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Listen, MSNBC. We know you were in a bit of shock about the whole Democrats-losing-elections thing (we're equal opportunity pundit haters around here), but don't you think you still could have maybe proofread your screen titles?

• Philadelphia's elected officials are up for a five-percent cost-of-living-adjustment raise. Mayor Nutter and 19 cabinet members and commissioners will give back their raises.
• Tony Blair spoke at the University of Pennsylvania yesterday. Blair's speech focused on faith and its ability to bring people together and humanize them.
• Four people remain in the hospital after suffering injuries as a result of a taxicab jumping a curb Wednesday night on Broad Street. The cab was trying to avoid hitting a car that was trying to merge onto Broad Street near Spruce Street.

• The Supreme Court has agreed to determine whether shareholders can sue Merck over Vioxx's failures.
• The state seems unimpressed by Philly's proposed one percent sales tax hike.
• New Jersey is revisiting a bill to allow liquor sales in grocery stores. If passed, Pennsylvania will be one of only four states without that ability.

We first discovered Final Vinyl at the Washington Township location of Ott's because Ross's mother's dentist plays the drums for the band (he's the one not wearing leather in the photo above). We were a little skeptical of a D.D.S.-helmed classic rock cover band, but ended up having a blast watching the band blaze through a setlist containing everything from Clapton to Petty—and watching their Jersey-riffic fans (seriously, we're not hating on the state, just the people who embody the stereotypes about it) dance rather inappropriately to the music.

The Courier-Post reported this morning that New Jersey has seen five "probable" cases of swine flu. We first mentioned swine flu in yesterday's Whiz, wherein we cited that President Obama met a man at the start of his Mexico trip who later died of swine flu.

Leftist Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez met President Barack Obama recently at the Summit of the Americas. Chavez gave Obama a book about colonialism in Latin America and an island. Petty Island (Google Map) is home to a fuel-storage center used by Venezuela-owned CITGO. Well, Chavez gave it back, and it's going to be a nature preserve, specifically preserving two bald eagles. That's not the only good thing about the return of the island to U.S. ownership, though. The island is a part of Pennsauken Township, NJ, and, according to their web site, the pirate Blackbeard parked his pirate ship there whenever he wanted to hang out in Philadelphia. Consequently, we think a few acres for a piracy museum isn't too much to ask.

In the imaginary trip back to high school, we sometimes think back to the bathrooms. A snuck cigarette, the putrid salmon walls, the hiding from that jerk Kelly. Sure, the walls were ugly and the water was always absurdly arctic, but you were only a hall pass away from a few minutes of stolen respite.

Jim just let us know, via Facebook, that PATCO is currently running shuttle busses on part of the Speedline route. The wait, from his TwitPic account, looks pretty unpleasant, so if you have another means of getting home—or if you want to hang out in the city and have a few drinks before you head back—we'd suggest you not hurry out of Philadelphia just this second.

A week's worth of local Craiglist hijinks...

Phillyist loves Jersey, even if many Philadelphians don't, so here's a tribute to the Garden State.

Please don't forget that tomorrow is the voter registration deadline for your state. Voter information can be found here, and your voter registration form may be downloaded here. Whomever you're voting for, we hope you plan to cast a ballot in November.

               

Here are some pics from last night's edition of Liberty Belle’s monthly Gay Roller Skating Party, held at the Cherry Hill Skating Center in Cherry Hill, NJ. Ten percent of the proceeds are being donated to the Mazzoni Center. Check out this website for more information: MySpace.com/PhilaGaySkating.

As we reported yesterday, the NRA has allegedly been employing spies to gather information on the operations of several gun control advocacy organizations. A Congressman from New Jersey, Frank Lautenberg, has demanded, in no uncertain terms, that the NRA come clean on its purported spy program and cease its use of "underhanded tactics." The gun-rights lobby has been silent on the allegations so far and Lautenberg's move places a great deal of pressure on them to step up to the plate and make a statement on the issue. The Senator's letter, addressed to NRA President John C. Sigler, states that he hopes everyone "can agree that the gun violence prevention debate should be based upon an open and honest exchange of ideas." Apparently, Senator Lautenberg, Mr. Sigler does not agree.

We figured the Cosa Nostra had moved to the burbs by now...