News to reuse: Barack and Hillary both in town today and New York’s Spitzer does his best Governor Lepetomane
Submitted by jstudent on Tue, 2008-03-11 11:58.
[ ] BOTH Sen. Hillary Clinton (D- N.Y.), who had pizza in Northeastern Pa.yesterday (more on that later), and Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) will be in the Philadelphia area today. (Inky)
- Obama is set to tour the Gamesa plant in Falls this afternoon. (Courier Times)
We mentioned yesterday that the facility is thisclose to Philly EDGE’s, uh, headquarters. We were hoping for coverage by Erin O’Hearn, Kerri-Lee Halkett, Maria LaRosa keeping tabs on the weather, Dorothy Krysiuk doing traffic reports and Alycia Lane (whose Wikipedia page is being CONSIDERED FOR DELETION !!!) on special assignment, but it looks like that isn’t gonna happen.
Meanwhile, local officials are scrambling to find as many tolerant folks as possible, some nice bunting and a brief explanation of how there is no actual Levittown.
Of course the real pressure is on the staff of the Tullytown Dunkin’ Donuts who have had nearly 20 hours to figure out how they can fuck up Obama’s order.
- Clinton, whose hometown is Scranton Harrisburg Philly, will hold a rally at Temple University's McGonigle Hall at 6 p.m. tonight.
She already appeared on Q102’s Booker Show this morning. We expect her to don an Eagles jersey and helmet and defend pass patterns against Vince Papale sometime between now and April 22.
[ ] A man was struck and killed by an Amtrak train as he left a bar in Bristol Twp. Monday. (Courier Times)
[ ] An emu is on the loose in Doylestown Township. (Intelligencer)
The bird, which can’t fly but can run faster than a horse, has been on the run since Monday afternoon.
First: Emu > horse…Second, we originally thought it was emo, which has been loose in the suburbs for far. too. long. Third, there is a serious zoological plot going on here (Zoo-diac!): Mirabelle, Kellogg and now the (somehow) nameless emu.
(UPDATE: Emu caught! Emu caught!)
[ ] Not even George Michael (no, not that one) wants to save a former “largely gay” Bucks club. (Intelligencer)
[ ] Dept. of Folo That Story:
- Philly’s “Bonnie and Clyde” make Rolling Stone. (The Daily Examiner)
Two things: Tits! and Damn A.J., we hardly knew ye. (that may be three things).
- Grocery magnate Gary Redner (of Redner’s Warehouse Markets) was found murdered at his home near Reading over the weekend. (6ABC)
Also murdered: the lead….If we didn’t know better, we’d wonder if Redner was a victim of the grocery war.
[ ] The New York Times reports New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer (not pictured at right) is implicated in a prostitution ring. The N.Y. state assembly may move to impeach. (AP via Yahoo)
Philly EDGE cannot confirm the rumor that Governor Ed Rendell has considered endorsing Spitzer as the Pimp Daddy.
