Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: If this is Shakespeare’s true author, he should stay ‘Anonymous …
October 29, 2011
If this is Shakespeare’s true author, he should stay ‘Anonymous’October 28, 2011|BY GARY THOMPSON, thompsg@phillynews.com 215-854-5992
YOU DON’T have to know the history of William Shakespeare or the Earl of Oxford to know that “Anonymous” is completely full of beans.
All you have to do is look at the fellow set forth in “Anonymous” as history’s secret Shakespeare, the actual author of the Bard’s plays.
His name is Edward de Vere, played by Rhys Ifans as a contemptuous fellow, the gaunt and miserable owner of a permanent scowl. He holds a nosegay to ward off the scent of “the mob,” turns away in embarrassment at the sight of a prostitute and is above all adamantly, consistently humorless.
This is the author of “Twelfth Night”? This is the guy who mapped the psychology of the western mind? Chronicled the human condition, the high and low? Who wrote the Elizabethan equivalent of “Twilight”? Books have been written to argue that de Vere, Earl of Oxford, is the true author of Sh …
Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: L&I coming down hard on slumlords | Philadelphia Daily News | 2011-10-26
October 28, 2011
THE GLORY DAYS of Philadelphia slumlords will end this week when the city’s Licenses and Inspections Department begins hauling their blighted butts into court and kicking them hard in their personal assets.For years, absentee owners of blighted vacant properties that ruin otherwise-stable blocks had it easy because L&I sent violation notices to the nuisance houses – an exercise in futility if there ever was one.Those days are over. Boldly going where no L&I commissioner has gone before, Fran Burns will extradite out-of-town owners and usher them into the city’s new blight court (City Hall, Room 447), where Municipal Judge Bradley Moss can order them to fix their festering hellholes or pay thousands of dollars in daily fines.
Patty-Pat Kozlowski, director of Port Richmond on Patrol and Civic Association (PROPAC), said that the aggressive new slacker-attack’s first two victories were huge.
“There were two dilapidated flop houses in the middle of Richmond Street [between Venango Street and Castor Avenue] – one with a tree growing through it – that had drugs, prostitution, a couple fires set, code violations out the wazoo,” Kozlowski said.
Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: Jack the Ripper conference gets inside the mind of a 19th-century monster …
October 28, 2011
Speakers will include renowned Ripper experts such as Martin Fido, Drew D. Gray and Christopher T. George (co-writer of the real-life “Saucy Jack” equivalent, “Jack the Musical: The Ripper Pursued”); and psychoanalysts Jean Hantman, who will talk about the emotional, as opposed to physical, murder that happens in abusive families; and Mikita Brottman, who will discuss the graphic novel and film “From Hell.”
Asked for the Ripper case’s resonance with modern-day thinkers, Cohen rattled off a host of provocative themes. “There’s the sexual aspect. There’s the sense of Victorian England, a period when the whole notion of psychology was just taking off, when Freud was writing, so you can overlay it with all kinds of interesting psychological elements. The victims were prostitutes living in a very poor area, so you can think about social class and issues of class warfare.
Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: Medford’s Mayor Chris Myers mired in controversy after allegations by male escort
October 28, 2011
Medford’s Mayor Chris Myers mired in controversy after allegations by male escort
Published: Tuesday, October 25, 2011
by Rachel Simpson
MEDFORD—Mayor Christopher Myers has been accused of soliciting sex from a male escort while on business in California. The person alleging the act remains anonymous and claims the encounter took place in an Orange County hotel room last October.
A website started by the accuser says Myers paid him $500 for sexual acts but reneged on future promises. He claims Myers asked him about his “story” and he explained how he got into the escort business and how he had dreams of owning a recording studio. According to the website, Myers said he would purchase a studio and luxury vehicle for the accuser and specifics would be worked out when they met again.
Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: Medford, N.J. mayor, Chris Myers, denies male prostitution scandal
October 28, 2011
It seems the man said Myers identified himself as a mayor from New Jersey and offered his township identification card and gold ID shield as proof during the early-morning meeting at the Fairmount Hotel in Newport Beach. Even though Myers forcefully denied the man’s claims, the website – www.mayormyers.webs.com – had photos that show a man who clearly appears to be Myers in his underwear lying on a bed, as well as other photos of him and personal IDs. The website has since been taken down.
