News, Entertainment, Enlightenment
Noir Newspaper Thriller Set In Philly — Delco resident J.M. Roman has crafted a nitty-gritty, politically incorrect thriller set circa 1970 in Philadelphia involving a crazed killer working for the city’s largest newspaper — which it should be noted is delivered in the afternoon.
We are reading it now.
“Ink in His Blood” can be purchased at amazon.com, bn.com and buybooksontheweb.com
Paula Deen Racism — Paula Deen, the 66-year-old daughter of the South, has been fired by the Food Network because she revealed in a lawsuit deposition that she used the word “nigger” in occasional conversation with black employees long ago and once after she was held up by gunpoint while working as a bank teller in southwest Georgia in the 1980s.
She and her brother are accused of racial and sexual harassment and are being sued for $1.2 million in federal court by Lisa Jackson, who managed their restaurant Uncle Bubba’s Seafood and Oyster House.
Ms. Jackson is also upset that Ms. Deen once broached the idea of hiring only black waiters for her brother’s wedding.
What would Martin Luther King Jr. say? It would be something along the lines of forgive people their stupidity, don’t shake people down, don’t try to ruin anyone’s life, and if you don’t like working for someone, don’t.
Don’t forget what the difference is between the black experience in this country and that of the Italian/Jewish/Irish/Slavs, namely government. While the latter groups faced bigotry and prejudice, they were not subject on any wide scale to demeaning laws as to where they could go to bathroom, where they could sit on the bus and, they especially did not have to take their lives in their hands if they tried to vote.
And, really, maybe one should refrain from firing anyone on the basis of a leaked deposition before the trial.
Philly Biz Journal Takes PPA Website Honors — The Philadelphia Business Journal won top honors in this year’s Philadelphia Press Association contest.
Awards were presented tonight, June 21, at the Bala Golf Club on Belmont Avenue.
Taking second place was the Jewish Exponent. BillLawrenceOnline took third and South Philly Review received honorable mention.
Jim Vanore won first place for website feature writing with “Whose Abusing Children Now” regarding the Penn State Scandal. Chris Freind writing for BillLawrenceOnline took second place for “Why Mitt Romney” while Bill Lawrence writing for the same website took third with “Shots From Sandy”.
For website news writing, Amanda Snyder of South Philly Review took first place for “Domestic Dispute”. Pattie Price writing for BillLawrenceOnline took second for “He Allegedly”; Bill Lawrence took third for “DNC Head Gets Heckled At Synagogue Rally”and Hillel Zaremba writing for BillLawrenceOnline took third for Pennsylvania “HRC’s CAIR Connection.”
The Grand Award for Public Service went to John George of the Philadelphia Business Journal for “Labor Pains” which documented the impact of the closing of the large number of maternity wards in the region.
A complete list of winners can be found here.