Philadelphia

[Sgt PSN]

Movement going down in philly to remove rizzo's statue.

[MDS]

the rally coincidentally or not ended up across the street from the statue. massive police presence around it before during and after the march.

kenny said there would be a council debate about it. hopefully this gets done. rizzo was a sick racist man. of course the giant mural of him in the italian market (right where they do the grease pole climb during the festival) will never go down because wops are gonna wop.

[smeags]

wasn't sure which thread to put this in but I went with this one, because.

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2017/08/25/nfl-draft-philly-unquestionable-success/?utm_campaign=EDIT%3A%20News&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&utm_content=55663786&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_cSqHGFUmauexhb-WWimcNxcIROspZDAg3Z_FmLipac_pKIpgyU7JNbTnrKngIpxRhkSkZ507PHw33oA5FC1ZpzFc0KA&_hsmi=55663786

[Sgt PSN]

Any bit of respectable writing and research that was put into that article was quickly vacated by this incredibly low brow remark at the end:

As far as the impression that we made as a city, I'd say we did pretty damn well. We showed the league what true fans are made of and we keyed the world into a little secret that us good folks were damn well aware of (and should still sort of keep the lid on): Not all Birds fans are savages and we know how to throw one hell of a party.

Just stfu with that shtein already. 

[QB Eagles]

Any bit of respectable writing and research

Not really any respectable writing or research involved. It was just a rehashing of a press release about a "study" from an organization that directly financially benefited from the draft.

[MDS]

npr did an interview with an economics professor the other day saying the numbers were complete bs

i know everyone knew that but, yea.

events like these generally lose money for cities. i think in this instance the city didnt lose anything, and perhaps gained a little, because the nfl paid for most of it. but inconveniencing your residents for a small gain is probably not worth it.

[ice grillin you]

next thing you are going to tell me is that publicly funded stadiums are monetary losers for cities

[Butchers Bill]

So having been away from Philly for 6 years, I usually get my news fix from Philly.com.

It looks like they imposed a "maximum" article per month rule to "encourage" people to subscribe.  I have no problem paying for a subscription - if I didn't also have to put up with their crappy ads that cover the whole page.  That being said... 

Anyone have any other good Philly news sites?

[Sgt PSN]

Probably just phillymag.com and the local news stations' websites.

[Diomedes]

Same shtein here in Baltimore.  I cancelled my print subscription because they wouldn't give access to online content as a part of the delivery subscription.  Idiots.

For Baltimore news  I read the local news channel sites and a few free local things like business insider, patch, baltimorebrew, and of course, aggregators that give me Baltimore specific feeds, like /r/Baltimore.

I don't begrudge the paywall, but if I'm paying..I want unfettered access.  Don't make me pay for print AND online.   Don't make me dodge ads after I"ve already paid.  The ads in my paper copy don't magically flip the page away from what I'm reading to show me the Macy's ad, why should I tolerate that shtein online?

[ice grillin you]

So having been away from Philly for 6 years, I usually get my news fix from Philly.com.

It looks like they imposed a "maximum" article per month rule to "encourage" people to subscribe.  I have no problem paying for a subscription - if I didn't also have to put up with their crappy ads that cover the whole page.  That being said... 

Anyone have any other good Philly news sites?

http://www.phillyvoice.com/

http://www.phillytrib.com/sports/

http://www.philadelphiaweekly.com/

[PhillyPhreak54]

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/fathar-gerard-grandzol-murder-robbery-spring-garden-20170908.html?amphtml=y&mobi=true

Damn

[Diomedes]

I'd rather die than hand my kid over to a couple thugs too.  Good man.

[SD]

Judge laid the hammer down on Seth Williams

http://www.philly.com/philly/news/crime/seth-williams-sentenced-to-5-years-in-prison-in-bribery-corruption-case-20171024.html?mobi=true

[QB Eagles]

Good. Not many forms of humanity lower than a corrupt prosecutor.