Apparently the man wanted to have pictures and photo IDs of Myers as an insurance policy should he be called a liar.
“I believed Mr. Myers’s promises but before leaving I took pictures and video just to make sure someone would believe me if he was proved a liar,” the man said in a graphic account of the meeting.
Believing a politician’s promises is like believing you will become a billionaire by discovering oil in Harlem. So that was the gay prostitute’s mistake.
Philadelphia Adult Entertainment: From Photoshop to pervy pickpockets, we take a look at dubious excuses given …
October 28, 2011
Sex scandals are no longer surprising — especially when they come from right-wing conservatives and family values preachers. What continues to amaze, though, is the sheer implausibility of the denials that are made in the face of photographic evidence. Chris Myers, the mayor of Medford, N.J., is just the latest example: A male prostitute claiming to have serviced the husband and father of two has publicized images allegedly showing the Republican politician splayed out on a hotel bed in his underoos. In response, Myers pulled a Weiner, so to speak, and claimed that the images are photoshopped to look like him. Then he paradoxically speculated that someone might have snuck into his hotel room and covertly snapped the intimate shots of him.
We’ve put together a slide show to highlight the remarkable rhetorical gymnastics of politicians confronted with sexy — or, really, not-so-sexy — photo scandals.
See the full article from “Salon”
The Vince Young(notes) signing has looked like a disaster so far for the Philadelphia Eagles. First, Young brought unwanted attention by dubbing them a dream team even though he was merely a backup quarterback. Then, Young got injured and wasn’t able to play until the sixth game of the season. In just his second snap of the season, he threw an interception. Now Young is getting in more trouble. The quarterback is being sued by the owner of a strip club. As an Eagles fan, I can’t wait until Young is out of town.
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Young’s strip club incident is pretty dumb on his part. I can’t understand how athletes haven’t learned their lessons about strip clubs. Anytime they go to one, they wind up in a lot of trouble. The best thing that can happen is for the commissioner to slap Young with a nice suspension. At least that will get him out of the hair of Eagles fans. Right now, Young looks like a guy that clearly doesn’t get it. Despite his athletic talent, I have no reason to believe that Young will ever find success in this league again.
Philadelphia Strip Clubs: When a boys’ night out includes the rosary
October 27, 2011
According to the organization’s website, The King’s Men’s mission is: “Under Christ the King’s universal call to serve, we as men, pledge to unite and build up other men in the mold of leader, protector and provider through education, formation and action.”
The education aspect includes lectures open to men, women and children. The formation aspect, the heart of the organization, focuses on weekly meetings in dioceses across the country that include the four Cs: Commit, Confess, Challenge and Confirm, and sometimes men are working through issues such as addiction and are called to be accountable for their own actions by other members. The action segment includes tackling destructive elements of society, such as strip clubs and pornography. The King’s Men also focuses on healing, specifically in the areas of father-and-son relationships, sex and pornography addiction, same-sex attraction and post-abortion trauma, according to its website.
Philadelphia Strip Clubs: NFL Capsules – NFC Teams: Eagles aim to stay perfect post-bye under Reid
October 27, 2011
… After discussing significant trade offers with other teams, we decided to keep all three cornerbacks on our team. Asante is a valuable member of our team and we appreciate all that he brings to this organization. As far as my relationship with Howie and Joe, I have a great deal of respect for both of them and I know we are all on the same page.”
Samuel signed a six-year, $57 million contract with the Eagles in 2008. He’s due to make $8.4 million next year and $10.4 million in 2013.
The Eagles (2-4) meet the Cowboys (3-3) in Philadelphia on Sunday night.
Young sued for assault at Dallas strip club
DALLAS (AP) — Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Vince Young is being sued by a Dallas strip club manager he allegedly punched in the face last year. Creiton Kinchen claims in a lawsuit filed in a Dallas court Tuesday that the 28-year-old Houston native and former University of Texas star hit him “suddenly and without provocation” at the club.
DALLAS – October 26, 2011 (WPVI) –
Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Vince Young is being sued by a Dallas strip club manager he allegedly punched in the face last year.
See the full article from “6abc.com”