Saturday, April 9, 2011

Philadelphia: Breaking animal news, right-wing follies

Animal news!  A local pit bull that managed to survive being thrown down a trash chute of an apartment building has become a world-wide sensation. (ABC News)  In Delaware County, somebody saw some dude's pet pig, called the cops, the cops seized the pig and relocated said pig to a farmhouse, for code reasons. (ABC News).

The right wing continues to run riot in PA.  Gov. Corbett is continuing his scorched-earth route to hell by cutting from 23 million to zero a fund that does things like provide job-training, financial counseling, and other services to poor people. (Inquirer)  Several hundred marched in Center City to protest state budget cuts to education. (NBC) Because of budget cuts, Penn State is cutting its Creative Writing MFA program.  (Poets & Writers) The Lehigh Valley News calls Corbett's skewed priorities" make the proposed budget "intolerable."  The Inquirer explains why the balanced budget amendment, introduced by fellow Pennsylvanian right-wing nut Pat Toomey, is bullshit.

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