Dan Cirucci

Sunday, January 2, 2022

MUMMERS: The COMPLETE List Of Winners!

Everyone's been waiting for the names of the string band winners in this year's Philadelphia Mummers parade and here are the winners and the rankings of all the bands as well as the captain rankings and the winners in all the other divisions:

String Band Division Results

South Philly - Circus Space-Tacular

Quaker City - Getting The Band Back Together

Fralinger - Orchestration Station

Avalon - Jungle Spirit

Woodland - Woodland Goes To Rio

Polish American - Clowtown Rodeo

Aqua - Riverboat Krewes

Uptown - Better Maize Ahead

Greater Kensington - A Wizard's Awakening

Ferko - Mardi Gras In The Ferko Quarter

Hegeman/Pennsport - Mums From Space

Durning - Bad To The Bone

Duffy - Always Funny In Philadelphia

Jersey - Glad To Sea You

Band Captain

Denny Palandro- South Philly

Brad Bowen – Fralinger

Jimmy Good – Quaker City

Shawn Blubaugh – Greater Kensington

Nick Magenta – Polish American

Fancy Brigade Division Results

Saturnalian

South Philly

Vikings

Jokers

Avenuers

Spartans

Golden Crown

Downtowners

Shooting Stars

Satin Slipper

2nd Street Shooters

Clevemore

Purple Magic

Fancy Brigade Captain

Saturnalian

South Philly

Vikings

Jokers

Spartans

Golden Crown

Avenuers

Downtowners

Shooting Stars

2nd Street Shooters

Satin Slipper Clevemore

Purple Magic

Wench Brigade Results

Cara Liom

Americans

Riverfront

Oregon

Bryson

Pirates

Saints

O’Malley

Froggy Carr

* Comics and Fancys were not judged this year.

OMG! Meltdown! What Happened to Antonio Brown?

Tampa Bay Bucs player Antonio Brown had a complete meltdown during today's game against the New York Jets. Watch what happened. WTF!?

Antonio Brown has a meltdown at the hand of the #Jets and #BraxtonBerrios pic.twitter.com/RGhSYpyrOu
— Miller (@mmmmillah) January 2, 2022

Here is the video from #Bucs WR Antonio Brown... leaving the field and saying goodbye. pic.twitter.com/EaR0jRqcs3
— Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) January 2, 2022

Arians on AB "He is no longer a Buc" pic.twitter.com/SXkvWvs2Ly
— Billy M (@BillyM_91) January 2, 2022

Saturday, January 1, 2022

Well, Another One Has Come And Gone . . .

We've always pretty much hated New Year's Eve and New Year's Day. But for a long time we couldn't figure out why.

Now, we finally get it: They're downright innocuous.
Here then, in no particular order are the Ten Big Reason why the New Year's "holiday" is dumb, dumb, dumb:

1) There is absolutely no significant historical or religious meaning to the day.

2) How many bowl games can you watch, anyway?

3) The day celebrates not the beginning of anything but rather the end -- the end of the joyous holiday season.

4) The Tournament of Roses Parade and other New Year's spectacles are all pretty much the same year-after-year.

5) You know it's true: Nobody keeps New Year's resolutions.

6) Celebrating the passing of time is like celebrating the inexorable march to your own death.

7) After Christmas, no other holiday on the immediate horizon can compete.

8) By January 1 you're completely stuffed and don't even wanna look at food. You're facing the grueling regimen of a diet.

9) All you have to look forward to are the two bleakest months of the year: January and February; and March ain't much better.

10) It'll take you weeks to get used to writing 2022 and you may still be thinking 2021 even in April.

And, BTW: New Year's Eve is the worst night to venture out. Restaurants offer special (largely uninteresting) menus with higher prices and venues attract scores of vulgarians who act like they've never been out. Stay home!

The bottom line: New Year's Day is just another day on the calendar.

THE Single Best Video To Start The New Year!

