Jan. 26 - On the Friday before every Superbowl Philadelphia sports talk radio station WIP hosts 'The Wing Bowl' which is characterized by organizers as a 'A Celebration Of Gluttony'. Meanwhile just a few blocks from the event the hunger relief organization Philabundance is no longer able to match supply with demand.

Jan. 8 - One person standing in the way of badly needed reforms in the USA is Senate Majority leader Harry Reid. Rolling Stone wrote about Reid in Feb 08 that he "completed one of the most awesome political collapses since Neville Chamberlain." To read the full article click here. For additional material click here, or here, or here.

Dec 29 - It's years end and despite the second worst economic crisis in the history of the world it's bonus time.

Bruce Springsteen rallies the troops in Philadelphia with a free Concert For Change in the Ben Franklin Parkway.

Omar Ahmed Khadr born September 19, 1986 was captured by American forces at the age of 15 following a four-hour firefight with militants in in the village of Ayub Kheyl, Afghanistan. He has spent six years in the Guantanamo Bay detention camps.

The captivity and rescue of Ingrid Betancourt cut to the melancholic strains of Bon Iver's "Creature Fear". A Phawker exclusive directed by Scott Lodwick.

Mix one sweet Magnetic Fields song, a shitload of hijacked YouTube footage, and enough hate to fill the space between paris Hilton's ears.

Mayor-elect Michael Nutter describes his future plans upon arrival in the mayoral office. And nothing weird happens.

Yep, she's out and leaves a crying fan behind.

One part Robert Plant and Allison Krauss, one part hijacked YouTube footage.