman!
The second trial of Ed Forchion just ended, and even though the jury is still out, I am ready to convict. But I can’t convict Mr. Forchion, because the state never introduced any evidence of a crime, it’s the Judge who deserves to be jailed. I’ll admit, witness tampering is a very serious charge, but […]