Take a few moments to savor the whole thing!

Mike Rowe makes more sense than . . . well, than almost anyone else!

Kenney, Krasner And Philly's Most Murders EVER!

In Philadelphia, 562 people were murdered in 2021, the most in the city's history. Yes, the most in the history of a city that's even older than the nation itself!

Murders in the city have jumped a whopping 53% since 2019 and 12% since 2020. And already in 2022 Philly is on track to surpass last year's record number of murders. In fact, in first three hours of 2022 police reported 14 people shot -- two of those people were killed, one just 16 years old!. Five women were shot among the 14 people hit by gunfire just after the New Year began in Philadelphia.

Look at Mayor Jim Kenney and DA Larry Krasner (above). These two insufferable crybabies have put into place policies that encourage (and actually seem to reward) crime while they set about bellyaching and blaming everyone but themselves for the city's unprecedented crime wave.

Shame on both of 'em -- and shame on the voters of Philadelphia for electing and re-electing these despicable, arrogant, dreary failures.

As We Move Into The New Year, God Bless Them!

Just Another Reason To LOVE The Italians!

In Naples, Italy, the mayor cited COVID to announce a ban on fireworks for a second straight New Year’s Eve. This was the response from citizens.pic.twitter.com/duu7Jkb7yK
— Michael P Senger (@MichaelPSenger) January 1, 2022

God bless the Italians.

They despise rigidityy, conformity and subservience.

And they steadfastly refused to be governed. Hooray!

For Sunday: String Band TV Performance Times!

Our Warmest Wishes For A Joyous New Year!

Beloved, Quotable And Fondly Remembered!

About Dan Cirucci

He's been cited by the late Rush Limbaugh, quoted in the New York Times, featured at Real Clear Politics and Lucianne.com and interviewed across all media.

He's Dan Cirucci, the founder and editor-in chief of the Dan Cirucci Blog, a Save Jersey blog columnist, frequent guest on the Matt Rooney radio show and one of the most widely honored public relations professionals in his field. He's also been a public relations consultant to numerous organizations and individuals and hosted The Advocates on RVN-TV.

Inducted into the Philadelphia Public Relations Hall of Fame, for many years he served as a Lecturer in Corporate Communication at Penn State University. A former President of the Philadelphia Public Relations Association (PPRA) he has lectured at Rowan University, Temple University, The College of New Jersey and Arcadia University. He has conducted workshops on public relations for thousands of participants throughout the nation and has taught countless others the art of public speaking. He has also advised numerous lawyers, judges, public officials and political candidates.

Cirucci is a prolific writer and his op-ed pieces have appeared in the Philadelphia Daily News, Philadelphia Inquirer, Courier-Post, Broad and Liberty and other print and online platforms.

A native of Camden NJ, Cirucci is a former President of the Philadelphia chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators. Cirucci served as Associate Executive Director of the Philadelphia Bar Association for nearly 30 years. He served as Chair of Penn State University's Professional Advisory Board for the Corporate Communication major at Penn State Abington and on the Pennsylvania Bar Association's Judicial Selection Commission.

He received his MA degree from Rowan University and his BA from Villanova University. He has been named a Distinguished Alumnus of Rowan's public relations program and received the E. A. "Wally" Richter Leadership Award, the highest honor from the National Association of Bar Executives' Communications Section. He has also been honored by numerous other local, state and national groups.

In his hometown of Camden, Cirucci taught fifth grade at the Ulysses Wiggins Elementary School named for the founder of the Camden NAACP. There he was one of the first teachers in the country to teach African-American history to inner city students. He later served as editor of a local weekly newspaper, as Assistant to the Township Manager of Cherry Hill Township and as Associate Director of Communications at the New Jersey State Bar Association.

Cirucci's passions include all things Italian, politics, the popular culture, books and authors, art, communication, music, theatre, movies, dining and travel.

He and his wife Carole have two grown children and seven grandchildren.

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