Rieder: Did Philly go overboard on pope security?

Rieder: Did Philly go overboard on pope security?

Philadelphia-area residents see dollar signs in visit by Pope Francis

PAPAL FEVER in the city of brotherly love.. and as only Philly faces can do, people are taking advantage of the unique chance to see a Pope by inflating prices, gouging customers, and having a field day of unfairness when it comes to legally taking lots of cash from tourists who want the chance to see Francis..

What would Jesus do?
I think he’d order ‘wit’..

Philadelphia-area residents see dollar signs in visit by Pope Francis

Pennsylvania museum says finds 6,500-year-old skeleton in its cellar

It is in the Philadelphia archaeology museum.. The skeleton, 6,500 years young, was in the basement of the building for 85 years.. In storage. Just laying around all this time..

Maybe they should start searching their couches for any other ‘loose change’ or bones.

Pennsylvania museum says finds 6,500-year-old skeleton in its cellar

Graves in Philly

I loved the movie THE SIXTH SENSE. There was one scene in particular that has stayed with me since I first saw it.. there was a moment in which the character played by Haley Joel Osment was frightened when he saw ghosts hanging in a Philadelphia school .. Something occurred today that may be the realistic version of that fictitious scene.

Workers at a Philadelphia school unearthed coffins while they were digging a ditch for new drainage.. According to the report, the coffins were in a row and evenly spaced. An investigation is ongoing.. School is still in session.

Creepy stuff in Philly tonight..

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

Welcome to the city of brotherly hate.

21-Year-Old Man Killed Execution-Style Inside North Philadelphia Grocery Store

See, drones just don't kill everyone in your neighborhood with a single blast, but they can deliver clean clothes, too..

A freshly laundered shirt, covered in plastic, flaps in the wind as it takes flight from in front of Manayunk Cleaners. It wasn’t picked up by a breeze, though, rather a remote-controlled drone,…

New technology is here to stay. For better or worse.
Dry cleaning.. better
Drone attacks.. worse.

See, drones just don't kill everyone in your neighborhood with a single blast, but they can deliver clean clothes, too..

Crazy stuff.. if you don't know who John Bolaris is, you need to. He isn't just a weatherman.. he's a THE PEOPLE'S FREAKOUT WEATHER MAN

The People’s Meteorologist and his moll just couldn’t keep quiet about The Forecast That Never Was.

Crazy stuff.. if you don't know who John Bolaris is, you need to. He isn't just a weatherman.. he's a THE PEOPLE'S FREAKOUT WEATHER MAN

This is an extremely significant and dangerous weather situation developing for Thursday.. (Warnings like this are not common for the area where the purple shaded color on the map is) .. big thunderstorms with high winds are likely.. In the purple: Tornadoes are not only possible but likely—and there will be massive power outages if storms truly knock these areas.. 

The threat is Baltimore/DC/Philly.. a lesser threat but still potent exists back to Harrisburg PA and the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania..

Places like New York City, New Jersey, and other areas along the coast line could see wind gusts topping 50mph.. 37 million people are in the area where the most dangerous weather could occur Thursday..

Tomorrow is Tornado Thursday for someone, and maybe more than one city.

As I wrote here on Coal Speaker only yesterday *(about this upcoming threat as a matter of fact)*, we see now that tornadoes don’t care if you’re a populated area or a trailer park.

Pay attention to your favorite source of weather today and especially tomorrow. This could be a very bad day for millions of people, let’s hope it’s not.

Philadelphia to Lay Off Almost 4,000 Public School Employees

`Cause I live and breathe this Philadelphia austerity

From the day that I was born I’ve waved the dime

Philadelphia austerity took me knee high to a man

Yeah gave me a piece of mama, daddy never had

Philadelphia to Lay Off Almost 4,000 Public School Employees

A Kermit Gosnell update:

Kermit Gosnell’s house of horror in Philadelphia was not inspected for seventeen years by Pennsylvania state government..

And more:

Gosnell’s employees say they were just doing what their boss told them to..Some said it was the best job they could find.. Just following orders? We’ve heard that before in history, now haven’t we?

Kermit Gosnell.. a 'local crime' story? So sayseth a Washington POST reporter, explaining why there is little to no attention of the abortion horror house trial in Philly

Reserved media seats.. Empty.

Another reporter argues that people have forgotten what needs to be on page one.

Indeed we did… 

Kermit Gosnell.. a 'local crime' story? So sayseth a Washington POST reporter, explaining why there is little to no attention of the abortion horror house trial in Philly

PINK GOES GREEN FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Pink is in Philadelphia tonight.. I had plans to get tickets for my wife and I to go see her. Things fell through .. I can’t say I’m not depressed that we won’t go.. maybe next time. Or Sydney Australia.. right, right. 

Maybe next tour.

So if you were a lucky one that got tickets and is in the audience, I’d love to hear from you.. send photos.. videos. Whatever.. Pink me up.

Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis striking southeastern PA

This is weird:
CBS Philly: It’s a mysterious, newly discovered disease that strikes mainly young women, and it’s often misdiagnosed. Doctors who discovered it, here in Philadelphia, say it’s like your brain is on fire

More:

Young women dazed, restrained in hospital beds, acting possessed and then becoming catatonic. They’d been so normal, when suddenly their lives went haywire.

“One minute I’d be sobbing, crying hysterically, and the next minute I’d be laughing, said Susannah Cahalan, of New Jersey.

The other scary thing is that very often it may be completely misdiagnosed as a mental disorder .., or even in the religious world, as a satanic possession..

So…why the cluster?

Hello Philly.. Just passing through.

Post flash mob in Philadelphia: Weekend curfew 

Mystery boom shakes Philadelphia

Mystery boom shakes Philadelphia

Filthadelphia: Philly is the most "toxic" US city

Filthadelphia: Philly is the most "toxic" US city

Budget cuts can kill

The closest engine in Philadelphia to a fire was closed due to budget cuts

Budget cuts can kill

New York TIMES details the horrors of the Philadelphia abortion clinic

The first paragraph of the excellent TIMES story is perfect:

It was always open late, way past the time the pizza place next door closed at midnight. The women who emerged from it — often poor blacks and Hispanics — appeared dazed and in pain, and sometimes left in ambulances. The doctor who ran the clinic, Kermit Gosnell, had been sued at least 15 times for malpractice. Two women died while under his care.

The rest of the story gets worse, we you have been reading already if you follow Coal Speaker

New York TIMES details the horrors of the Philadelphia abortion clinic

Update on the sick abortion doctor case from Philly

Sick case of abortion doctor in Philadelphia killing babies after they were born..
..he was charged with eight murders.. he used scissors on the newborn children.. Among the allegations: He wouldn’t tell moms how far along they really were.. he had white women get abortions in a cleaner place.. authorities found infant’s feet saved for no reason.. He would perform abortions late at night.. he wouldn’t be concerned with women’s health implications after performing procedures.. State of Pennsylvania regulators are also being faulted with not keeping a watchful eye over the abortion clinic in Philadelphia..
"Ghoulish" clinic..
The case is also about poverty..
Stirs national debate about abortion..